Hunter Biden on Wednesday lashed out at Republican investigators who have been digging into his business dealings, insisting outside the Capitol he will only testify before a congressional committee in public. CBC | World News
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Here’s a wild way for Democrats to try to stop Trump: Vote in Republican primaries
Some Democrats are weighing a desperate gambit for stopping Donald Trump: Voting in the Republican primaries, for Nikki Haley, or another candidate. With Trump dominating primary polls, and leading most general-election polls, they’re worried about their democracy and desperately seeking a plot twist. CBC | World News
Read More »Tim Scott abruptly quits race to be Republican U.S. presidential nominee
Republican U.S. presidential candidate Tim Scott abruptly announced late Sunday that he was dropping out of the 2024 race, a development that surprised his donors and stunned his campaign staff just two months before the start of the Iowa caucuses. CBC | World News
Read More »Republican presidential candidate proposes border wall with Canada
A wall with Canada? The idea came up during a Republican presidential debate, from a candidate insisting his party’s border policies aren’t tough enough. CBC | World News
Read More »Vote fails to expel embattled Republican George Santos from U.S. House of Representatives
Republican lawmaker George Santos easily survived a vote on Wednesday to expel him from the U.S. House of Representatives, as most Republicans and 31 Democrats opted to withhold punishment while both his criminal trial and a House ethics committee investigation proceed. CBC | World News
Read More »Republican Mike Johnson secures needed votes to be next U.S. House Speaker
Rep. Mike Johnson secured enough votes to be elected U.S. House speaker on Wednesday, as Republicans were eagerly elevating the little-known conservative leader to the seat of U.S. power and ending for now the political chaos in their majority. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump, Republican candidates ramp up anti-refugee rhetoric amid Israel-Hamas conflict
Republican frontrunner Donald Trump on Monday vowed to bar refugees from Gaza and immediately expand the Muslim travel ban from his presidency if he wins another term at the White House. CBC | World News
Read More »Republican Steve Scalise drops out of U.S. Speaker race, leaving House in deeper chaos
Representative Steve Scalise, whom Republicans nominated to be the next Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, dropped out of the race on Thursday as the party failed to resolve its divisions, prolonging the leadership crisis in the chamber. CBC | World News
Read More »More Than 60 Percent Of Republican Fox News Viewers Think Coronavirus Threat Is Exaggerated, Poll Shows
A majority of Republican Fox News viewers believe that the threat of the coronavirus is exaggerated, highlighting what experts say is a growing partisan gap in the view of the virus epidemic. As Vox reported, the newly released poll from Survey 160 and Gradient Metrics shows that Fox News viewers are among the most skeptical of the threat of COVID-19, ...
Read More »Republican Senator Who Called Nancy Pelosi ‘Retarded’ In Twitter Post Claims It Was A Typo
A Republican senator who called House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “retarded” in a tweet now claims that the offensive term was a slip of the finger. Kevin Cramer, the junior senator from North Dakota, replied to a video clip posted about Pelosi’s work on passing a coronavirus relief bill by writing, “She’s retarded.” As KFYR-TV reported, the tweet was quickly deleted ...
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