Republicans

Podium at Republican National Convention.

joining the ranks

GOP sees more party switchers than Dems

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Briefing

Did Texas Republicans endorse secession at their party convention?

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Base Camp

Texas GOP boos, rebukes John Cornyn over Senate gun negotiations

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Damon Linker

Trump loses his grip on a Trumpified GOP

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probes

Madison Cawthorn faces House Ethics Committee investigation

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capitol riot aftermath

Jan. 6 committee wants to speak with GOP lawmaker over Capitol tour

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W. James Antle III

A lost appetite for war?

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David Faris

A final dispatch of political decline

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re: gas prices

Biden tears into GOP's 'ultra-MAGA' agenda

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Grayson Quay

What's next for the pro-life movement?

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Damon Linker

3 explosive effects of overturning Roe

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Analysis

The pros and cons of a Trump endorsement

Marjorie Taylor Greene and Madison Cawthorn.

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W. James Antle III

The GOP's problem caucus

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Joel Mathis

The GOP's worrying rejection of popular candidates

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requiescat in pace

Orrin Hatch dead at 88

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W. James Antle III

Taking on Disney is just a first step for the new right

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Samuel Goldman

What's wrong with the new right?

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trump v. kinzinger

Kinzinger would 'love' to primary Trump, 'even if he crushed me'

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Samuel Goldman

Republicans are bowing out of presidential debates. Good.

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W. James Antle III

Trump's risk and reward in endorsing J.D. Vance

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'traffic accident'

South Dakota House impeaches attorney general over deadly crash

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David Faris

Countdown to the Democrats' doomsday

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Damon Linker

The Trump circus, without the clown-in-chief

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Things that make you go hmmmmm...

63 Republicans vote against House resolution affirming NATO support

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Damon Linker

A lesson in Democracy from Hungary

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white lies

McCarthy says Cawthorn lied about orgies. Others doubt he 'doesn't know what cocaine is.'

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get your eyes checked

Cawthorn offers up poor explanation for cocaine, orgy remarks

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W. James Antle III

How the GOP locked in the 'angry parent' vote

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Briefing

Drawing lines for power

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W. James Antle III

Will trans issues share the same trajectory as gay marriage?

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Damon Linker

How far to the right can Republicans go?

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Damon Linker

What the 'new right' would do with power

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say that again?

GOP Sen. Braun walks back comment saying SCOTUS shouldn't have legalized interracial marriage

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KBJ = CRT?

GOP tweet linking Ketanji Brown Jackson with critical race theory draws accusations of racism

Nancy Pelosi wearing an American and Ukrainian flag pin

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red doves

Poll: Republicans less hawkish than Dems on Ukraine