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Published
May 23, 2023

DeSantis plans to announce 2024 bid on Twitter Spaces with Musk, sources say

While it is common for campaigns to publicize their announcements on social media, it is far more unusual – and perhaps unprecedented – to hold a campaign announcement in a live social media forum.
Published
May 22, 2023

South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott launches 2024 Republican presidential bid

He enters the race with more cash on hand than any other presidential candidate in U.S. history, with $22 million left in his campaign bank account at the end of his 2022 campaign that he can transfer to his presidential coffers.
Published
April 3, 2023

Commentary: The gun lobby’s strength is cultural, not financial

The NRA’s biggest achievement has been defining the ownership of firearms as a distinctive form of social identity.
Published
March 20, 2023

Trump calls for protests, but even some ardent supporters dismiss the idea

The hundreds of arrests that followed the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, not to mention the convictions and long prison sentences, may have dampened the desire for repeat mass unrest and violence.
Published
February 28, 2023

Tennessee Republican congressman was ‘mistaken’ about his college degree

Tennessee U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles has also called himself an economist even though he only took one community college economics course, a Tennessee TV station reports.

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Published
February 14, 2023

Nikki Haley announces presidential campaign, challenging Trump

Haley, 51, is the first in a long line of Republicans who are expected to launch 2024 campaigns in the coming months.
Published
February 7, 2023

Arkansas Gov. Sanders slams Biden for ‘woke fantasies’

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' speech was a stark contrast to President Biden's address, which sought to reassure the country and urged Congress to work with him on rebuilding the economy.
Published
January 23, 2023

Trump’s MAGA forces threaten to upend vote for RNC chair

The attacks have been led by Ronna McDaniel's chief rival, a Trump attorney who has accused McDaniel of religious bigotry, chronic misspending and privately claiming she can control the former president.
Published
January 14, 2023

View from Away: McCarthy’s House rules could weaken ethics oversight

In its first act, the House has moved to make it harder to investigate corruption by its members. So much for a ‘government that is held accountable.’
Published
January 10, 2023

House Republicans to launch investigations into FBI, China

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol is no more, and Republicans have no plans to revive it, vowing instead to take a closer look at the actions of law enforcement.