Republican Party

NBC4’s Conan Nolan talks with NBC’s Chuck Todd of Meet the Press about how a lot of people thought the country was going to be hit by a red wave this November in the Midterms. They also discuss how recent polls show President Joe Biden’s popularity going up.

A federal appeals court has agreed to temporarily put on hold a lower court’s order requiring that U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham testify before a special grand jury that’s investigating possible illegal efforts to overturn then-President Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential election loss in Georgia.

Former Vice President Mike Pence says he didn’t take any classified information with him when he left office. The disclosure — which would typically be unremarkable for a former vice president — is notable given that FBI agents seized classified and top secret information from his former boss’s estate on Aug. 8 while investigating potential violations of three different federal laws.

Republicans have found success in Democratic strongholds such as Maryland and Massachusetts when they have fielded moderate candidates who could appeal to voters in both parties. With Democrats facing political headwinds this year, Republicans had hoped that strategy could pay off yet again. But Republican voters have nominated loyalists of former President Donald Trump in several Democratic states, including Maryland...

Republicans have unanimously chosen Milwaukee in swing state Wisconsin to host the 2024 national convention, beating out Nashville in deep-red Tennessee. The decision, announced at the Republican National Committee’s summer meeting on Friday in Chicago, follows months of wrangling by both states to land the convention where the party’s next presidential candidate will be officially nominated. Milwaukee was selected by...

The Supreme Court’s decision that women have no constitutional right to an abortion marked the apex of a week that reinforced Donald Trump’s grip on Washington more than a year and a half after he exited the White House.

Female Republicans from the House of Representatives spoke after the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

Primary elections across seven states Tuesday could set up November showdowns in dozens of races

Trump failed to replace all four Republican incumbents he targeted in the state, including incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia, who easily dispatched Donald Trump’s hand-picked challenger.

In the days after the Capitol riot, the GOP House leader warned fellow Republicans that Trump’s far-right allies in Congress are “putting people in jeopardy” with their public tweets and comments.

During an Earth Day speech in Seattle, President Joe Biden talked about the leaked audio of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., condemning former President Donald Trump’s involvement in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Rep. Kevin McCarthy has already come close to being the House speaker and failed — forced to bow out of a competitive race at the last minute in 2015 amid pushback from conservatives. He has spent the years since trying to make sure nothing gets in his way the next time around — largely by courting Donald Trump in hopes…

Republican governors in two states this week rejected legislation to ban transgender players from girls sports.

The Florida senator also called for several anti-LGBTQ federal laws in his ’11-Point Plan to Rescue America’ from the ‘militant left’

Party leaders at the Republican National Committee’s winter meeting this past week left no doubt that the GOP is choosing to serve Donald Trump and his political interests before the next presidential election

The Republican National Committee has censured two GOP lawmakers for participating on the committee investigating the violent Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol

Former President Donald Trump is stepping up his election-year effort to dominate the Republican Party with a Saturday rally in Arizona.

The challenges facing former U.S. Sen. Dean Heller as he runs for Nevada governor were on full display on Thursday at the first gubernatorial debate leading up the June 2022 Republican primary election

Some Republican lawmakers are shifting blame about the Capitol riot. Here’s what they said one year ago when a mob stormed the building in Washington, D.C.

A year after the violent assault on the U.S. Capitol, the United States is split in nearly every way