#Republicans buckle down for what could be marathon blockade

#Republicans buckle down for what could be marathon blockade

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is racing to break the lower chamber deadlock triggered this week by disgruntled conservatives, but rank-and-file members aren’t holding their breath for a resolution. A number of House Republicans left Washington on Thursday warning the sides remain so far apart that it might require weeks — maybe longer — to get the…

Read More
#How Florida became a conservative bastion

#How Florida became a conservative bastion

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a five-part series called “How Florida got so conservative.” Florida has become the nerve center of the modern Republican Party.  Once the nation’s largest and most volatile swing state, Florida has lurched to the right in recent years, becoming a mecca for the GOP’s most influential luminaries and wealthiest donors.  Republicans…

Read More
#Key moments from the GOP-controlled House’s first 100 days

#Key moments from the GOP-controlled House’s first 100 days

House Republicans entered the majority 100 days ago with a long list of policy priorities and investigative inquiries. In the past three months, the conference has ticked-off a number of those tasks: lawmakers passed messaging bills to appeal to the base, opened long-promised investigations and even clinched a few bipartisan victories. The GOP majority, however,…

Read More
#Biden chides GOP for ‘trying to hide the truth’ about Black history in marking Bloody Sunday

#Biden chides GOP for ‘trying to hide the truth’ about Black history in marking Bloody Sunday

Biden chides GOP for ‘trying to hide the truth’ about Black history in marking Bloody Sunday President Biden on Sunday called out Republicans for efforts to limit teaching parts of Black history as he marked the 58th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. “History matters,” Biden said at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. “The truth matters, notwithstanding what the…

Read More
#Five factors that could determine the 2024 GOP nominee

#Five factors that could determine the 2024 GOP nominee

Five factors that could determine the 2024 GOP nominee The 2024 presidential primaries are still more than a year away, but the race to become the Republican nominee is quickly becoming a volatile affair.  So far, only former President Trump has launched a campaign for the nomination, but most Republicans expect that to change soon. Even though…

Read More