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Infighting Intensifies: Texas GOP Lawmakers Censured For Targeting Incumbents

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The Texas House Republican Caucus executive committee has censured four representatives for campaigning against fellow Republican incumbents, infuriating state officials and the party’s most conservative wing. The five-member executive…

Biden's attorney general is fighting back as the GOP-led House contemplates contempt

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The House voted in 2012 to hold then-Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress. Could Attorney General Merrick Garland face the same fate in 2024?

Watch congressman nail GOP's double standard on Hunter Biden conviction

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Democrats aren’t going to let Republicans get off easy with their hypocrisy on Hunter Biden’s felony conviction. During the GOP-led House Rules Committee meeting Tuesday, Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland called out the difference…

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GOP Congressman Says ‘Millions Of Marijuana Users’ Own Guns And Shouldn’t Face Prosecution Like Hunter Biden Did

Two Republican congressmen are challenging the basis of the conviction of President Joe Biden’s son Hunter for purchasing a gun while being a consumer of illegal drugs, with one pointing out that there are “millions of marijuana users” who…

Charges of infidelity sit at heart of two GOP primaries in South Carolina

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Voters in four states choose their nominees Tuesday in a set of high-profile primaries, and at least two House Republicans in South Carolina appear to be in serious danger of getting booted by their party's voters.

Johnson set to talk future party-line legislating with Senate GOP

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Speaker Mike Johnson will attend the Senate GOP's lunch on Wednesday to discuss ideas for future party-line legislation if former President Donald Trump wins in November, according to a person familiar with the plans.

House GOP says health officials misled investigation of mpox research

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Federal health officials misled a House panel investigation into potentially risky research of the mpox virus, Republican staff of the Energy and Commerce Committee said in an interim report Tuesday. Over a period of 18 months, the…

Teamsters union president gives update on heated exchange with GOP senator: We could've acted differently

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Teamsters President Sean O'Brien reflects on his meeting with Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin after the two traded barbs during a hearing in the Senate.

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House GOP lawmaker rolls out bill to prevent CCP-linked entities from buying land near federal property

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Rep. Dan Newhouse is rolling out a measure that would prevent businesses and individuals associated with the Chinese Communist Party from purchasing property adjacent to federal land.

Hunter Biden Conviction Blows Up GOP Conspiracy

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Jonathan Chait: “Hunter Biden’s conviction in Delaware over a minor charge is significant mainly because it blows to smithereens the arguments Republicans have made on behalf of Donald Trump. There’s

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Hunter Biden is convicted, but the GOP is still big mad

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You might think that Republicans would be thrilled that there’s now a convicted felon in the Biden family, but it’s still not enough for them. From wanting to take down the rest of the “Biden crime family” to calling Hunter’s conviction a…

Democrat slams ‘staggering’ contrast in GOP response to Trump, Hunter Biden verdicts

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Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), the top Democrat on the House Rules Committee, slammed his GOP colleagues for their acceptance of the Hunter Biden verdict Tuesday after arguing former President Trump’s guilty verdict was the result of a…

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Michigan GOP Chairman Picks Up the Pieces after Inheriting State Party Rocked by Infighting, Debt

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In a major win for Hoekstra, the influential DeVos family is once again donating to the state party.

‘Dangerous for our democracy’: Merrick Garland slams GOP’s attacks on DOJ

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Attorney General Merrick Garland has a stark warning for all of us: The GOP’s attacks on the Justice Department put our democracy in jeopardy. Those attacks, he writes in his op-ed for The Washington Post, range from sending bomb threats…

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12:30 Report — Hunter Biden found guilty; GOP rallies behind Caitlin Clark

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{beacon} 12:30 REPORT It’s Tuesday. And it’s a busy one, so let’s get to it. Here’s what’s happening today: A jury found Hunter Biden guilty on all three federal gun charges(!) A progressive filmmaker secretly recorded conservative Supreme…

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, who secured Trump conviction, to testify before GOP-led Judiciary Committee

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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who brought the hush money case against former President Donald Trump, will testify before House Republicans July 12.

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg to testify to Congress as GOP works to undermine Trump verdict

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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and one of his lead prosecutors in the New York criminal case against former President Trump will testify to a GOP-controlled House panel in July, Axios has learned.

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Who is Sam Brown’s wife, Amy? Get to know the GOP Senate candidate’s family

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AFTER an unsuccessful run for the U.S. House of Representatives, Sam Brown announced his campaign for Senate.

Garland: GOP attacks on DOJ 'are dangerous for our democracy'

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Attorney General Merrick Garland sounded the alarm on attacks against the Justice Department, calling a barrage of “unfounded” accusations “dangerous for our democracy.” In an op-ed for The Washington Post, Garland offered a full throated…