#Abortion politics roils Senate GOP 

#Abortion politics roils Senate GOP 

Abortion politics is emerging as a major headache for Republicans heading into the 2024 election and threatens to derail their chances of winning control of the Senate, as some Republicans think happened in last year’s midterm election. Republicans are all over the map on what role the federal government should play in limiting abortion.  …

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#Graham spars with CNN’s Dana Bash over abortion pill ruling

#Graham calls Marjorie Taylor Greene’s praise of US intelligence leaker ‘irresponsible’

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday said Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s praise for the 21-year-old Air National Guardsman who was arrested last week for leaking classified military documents was “one of the most irresponsible statements she could make.” “If you’re a member of the military intelligence community and you disagree with American policy…

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#GOP fury grows over Trump indictment

#GOP fury grows over Trump indictment

Republicans on Capitol Hill are amping up their defense of former President Trump in the wake of his indictment by a Manhattan grand jury, promising congressional action against the New York district attorney and intensifying their rhetoric with tinges of violence. Trump’s indictment on Thursday capped off days of anticipation after the former president predicted he would…

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#Trump should ‘smash some windows’ in New York

#Trump should ‘smash some windows’ in New York

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) joked on Twitter that former President Trump should “smash some windows, rob a few shops and punch a cop” on his way to the Manhattan district attorney’s office as a tactic to avoid prosecution.   Graham, the senior Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, made the ironic comment to allude to Manhattan…

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#GOP rift exposed as senators warn McCarthy against Iraq vote

#GOP rift exposed as senators warn McCarthy against Iraq vote

Prominent Senate Republicans are warning House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) not to hold a vote on a Senate-passed bill repealing authorization for the use of military force in Iraq without making major changes to it, laying bare the growing Republican divide over national security.   McCarthy faces a tough decision after 18 Republican senators voted…

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#Alvin Bragg faces historic test with Trump indictment

#Alvin Bragg faces historic test with Trump indictment

Alvin Bragg faces historic test with Trump indictment Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) is facing the biggest political test of his career: the possible indictment of former President Trump. It’s a consequential moment that could end with Bragg becoming the first in history to prosecute an indicted former president.   As the possibility rises, Bragg is…

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#Ethics panel admonishes Graham | The Hill

#Ethics panel admonishes Graham | The Hill

Ethics panel admonishes Graham | The Hill The Senate Select Committee on Ethics formally admonished Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) in a letter Thursday for soliciting campaign contributions for the 2022 Senate runoff race in Georgia during an interview with Fox News in the Russell Senate Office Building.   The Ethics Committee found that Graham “directly…

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