The Latest Breaking News from Republican Party

Herschel Walker’s confounding campaign hits a dead end. What’s next for the GOP football star?

The former University of Georgia running back is perhaps the greatest college football player of all time. He leaves the Senate race a laughingstock in Republican politics Eric Garcia and Andrew Feinberg report

The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2022

Republicans launching investigation into handling of U.S. Afghanistan withdrawal

The operation was clouded by a suicide attack that left 13 Americans and roughly 200 Afghans dead.

Axios · Dec 7, 2022

Raphael Warnock wins crucial Georgia runoff election – as it happened

Incumbent beats Republican Herschel Walker to strengthen Democratic majority

The Guardian - US · Dec 6, 2022

The truth of Twitter’s role in the Hunter Biden laptop story and it’s not what you think

Former FBI counterintelligence officials tell Andrew Feinberg it would have been unusual for there not to have been any contact between the bureau and social media giants

The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2022

EXPLAINER: How Supreme Court case could alter US House seats

A U.S. Supreme Court case involving North Carolina's congressional districts could have ramifications for the way voting districts are drawn in other states

The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2022

How a fringe legal theory at the Supreme Court could blowtorch American elections

Right-wing legal groups and Republican lawmakers put the so-called ‘independent state legislature’ theory at the centre of one of the most important tests for democracy in front of the US Supreme Court, Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2022

Meet the Idaho Christians pushing for greater LGBTQ representation in government

BOISE, Idaho — Meridian Parks and Recreation Commissioner Dom Gelsomino recently recalled a speech he’d made in 2018, as a delegate to the Idaho GOP State Convention.

Tribune News Service · Dec 6, 2022

Editorial: Republicans' silence on Trump's anti-Constitution screed violates their oaths

Upon taking office, every member of Congress must swear an oath to “support and defend” the United States Constitution. America is currently watching most congressional Republicans — including Missouri Sens. Roy Blunt and Josh Hawley and the state’s entire GOP House delegation — violate that oath in real time. What…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Dec 6, 2022

George Skelton: Trump's promise to do away with mail voting shows how out of touch he is with America

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — If reelected, former President Donald Trump promises to ban mail balloting, allow only one day for voting and finish counting on election night.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 6, 2022

US supreme court to hear case with critical consequences for voting rights

A ruling in favor of a fringe legal theory would free the states to make their own rules on gerrymandering and voting procedures

The Guardian - US · Dec 6, 2022