The Latest Breaking News from Elaine Chao

Ms Chao, who was born in Taiwan, served as former president’s transportation secretary

Mr Trump took to his Truth Social platform to offer a full-throated defence of Kevin McCarthy

Ms Trump was condemned by several Republican lawmakers for the comment

WASHINGTON — In the days after assault on the U.S. Capitol, some members of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet talked about asking him to resign or invoking the Constitution’s 25th Amendment to remove him from office, according to testimony released Friday night.

Mr Trump formerly called Ms Chao “crazy” and accused Republicans of getting “rich off China”

Beshear draws a primary challenger…former Republican Peppy Martin

Ex-president’s attacks against his former transport secretary and the governor of Virginia recall the kind of racist language he used during the Covid pandemic, John Bowden writes

Ex-president reacts after conservative media turns on him

The fact that the Republican Party has a vacuum for its policy platform isn't necessarily a problem for the U.S., even if the GOP does manage to take control of one or both chambers of Congress.

Donald Trump’s recent post suggesting that Sen. Mitch McConnell harbors a “death wish” for compromising with Democrats was such clearly unacceptable rhetoric that even solidly conservative voices like The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board felt compelled to condemn it. But, as usual, most officials within the putatively mainstream GOP aren’t…

“Nobody in my party will say that’s unacceptable,” says the January 6 committee vice chair