Utah Rep. Burgess Owens said as he reviewed everything he saw related to public transportation on his trip to Nevada in December 2023, he came away impressed. During this field tour, organized by the Western Caucus Foundation, the Utah 4th District congressman and a handful of colleagues learned more about Hoover Dam and inspected the […]
Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert was spotted vaping where it’s prohibited once again. The populist congresswoman smoked up at Wednesday’s Congressional Baseball Game for Charity in the nation’s capitol while wearing an autographed MAGA baseball cap, according to Politico. Washington D.C.’s Nationals Park calls itself “a completely non-smoking and tobacco-free facility per District of Columbia law,” […]
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Garret Graves, a Republican representing Louisiana, said on Friday that he will not run for reelection after a new congressional map dismantled his district, transforming it into the state’s second majority-Black district. Up until now, the congressman, one of former-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s close allies, had remained adamant […]
Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) wants top Army officials to tell him why a military award pin he has been wearing on his lapel was revoked last year following criticism from some of his GOP colleagues for continuing to wear the designation, accusing the service of a smear campaign. Nehls — who served 21 years in […]
The utterance came during the closing seconds of a cable news interview, with a nudge from a partisan anchor. The hundreds of convicts serving time for criminal activity in the riot of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 should “absolutely” be released from their jail terms, Congressman Andy Barr said, agreeing with the assertion […]
CNN CNN anchor Boris Sanchez came prepared Wednesday during an interview with Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-WI), fact-checking several false claims relating to the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden and at one point holding up a blown-up copy of a check that the congressman was referencing to try to make his case. On CNN News […]
Incumbent Gov. Spencer Cox, left, shakes hands with Utah Rep. Phil Lyman after Utah’s gubernatorial GOP primary debate held at the Eccles Broadcast Center in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, June 11, 2024. (Pool photo by Isaac Hale/Deseret News) Even though the attacks have been flying nonstop from his campaign — especially on social media […]
Maine U.S. House 1st District candidate Ron Russell casts his early voting ballot. (Campaign photo) Ron Russell won the Republican primary election Tuesday for Maine’s 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. Russell won with 55% of the vote with three-quarters of the votes counted, defeating Andrew Piantidosi. He will move on to […]
Rep. Kelly Armstrong of North Dakota, who was backed by former President Donald Trump, won his state’s Republican nomination for governor, defeating Lt. Gov. Tammy Miller, The Associated Press projects. Gov. Doug Burgum, who decided against seeking a third term and has emerged as a potential running mate for Trump, had supported Miller as his […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace’s Republican primary victory in South Carolina on Tuesday was powered by a strong performance in vote-rich Charleston County, as well as in two key counties she lost in her 2022 primary bid, according to an Associated Press analysis of initial vote results. Mace’s reelection battle has drawn attention […]
The first test for Kevin McCarthy’s revenge tour comes Tuesday in South Carolina, where GOP Rep. Nancy Mace is facing a primary challenger backed by the former House speaker. Mace, one of the eight House Republicans who voted to oust McCarthy from his leadership post in October, has faced millions of dollars in ad spending […]
Ohio voters living in the 6th Congressional District will head to the polls today for a special election. Voters will choose a candidate to fill the remainder of former U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson’s term, which runs through the end of the year. Johnson left his position earlier this year to become president of Youngstown State […]