NEW YORK (AP) — Republican former congressman Adam Kinzinger endorsed President Joe Biden on Wednesday, giving the Democrat a prominent new ally in his high-stakes campaign to win over moderate Republicans and independents this fall. Kinzinger, a military pilot who emerged as a fierce critic of former President Donald Trump after the Jan. 6, 2021, […]
Anti-Trump attorney George Conway called CNN contributor Scott Jennings a “liar” in a heated debate Friday over former President Trump’s unprecedented conviction in New York. Conway was infuriated as Jennings argued that Trump’s conviction has united the GOP and will “backfire” on the Democrats. “Scott’s lying and that’s the problem with the Republican Party. It’s […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two former FBI officials have reached a tentative settlement with the Justice Department to resolve claims that their privacy was violated when the department leaked to the news media text messages that they had sent one another that disparaged former President Donald Trump. The tentative deal was disclosed in a brief court […]
STEVENSVILLE, Md. (AP) — Andy DePaola welcomed Larry Hogan to his family’s restaurant with a big smile and a handshake. The warning came a few minutes later. DePaola, the 64-year-old namesake of DePaola’s Bagel and Brunch here in Maryland’s conservative Eastern Shore, whispered to a reporter that Hogan better avoid disparaging former President Donald Trump. […]
SCOTCH PLAINS, New Jersey — State Sen. Jon Bramnick is not the typical Trump-era Republican. He has vowed to not vote for the former president in the 2024 presidential election, describes himself a “pro-choice Republican” and has even hosted Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy at a cocktail party in his backyard. But it’s that independent streak […]
Mar. 26—Alaska Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski made headlines over the weekend with comments on her unwillingness to vote for former president Donald Trump, which put her in an ever-shrinking group of GOP members opposing the party’s presumptive nominee for president. “I wish that as Republicans, we had a nominee that I could get behind,” […]
WASHINGTON — Nikki Haley appears to want to have it both ways in the Republican primary: She’s running as the voice of Republicans looking for an alternative to former President Donald Trump — but she doesn’t want to be labeled an anti-Trump Republican. In a roundtable discussion with reporters in Washington on Friday, Haley said […]
Longtime Wisconsin political commentator and former Milwaukee talk radio host Charlie Sykes announced Wednesday he’s leaving The Bulwark, a conservative website that opposes former President Donald Trump. Sykes said Feb. 9 will be his last day putting out his “Morning Shots” newsletter and podcast for The Bulwark, which he co-founded in 2019. Sykes will remain […]
The chief group backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential bid made a $2.75 million cash infusion to a pop-up super PAC right around the time that group spent millions attacking former President Donald Trump The payments from the pro-DeSantis Never Back Down to Win It Back PAC — a group linked to Club for Growth […]
New Jersey state Sen. Jon Bramnick, a proud moderate who moonlights as a stand-up comic, became the first Republican to formally announce his candidacy for governor on Saturday. Bramnick, who uses the honorary title of “Funniest Lawyer in New Jersey” that he won in a State Bar Association contest decades ago, had plans to launch […]
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Hoping to pull off a major upset in New Hampshire, Nikki Haley has spent the last week of her campaign fending off an onslaught of attacks from former President Donald Trump claiming that the former tea party governor isn’t really a Republican. At Granite State rallies, Trump has repeatedly claimed that Haley […]
MANCHESTER, N.H. — After Donald Trump’s blowout win in the Iowa caucuses, New Hampshire Republican Joe Mohler became more adamant about his support for Nikki Haley. A student at the University of New Hampshire’s Franklin Pierce Law School, Mohler voted for former President Donald Trump twice, but he says he was “humiliated” by Trump’s denial […]