Just before 2 p.m. Wednesday, the campaign of Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-Va.) blasted out a fundraising appeal from Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), a member of House Republican leadership focused on electing more GOP women. Stefanik has refashioned herself from a studious conservative with policy chops into a right-wing sound-bite machine, helping her raise money for […]Read More

WINDHAM, N.H. — Chris Christie’s exit Wednesday night upended a presidential race that has been stagnant for months — creating a glimmer of hope for Republicans opposed to Donald Trump that they could slow his seemingly inevitable march to the nomination here in New Hampshire. Former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley now has an opportunity […]Read More

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley picked up at the first Republican presidential debate of the election year where they had left off in 2023 — accusing each other of being dishonest, incompetent and unable to lead the party, much less the country, if elected to the White House. They aired […]Read More

CNN aired the fifth GOP debate of the 2024 election cycle from Des Moines on Wednesday night, featuring just two candidates — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley. (Front-runner Donald Trump refused to participate.) Following is a list of 18 claims that caught our attention. As is our practice, we […]Read More

DES MOINES — Republican presidential candidates Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis traded harsh attacks in a Wednesday night debate just ahead of the Iowa caucuses, battling for second place while former president Donald Trump — the runaway favorite to win — skipped the event and held his own town hall. The face-off came five days […]Read More

Former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley called Jan. 6, 2021, a “terrible day” and levied her sharpest criticism yet against former president Donald Trump and his false claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him. “Donald Trump basically said that the election was stolen. He went on and on talking about the election […]Read More

House GOP hard-liners tanked a procedural vote Wednesday, in protest of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) striking a bipartisan spending deal with Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.). The revolt has once again paralyzed the chamber, even as lawmakers have fewer than 10 days to pass legislation to fund the federal government in order […]Read More

The fireworks in Congress on Wednesday took place in a House Oversight Committee hearing that featured a cameo from Hunter Biden — who figures heavily into the Republicans’ impeachment investigation into his father — and lots of shouting. But the more significant developments might have come elsewhere in the Capitol, where House Republicans teed up […]Read More

Two House committees voted Wednesday to recommend holding Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress for not submitting to a closed-door deposition, capping a circuslike day in which tempers flared, insults flew and pornographic photos were displayed on poster boards. Following hours of debate, the House Judiciary Committee and the House Oversight Committee each voted along […]Read More