Articles filed under Republican Party
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Some want to grant temporary House speaker more power as Republican gridlock stalls CongressOct 12, 2023 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — When Rep. Patrick McHenry took the House speaker's gavel for the first time, he slammed it down with such force at adjournment that it gained viral internet...
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Republicans pick Jim Jordan as nominee for House speaker, putting job within the Trump ally's reachOct 12, 2023 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Republicans chose Rep. Jim Jordan as their new nominee for House speaker on Friday during internal voting, putting the gavel within reach of the staunch all...
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A look at the contenders for House speaker and the demands they're facing from fellow RepublicansOct 06, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - For Republicans, it's a question with no clear answer: Who becomes House speaker after Kevin McCarthy? Despite former President Donald Trump's endorsement o...
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Donald Trump endorses Jim Jordan to succeed Kevin McCarthy as House speakerOct 06, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Former President Donald Trump is backing Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the pugnacious House Judiciary Committee chairman and longtime Trump defender, to succeed ...
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Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear challenge to GOP's maps after liberal justice doesn't recuseOct 06, 2023 1:00 am - MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Supreme Court, in a 4-3 vote along partisan lines Friday, agreed to hear a challenge to Republican-drawn legislative maps after a newly ele...
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Kevin McCarthy's ouster as House speaker could cost the GOP its best fundraiser heading into 2024Oct 05, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Kevin McCarthy spent years raising mountains of Republican campaign cash, flying around the country to recruit top candidates in key districts and painstaki...
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McCarthy becomes the first speaker ever to be ousted from the job in a House voteOct 03, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Speaker Kevin McCarthy was voted out of the job Tuesday in an extraordinary showdown, a first in U.S. history that was forced by a contingent of hard-right ...
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Gaetz files resolution to oust McCarthy as speaker of the HouseOct 02, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Speaker Kevin McCarthy is facing an extraordinary referendum on his leadership of the House of Representatives after a conservative member of his own confer...
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Southern Republicans look to nationalize 2023 governors' races by invoking BidenOct 02, 2023 1:00 am - LOUISVILLE, Ky. - President Joe Biden's name won't appear on the ballot anywhere in 2023, but you wouldn't know it from the campaigns that Republican candidates for gove...
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Donald Trump skipped the GOP debate again. This time, his rivals took him on directlySep 28, 2023 1:00 am - SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - Several of Donald Trump's rivals stepped up their attacks against him in the second Republican presidential debate, urgently trying to dent the for...