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Florida Republican Faces Uprising
Florida Republican leaders, including Governor Ron DeSantis and Senator Rick Scott, have joined in the call for state GOP Chairman Christian Ziegler to resign amid recent allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman.Ziegler has not been charged, but an investigation with the Sarasota Police remains open. Ziegler has maintained his innocence and said in a
Do Republican Spending Cuts Threaten Federal HIV Funding? For Some Programs, Yes.
Republicans in Congress are “trying to wipe out federal funding to end the HIV epidemic.” President Joe Biden on Oct. 14, 2023, in remarks at the 2023 Human Rights Campaign National Dinner. Are Republicans threatening to stop spending federal money to end one of the world’s most pressing public health epidemics? That’s what President Joe
The Republican Horror Show
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Republican spending plan fails House vote, fueling federal government shutdown fears
WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders Friday canceled a planned two-week recess as a government shutdown appeared more likely after they failed to pass a short-term spending bill with fewer than two days left to avoid the shutdown.House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif, informed the GOP caucus of the canceled break at a closed-door meeting after more
Republican David McCormick is expected to make another run for a Senate seat in Pennsylvania.
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How Do All These Republican Polls Affect The Model?
FiveThirtyEight’s midterms forecast continues to show Democrats and Republicans in a dead heat Senate race, with Republicans taking a very slight advantage. Recent polls have sent some contradictory messages, but the long and short of it is that seven races are now separated by a three points or less polling average. Nate Silver and Galen
Republican Senate candidate Bobby Piton claimed that massive fraud was responsible for his fourth-place GOP primary finish. A voting machine is pictured during a primary election in Chicago, Illinois, on March 17, 2020. KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP/Getty A Republican U.S. Senate candidate in Illinois is refusing the concede, despite suffering a blowout loss in Wednesday's GOP primary.Bobby…
Republican donor and investor Peter Thiel to leave Facebook board
Facebook's parent company, Meta, said Monday that Peter Thiel, the venture capitalist who helped supercharge the social network's trajectory and later became a vocal supporter of former President Donald Trump, will leave the company's board of directors later this year. Meta said in a statement that Thiel had decided not to be re-elected to the…
The Republican Party Is Now the Party of January 6
The January 6 insurrection at the United States Capitol failed to overturn Donald Trump’s election loss to Joe Biden, but it could ultimately prove successful as a galvanizing point for the radical right. In the year since the attack, the rioters have been embraced as martyrs by many in the GOP; Trump allies have made…
‘The Republican Senate Needs New Leadership’: Trump Grills McConnell, GOP Senators For Throwing ‘A Lifeline’ To Democrats
October 07, 2021 11:36 PM ET Former President Donald Trump appeared on “Hannity” Thursday night and criticized Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and the ten other Republican senators who voted with Democrats to extend the debt ceiling until December.“He threw him a lifeline that they didn’t have to throw them,” host Sean Hannity said after…