READ: Clinton Foundation defends foreign donations In December, Clinton and her advisers planned an April announcement. But this winter some longtime Clinton confidantes who favored waiting to begin the full-fledged…
WASHINGTON — The Republican Party’s new point man on food stamps, Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas), insists that he doesn’t want to cut nutrition assistance benefits. Instead, Conaway is leading a…
Despite Donald Trump’s seventh place finish during this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll, the business tycoon is adamant that he’s the only Republican able to beat former Secretary…
LOS ANGELES, March 1 (Reuters) – California Republicans broke from their own platform on Sunday and voted overwhelmingly at their state party convention to give official recognition to a gay…
PALM BEACH, Fla. — Instead of the corn dogs and pork chops on a stick ritually served up on the hustings of Iowa, the latest stop on the donor trail…
By Andy Sullivan NATIONAL HARBOR, Md., Feb 28 (Reuters) – If this week was any indication, Republicans could spend much of the 2016 presidential election attacking Democrats as weak on…
On the heels of recreational marijuana use becoming legal in Washington, D.C., a poll reveals that a majority of Republican millennials favor legalizing marijuana. – Pew Research Center notes that…
The Republican mayor of the California city of Fresno has decided not to run for the United States Senate, an adviser said. Mayor Ashley Swearengin will not seek the seat…
Beltway Democrats may not deserve good luck, but it looks like they could have plenty in the next presidential race. Heading into the weekend, Scott Walker, a man born to…
WASHINGTON — The tense meltdown in the House on Friday over funding for the Department of Homeland Security underscores how Congress has lost the ability to perform its most basic…
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) stood by his opposition to same-sex marriage Friday, despite some speculation in recent days that he may be warming to the…
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — A determined band of supporters of Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) walked out on former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) on Friday as he spoke at the…
Democrats have a more positive image, but Republicans are stronger on key issues. CPAC tries to guess the next president through a straw poll. And a pie chart finds its…
READ: Conservatives party like it’s 2016 – Paul has even sidled away from his libertarian foreign policy views, shying away from his isolationist views in favor of a more nuanced…
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) voiced support for the right of states to pursue their own marijuana policies on Thursday, speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland….
“Because I consider Jeb a friend,” Christie said. “And he’s been a wonderful friend to me.” Today, the New Jersey Republican finds himself needing to draw a contrast with the…
A Tennessee House Republican is defending herself from charges of racism after making controversial comments on Facebook. “It is time for a Council of Christian Relations and a NAAWP in…
An extremely wealthy Republican donor thinks he can get would-be 2016 presidential contender Jeb Bush to see the light on climate change, reports the Wall Street Journal. Andrew Sabin, owner…
Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich, a Republican candidate for governor, has died. According to his office, the 54-year-old Schweich died Thursday. He was taken to the hospital after what his staff…
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who has made it her mission to highlight and ameliorate the challenges middle-class Americans face, recently seized on the new Republican rhetoric being used to acknowledge…
He’s rocketing to the top-tier of potential 2016 GOP contenders following a strong appearance in Iowa last month and surging to the front of the pack in a handful of…
Jonathan Gruber, the influential and controversial MIT health economist, is among four people that the Massachusetts governor asked to step down from a powerful state commission. The news, first reported…
Their problem: Rallying behind a leader who can deliver them to the promised land. Virtually every potential Republican candidate will make their case to conservatives this week at the Conservative…
Yet the top Republican leaders in CongressHouse Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellhaven’t talked to each other for two weeks. That revelation on Wednesday marks the clearest…
National Republicansintent on fashioning an orderly nominating process after several chaotic cyclesare threatening trigger-happy primary and caucus states with drastic penalties if they attempt to leapfrog the voting line and…
By Laura Zuckerman SALMON, Idaho, Feb 24 (Reuters) – Members of a county Republican Party in Idaho are to take up a measure on Tuesday evening that would declare the…
The book, which was first reported on by the New York Times, “disarms the major tentacles of the Republican Leviathan: the Koch Brothers, the Obama witch hunters, and the Fox…
WASHINGTON — Gruesome killings by the Islamic State, terrorist attacks in Europe and tensions with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia are reshaping the early Republican presidential race, creating anxiety…
Groups as disparate as the Center for American Progress and ACLU on the left and the Koch Brothers on the right; Republican Sen. Rand Paul and Democratic Sen. Cory Booker;…
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who is contemplating a presidential run, tried to strike that balance in his comments to The Associated Press that while he had “no doubt” Obama loves…