The Latest Breaking News from Republican Party

House GOP demands info from former prosecutors in Trump case

House Republicans are demanding testimony and documents from two former Manhattan prosecutors who had been leading a criminal investigation into Donald Trump before quitting last year in a clash over the direction of the probe

The Independent UK · Mar 23, 2023

North Carolina House GOP passes bill prohibiting 'critical race theory'; Democrats warn of ‘chilling effect’ on teachers

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina House Republicans approved new rules on Wednesday limiting how racism and sexism can be taught but fell short of gaining any Democratic support to guarantee a veto override.

Tribune News Service · Mar 23, 2023

Commentary: Kevin McCarthy’s Republicans have a clear stance on Trump’s alleged crimes: They support them

Just after last fall’s midterm elections, congressional Republicans fumed at their historic underperformance and seemed ready to dump Trump.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 22, 2023

Presidential waiting game: GOP hopefuls hold off campaigns

At this point during the last presidential election in 2020, more than 15 Democrats had jumped into their party’s open presidential race

The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2023

Chicken-or-egg game is on as Congress barrels toward debt limit

WASHINGTON — A House budget resolution will be delayed in part to allow for negotiations with President Joe Biden on a debt limit increase paired with some sort of concessions on spending and other policies acceptable to Republicans, according to House Budget Chairman Jodey C. Arrington.

Tribune News Service · Mar 22, 2023

GOP return to anti-Clinton playbook

Rep. James Comer is running the same game Rep. Dan Burton played when Bill Clinton was in the White House

Salon · Mar 22, 2023

Fox News viewers still love their lies

Republican voters, party leaders, and propagandists share a fundamental belief: That the truth doesn't matter

Salon · Mar 22, 2023

Kevin McCarthy's farcical "energy bill"

The new speaker's signature bill is a wasteful giveaway to fossil-fuel companies — that will only drive prices up

Salon · Mar 22, 2023

Carl P. Leubsdorf: GOP disagreement over Ukraine echoes isolationists of WWII

The pointed exchanges among Republican presidential candidates and lawmakers about the U.S. commitment to Ukraine is a reminder that some policy debates never end. Like the one over U.S. overseas commitments.

Tribune News Service · Mar 22, 2023

Mark Z. Barabak: From red bastion to blue bulwark: What the political shift in Colorado and West means for the US

DENVER — Kevin Priola was a Republican before he could even vote.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 22, 2023