NEW YORK — State and local Republican leaders in New York on Wednesday called for the immediate resignation of their new GOP congressman George Santos, who is facing multiple investigations by prosecutors over his personal and campaign finances and lies about his resume and family heritage. “His lies were not...
Republicans Promote Pandemic Relief They Voted Against
NEW YORK (AP) — Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., said it pained her to vote against the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. But in the weeks that followed, the first-term Republican issued a news release celebrating more than $3.7 million from the package that went to community health centers in her...
Reuters Exclusive: Dozens of Former Republican Officials in Talks To Form Anti-Trump Third Party
[aggregation-styles] Reuters Feb 10 (Reuters) - Dozens of former Republican officials, who view the party as unwilling to stand up to former President Donald Trump and his attempts to undermine U.S. democracy, are in talks to form a center-right breakaway party, four people involved in the discussions told Reuters. The...
GOP Largely Votes Against Holding Trump Impeachment Trial
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans voted overwhelmingly Tuesday against moving forward with Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial, making clear a conviction of the former president for “incitement of insurrection” is unlikely. In a 55-45 procedural vote, the Senate set aside an objection from Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul that would have...
‘Just Move On’: Republicans Grapple With Post-Trump Future
For the first time in more than a decade, Republicans are waking up to a Washington where Democrats control the White House and Congress, adjusting to an era of diminished power, deep uncertainty and internal feuding. The shift to minority status is always difficult, prompting debates over who is to...
Dwindling CA Senate Republicans Pull Plug on Bakersfield’s Shannon Grove
SACRAMENTO — Republicans in the California state Senate replaced their legislative leader, Sen. Shannon Grove of Bakersfield, on Wednesday — a shakeup to start the session after the party lost two seats in the November election and saw its caucus dwindle to a historically low number. Senate Republicans unanimously voted...
Trump’s Republican Wall Eroding Ahead of Impeachment Vote
Republicans offered only modest reproach when President Donald Trump said there were “very fine people” on both sides of a white supremacist rally. They stayed in line when Trump was caught pressuring a foreign leader and later defended his handling of a deadly pandemic. But with a sudden force, the...
Republicans Block Measure Calling for Quick Removal of Trump
WASHINGTON — A House resolution calling on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke constitutional authority to remove President Donald Trump from office was blocked Monday by Republicans. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below. As the House prepares for impeachment, President Donald Trump faces a single...
‘He’s on His Own’: Some Republicans Begin to Flee From Trump
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump's steadfast grip on Republicans in Washington is beginning to crumble, leaving him more politically isolated than at any other point in his turbulent administration. After riling up a crowd that later staged a violent siege of the U.S. Capitol, Trump appears to have lost...
Republicans Condemn ‘Scheme’ to Undo Election for Trump
WASHINGTON — The unprecedented Republican effort to overturn the presidential election has been condemned by an outpouring of current and former GOP officials warning the effort to sow doubt in Joe Biden's win and keep President Donald Trump in office is undermining Americans’ faith in democracy. Trump has enlisted support from a dozen Republican...