GOP megadonor Thomas Peterffy donates another $1 million to Glenn Youngkin’s PAC
Billionaire Republican megadonor Thomas Peterffy wired $1 million to Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s “Spirit of Virginia” PAC Thursday, his second million-dollar donation to the PAC supporting the governor’s political goals. Peterffy, founder of electronic broker firm “Interactive Brokers,” made his first seven-figure donation to the Youngkin-aligned PAC in April, around the time he told المزيد
Tennessee Democrats expelled by GOP over protests win back their seats
The two Democratic state representatives in Tennessee who were expelled by Republicans in April for protesting in support of gun safety on the chamber floor won elections Thursday night for their old seats, The Associated Press projected. Justin Jones won his election for his state House seat in Nashville, and المزيد
What Trump’s latest indictment tells us about the GOP presidential field
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump had one job: “faithfully execute the office of president of the United States.” With those words — along with the conditional promise to protect the Constitution “to the best of my ability” — a president’s oath creates a pretty low bar for putting a good-faith effort المزيد
White House blames GOP after Fitch downgrades U.S. credit rating
WASHINGTON — The White House and Biden campaign are pointing fingers at the GOP over Tuesday’s Fitch credit downgrade, the first time in over a decade that the U.S. has faced a downgrade. Fitch Ratings Agency downgraded the U.S. debt rating from AAA to AA+ after a congressional standoff earlier this المزيد
Nearly all of Trump’s big 2020 donors refrain from giving to rival GOP candidates
Very few of Donald Trump’s top super PAC donors from the 2020 campaign have given to his rivals’ super PACs this cycle, a new analysis of Federal Election Commission filings by CNBC and NBC News shows. At least three of the former president’s 2020 super PAC donors have donated to المزيد
GOP lawmaker ‘screamed’ curse words inches from Senate pages’ faces, source says
WASHINGTON — A freshman Republican lawmaker received bipartisan condemnation after he allegedly yelled at a group of high- school-age Senate pages for “defiling” the Capitol on Wednesday. New details shared with NBC News paint an even more disturbing picture of what took place that night. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., المزيد
Trump’s rivals let GOP voters believe he’s a winner — and it’s coming back to bite them
Donald Trump’s primary rivals have had a hard time convincing GOP voters that they’d be more electable than the indicted former president — but they may, at least in part, have themselves to blame for it. Most of the 2024 candidate field has spent the past two and half years المزيد
GOP candidate Rep. Will Hurd booed for dig at Trump in Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa — A dozen of the Republican White House contenders who want to keep former President Donald Trump from winning the 2024 nomination joined him here Friday for a dinner with hundreds of influential activists in the state that will hold the first caucuses. But — as has المزيد
Some top GOP donors are having trouble choosing a 2024 candidate — so they’re picking two
Republican donors are already starting to fall in line behind their preferred candidates for the GOP presidential nomination. But some of the party’s most recognizable givers are having trouble choosing between multiple items on the menu. At least 110 Republican donors gave the maximum primary donation allowed under federal law المزيد
GOP senators express anxieties about Mitch McConnell’s health — and what comes next
WASHINGTON — Some Republican senators harbor concerns about Mitch McConnell’s health, saying they have personally witnessed changes in the minority leader, 81, after he fell and sustained a concussion in March. Publicly, Senate Republicans are rallying around McConnell, R-Ky., sending him their support and well-wishes. None are calling on him المزيد