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GOP Drama: Cotton Blocks Cornyn for Senate Intelligence Chair
2 weeks ago

GOP Drama: Cotton Blocks Cornyn for Senate Intelligence Chair

Politico  

A spokesperson for Thune declined to comment. Asked if he expects to claim the gavel, Cotton on Tuesday said, “No comment.” On Tuesday night, Cotton spokeswoman Caroline Tabler said: “Senator Thune has told Senator Cotton he’s taking over as chair. Cornyn approached Cotton to take his temperature about the post last month after the leader race, I’m told by a …

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Playbook: Hegseth on the brink, Raskin on the move
3 weeks ago

Playbook: Hegseth on the brink, Raskin on the move

Politico  

Playbook: Hegseth on the brink, Raskin on the move Presented by With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine DRIVING THE DAY UNITING THE TRIBES — JONATHAN COWAN, co-founder and president of Third Way, is endorsing Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair BEN WIKLER to lead the DNC, he writes in a buzzy, just-posted POLITICO Magazine piece — a notable …

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'Last culling': MSNBC host expects midterms to rid GOP of senators not in MAGA 'lockstep'
3 weeks, 1 day ago

'Last culling': MSNBC host expects midterms to rid GOP of senators not in MAGA 'lockstep'

Raw Story  

The MAGA wing of the Republican Party has been successful in taking over the House of Representatives, but there are still those in the U.S. Senate who don't adore Donald Trump. But in two years, one-third of the Senate will be up for reelection again — and an MSNBC reporter thinks that could see a further culling of those not …

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Donald Trump Already Setting Up A Potential Constitutional Crisis Over His Appointments
1 month, 1 week ago

Donald Trump Already Setting Up A Potential Constitutional Crisis Over His Appointments

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― Four years after sending a violent mob to the U.S. Capitol to coerce Congress into giving him a second term despite his election loss, Donald Trump is again trying to bully lawmakers, this time by demanding they adjourn and let him bypass their constitutional role if they will not quickly confirm his choices for his …

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Trump is determined to see Gaetz confirmed as AG despite controversies
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1 month, 1 week ago

Trump is determined to see Gaetz confirmed as AG despite controversies

CNN  

CNN — President-elect Donald Trump is pressing forward with his decision to put forward former Rep. Matt Gaetz as attorney general, despite widespread unease on Capitol Hill about entrusting the Justice Department to a figure with limited legal experience who has recently faced investigations into allegations of sexual misconduct. Yet the president-elect has made clear that he views Gaetz as …

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Trump is determined to see Gaetz confirmed as AG despite controversies
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1 month, 1 week ago

Trump is determined to see Gaetz confirmed as AG despite controversies

CNN  

CNN — President-elect Donald Trump is pressing forward with his decision to put forward former Rep. Matt Gaetz as attorney general, despite widespread unease on Capitol Hill about entrusting the Justice Department to a figure with limited legal experience who has recently faced investigations into allegations of sexual misconduct. Yet the president-elect has made clear that he views Gaetz as …

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How Donald Trump loyalists and MAGA hustlers descended on Mar-a-Lago to fight for a role in his White House
1 month, 1 week ago

How Donald Trump loyalists and MAGA hustlers descended on Mar-a-Lago to fight for a role in his White House

ABC  

Mar-a-Lago might have a million-dollar membership, but once you're in the club, you're close to the people and the president-elect who are building the next government of the United States. She runs an "anti-woke" PR firm and described the jockeying for White House positions going on at Trump's sprawling Florida estate as "like House of Cards on the lido deck". …

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Gaetz faces rocky road to confirmation as pressure builds for release of House ethics probe
1 month, 1 week ago

Gaetz faces rocky road to confirmation as pressure builds for release of House ethics probe

CNN  

CNN — Top Senate Republicans are withholding support for President-elect Donald Trump’s pick of Matt Gaetz to serve as attorney general, while Democrats and at least one prominent GOP senator call for the release of an ethics report into the former congressman. Sen. John Cornyn, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he “absolutely” wants to see the House …

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Senate Republicans choose new leader amid MAGA pressure campaign
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1 month, 1 week ago

Senate Republicans choose new leader amid MAGA pressure campaign

Raw Story  

Senate Republicans on Wednesday chose their next majority leader to replace Sen. Mitch McConnell and brought to a close an intense pressure campaign from President-elect Donald Trump's MAGA allies. Thune and Cornyn both boast lengthy tenures in the Senate, dating back to former President George W. Bush’s administration, and strong ties to the institutionalist wing of the GOP. Carlson mounted …

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‘Not serious’: Trump reportedly dismissed Rick Scott’s bid for Senate leadership role
1 month, 2 weeks ago

‘Not serious’: Trump reportedly dismissed Rick Scott’s bid for Senate leadership role

Raw Story  

Florida Sen. Rick Scott’s hopes of becoming the Senate’s next Republican leader were privately pushed aside by former President Donald Trump, who according to new reporting, told allies his bid was “not serious.” Scott is seen as a likely replacement for outgoing Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell’s position, along with Sens. A Trump endorsement could have major implications for the …

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‘Scared to Death’: GOP Security Hawks Slam Vance Selection
5 months, 1 week ago

‘Scared to Death’: GOP Security Hawks Slam Vance Selection

Politico  

While toeing the party line and praising Vance in their public comments, in private the interventionists ranged from horrified to merely alarmed that one of the loudest critics of aiding Ukraine could soon be first in line for the presidency. Rep. Ken Calvert, who oversees military spending as the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee chair, told one associate, according to a person …

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South Dakota Sen. John Thune jumps into race to succeed McConnell as Senate leader
9 months, 2 weeks ago

South Dakota Sen. John Thune jumps into race to succeed McConnell as Senate leader

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — South Dakota Sen. John Thune is entering the race to be the next Republican leader of the U.S. Senate once Sen. Mitch McConnell steps away from the post in November. He told another local news outlet, Dakota News Now, that McConnell stepping down is “a chance for a reset and I’d like to be a part of it.” …

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McConnell in Winter: Inside the GOP Leader’s Attempt to Thwart Trump
1 year, 4 months ago

McConnell in Winter: Inside the GOP Leader’s Attempt to Thwart Trump

Politico  

“I wasn’t thinking of it in that way,” he said, “I was thinking of it in terms of the reservations the previous president seemed to have, and has expressed in his current campaign.” From the Senate floor and Washington fundraisers to awards banquets and congressional delegation trips overseas, Addison Mitchell McConnell is on what could be his final political mission. …

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Congressional GOP grapples with ‘unhinged’ Trump
4 years ago

Congressional GOP grapples with ‘unhinged’ Trump

CNN  

CNN — Even in his waning days in power, President Donald Trump is still finding ways to inflict his signature loyalty tests on the Republican Party. Through all that, Trump is obsessively pursuing any tactic that could overturn the results of the election, encouraging an already-doomed effort by a small group of House Republicans to challenge the Electoral College results …

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Trump fights for a job that he’s not doing as coronavirus rages
4 years ago

Trump fights for a job that he’s not doing as coronavirus rages

CNN  

CNN — When the history of the pandemic is written, one of the great mysteries will be what President Donald Trump was doing in the waning days of his presidency as the number of Covid-19 deaths in the US soared past 3,000 each day, the virus spread unchecked and Congress dithered over the details of an emergency relief package that …

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