WASHINGTON ― Something strange is happening with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) lately. He’s been presenting an unusually reasonable, more moderate version of himself. In a CNN interview late Wednesday, Cruz suggested he’s taken the high road in response to Donald Trump accusing his father of assassinating President John F. Kennedy. And in response to Trump … Read more
WASHINGTON ― Republican senators promise they haven’t heard about former President Donald Trump’s cosmetic concerns about Israel’s invasion of Gaza. And if they have, maybe he meant something totally different? Maybe his concerns were wholly correct? Or even mostly wrong? HuffPost asked nine GOP senators earlier this week about Trump’s comments, in which he insisted … Read more
WASHINGTON ― Republicans are demanding a full Senate trial for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who was impeached by the GOP-controlled House earlier this year over charges that even some on the right have decried as thin and a waste of time. But many of the Republicans who are insisting on a trial for Mayorkas … Read more
WASHINGTON ― Senate Republicans on Monday signaled their plan to filibuster bipartisan legislation that paired tougher border policy with more U.S. aid to Ukraine, a stunning reversal less than 24 hours after the legislation had been unveiled. With ex-president Donald Trump urging them to kill it, and many on the right up in arms about … Read more
WASHINGTON ― Senate Republicans are in deep distress over whether to support a plan to fix the migrant crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border that includes key concessions they had demanded from Democrats months ago in exchange for approving new U.S. aid to Ukraine. The bipartisan legislation is expected to be unveiled as early as Friday, … Read more
