Sen. Murkowski is now the third most senior Republican member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and when Kentucky ...

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At a closed-door House Republican retreat Saturday morning, newly re-elected House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said President-elect Donald Trump was in favor of passing a single reconciliation ...

TRUMP GOES GLOBAL — As we previewed in Playbook this morning, Trump delivered his America First agenda to dignitaries huddled in Davos for the World Economic Forum.

It’s really demoralizing.” Her Republican colleagues appear, nonetheless, ready to confirm Hegseth, she says. “We have a Republican Party in the Senate that is on its knees in front of ...

Nearly half of Americans identify as Republicans, a new Gallup poll finds. Groups leaning toward the GOP affiliation was higher among Hispanic Americans, young adults, and lower-income Americans.

Indeed, he swept all of the key battleground states and was the first Republican to win the popular vote in two decades. However, Mr. Trump won the popular vote by only 1.5 percentage points ...

When asked by Sen. Ted Cruz, Republican from Texas, if he believed Cuba should have remained on that list, Rubio replied: “without a question.” He also indicated that the new administration would ...

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That would set the tone for the rest of the extraordinary hearing, as multiple Republicans angled to defend Hegseth against damning misconduct claims and his past comments about women serving in ...