Tag: Republican
Republican Lawmakers Face Fresh Backlash to Trump at Home
Despite some attempts to create controlled environments aimed at thwarting disruptions by protesters, congressional Republicans who are holding town h [...]
Opposition to Republican Budget Plan Builds in the House Over National Debt Concerns
Anti-spending conservatives in the House are lining up to oppose the Senate’s budget blueprint because it would add too much to the nation’s debt, thr [...]
Fire at New Mexico Republican Party Headquarters Being Investigated as Arson
Officials confirmed that the headquarters had been damaged in a fire, which the Republican Party called a “deliberate act of arson.”
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Spartz, Republican Lawmaker, Faces Anger at Town Halls Over Musk Cuts and Hegseth
Representative Victoria Spartz, a Republican, defended Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts to the federal government, drawing jeers from the crowd.
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Top Senate Republican Protests Trump Bid to Withhold Spending
Senator Susan Collins of Maine, the chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee, joined top Democrats in insisting that the president does not have the [...]
Mia Love, First Black Republican Woman Elected to Congress, Dies at 49
Ms. Love, who represented Utah in Congress from 2015 to 2019, was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2022.
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Vance Tries to Bridge a Republican Divide Between Populists and Tech Leaders
The rift appeared as President Trump won support from high-profile tech industry figures, particularly Elon Musk.
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Anti-Abortion Lawyer Pushed Out of F.D.A. After Republican Senator’s Pressure Campaign
Hilary Perkins, a career lawyer and a conservative, was targeted by Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri for defending the Biden administration’s position [...]
Alan K. Simpson, Influential Wyoming Republican Senator, Dies at 93
A plain-spoken, sometimes cantankerous lawmaker, he balanced his conservative views with moderate stands on abortion rights, gay marriage and immigrat [...]
Democrats Plan Nationwide Blitz of Town Halls in Republican Districts
A series of events in all 50 states aims to capitalize on a recent warning from Republican leadership that its lawmakers should avoid such public foru [...]
D.C. families, facing lost jobs and a gutted city budget, beseech Republican lawmakers.
Facing layoffs from the city’s biggest employer and what amounts to a billion-dollar budget cut, D.C. residents rallied on Capitol Hill on Thursday.
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Republican Refers to Transgender Member as a Man, Cutting Short a House Hearing
Representative Keith Self of Texas insisted on calling Representative Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender member of Congress, “Mr. McBride,” a [...]
Republican Voters Support Medicaid but Want Work Requirements, Poll Finds
More than 60 percent of all voters — and 47 percent of Democrats — supported a work requirement for Medicaid, the country’s largest health insurance p [...]
Republican Senators Question Musk on DOGE Cuts, Gently Insisting on Input
At a mostly friendly closed-door meeting, the billionaire carrying out President Trump’s bid to shrink the federal bureaucracy fielded queries about h [...]
Lincoln Díaz-Balart, a ‘Free Cuba’ Republican in Congress, Dies at 70
The Florida scion of an anti-communist political family, he served in the House for 18 years at a time when Cuban Americans exerted peak influence on [...]