Some of these candidates are just plain lying that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump or was rife with massive fraud. Others are professing to be merely asking questions. Still others are walking an evasive tightrope,
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‘Afghanistan 2.0’? GOP Senators Demand Answers on Ukraine Evacuation
Is the State Department fulfilling its legal obligation to protect Americans abroad? NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE A group of Republican senators led by Joni Ernst told Secretary of State Antony Blinken this week that they were dismayed by the Biden administration’s
Minnesota GOP Rep. Jim Hagedorn dead at age 59 after cancer fight
Rep. Jim Hagedorn (R-Minn.) has died following a battle with kidney cancer, his family revealed on Friday. He was 59. “It is with a broken heart, shattered spirit and overwhelming sadness I share my husband Congressman Jim Hagedorn passed away
House probe of Jan. 6 Capitol riot subpoenas Arizona GOP leader Kelli Ward, 5 others over ‘alternate electors’
Arizona Chairwoman Kelli Ward speaks during the Rally To Protect Our Elections conference on July 24, 2021 in Phoenix, Arizona. Brandon Bell | Getty Images The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot issued subpoenas Tuesday to Arizona
Vote on Biden Fed picks delayed as GOP presses for answers on Raskin’s ties to firm
Chairman Sherrod Brown (D-OH) questions Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Federal Reserve Chairman Powell during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on the CARES Act, at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, September 28, 2021.
McCarthy says GOP will probe John Durham findings if they win back House
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is committed to further exploring the findings of Special Counsel John Durham’s investigation into the FBI’s Trump-Russia probe to “ensure nothing like it ever happens again.” In a statement to The Post, McCarthy (R-Calif.)
ESPN Pundit Compares China Uyghur Genocide to GOP ‘Assaults on Voting Rights’
ESPN logo and building are shown in down town Los Angeles, California (Mike Blake/Reuters) ESPN featured a sports pundit Friday who said it’s hypocritical for Americans to be preoccupied with China’s egregious human rights violations in the context of the
McConnell Says He Would ‘Certainly Welcome’ Manchin to Join GOP
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday that he would “certainly welcome” Senator Joe Manchin to join the Republican Party, one day after the West Virginia Democrat announced he will not support President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda, effectively killing
Fox hosts, Donald Trump Jr., GOP reps begged Mark Meadows in texts to get Trump to stop Capitol riot on Jan. 6
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows gestures as he walks back to the West Wing following an interview with FOX News outside the White House on October 25, 2020 in Washington, DC. Olivier Douliery | AFP | Getty Images
GOP Senator Says He Was Elected Fair And Square In 2020 But Won’t Admit Biden Was
Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) on Sunday baselessly cast doubt on the integrity of the 2020 election, though he insisted that his own win in Kansas was earned “fair and square.” Marshall, who was among the 147 Republicans who voted to
Crenshaw Blasts GOP Freedom Caucus: ‘We Have Grifters in Our Midst’
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R., Texas) questions witnesses during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing about ‘worldwide threats to the homeland’ on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., September 17, 2020. (Chip Somodevilla/Reuters) Representative Dan Crenshaw (R., Texas) slammed members of the
Senate Votes Down GOP Plan to Block Biden Vaccine Mandates
(Larry Downing/Reuters) The Senate voted 50–48 along party lines on Thursday night to reject legislation that would have banned the federal government from funding enforcement of the Biden administration’s vaccine mandates. Senators Ted Cruz (R., Texas), Mike Lee (R., Utah),
GOP feud simmers despite McCarthy’s warning, causing concerns over 2022 prospects
His message didn’t seem to take hold. Emerging from her meeting, Greene told CNN that both she and former President Donald Trump would back a primary challenge to Mace in 2022. And after she met with McCarthy, Mace had this
GOP senator likens Biden to ‘the Mad Hatter’ for pushing BBB amid inflation
Sen. John Barrasso likened President Biden to “the Mad Hatter” for trying to push his $2 trillion Build Back Better social spending plan through the Senate amid the worst inflation in more than 30 years. Barrasso (R-Wyo.) said he sees the
Kyle Rittenhouse lawyer slams GOP pols for offering teen DC job
The lawyer for acquitted Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse says it’s “disgusting” that some pols have offered the teen a job on Capitol Hill. Defense lawyer Mark Richards says the Congress members are only trying to cash in on the teenager’s