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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – As the widely open races for governor and the U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania take shape, Republican candidates with close ties to Donald Trump are coming forward and are seen as strong contenders for the party’s nominations – a a powerful sign of the enduring popularity of …

Foster Friess, a Wyoming businessman who founded an investment firm, made his fortune and donated much of it to Republican presidential candidates and charities, sometimes with flair, died Thursday in Scottsdale, Arizona. He was 81 years old. His organization, Foster’s Outriders, which confirmed the death, said he was treated there …

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to reporters after the Senate Republican Luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 18, 2021. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Senate Republicans on Friday blocked a bill that would create an independent commission to investigate the Jan.6 insurgency on Capitol Hill, as …

Two Republicans at Oregon House said a lawyer investigating a harassment complaint about a Democratic lawmaker whitewashed concerns they shared about that lawmaker’s behavior in his report. Representative Brad Witt, a Democrat from Clatskanie, is under investigation after a Republican lawmaker complained about texting him what he believed was a …

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois – Members of the Illinois redistribution committees held two meetings Wednesday night. Still, Democrats did not explain the data they used for their proposed map in addition to information from the 2019 U.S. Community Survey. Republican lawyers and lawmakers have asked Democrats when the public can see this …

WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans have restarted negotiations over President Joe Biden’s sweeping investment plan, preparing a $ 1 trillion infrastructure proposal that would be funded with COVID-19 relief funds as a counter-offer in the White House before the Memorial Day deadline towards a bipartisan deal. Republicans said on Tuesday they …

Light grabs the security fence around the United States Capitol, erected in the aftermath of the January 6 attack but now slated to begin to be removed, in Washington, USA on March 15, 2021. REUTERS / Jonathan Ernst Two moderate U.S. Senate Democrats known for their independent streaks on Tuesday …

The Republican-controlled state legislature is expected to take no action on Tuesday during a special session called by Gov. Tony Evers to expand Medicaid in Wisconsin and accept $ 1 billion in additional federal funds. Evers called the special session last week and proposed a bill that would add Wisconsin …

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (RW.Va.) asks questions during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing to consider the FY2022 budget request for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the building from the Dirksen Senate office in Washington, USA on May 19, 2021. Greg Nash / Pool via REUTERS Republicans …

TSenate Republicans are making a concerted effort to overturn the creation of a 9/11-type commission to investigate the attack on Capitol Hill, putting the bill’s passage in serious jeopardy amid fears over what a high-level investigation into the events of January 6 could reveal. Senate Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell …