Funding for more than half of the government was set to expire early Saturday morning, likely leading to a brief partial shutdown over the weekend after Republican senators refused to allow quick passage of a $1.2 trillion spending bill that would House of Representatives had approved earlier on Friday. A partial government shutdown would cap…
Kansas Republicans are under fire for holding a fundraiser Friday night where participants physically attacked an effigy resembling President Biden, according to video footage shared on social media over the weekend. The event, held Friday in Overland Park, Kan., the state’s second-largest city, was hosted by the Johnson County Republican Party and billed as “A…
Former President Donald J. Trump crowned a resounding victory among Republican delegates on Saturday during a raucous convention in Michigan that exposed a deep rift in the state party that threatens to fester in one of the key battleground states. Mr. Trump, the Republican front-runner, won at least 90 percent of the vote in all…
In May 2023, Senator Charles E. Grassley, a primary opponent of President Biden, entered the Senate with shocking news: He had learned, he said, of a document in the possession of the FBI that revealed “a criminal scheme that was involved at the time , could reveal.” -Vice President Biden.” Mr. Grassley, a Republican from…
The political spotlight will be on Michigan on Tuesday when voters there cast their primary ballots, and then again four days later when Republicans hold another election campaign. The party has adopted a novel and somewhat confusing hybrid nominating system this year, which will culminate with a statewide nominating convention on March 2. Or two….
Sen. Chuck Schumer, the majority leader, is traveling to Ukraine on Friday to visit to show American solidarity with a Democratic ally under attack by Russia and to increase pressure on Republicans to increase their opposition to additional U.S. to give up help. The trip, Schumer’s first official trip to Ukraine, comes at a critical…
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed new legislative plans Monday that could dramatically alter the state’s balance of power and give Democrats a chance to gain control of the state Legislature for the first time in more than a decade. “When I promised I wanted fair maps — not maps that were better for one party…
When Vice President Kamala Harris flew to Germany for the Munich Security Conference last year, she made an unequivocal promise. “The United States,” she said, “will continue to support Ukraine for as long as necessary.” When Ms. Harris returned to the same forum and took the same stage last week, her message sounded similar, but…
A bipartisan coalition of senators was on track Monday to push a $95 billion relief package to the brink of passage as Republicans bitterly divided over the bill. Last week, 18 Republicans championed the bill and helped push it through the Senate, despite vocal opposition from the majority of Republican senators, Republican leaders in the…
After Donald J. Trump suggested that he had threatened to encourage Russia to attack “criminal” NATO allies, three themes stood out in the response of many Republican officials: expressions of support, aversion, or even cheerful indifference. Republican Party elites are so adept at deflecting even Mr. Trump’s most outrageous statements that they quickly shot them…
