White House says it's entirely on House GOP to avoid a shutdown as deadline nears
The White House continues to argue that it is entirely up to House Republicans to avert a government shutdown: "The ball is completely in their court," a White House official told CNN on Wednesday, just three days out from the end-of-month funding deadline.
2023-09-28 05:22
This week's debate is a critical chance for Trump's rivals to make him pay for ignoring them
The candidates who will gather for the second Republican presidential debate this week face an unusual challenge: how to take on a front-runner who's not on stage and is already acting as if he's the nominee.
2023-09-26 12:24
McCarthy privately outlines new GOP plan to avert shutdown, setting up clash with Senate
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy privately outlined to members a new GOP plan to keep the government open on Wednesday after a marathon two-and-a-half-hour GOP conference meeting.
2023-09-21 11:17
Tuberville and Senate Republicans plot rarely used tactic to force vote on stalled Marine Corps commandant nomination
Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville and a group of his fellow GOP senators are plotting a new tactic to break the Senate's gridlock on stalled military nominees: they may force a procedural vote on the Marine Corps commandant nominee, in a breach of Senate protocol.
2023-09-20 09:58
GOP presidential hopefuls flock to Iowa to court Christian conservative voters
With roughly four months until the Iowa caucuses, Republican presidential hopefuls have flocked to the Hawkeye State this weekend for Saturday's Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition's fall banquet, with hopes of impressing the state's conservative evangelical activists.
2023-09-17 07:23
Biden seeks to preempt GOP attempts to slash federal workforce with new proposal
The Biden administration is seeking to strengthen protections for federal workers as a host of Republican candidates, including frontrunner Donald Trump, make reducing and altering the federal workforce a key component of their campaigns.
2023-09-16 23:23
Florida GOP scraps planned loyalty oath in win for Trump over DeSantis in their shared home state
The Republican Party of Florida on Friday night scrapped plans to require presidential candidates to sign a loyalty oath, siding with former President Donald Trump over Gov. Ron DeSantis in a proxy war that tested the strength of the two rivals' support in their home state.
2023-09-16 11:25
McCarthy backs launching formal impeachment inquiry into Biden
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced Tuesday that he endorsed launching a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.
2023-09-12 23:59
Republican congressman says Tuberville's hold on military nominations is 'paralyzing' and a 'national security problem'
House Foreign Affairs Chairman Mike McCaul, a Republican, told CNN's Jake Tapper on Sunday that GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville holding up military nominations is "paralyzing" and a "national security problem."
2023-09-11 02:53
Former congressional aide will win GOP primary for Utah special election, CNN projects
Former congressional aide Celeste Maloy will win the Republican special primary election to succeed her onetime boss, GOP Rep. Chris Stewart, in Utah's 2nd Congressional District, CNN projects.
2023-09-07 08:15
Trump is in a league of his own as GOP primary hits fall sprint
There are two Republican primaries as an election season that defies conventional metrics and campaign trail traditions crashes into its fall stretch.
2023-09-05 12:19
Arizona GOP's rebuff of one-day, in-person, primary highlights party's rift over election security
Arizona state Republican chairman Jeff DeWit this week rejected a Maricopa County GOP proposal to hold a one-day state-run presidential primary in 2024, highlighting a continued fracture in the Republican Party in the wake of persistent election denialism stemming from the 2020 presidential election.
2023-09-03 02:52