by Jim Heath | Dec 20, 2018 | Headlines, Republicans, Trump
President Trump sent GOP leaders back to Capitol Hill to scrounge up votes for his border wall, or something like it, after they tried to drop it from a must-pass spending bill. A government shutdown over the Christmas holiday was back on the table after Trump told...
by Jim Heath | Dec 14, 2018 | Congress, Headlines, Republicans
U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl will resign from the U.S. Senate on December 31st, setting up a second appointment by Gov. Doug Ducey to the seat once occupied by the late John McCain. Ducey is required under law to name another Republican to the seat. A replacement to the Senate...
by Jim Heath | Dec 9, 2018 | Cyber Security, Headlines, Republicans
Democrats are seizing on recent revelations that the House GOP’s campaign arm was hacked earlier this year to spotlight that both parties are vulnerable to cyberattacks. The FBI is investigating a cyber breach at the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC)...
by Jim Heath | Nov 30, 2018 | Congress, Headlines, Republicans, Trump
Outgoing Rep. Mia Love (R-Utah) went after President Trump and the GOP broadly in a new interview, saying they have alienated minority voters and failed to make women feel welcome in the Republican Party. Love voiced her criticisms in an interview with Washington...
by Jim Heath | Nov 29, 2018 | Headlines, Republicans, Trump
Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina announced today that he would vote against Thomas Farr, President Trump’s nominee to serve as a district judge in North Carolina. The decision likely dooms the prospects of Farr filling the nation’s longest court...
by Jim Heath | Nov 28, 2018 | Headlines, Mueller Investigation, Republicans
Legislation protecting special counsel Robert Mueller was blocked today, as Republican senate leadership chose to protect President Trump and not necessarily justice. Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), joined by Sens. Christopher Coons (D-Del.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), tried...
