GOP faces must-win race in North Carolina
Republicans are scrambling to avoid what would be a devastating loss in the special House election in North Carolina’s 9th District.
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Kansas and South Carolina Republicans cancel 2020 presidential nominating contests
The Republican Party in Kansas and South Carolina voted to cancel their GOP presidential caucuses and primaries in 2020.
Trump budget deal passes with 22 Senate GOP defections
Congress sent a two-year budget and debt ceiling deal to President Trump over the objection of 22 Senate Republicans.
Senate confirms Kelly Craft as US envoy to UN
The Senate has confirmed Kelly Craft to become the next US. envoy to the United Nations despite Democratic concerns about her inexperience and potential conflicts of interest.
GOP senators Cassidy and Cruz push to designate Antifa a domestic terrorist organization
Sen. Bill Cassidy said Tuesday that he and Sen. Ted Cruz have introduced a resolution that would designate Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization for attacking Americans ‘who don’t agree with them.’
Defying Trump, GOP-led Senate votes to block Saudi arms sales
The Republican-led Senate voted Thursday to block $8.1 billion in US arms sales to Saudi Arabia and other Arab allies, as legislators outraged with the kingdom delivered a symbolic rebuke to President Donald Trump.
Democrats declare ‘war’ on GOP over abortion bills
Democrats declared ‘war’ Thursday against Republican-led states approving new abortion restrictions, and announced legislation to codify abortion rights in federal law.
‘Chick-fil-A’ Bill Reignites LGBT Opposition in Texas
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signaled he will sign legislation that Republicans say is a defense of Chick-fil-A and religious freedom, but gay lawmakers sometimes tearfully railed against it on the House floor as a license to discriminate.
Missouri passes “one of the strongest” abortion bills yet in U.S.
Missouri’s Republican-led Senate has passed a wide-ranging bill to ban abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy, acting only hours after Alabama’s governor signed a near-total abortion ban into law. The Missouri bill needs another vote of approval in the GOP-led House before it can go to Republican Gov. Mike Parson, who voiced support for an earlier version Wednesday.
GOP confirms Trump’s 100th judicial nominee, gears up for more
Senate Republicans confirmed President Trump’s 100th federal judge on Thursday, speeding through a series of picks this week thanks to the GOP’s nuclear option move last month.
Dems, Trump pull $2T surprise on infrastructure
Democratic leaders and President Trump pulled a surprise on Tuesday, by reaching a deal to pursue a $2 trillion infrastructure package despite rising tensions over congressional probes into the White House that have sparked a debate over impeachment.
Kansas’ new governor vetoes abortion ‘reversal’ rule, setting up showdown with GOP
Kansas’ new governor vetoed a bill Monday that would require doctors and abortion clinics to tell their patients about a disputed treatment meant to stop a medication abortion.
Trump veto of Yemen resolution looked certain, but now he may heed call to end US war role
President Trump is considering signing legislation that would end the U.S. role in Yemen’s stalemated civil war after his advisers urged him to veto the bill.
GOP Pushes to Force All House Members to Vote on Infanticide – Yea or Nay
Republican House members held a press conference this week to announce the filing of a discharge petition to allow the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act to be voted on. Twenty-five previous attempts to bring the bill to a vote were shut down by Democrats, who have a majority in the House.
Senate goes nuclear to speed up Trump nominees
Unable to work out a bipartisan deal to speed up Trump administration nominees, the Senate Republican majority changed the chamber’s rules on Wednesday to shorten debate time over the objections of Democrats.
Republicans won’t act on Obamacare repeal until White House delivers proposal
Republicans in Congress are giving President Trump the cold shoulder as he pushes them into another risky political battle to replace Obamacare, insisting they won’t act until the White House delivers a detailed proposal.
Supreme Court warily weighs partisan gerrymandering
The Supreme Court appeared convinced Tuesday that congressional maps drawn by two state legislatures were overly partisan, but worried whether judges themselves should be the ones to remedy the long-simmering issue.
2020 Dems warm to expanding Supreme Court, Diminishing Conservative Majority
Some of the progressives vying for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination have said they’ll consider diminishing the conservative majority on the Supreme Court either by adding more justices or by imposing term limits.
12 GOP senators rebuke Trump, vote with Dems to block border emergency
A dozen Republican senators on Thursday voted with Democrats to block President Trump’s declaration of an emergency at the southern border, a politically embarrassing rebuke to Trump that will set up the first veto of his presidency.
Trump flips 3rd Circuit federal appeals court with ‘Bridgegate’ attorney
With the confirmation of a nominee to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, President Trump has for the first time in his presidency flipped an appeals court to have a majority of Republican-appointed judges.