Congressman Duncan Hunter’s guilty plea to a single charge of campaign finance fraud late last year and his resignation this week has made the 50th Congressional District race one of the most-watched 2020 races in the nation, as a millennial Democratic candidate makes his second attempt to flip the Republican stronghold.
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Senator Ron Wyden warned Thursday that Republicans’ offensive against a former Democratic National Committee consultant echoes Russian disinformation.
Read moreTwo weeks out from the 2016 elections, a first-time donor born in Ukraine lit up the map of the Republican Party with a $50,000 cash donation to Donald Trump’s joint fundraising committee.
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An Anchorage Superior Court judge on Friday directed Alaska’s Division of Elections to allow the effort to recall Governor Mike Dunleavy to proceed.
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After years of serving and being heavily involved with the California Republican Party, Mike Madrid is taking a temporary break from the party – at least when it comes to President Donald Trump.
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An attorney argued Thursday before the Minnesota Supreme Court that Republican presidential candidate Rocky De La Fuente should be allowed on the ballot for the state’s March primary.
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Most American voters prefer a presidential candidate with political experience and a more moderate stance on the issues, according to a poll released Monday.
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Senate Republicans introduced a resolution Monday that would amend the rules to allow them to dismiss President Donald Trump’s articles of impeachment, without any debate, if the House of Representatives does not transfer them for trial before next week.
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The Senate seems certain to keep President Trump in office due to the overwhelming Republican support expected in his impeachment trial. But how that trial will proceed — and when it will begin — remains to be seen.
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In a push for the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, more than 200 Republican members of Congress filed an amicus brief urging the high court to reconsider the landmark case that legalized abortion nationwide.
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Erik Prince, a major Republican donor and founder of controversial security firm Blackwater, has been referred to the U.S. Treasury Department for possible sanctions violations tied to his recent trip to Venezuela for a meeting with a top aide of President Nicolas Maduro, two senior U.S. officials said.
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North Carolina Republican Mark Meadows, a top ally of President Donald Trump, announced Thursday he is retiring from the U.S. House of Representatives but hinted at a future role in the White House.
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President Donald Trump abused the power of his office and obstructed congressional oversight into his misconduct, the Democrat-dominated House of Representatives voted after six hours of bitter debate on Wednesday.
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The Seventh Circuit on Monday rejected a conservative PAC’s challenge to an Illinois law banning direct campaign contributions by independent expenditure committees, citing the need to curb corruption.
Read moreDiplomatic immunity precluded jurisdiction in a case brought by Elliot Broidy, the former deputy finance chair of the Republican National Committee, against a UN official, the Second Circuit ruled. Broidy claimed his computer had been hacked and that the official had been paid by Qatar to participate in the hacking scheme.
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Lawyers for Planned Parenthood argued before the Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday that the state’s refusal to reimburse it for health care services is an example of legislation through appropriation.
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Houston’s police chief has called out Texas Senator John Cornyn, claiming Republican lawmakers are cowing to the National Rifle Association by stalling a bill to stop abusers from buying guns.
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Was the 2018 “Blue Wave” of Democrats taking control of congressional seats in Orange County, California, an aberration or a sign of a permanent demographic shift among voters? Experts say Republicans will have their work cut out for them in 2020.
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Georgia Governor Brian Kemp is expected Wednesday to pick a wealthy businesswoman to fill a vacant U.S. Senate seat, upsetting some conservative allies of President Donald Trump.
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Ahead of the much-anticipated report on the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump by House Democrats, House Republicans released a report of their own late Monday that ignores evidence from weeks of investigation and damning testimony by senior administration officials who undercut the White House’s claim of a “perfect” interaction with Ukraine President Volodomyr Zelensky.
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