Romney: A Reckoning review: must-read on Mitt and the rise of Trump McKay Coppins and his subject do not hold back in a biography with much to say about the collapse of Republican values The Guardian - US · Oct 29, 2023
‘Ha, ha, ha’: Mitt Romney laughs off Trump’s ‘total loser’ attack Utah senator calls former president a ‘whack job’ after Trump called book ‘much like him – boring, horrible and predictable’ The Guardian - US · Oct 27, 2023
Mike Johnson: Who is the new Republican speaker of the US House? Mike Johnson has become the 56th Speaker of the House of Representatives Evening Standard · Oct 26, 2023
Jim Jordan’s dizzying fall bodes an even more broken Republican party to come While Trump hurtles to the Republican nomination, his party’s representatives in Congress feud and backstab The Guardian - US · Oct 24, 2023
Romney mulled Trump job for ‘noble and self-centered’ reasons, book says In Romney: A Reckoning by McKay Coppins, the Utah senator recounts his brief flirtation with controlling US foreign affairs The Guardian - US · Oct 19, 2023
Mitt Romney mulled unity ticket with ‘scary’ Cruz to stop Trump, book says Biography says Romney considered 2016 pairing with senator – who he saw as a ‘demagogue’ – to block Trump nomination The Guardian - US · Oct 18, 2023
Chuck Schumer rushed to shelter in Tel Aviv amid rocket attacks 72-year-old Schumer is the highest-ranking Jewish official in the history of the United States The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2023
Trump bizarrely claims that Republicans ‘eat their young’ Former President compared himself to a baby animal in bizarre rant against some Republicans The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2023
At the Races: Not the way they drew it up - Roll Call The CQ Roll Call newsroom tracks campaigns nationwide, sharing the best stories, with some extras, in the At the Races newsletter. Roll Call · Oct 12, 2023
Disaffected Republicans seek alternatives to Trump at Romney-Ryan donor summit Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan reunited for a gathering with some of their former top donors this week The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2023
The Republican party is at last paying the price of its Faustian pact with Trump The ousting by extremists of House speaker Kevin McCarthy is a sign of the GOP’s willingness to test the limits of US democracy The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2023
US Rep. John Curtis says he won't run to succeed Mitt Romney as Utah senator Utah U.S. Rep. John Curtis says he will not run to succeed Mitt Romney in the Senate The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2023
Reagan wouldn't recognize Trump-style 'conservatism' – a look at how the GOP has changed When Mitt Romney announced his intended retirement from the U.S. Senate on Sept. 13, 2023, the Atlantic published an excerpt from his upcoming biography, in which the 2012 Republican presidential nominee told author McKay Coppins, “A very large portion of my party really doesn’t believe in the Constitution.” The Conversation · Oct 3, 2023
Fear factor in Republican politics is dead serious If some critical mass of Republicans had demonstrated the requisite political courage in 2016, it would never have come to this — that in the United States, political and other figures must think about their physical safety before deciding how to speak or vote. Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 29, 2023
Reason · Sep 28, 2023 Shut Up Already About John Fetterman's Slob Chic The Senate is an incompetent laughingstock regardless of what its members wear.
WEKU · Sep 28, 2023 Suit yourselves: The Senate formalizes a dress code just days after ditching it Backlash ensued after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer moved to relax its informal dress code last week. On Wednesday, lawmakers voted unanimously to codify business casual on the Senate floor.
The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023 Senators nix casual clothing as bipartisan resolution sets new dress code for Senate floor The Senate has voted to reverse an informal guidance issued by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer last week that senators could wear what they want when voting or speaking in the chamber
The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2023 Race to replace Mitt Romney heats up as Republican Utah House speaker readies to enter Republican Utah House Speaker Brad Wilson is poised to formally announce that he is running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Mitt Romney
Ballotpedia · Sep 22, 2023 ICYMI: Top stories of the week On Sept. 13, Utah U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney (R) announced he would not run for re-election in 2024, becoming the second Senate Republican and sixth U.S. Senator overall not to seek re-election.
Reason · Sep 22, 2023 Are We Really Doing a Trump vs. Biden Rematch? The worst kind of Groundhog Day.
Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 22, 2023 Violent threats are driving today’s politics Mike Huckabee has warned of “bullets” flying if Donald Trump loses in 2024. Pretty much all mass shooters turn out to be infected with right-wing dogma. No need to kid ourselves about where this is coming from.
The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2023 Federal judge, 96, banned from hearing cases for a year for refusing to undergo competency test Judge Pauline Newman was praised as a ‘heroine’ as she was stood down by a panel of her peers on the Washington DC federal appeals court
Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 20, 2023 Mitt Romney was always a decent man We should not have needed a Donald Trump to come to appreciate a kind, intelligent, moral man like Sen. Mitt Romney, S.E. Cupp writes.
Ballotpedia · Sep 18, 2023 Utah Sen. Mitt Romney (R) is sixth U.S. Senator to announce they would not run for re-election in 2024 On Sept. 13, Utah Sen. Mitt Romney (R) became the sixth U.S. Senator to announce they would not run for re-election in 2024.
Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 18, 2023 Pretrial Fairness Act puts too much work on overworked prosecutors, judges Additional administrative work demanded by the law ending cash bail, coupled with staff shortages, is a problem when it comes to the safety of domestic abuse victims.