• Top House GOP campaigner urges candidates to ’embrace’ Trump

    The leader of the House GOP campaign arm is urging his colleagues to “embrace” former President Trump, which he contends is a winning strategy across all districts. Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) is encouraging his conference colleagues to support Trump, the presumptive GOP nominee in 2024, in his push to regain the Oval Office and welcome

  • GOP-Backed Candidate Flips Mayor Seat in District Biden Dominated

    A candidate backed by Florida's Republican Party won the mayoral race on Tuesday in a district that Democratic President Joe Biden won by nearly 30 points in 2020.Tom Carney, 70, was elected as mayor of Delray Beach, Florida, after defeating challengers Ryan Boylston and Shirley Johnson, according to election results reported by local station WPBF.Carney received roughly 51 percent of the vote, while Boylston had about 38 percent and Johnson picked up around 10 percent, according to results as...

  • GOP House candidate says to ‘disregard’ mass email conceding defeat

    A Republican running for Congress in Ohio mistakenly announced that he had conceded defeat before, less than 10 minutes later, the campaign said to “disregard the email.” “Tonight did not go as we had hoped, but as we know, this race is decided in the primary. I want to give my congratulations to the Congressman-Elect,” […]

    • CNN

    White House to House GOP: ‘Move on’ from impeachment

    Staff Writer for The Atlantic David Frum joins The Lead.

  • GOP Senate hopeful Kari Lake is branded a fake and likened to a 'bazooka lacking aim' as Republicans turn on Trump supporting-candidate for flip-flopping on MAGA beliefs

    In her campaign to clinch a Senate seat, Kari Lake has been branded a fake by Republicans after attempting to temper her political approach to gain the seat. Some conservatives in the state have raised concerns about her authenticity and questioned her ability to win in November. Lake is closely aligned with Donald Trump, and in the past, she has glowingly referred to the former president as 'Superman'

  • House GOP 'imploding'

    The U.S. House of Representatives started a two-week recess on Friday, but not before a series of events that provoked fresh declarations of what has become a familiar phrase over the past few years: "Republicans in disarray."Before leaving Capitol Hill, House members passed a spending package intended to prevent a partial government shutdown that could still occur unless the Senate acts. Fewer than two dozen Democrats and over 100 Republicans opposed the bill. Democratic opposition was largely...

  • Is there a chance your key could work on another house?

    There’s a chance – albeit very small – you have the same key as someone else out there in the world.

  • The House GOP can't even go on vacation without fighting

    It wasn’t pretty—particularly on the House side—but Congress got the government funded, but the bruising battle to do that doesn’t end beleaguered House Speaker Mike Johnson’s headaches. In fact, it could put him in an even tougher position with his fractious caucus when they return from their two-week recess, on April 9. Hanging over him are his party’s very slim majority and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s threat to oust him if he brings a Ukraine aid bill to the floor for a vote. Colorado GOP...

    • WLNS

    Poll: Slotkin leading GOP candidates in Senate bid

    Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin is leading four potential Republican challengers in the bid for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat.

  • Candidates file for Johnson County House and Senate seats

    With two Iowa House seats in Johnson County seeing primary challengers, including one held by Iowa City Democrat Elinor Levin, and three Johnson County Democrats running unopposed — the countdown to November starts. Candidates for state office had until March 15 to file for office, while county wide seats have until March 22. Three JoCo

  • House GOP sounds out Democrats on Israeli aid vote

    The United States House of Representatives Republicans are allegedly testing the waters on another vote on a standalone aid package for Israel, an idea previously dismissed by Democrats, Axios reporte

  • House GOP would rather shut down the government than fix the border

    Republicans are so intent on creating more chaos at the border that they’re risking another partial government shutdown. There’s agreement on five of the six funding bills that need to pass by Friday in order to avert a shutdown, but the House GOP’s refusal to adequately fund the Department of Homeland Security threatens everything. “Republicans want to underfund DHS, which makes the border less secure and the country less safe,” a White House official told Politico Sunday. Republicans are...