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Author: Caitlin Yilek
Category Archives: Republicans
MAGA H-1B visa uproar – Elon, Vivek and how to insult an entire country
All politicians promise things they cannot deliver. But in Trump’s case, he has promised everything to everyone, and then some. His style of persuasive bombast and aggression led half the country to take him at his word and vote for him. But the good ’ol boy from Alabama and a Silicon Valley techie are miles apart in just about everything, and someone is sure to feel aggrieved when promise books are finally balanced.
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Author: Steven Boykey Sidley
House rules would make it harder to oust speaker in next Congress
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Author: Jordain Carney,Meredith Lee Hill
Author: Jordain Carney,Meredith Lee Hill
Mitch McConnell’s legacy: A ‘grim reaper’ for US bipartisanship?
McConnell is set to step down as the longest-serving Senate leader. Experts say he made the chamber into a battlefield.
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Author: Tom Benner
How big business is making its relationship with Republicans great again
To ring in the New Year, here’s a recent episode from one of our sister podcasts in the U.S., Playbook Deep Dive, hosted by Rachel Bade and produced by Alex Keeney. Power Play with Anne McElvoy wil…
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Author: Anne McElvoy,Peter Snowdon
Mike Johnson protected from ouster, diversity office scrapped in House GOP’s new rules
The package also eliminates “accountability” from the Oversight Committee’s name ahead of Trump’s return to office.
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Author: Andrew Solender
Trump Says He’ll Lobby Republicans to Back Johnson, If Necessary
President-elect Donald Trump said he would lobby House Republicans to help elect Mike Johnson as speaker if needed, acknowledging that some lawmakers in the party had reservations about allowing him to retain the gavel.
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Author: Jenny Leonard
Donald Trump wants ‘smart’ immigration as MAGA fumes at Elon Musk’s influence
US President-elect Trump reaffirms support for smart immigrants, diverging from his MAGA base, siding with Elon Musk despite criticism. Trump’s stance
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Author: Chidanand Rajghatta
Mike Johnson faces “growing number” of threats to his gavel as speaker election nears
Some “commitments to the holdouts are on the table,” one GOP lawmaker told Axios, but “nothing formal.”
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Author: Andrew Solender
Louisiana Republican Congressman Mike Johnson anticipates President-elect Donald Trump’s backing for House Speaker
Louisiana Republican Congressman Mike Johnson says President-elect Donald Trump’s endorsement of him for House…
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Author: Joe Gallinaro
Chris Sununu still believes the GOP is bigger than Donald Trump
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Author: Lisa Kashinsky
Author: Lisa Kashinsky
Republican-run states see opportunity to push extreme policies under Trump
Emboldened red states could advocate for rightwing reforms from steep tax cuts to slashes to education
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Author: Eric Berger
Trump says he will make phone calls for Mike Johnson ahead of the vote for speaker
The House is set to convene and vote for a new speaker on Friday
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Author: Eric Garcia
Trump meets with DC mayor ahead of inauguration and hints Canada could join US: Live
Incoming president planning swearing-in ceremony for January 20 and continuing to float idea of merging North American neighbor into United States
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Author: Alex Woodward
Trump says he would make calls for Mike Johnson
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Author: Hailey Fuchs
Author: Hailey Fuchs
Republicans slam Biden as 9/11 terrorists set to escape death penalty: ‘This is an abomination’
In the wake of the appeals court ruling, GOP lawmaker Mike Lawler slammed the president for allowing such a plea deal to take place under his administration.
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Author: Arya Vaishnavi
Speaker math: Breaking down how many votes Johnson needs to keep his gavel
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) heads to the House floor on Friday in hopes of being formally reelected Speaker. While Johnson has the endorsement of President-elect Trump to remain Speaker, one…
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Author: Emily Brooks
Massie: Johnson will cost GOP its House majority in 2026 if Speaker
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) said House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) did not deserve a second term in leadership and would cost the GOP its majority in the lower chamber if reelected. “Johnson is not…
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Author: Ashleigh Fields
Steve Bannon says there’s no MAGA ‘civil war’ because Elon Musk is ‘not tough enough’
“They folded – I mean, it was embarrassing,” Steve Bannon said on Monday, referencing Elon Musk’s tweets over the weekend when he said the H-1B visa program needed to be “reformed.”
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Author: Justin Baragona
Chip Roy on Johnson: ‘I don’t believe he has the votes’
Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) on Tuesday said Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) does not have the votes to keep the gavel, and that he remains undecided on whether he can support the Louisiana Republican in t…
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Author: Emily Brooks
How visas for skilled foreign workers are splitting MAGA in two
Tesla CEO Elon Musk and other tech titans are warring with some of US President-elect Donald Trump’s staunchest supporters over immigration visas. Trump has backed Musk and praised the use of H-1B visas…
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Author: Sébastian SEIBT
Steve Bannon tells Elon Musk to ‘sit in the back and study’
Former President-elect Trump advisor Steve Bannon told tech billionaire and Trump ally Elon Musk to “sit in the back and study” amid an ongoing feud between the president-elect’s Silicon Vall…
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Author: Julia Shapero
Trump endorsed Johnson for House speaker. His future is still anything but certain
Some members of an unruly GOP caucus remain unenthused with Johnson — but what’s the alternative?
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Author: John Bowden
Opinion | Cartoon by Lisa Benson
Lisa Benson cartoon on Republicans taking control of the U.S. government in 2025.
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Author: Lisa Benson