Feb 14 Watch 7:11 Republican Rep. Nancy Mace on spy balloons, debt ceiling and future of her party By Amna Nawaz, Saher Khan House Republicans have had a busy start to their majority, from investigations into the Biden White House to early negotiations around the debt ceiling. Now they’ve turned their focus to the administration’s handling of the Chinese spy balloon. Rep. Nancy… Continue watching
Feb 05 Election cynics slow to make changes after campaign promises By Tom Davies, Christina A. Cassidy, Mead Gruver, Associated Press So far, their efforts to make good on their promises are mixed, in some cases because their rhetoric has bumped up against skepticism from members of their own party. Continue reading
Dec 20 Republicans’ usual embrace of Trump muted following criminal referral By Steve Peoples, Associated Press Leading Republicans largely avoided the historic criminal referral Monday, while others pressed to weigh in offered muted defenses — or none at all. Continue reading
Nov 10 After disappointing GOP results, Trump urged to delay 2024 presidential launch By Jill Colvin, Associated Press It was supposed to be a red wave that former President Donald Trump could triumphantly ride to the GOP nomination as he prepares to launch another White House run. Continue reading
Sep 20 Video shows ‘unauthorized access’ to Georgia election equipment By Kate Brumback, Associated Press A court filing says a Republican Party official in Georgia told a computer forensics team to copy components of the voting system at a rural elections office two months after the 2020 election and spent nearly all day there, contradicting… Continue reading
Sep 19 Independents once ready to vote for Republicans wavering ahead of midterm elections By Thomas Beaumont, Associated Press Some independent voters who began 2022 looking to Republicans for answers have drifted back to moving toward Democrats. Continue reading
Sep 08 Nearly 1 in 3 Republican candidates for statewide office support false election claims By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press An Associated Press review has found that nearly 1 in 3 Republican candidates for statewide offices that play a role in overseeing, certifying or defending elections supported overturning the 2020 presidential election. Continue reading
Sep 01 After Roe’s demise, Democrats hit Republicans who profess to back abortion-rights By Nicholas Riccardi, Susan Haigh, Associated Press The few Republican candidates across the U.S. this year who say they support abortion rights still find themselves under attack on the issue. Continue reading
Aug 15 Watch 8:11 Rep. Liz Cheney faces steep opposition in Wyoming’s primary after becoming a Trump critic By Laura Barrón-López, Matt Loffman, Ian Couzens Seven of the Republican House members who voted to impeach former President Trump have already retired or lost their primary races. There has not been a more vocal GOP critic of Trump than Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, and she is… Continue watching
Aug 05 Watch 5:37 America’s far-right embraces Hungary’s autocratic president By Laura Barrón-López Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s nationalist rhetoric and embrace of culture wars has long made him the black sheep of Europe. But what isolates him among his European contemporaries has endeared him to the American right, and he was welcomed… Continue watching