Republicans

Two hands in cuffs, one giving a thumbs-up and the other giving a thumbs-down

Talking point

Indicting the 'Teflon president'

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Talking point

DeSantis plays both sides in comments on a possible Trump indictment

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Behind the scenes

What exactly is Mike Pence planning?

Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol.

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Behind the scenes

The GOP's damaging obsession with Jan. 6

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A Pushback from Pence

Pence says 'history will hold Donald Trump accountable' for Jan. 6 in strong rebuke

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Name and blame

Man accusing CPAC chief Matt Schlapp of unwanted groping steps forward

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Instant opinion

4 lessons from CPAC

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maybe in 2028?

Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan won't run for president in 2024

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In review

Ron DeSantis' 'chilling' new book

Cinderella's castle at Walt Disney World.

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Today's big question

Has DeSantis' gone too far?

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Profile

Matt Schlapp, falling GOP star?

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Behind the scenes

Is CPAC losing its mojo?

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Briefing

Is a 'national divorce' looming?

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Throwing His Hat In

'Anti-woke' author Vivek Ramaswamy becomes 3rd GOP presidential candidate

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Briefing

What Republicans mean by a 'new generation'

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Briefing

The GOP's plans for Social Security and Medicare

James Comer, Jim Jordan, and Marjorie Taylor Green.

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Briefing

The House GOP's bugbears

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Harold Maass

To heckle or not to heckle?

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'He rope-a-doped them'

Biden pleased with GOP reaction to jabs on Social Security, Medicare cuts

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Briefing

The GOP's SOTU response was important not for what it said but what it didn't

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popping off

Mitt Romney says George Santos is 'a sick puppy'

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drama

Biden booed by Republicans after saying some want to cut Social Security and Medicare

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GOP on GOP violence

Mitt Romney and George Santos exchanged words before State of the Union

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mind your manners

McCarthy asks GOP House members to behave during State of the Union

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Briefing

The conservatives who have turned on Trump

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Briefing

The GOP's next move on abortion

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Punitive politics?

Republicans oust Ilhan Omar from House committee

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Advanced appeasement?

College Board appeases conservatives over AP African American studies

Republican Rep. George Santos of New York.

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Being Un-Seated

George Santos to recuse himself from House committees

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Briefing

Why (some) Republicans want a national sales tax

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Congrats

RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel wins 4th term

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Briefing

What does the GOP want from debt ceiling negotiations?

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hmmmmm...

Arizona Legislature exempts itself from state public records law

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Briefing

Dems prepare for war with McCarthy over committee seats

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Briefing

The next front in the GOP's civil war: Entitlements