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Playbook: Hegseth on the brink, Raskin on the move

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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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1 month, 1 week ago

Senate GOP head delivers unwanted 'message to Trump team': report

Raw Story

Donald Trump on Sunday got a potentially devastating message from the Senate GOP leader, according to a report. Trump prior to announcing his nomination of Matt Gaetz said Republican leaders need to be ready to consent to recess appointments to skip the process of confirmation, despite the fact that the GOP just won the majority in the body. But over …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Small-state Republicans 'rally around their own' as Trump prepares loyalty test: analysis

Raw Story

Donald Trump has already queued up an uncomfortable loyalty test for Senate Republicans with a long string of controversial nominees even they would struggle to support, like Rep. Matt Gaetz for attorney general — and it remains to be seen whether there will be any serious resistance. However, reportxed Paul Kane for The Washington Post, there are already signs that …

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1 month, 1 week ago

'Middle finger': Columnist says Trump just issued a 'dare' for Republicans to disobey him

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Donald Trump is kicking off his new presidency with a power move aimed at humiliating Senate Republicans, wrote Karen Tumulty for The Washington Post — and he's daring them to step out of line. Specifically, that move is the nomination of far-right MAGA loyalist Rep. Matt Gaetz to serve as attorney general, mere days before the House was set to …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Republicans secure majority in US House, now have full control of Congress

India Today

Republicans have won enough seats to control the US House, completing the party’s sweep into power and securing their hold on the US government alongside President-elect Donald Trump. When Trump was elected president in 2016, Republicans also swept Congress, but he still encountered Republican leaders resistant to his policy ideas, as well as a Supreme Court with a liberal majority. …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Republicans win 218 US House seats, giving Trump and the party control of government

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Republicans have won enough seats to control the U.S. House, completing the party’s sweep into power and securing their hold on U.S. government alongside President-elect Donald Trump. House Speaker Mike Johnson, who with Trump's endorsement won the Republican Conference's nomination to stay on as speaker next year, has talked of taking a “blowtorch” to the federal government and its programs, …

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Republicans win 218 US House seats, giving Trump’s party full control of Washington

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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. Read our privacy policy Republicans have won enough seats to control the U.S. House, …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Republicans secure 218 seats, take House majority

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Washington: Republicans have won enough seats to control the U.S. House, completing the party’s sweep into power and securing their hold on U.S. government alongside President-elect Donald Trump. When Trump was elected president in 2016, Republicans also swept Congress, but he still encountered Republican leaders resistant to his policy ideas, as well as a Supreme Court with a liberal majority. …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Secret vote for Senate leader shows Washington isn't completely 'Trump-ified': columnist

Raw Story

North Dakota Sen. John Thune’s win as GOP Senate majority leader exposed the first cracks in Donald Trump’s "MAGA-verse" that became more fortified after his decisive election night victory, according to a longtime conservative columnist, who added that MAGA influencers "just don’t carry that much weight in the halls of the Senate." “Not every established rule, custom and norm in …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Watch live: Senate Republicans speak for first time since John Thune elected Senate majority leader

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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. Read our privacy policy Watch as the Senate Republicans speak for the first time …

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1 month, 1 week ago

A look at the candidates vying to be the next Senate majority leader

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — In the first seriously contested Senate Republican leadership election in decades, three senators are vying to replace longtime GOP leader Mitch McConnell when he steps down from the post at the beginning of next year and Republicans take back the Senate majority. South Dakota Sen. John Thune, Texas Sen. John Cornyn and Florida Sen. Rick Scott have been …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Senate Republicans are gathering behind closed doors to pick a new majority leader

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Republican senators will gather behind closed doors Wednesday to decide who will replace longtime Senate leader Mitch McConnell and lead their new majority next year — a decision that could shape the future of the Senate, and the party, as Donald Trump reclaims the presidency. South Dakota Sen. John Thune, Texas Sen. John Cornyn and Florida Sen. Rick …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Republicans retain their hold of the House, clinching full control of Congress

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Republicans retain their hold of the House, clinching full control of Congress toggle caption Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images Republicans have officially won a full trifecta of power in Washington, D.C., following GOP victories in several key U.S. House contests. Republicans are also already planning an extension of the tax cuts Trump enacted in 2017 — the last time he and …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump pressures candidates for Senate GOP leader to fill his Cabinet right away

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Days before Senate Republicans pick their new leader, President-elect Donald Trump is pressuring the candidates to change the rules and empower him to appoint some nominees without a Senate vote. In a statement on X and Truth Social, Trump said that the next leader “must agree” to allow him to make appointments when the chamber is on recess, …

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3 months ago

Manchin won’t endorse Harris over vow to gut filibuster to codify abortion rights: ‘Shame on her’

CNN

Washington CNN — Vice President Kamala Harris’ vow to gut the Senate’s filibuster rule to pass a bill codifying abortion rights has cost her an endorsement from a leading Senate moderate: Joe Manchin. I was hoping she would change this.” Manchin’s comments come in the wake of Harris telling Wisconsin Public Radio this week, “We should eliminate the filibuster for …

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3 months, 1 week ago

John Thune is striving to be the next Republican Senate leader, but can he rise in Trump’s GOP?

Associated Press

— The gold-leafed ceilings and crystal chandeliers of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort are a long way from the small town of Murdo, South Dakota, where Sen. John Thune grew up. Senate Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. But I just felt like the country …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Senate rejects legislation that would expand child tax credit and restore business tax breaks

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A bill to expand the child tax credit and restore some tax breaks for businesses failed to advance in the Senate on Thursday as Republicans largely opposed the measure, arguing they would be in position to get a better deal next year. He was also looking to counter assertions from Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s running mate, Sen. …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Wyoming Sen. Barrasso will run for No. 2 spot in GOP leadership, narrowing race to replace McConnell

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso announced Tuesday that he will run for the No. 2 spot in the Senate Republican conference after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell steps down from the top post at the end of the year, bowing out of the race for leader after two of his colleagues announced they would run. Texas Sen. John Cornyn …

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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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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Texas Sen. Cornyn announces run for GOP leader as scramble to succeed McConnell begins in the Senate

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Texas Sen. John Cornyn has informed his colleagues that he intends to run for Senate Republican leader, becoming the first senator to announce a campaign after Sen. Mitch McConnell said he will step down from the post in November. “And I am confident Senate Republicans can restore our institution to the essential role it serves in our constitutional …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Who would replace Mitch McConnell if he stands down?

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mr McConnell held the minority leader’s role until …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Trump's own unflattering angles revealed after he deleted line saying McConnell has 'too many chins'

Daily Mail

Donald Trump was on the cusp of calling Mitch McConnell a man with 'too many chins but not enough smarts' before he was talked out of including the insult in his statement attacking the Senate majority leader yesterday. But despite penning the humiliating barb about McConnell's looks as the Republican Party descends into civil war following Trump's impeachment acquittal, the …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Dem-led House, drawing a line, kicks Greene off committees

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A fiercely divided House tossed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene off both her committees Thursday, an unprecedented punishment that Democrats said she’d earned by spreading hateful and violent conspiracy theories. Eleven Republicans joined 219 Democrats in backing Greene’s ejection from her committees, while 199 GOP lawmakers voted “no.” Addressing her colleagues, Greene tried to dissociate herself from her “words …

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3 years, 11 months ago

GOP senators in spotlight as second impeachment trial looms

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — For a second time, Republican senators face the choice of whether to convict President Donald Trump in an impeachment trial. In a statement Thursday, Murkowski said the House was right to impeach Trump, who has “perpetrated false rhetoric that the election was stolen and rigged, even after dozens of courts ruled against these claims.’' When he was not …

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Playbook: Hegseth on the brink, Raskin on the move

Senate GOP head delivers unwanted 'message to Trump team': report

Small-state Republicans 'rally around their own' as Trump prepares loyalty test: analysis

'Middle finger': Columnist says Trump just issued a 'dare' for Republicans to disobey him

Republicans secure majority in US House, now have full control of Congress

Republicans win 218 US House seats, giving Trump and the party control of government

Republicans win 218 US House seats, giving Trump’s party full control of Washington

Republicans secure 218 seats, take House majority

Secret vote for Senate leader shows Washington isn't completely 'Trump-ified': columnist

Watch live: Senate Republicans speak for first time since John Thune elected Senate majority leader

A look at the candidates vying to be the next Senate majority leader

Senate Republicans are gathering behind closed doors to pick a new majority leader

Republicans retain their hold of the House, clinching full control of Congress

Trump pressures candidates for Senate GOP leader to fill his Cabinet right away

Manchin won’t endorse Harris over vow to gut filibuster to codify abortion rights: ‘Shame on her’

John Thune is striving to be the next Republican Senate leader, but can he rise in Trump’s GOP?

Senate rejects legislation that would expand child tax credit and restore business tax breaks

Wyoming Sen. Barrasso will run for No. 2 spot in GOP leadership, narrowing race to replace McConnell

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

Texas Sen. Cornyn announces run for GOP leader as scramble to succeed McConnell begins in the Senate

Who would replace Mitch McConnell if he stands down?

Trump's own unflattering angles revealed after he deleted line saying McConnell has 'too many chins'

Dem-led House, drawing a line, kicks Greene off committees

GOP senators in spotlight as second impeachment trial looms