Conventional political wisdom dictates that Republicans have no shot at securing the support of the vast majority of labor unions. But a few cracks are starting to appear in the union love affair with the Democratic Party and offer the GOP a unique opportunity. This week, Axios reported that the political action committee associated with […]
The Teamsters Union's political action committee contributed $5,000 to Sen. Josh Hawley's (R-MO) reelection campaign.
Nella Domenici's campaign raised $1.25 million in the first quarter of the year. She is the daughter of late Republican New Mexico Senator Pete Domenici. Domenici is looking to unseat Democratic Senator Martin Heinrich. Cook Political Report rates the New Mexico Senate race as 'solid Democrat'
There will be at least one county-wide primary in June following the April 8 petition submission deadline. For Chautauqua County Family Court Judge, both Peter R. Johnson and Sally Jaroszynski have filed petitions to run for the office on the Republican and Conservative lines. Jaroszynski also filed petitions to run on the Working Families line. […]
Republican dysfunction on the Hill continues to drive a wave of House retirements. The Morning Joe panel discusses.
Donald Trump on Friday endorsed a primary challenger to Rep. Dan Newhouse of Washington, one of two remaining House Republicans who voted to impeach the former president over his role in the Jan. 6 riot. In a Truth Social post, Trump threw his support behind Jerrod Sessler, a former petty-officer in the Navy who has gone after Newhouse for his impeachment vote. "Jerrod Sessler is a fantastic candidate and will be a GREAT Congressman for Washington State’s 4th Congressional District," Trump...
WASHINGTON — A band of hard-right agitators, backed by former President Donald Trump, revolted against GOP leaders on Wednesday, blocking renewal of a powerful surveillance program that is set to expire next week and throwing the GOP-led House into chaos once again. Nineteen conservatives broke with Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and his leadership team and voted down a "rule"; the vote was 193-228. It's yet another example of a minority of Republicans using the otherwise procedural vote to...
House Intelligence Committee chair Mike Turner says colleagues have repeated false claims made by Moscow
On Capitol Hill, there are a small handful of prominent Republicans who have a reputation for occasionally breaking party ranks and showing a degree of independence. GOP members such as Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, for example, has been rather bold about expressing her dissatisfaction with the GOP’s direction under Donald Trump’s direction. House Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Turner and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul, however, are not exactly known as Republican...
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is in grave peril as renegade House Republicans are threatening to call a motion to remove him from power, exactly as they did for his predecessor Kevin McCarthy.The craziest part of this whole affair, analyst David Chalian told CNN's Jake Tapper on Wednesday, is that the far-right House rebels are throwing away the power of the entire GOP House majority in its current state — coming at a moment when they were just rebuked by the summary dismissal of their...
Who runs the House? Donald Trump runs the House It’s clear who’s really in charge. Instead of fixing Arizona abortion law, Republicans take a vacation Sure, they say they want to fix it but Trump's abortion gambit is going off the rails He said abortion is now “largely taken out of play” in this election. Not so much. Cartoon: Tom the Dancing Bug presents Trump's Illustrated Bible The perfect gift from someone who thinks he’s God’s gift. Kari Lake almost worked for group supporting...
Complaint claims officials violated state law by not contacting eligible Republicans nominated by their party to work the pollsWisconsin Republicans have hit the state election commission with complaints alleging that officials in the state’s two largest cities illegally rejected Republican applicants for poll worker positions for the primary election.The complaints, filed by the Milwaukee county Republican party and Dane county Republican party, claim officials in Milwaukee and Madison violated...