Several Republicans distanced themselves from their party’s standard-bearer after he called Vice President Kamala Harris “mentally disabled.”
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Republicans are combing Tim Walz’s record for misstatements.
Republicans are combing Tim Walz’s record for misstatements.
Republicans Have Muffled Trump’s Election Lies at the R.N.C. Here’s Why.
The conspiracy theories about fraud in the 2020 election have largely been absent in prime time. But false claims about elections are still circulating.
Republicans Respond to Immunity Ruling With Triumph, and Democrats With Dismay
In reactions mirroring the ideological split of the Supreme Court justices in their ruling granting presidents immunity for official actions, Republicans expressed triumph on Monday and Democrats dismay. Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio was the first of former President Donald J. Trump’s top running-mate contenders to weigh in, calling the decision “a massive win, not…
House Republicans Issue Criminal Referrals of Hunter and James Biden
House Republicans on Wednesday urged the Justice Department to charge Hunter and James Biden, the president’s son and brother, with making false statements to Congress in the impeachment inquiry against President Biden. The chairmen of three House committees recommended the action in a criminal referral sent less than a week after the conviction of former…
Supreme Court Sides With Republicans Over South Carolina Voting Map
The Supreme Court cleared the way on Thursday for South Carolina to keep using a congressional map that a lower court had deemed an unconstitutional racial gerrymander that resulted in the “bleaching of African American voters” from a district. The conservative majority, by a 6-to-3 vote, returned the case to the lower court, handing a…
How Republicans Echo Antisemitic Tropes Despite Declaring Support for Israel
Asked by The Times whether she was aware that the invocations of Mr. Soros are widely considered anti-Jewish in certain contexts, Ms. Van Duyne posted the questions and her response on X. In addition to funding “organizations that are driving antisemitism on college campuses,” she wrote, “Soros also funded the violent BLM movement, organizations who…
As Biden Impeachment Flails, House Republicans Explore Criminal Referrals
Facing the prospect that they may never be able to impeach President Biden, House Republicans are exploring a pivot to a different strategy: issuing criminal referrals against him and those close to him. In recent weeks, a political and factual reality has set in on Capitol Hill. Despite their subpoenas and depositions, House Republicans have…
Biden Budget Will Underscore Divide With Republicans and Trump
President Biden on Monday will propose a budget packed with tax increases on corporations and high earners, new spending on social programs, and a wide range of efforts to combat high consumer costs like housing and college tuition. The new spending and tax increases included in the fiscal 2025 budget stand almost no chance of…
Republicans’ Big FBI Cut Came From Scrapping One Senator’s Earmark
When Republicans won the House majority, some of their most conservative members pledged to use their power to slash the budgets of the federal agencies they claimed had been weaponized against them — chief among them the Federal Bureau of Investigation. So when Speaker Mike Johnson unveiled the package of six government spending bills he…