A lengthy filibuster from Democrats has blocked all action in the Missouri Senate, halting Republicans from passing legislation that would weaken direct democracy by making it harder for voters to amend the state constitution. Opposition to the legislation is poised to consume the Senate’s final week of session, which ends on Friday. Senate Democrats began […]
Donald Trump is on trial in NY in relation to a hush-money payment to a porn star. Despite his wife Melania Trump‘s absence, various GOP elites have shown their support in court. They include: Vivek Ramaswamy, Mike Johnson, Rick Scott, J.D. Vance, Eric Trump and Lara Trump. Former President Donald Trump has still not had the courtroom […]
Reality Check is a Star series holding those with power to account and shining a light on their decisions. Have a suggestion for a future story? Email our journalists at RealityCheck@kcstar.com. As Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly prepares to veto the Legislature’s latest package of tax cuts, top Republicans have repeatedly attacked the Democratic chief executive. […]
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Incumbent Rep. Carol Miller has seen plenty of political challengers throughout her long, popular career, but perhaps not one as boisterous as Derrick Evans, her opponent in Tuesday’s Republican primary in West Virginia’s 1st Congressional District. Evans was a participant in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, and […]
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A Republican primary runoff for a North Carolina congressional district on Tuesday could demonstrate yet again the strong influence former President Donald Trump has on GOP politics across the country. Voters will choose between attorneys Kelly Daughtry and Brad Knott in the runoff for the reconfigured 13th Congressional District. Daughtry finished […]
Former President Donald Trump will stop for lunch Wednesday in Cincinnati with Sen. J.D. Vance and supporters able to pay $50,000 per plate. Vance, a onetime Trump critic now on the shortlist to become Trump’s running mate, has taken a common strategy among Republican candidates. That strategy goes beyond supporting Trump and defending his actions […]
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — In one of the most closely watched congressional races this year, U.S. Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska is looking to defeat a fellow Republican in Tuesday’s primary election in his quest for reelection. He’ll have to do it without the support of the state Republican Party, which has endorsed his primary […]
Republican candidates for governor in West Virginia have been competing in a tight race — not only to take over the state’s highest office but also to surpass one another in their commitment to attacking LGBTQ+ rights, in particular, for transgender people. State Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, former state Delegate Moore Capito and businessman Chris […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A political action committee that helps Republicans get elected to Congress is doing the unusual — spending more than $450,000 to defeat a GOP incumbent. That incumbent, conservative two-term Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., voted to remove former Rep. Kevin McCarthy as House speaker last fall. It’s just the latest example of how […]
With Donald Trump barred from publicly attacking the key witness in his hush money trial, his campaign brought to court a phalanx of Republican elected officials to speak for him. “The thing that the president is prevented from saying, which is a disgrace, is that every single person involved in this prosecution is practically a […]
If campaign contributions and endorsements serve as an indication, incumbent Commissioner Tom Dayley may breeze his way to victory in the Republican primary election May 21. As of May 10, Dayley had raised over $50,000, far more than all of his opponents combined, according to Idaho’s campaign contribution tracking website. He has secured two endorsements, […]
Senate Republicans see some warning signs flashing after an embarrassing week for former President Trump, despite his strong poll numbers in battleground states against President Biden. Some Republican lawmakers think Trump needs to step up his appeals to disaffected GOP voters, especially women, after Nikki Haley won 128,000 votes in solidly Republican Indiana despite ending […]