The first Republican primary debate descended into chaos on Wednesday night with the candidates shouting over one another in an effort to make their point as they squabbled on a range of issues from climate change to January 6th to foreign policy.
The stakes were high as the eight candidates searched for a breakout, viral moment that would set fire to their campaigns and give them some momentum to catch up with Trump, who leads by double digits in the
The recent history of the Iowa Republican caucus offers the candidates chasing former President Donald Trump one big reason for optimism. But that history also presents them with an even larger reason for concern.
In each of the past three contested GOP nomination fights, Iowa Republicans have rejected the candidate considered the national front-runner in the race, as Trump is now. Instead, in each of those three past caucuses, Iowa Republicans delivered victory to an alternative who relied primarily on
The Traditional Conservatives
26% of Republicans
The Right Wing
26% of Republicans
The Libertarian Conservatives
14% of Republicans
The Moderate Establishment
14% of Republicans
The Blue Collar Populists
12% of Republicans
The Newcomers
8% of Republicans
A retired health care executive has entered next year’s race for North Carolina governor, with Jesse Thomas describing himself Tuesday as a “no-nonsense Republican” who aims to attract voters within the “wide middle ground between the two extremes.”
Thomas, who led the Medicaid plan offered by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina to hundreds of thousands of consumers, announced his bid on a Greensboro-area podcast last week, when he also filed his candidate committee paperwork.
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FIRST ON FOX: Former Vice President Mike Pence has met the requirements to qualify for the first Republican presidential nomination debate, his campaign tells Fox News.
Pence’s 2024 presidential campaign said on Monday that earlier in the day they crossed the 40,000-donor threshold – one of two criteria set by the Republican National Committee for GOP White House hopefuls to reach the debate stage. Pence had already passed the polling threshold mandated by the RNC.
The former vice president’s political
The January 6 indictment brings Trump’s total so far to three, with a fourth, related to his Georgia election interference, expected in the coming weeks.
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FIRST ON FOX: A top House Republican is planning to introduce legislation Tuesday that would protect federal funding for archery and hunting education courses nationwide.
Rep. Mark Green’s, R-Tenn., legislation — the Protecting Hunting Heritage and Education Act — would amend the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) to clarify school programs “training students in archery, hunting, or other shooting sports” are eligible for funding. The legislation comes after a Fox News Digital report showing the Biden administration has
Charles Koch, chief executive officer of Koch Industries, is shown at The Broadmoor Resort in Colorado Springs, Colo.David Zalubowski/AP
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
An alliance of rightwing groups has crafted an extensive presidential proposal to bolster the planet-heating oil and gas industry and hamstring the energy transition, it has emerged.
Against a backdrop of record-breaking heat and floods this year, the $22 million endeavor,
Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) reportedly slammed a group of high school-aged Senate pages during a late-night tour this week of the U.S. Capitol.
The former U.S. Navy SEAL was giving a tour to a large group of visitors during the early morning hours on Thursday when he stumbled upon the pages laying on the ground of the Capitol Rotunda taking pictures of the building’s dome.
“Wake the f*** up you little s***s,” Van Orden said, according to a transcript
A Florida congressman revealed he has seen an image of ‘an orb’ hanging over the skies of the Gulf of Mexico, and he said it was ‘not of any human capability.’
Representative Matt Gaetz made the shocking revelation Wednesday during a House Oversight Committee hearing related to UAPs that heard first-hand accounts from military veterans after they swore under oath.
Gaetz told the panel that he saw an image of a UAP and spoke to pilots who snapped the photo
