Republican Party News
Featuring coverage of Republican priorities, legislation, and internal debates, this section examines how the party shapes U.S. politics from a conservative perspective.
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Arizona Republican Ponders Leaving Swing District for Governor’s Race
Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., is weighing jumping into the GOP primary in Arizona’s governor race in 2026, potentially leaving his swing district seat vulnerable to a Democrat pickup. Schweikert, 63, who was first elected in 2010 as part of the Republican wave election, comes from a battleground district where he was narrowly reelected in 2024….Jacob Adams -
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Pensacola Theater Insists on Hosting Blasphemous Christmas Drag Show
Let the blame game begin. It’s clear that Jeffrey Sharp, the general manager of Pensacola’s Saenger Theatre, placed the city in a no-win situation. How? With his handling of the fiasco surrounding the city-owned and subsidized theater’s decision to host the blasphemous “A Drag Queen Christmas” show two days before Christmas—in the middle of the…Zack Smith -
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EXCLUSIVE: Policy Group Urges Trump to Get India to Respect Religious Liberty
Advancing American Freedom is urging the Trump administration to make trade negotiations with India dependent upon the country respecting religious liberty. The Trump team is in talks with the South Asian nation and has hit the country with tariffs over its decision to continue buying Russian oil. “The United States must condition any trade deal…Jacob Adams -
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ICE Rescues 27, Including 10 Children, From Human-Trafficking Ring
Immigration enforcement authorities rescued 27 human-trafficking victims in Nebraska last week. Among the victims Immigration and Customs Enforcement rescued were 10 children under the age of 12, according to the Department of Homeland Security. “Our brave ICE law enforcement rescued these children and women, who were being sexually exploited and trafficked,” said Tricia McLaughlin, assistant…Virginia Allen -
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It’s Not Just What We Eat, But How Much
“Make America Healthy Again” is a great slogan, and I am all for it. Like many Americans, I believe the food system is a mess. It does not take much time in a grocery store to realize that what we eat is chemically engineered garbage packaged in bright colors and sold as “snacks.” But as…Matt Barth -
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Texas Republicans Weigh Ramping Up Consequences for Runaway Dems
Texas state House Democrats again failed to show up to vote on Friday, putting on hold the special session to redistrict the Lone Star State and add potentially five more Republican seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. Democrats fled the state on Aug. 3 in order to deny a quorum—the number of representatives required…George Caldwell -
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Illegal Chinese Vapes Are a National Emergency
Tensions with China have never been more … well, tense. While President Donald Trump has led tough tariff negotiations with the Chinese government, recent signs suggest China is coming to the table and a deal may be imminent. So, wouldn’t Chinese manufacturers—with ties to the Chinese Communist Party—sidestepping tariffs to flood our markets with poisonous…Joel Thayer -
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Red States Now Lead the Charge Toward Healthier Living
Ever since Donald Trump rode down his golden escalator at Trump Tower in 2015, a political and cultural realignment has been underway in America, culminating in his second presidential victory. Many issues once considered the domain of the Left seem to have been adopted by the new, right-leaning populist movement. Nowhere is this more apparent…Jennifer Galardi -
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Thune Presses Senate Democrats to Facilitate Confirming Trump Nominees
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, facing a big backlog of unconfirmed judicial and executive branch nominees, is asking Senate Democrats to help confirm President Donald Trump’s less controversial picks in a legislative package. “I do think there at least some of my colleagues, Democrats, on the other side of the aisle, who would like to…George Caldwell -
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Grading the Second Trump Presidency, 6 Months In
Over the course of four years’ banishment to America’s political wilderness while subjected to both a would-be assassin’s bullets and the humiliating and unprecedented spectacle of criminal prosecution by his political opponents, Donald Trump seems to have intuited a key life lesson: Time is of the essence. Carpe diem, seize the day. And so it…Josh Hammer -
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Bipartisan Bill Aims to Codify Trump’s Health Care Pricing Transparency Directive
With the new Patients Deserve Price Tags Act, a bipartisan group of senators is pushing to effectively codify President Donald Trump’s executive order requiring price transparency from health care providers. The bill is co-sponsored by Sens. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., and John Hickenlooper, D-Colo. Republicans Sens. Tim Sheehy of Montana, Chuck Grassley, and Joni Ernst of…George Caldwell -
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Vance: Here’s How Mamdani Won the New York Mayoral Primary
Vice President JD Vance is criticizing New York City Democrat mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani, accusing him of building a coalition of what Vance called “downwardly mobile, college-educated people,” and carved-out ethnic blocs by pandering to shared hatreds. “This is a guy who won high-income and college-educated New Yorkers, and especially both young [and] highly educated…George Caldwell -
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Republicans Lose Another Strong Contender to Help Keep House Majority
Congressional Republicans have lost a strong contender to help them retain their majority in the House of Representatives with the announcement of the retirement of Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb. According to the House Press Gallery, Republicans currently hold a 220-to-212 majority in the House. There are currently three vacancies in the chamber due to three…Jacob Adams -
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Big Pharma Lobbying Group Takes Surprising Stand on MAHA Agenda After Memo Leak
A Big Pharma lobbying group has stated that it is “aligned” with President Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s mission to “Make America Healthy Again” after a leaked document suggested the group schemed to oust Kennedy and separate him from Trump’s Make America Great Again movement. “It’s time to go to the Hill and…Tyler O’Neil -
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The Keys to Trump’s Middle East Triumph
If you blinked, you just missed World War III. President Donald Trump on June 23 announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran. That came two days after Trump sent B-2 stealth bombers to drop bunker-buster bombs on the Fordow nuclear enrichment plant. Only the United States had the capability to obliterate the deeply buried site….Victor Joecks -
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Achieving Sea Superiority Through AUKUS
Whoever rules the waves rules the world. This argument, made famous by American naval theorist Alfred Thayer Mahan, rings just as true today as it did over a century ago. But today, the contest for maritime dominance is no longer just about destroyers and battleships—it’s about data, autonomy, and dominance beneath the surface. In the…Andre Rainville -
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Republican State Legislators Defying Trump’s Efforts to Lower Health Care Costs
President Donald Trump was swept into office last November with a promise to lower prices for Americans who had suffered under 40-year-high inflation under President Joe Biden. Why, then, are red states defying the president’s efforts to lower prices by passing laws that only feed growing health care costs? Trump is delivering on his campaign…Joe Grogan -
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‘Rotten to the Core’: Kari Lake Details Federal Media Agency’s Problems
The parent agency of Voice of America and other taxpayer-funded media are “incompetent and mismanaged, deeply corrupt,” Kari Lake, senior adviser to the U.S. Agency for Global Media, told a House panel Wednesday. “This place is rotten. It’s rotten to the core,” said Lake during testimony to the House Foreign Affairs Committee. “President [Donald] Trump…Fred Lucas -
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Thune Confident Budget Bill Remains on Track for Senate Passage
Senate Majority Leader John Thune appeared determined on Tuesday to keep the budget reconciliation bill on track to be passed in the Senate by July 4, even as he acknowledged that some Senate Republicans might in the end vote against the so-called Big, Beautiful Bill. “Could be,” Thune, R-S.D., said at the weekly Senate Republican…Jacob Adams -
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In Face of Terrorist Sleeper Cell Threat, DHS Secretary Pledges to ‘Go After Them Before They Do Anything’
HARPERS FERRY, W.Va.—Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem sought Monday to reassure the American people that the Trump administration is actively working to protect the homeland following the U.S. attack on Iranian nuclear sites. “We are continuing to evaluate every single threat and to proactively go after them before they do anything or take any…Virginia Allen