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'You are so influenced': Fox News host confronts GOP senator for bowing down to Elon Musk
23 hours, 10 minutes ago

'You are so influenced': Fox News host confronts GOP senator for bowing down to Elon Musk

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Sen. Markwayne Mullin attacked Hunter Biden when asked about billionaire Elon Musk's outsized role in influencing President-elect Donald Trump and the Republican Party. "We're going to bring in Elon Musk and allow him to help us see what we aren't being able to see," Mullin told host Shannon Bream, referring to the unofficial Department of Government Efficiency. "The Shanghai plant …

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Dozens of Senate Republicans may oppose Trump's top demand: GOP senator
3 days, 16 hours ago

Dozens of Senate Republicans may oppose Trump's top demand: GOP senator

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President-elect Donald Trump has made either significantly raising the debt ceiling or eliminating it all together his top demand in the current standoff over government funding. Indeed, the MAGA leader touted Thursday that he struck a new deal with House Republicans on a spending bill that would punt the debt ceiling for two years. As Raju wrote on X, Sen. …

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GOP senator floats role for Elon Musk that may make people 'lose their ever-lovin' minds'
4 days, 1 hour ago

GOP senator floats role for Elon Musk that may make people 'lose their ever-lovin' minds'

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With House Speaker Mike Johnson increasingly on the ropes, many Republicans are looking for a potential replacement. Sen. Rand Paul on Thursday floated an outside-the-box possibility: X owner Elon Musk. "Nothing would disrupt the swamp more than electing Elon Musk... think about it... nothing’s impossible.." Paul is correct that the speaker of the House of Representatives does not need to …

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'Total incompetence': GOP senator unleashes tirade on Mike Johnson over ticking time bomb
4 days, 11 hours ago

'Total incompetence': GOP senator unleashes tirade on Mike Johnson over ticking time bomb

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A Republican senator unloaded on House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday night on Fox News, accusing Johnson of saddling Donald Trump with a ticking time bomb set to explode in March. Sen. Josh Hawley unleashed a tirade on the right-wing network, demanding to know, "Why would you saddle Donald Trump with this terrible spending bill before he even gets into …

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Trump orders Senate GOP not to ‘fast-track’ confirmations — Will some nominees change?
4 days, 19 hours ago

Trump orders Senate GOP not to ‘fast-track’ confirmations — Will some nominees change?

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After strongly defending even his most controversial nominees, and amid growing skepticism, pushback, and occasional mockery, even from Republican senators, President-elect Donald Trump issued a confusing statement Tuesday night, ordering Senate Republicans to not "fast track" any "nominations." "To all Senate Republicans: NO DEAL WITH DEMOCRATS TO FAST TRACK NOMINATIONS AT THE END OF THIS CONGRESS," Trump wrote Tuesday night …

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'I don't know what Tommy Tuberville is talking about': Expert blasts GOP senator
4 days, 23 hours ago

'I don't know what Tommy Tuberville is talking about': Expert blasts GOP senator

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A public health expert scorned Sen. Tommy Tuberville's analysis of vaccine mandates as illogical and unscientific. The Alabama Republican met with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is Donald Trump's nominee for health secretary, and came away saying that they agreed that children are required to get too many vaccines instead of just three, as both septuagenarians had gotten as children …

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GOP senator: 'Everybody here has lost someone' — possibly from the COVID vaccine
5 days, 15 hours ago

GOP senator: 'Everybody here has lost someone' — possibly from the COVID vaccine

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A Republican senator launched into an anti-vaccine rant Tuesday when reporters asked about confirming noted health conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be President-elect Donald Trump's secretary of Health and Human Services. There is no evidence that the modern vaccine schedule "overwhelms" or "overloads" a baby's immune system. The senator then went on to baselessly suggest that "everybody" in …

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GOP senator influenced decision to drop RFK’s daughter-in-law from Cabinet list: report
6 days, 13 hours ago

GOP senator influenced decision to drop RFK’s daughter-in-law from Cabinet list: report

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr's daughter-in-law and ex-undercover CIA operative Amaryllis Fox Kennedy was at the top of Donald Trump's list to become the agency's next director — until Monday. 2 job at CIA following campaign by Sen. Tom Cotton who lobbied Susie Wiles and others to oppose her," The Washington Post's John Hudson reported via X. Hudson noted that while …

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'Slap in the face': GOP senator melts down as judges un-retire to deny Trump more nominees
6 days, 17 hours ago

'Slap in the face': GOP senator melts down as judges un-retire to deny Trump more nominees

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Senate Republicans are furious as some Democratic-appointed judges cancel plans to retire in response to the GOP blockading the confirmation of outgoing President Joe Biden's final judicial nominees, Politico reported on Monday. He had planned to take senior status — a form of semi-retirement that lets a new judge be appointed — but after Senate Republicans rallied to block Biden's …

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Key GOP Senators start paving the way for Gaetz’s Attorney General confirmation
1 month ago

Key GOP Senators start paving the way for Gaetz’s Attorney General confirmation

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Several key and influential Republican Senators are helping to support former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz's efforts to be confirmed as President-elect Donald Trump's Attorney General, despite credible allegations he allegedly had sex with a minor, sex trafficked a minor, paid to have sex with at least two women, engaged in illicit drug use, and other damning claims. The House Ethics …

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Tommy Tuberville threatens to end career of any GOP senator who blocks Matt Gaetz
1 month, 1 week ago

Tommy Tuberville threatens to end career of any GOP senator who blocks Matt Gaetz

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Sen. Tommy Tuberville delivered a threat to any Republican who might break rank on confirming Rep. Matt Gaetz as Donald Trump's next attorney general: MAGA will come for your job. “I don’t know, you’re finding all the swamp creatures coming out right now” to oppose Gaetz's nomination, Tuberville said Wednesday evening on Fox Business. He was investigated by the FBI …

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'Not a hoax!' Jake Tapper fires back at GOP senator declaring Trump clip 'a distortion'
1 month, 3 weeks ago

'Not a hoax!' Jake Tapper fires back at GOP senator declaring Trump clip 'a distortion'

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A GOP senator’s characterization of a clip of Donald Trump spewing violent language about former Rep. Liz Cheney as a “distortion” and “pre-Election Day hoax” didn’t pass muster for CNN anchor Jake Tapper, who immediately pushed back. The tense exchange unfolded during an appearance by Sen. Bill Hagerty on Tapper’s show “The Lead” after a clip was played of Trump …

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GOP senator comes clean after attacking China: 'To be honest, I have not been briefed'
9 months, 2 weeks ago

GOP senator comes clean after attacking China: 'To be honest, I have not been briefed'

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Sen. Roger Marshall admitted on Sunday that he was sharing controversial information about China even though federal officials had not briefed him. During an interview on Fox News, host Maria Bartiromo claimed that China was sending "largely military-aged men" to cross into the United States through the southern border. "Over the last five years, this Chinese triad has monopolized money …

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Bernie Sanders breaks up near ‘literal brawl’ as GOP senator moves to fight witness
1 year, 1 month ago

Bernie Sanders breaks up near ‘literal brawl’ as GOP senator moves to fight witness

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Sen. Bernie Sanders reportedly stepped in to stop a "literal brawl" during a Senate hearing Tuesday. At a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee meeting, Sen. Markwayne Mullin read a tweet from Teamster Sean O'Brien. "You stand your butt up," O'Brien shot back. Bloomberg's Ian Kullgren described the incident as a near "literal brawl."

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'Porker of the Month': Retired GOP senator buys himself a legacy with other people's money
1 year, 2 months ago

'Porker of the Month': Retired GOP senator buys himself a legacy with other people's money

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Since leaving office in January, former Sen. Richard Shelby has been a generous donor to the University of Alabama — with other people’s money. In February, the University of Alabama’s Board of Trustees voted to approve the Shelby Institute for Policy and Leadership, which will be home to the former senator’s papers. READ: Matt Gaetz deflects questions about Jim Jordan …

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GOP senator insults Trump's 'signature professional achievement' in rant about dumping him
1 year, 2 months ago

GOP senator insults Trump's 'signature professional achievement' in rant about dumping him

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Donald Trump's inevitability as the Republican Party's 2024 presidential nomination is weighing on the minds of an assortment of GOP donors, campaign consultants and GOP lawmakers who believe he is headed for another loss. Sen. Kevin Cramer who is backing the longshot bid of his home state Governor Doug Burgum is conceding, "I just don’t see a path for anybody …

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‘I call them Americans’: GOP senator doesn't see a problem with white nationalists serving in the military
1 year, 7 months ago

‘I call them Americans’: GOP senator doesn't see a problem with white nationalists serving in the military

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A far-right U.S. senator who last year promoted a racist narrative about Black people earlier this week suggested he doesn’t have a problem with white nationalists serving in the military, AL.com reports. Sen. Tommy Tuberville on Monday criticized President Joe Biden’s efforts to remove extremists group members including white nationalists from serving in the military during an appearance on WBHM, …

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Fox host Steve Doocy reminds GOP senator that DOJ is keeping evidence sealed in case Trump is innocent
2 years, 4 months ago

Fox host Steve Doocy reminds GOP senator that DOJ is keeping evidence sealed in case Trump is innocent

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"Fox & Friends" host Steve Doocy gently corrected Sen. Tim Scott on basic facts about criminal investigations during a segment on the FBI search of Donald Trump's home. Investigators carried out a search warrant last week at Mar-A-Lago and seized 11 sets of top-secret documents the former president may have illegally taken from the White House, and the South Carolina …

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GOP senator is pushing back on Trump on guns. Why the North Carolina Republican think it’s time to act
2 years, 5 months ago

GOP senator is pushing back on Trump on guns. Why the North Carolina Republican think it’s time to act

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Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mr Trump has sought to make his influence in Mr Tillis’s home state known; …

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Leaked texts reveal Madison Cawthorn whined to a GOP senator about his wife's criticism
2 years, 7 months ago

Leaked texts reveal Madison Cawthorn whined to a GOP senator about his wife's criticism

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One week before he will face North Carolina voters in his attempt for the GOP renomination to Congress, The Washington Post on Tuesday published text messages between controversial first-term Rep. Madison Cawthorn and Republican Sen. Thom Tillis. "But his falling-out with top Republicans in North Carolina and Washington also arose from more humdrum blunders such as neglecting constituent services and …

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A GOP senator claimed Judge Jackson wanted to free all prisoners – she told him ‘read two more sentences down’
2 years, 8 months ago

A GOP senator claimed Judge Jackson wanted to free all prisoners – she told him ‘read two more sentences down’

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On Wednesday's Supreme Court hearing for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, Sen. Thom Tillis read out a ruling that he claimed suggested Jackson was advocating for release of all prisoners in COVID-19-infected facilities, regardless of the offense they committed — and was swiftly corrected as Jackson explained that the ruling actually said the opposite of that. "You said, 'the obvious increased …

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Maine GOP rejects censuring Collins over impeachment vote
3 years, 8 months ago

Maine GOP rejects censuring Collins over impeachment vote

Associated Press  

BANGOR, Maine — The Maine Republican Party State Committee decided Saturday against censuring GOP U.S. Sen. Susan Collins over her vote to convict former President Donald Trump at his impeachment trial. “Today’s decision is a testament to the Republican Party’s ‘big tent’ philosophy that respects different views but unites around core principles,” Collins said in a statement. About three dozen …

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