Republican Politics

ormer Vice President and 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden slammed opponent Sen. Elizabeth Warren for dodging questions about taxes at the last debate and said that her Medicare for All plan would raise taxes at a campaign event Friday in Cedar Rapids.

Federal agencies have shelled out tens of millions of dollars on cars, movie cameras and other items in a contract spending spree that happens across government at the end of every fiscal year. The State Department dropped more than $33 million on passenger cars in the first two weeks of this month and the Justice…

In an interview Sunday on”Meet the Press,” Sen. Chris Murphy told host Chuck Todd about a conversation he had with the president of Ukraine and warned that the circumstances around the Trump administration’s release of foreign aid to Ukraine are “incredibly suspicious.” “I went to Kiev because I had heard concerns from my friends there…

President Trump’s phone call to a foreign leader that prompted whistleblower allegations of misconduct was with the Ukraine president about a corruption probe involving Joseph R. Biden’s son, according to a report. In the July phone call, Mr. Trump repeatedly pressured President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Hunter Biden, …

The Trump administration is losing conservative House members on efforts to expand background checks for buying firearms, with Freedom Caucus members rejecting the proposals floated by the attorney general. The idea of expanding background checks to all commercial sales was a no-go for some conservative lawmakers, who felt it would erode the rights of law-abiding…

MSNBC host Chris Matthews, legal analyst Cynthia Alksne, and Rep. Steve Cohen agreed that the House Judiciary Committee’s Democratic counsel did a “great job” questioning former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and praised him for getting Lewandowski to admit he does not feel obligated to tell the truth to the media. “In an explosive exchange…

During an interview Tuesday night with Rep. Jaime Raskin, CNN host Don Lemon lamented the outcome of that day’s House Judiciary hearing with former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski. “Lewandowski and team Trump brazenly, honestly playing Democrats. Democrats got played,” Lemon said in his opening monologue. “And while they played by the rules, meaning the…

PBS: Barry Berke, legal counsel for the House Judiciary Committee, questioned former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski about his relationship with the president and what he told former special counsel Robert Mueller as Mueller investigated Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible obstruction of justice by the president. Berke aired several clips of Lewandowski’s…

Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski will offer a vigorous defense of the president when he testifies before the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday, according to opening remarks obtained by The Washington Times. Mr. Lewandowski will come out of the gate swinging at Democrats, pointing a finger at the Obama-era intelligence community for failing to stop…

Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski will offer a vigorous defense of the president when he testifies before the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday, according to opening remarks obtained by The Washington Times. Mr. Lewandowski will come out of the gate swinging at Democrats, pointing a finger at the Obama-era intelligence community for failing to stop…