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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill, Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

New poll shows voters will blame Republicans if a shutdown happens

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

GOP candidate challenging election loss in race to lead Texas’ most populous county drops lawsuit

By Juan A. Lozano - Associated Press

Supporters of former President Donald Trump stand for the national anthem during a commit to caucus rally, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, in Maquoketa, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

‘Completely un-American’: GOP voter outrage over two-tiered justice system bolsters Trump in Iowa

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

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Letter to the editor: GOP must align, organize now

Illustration on Republicans (GOP) and sexual morality by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Sex and the city: Republican politicians edition

By Cal Thomas

Street Cred in Black precincts for Trump Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Trump in the ‘hood: Former president should rally in Black precincts

By Deroy Murdock

Republican presidential candidates, from left, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former Vice President Mike Pence, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum stand on stage before a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by FOX News Channel Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Governors eclipsed by Trump in GOP race, hobbled by voters’ anti-establishment fervor

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Former Vice President and current 2024 Republican presidential candidate Mike Pence receives safety instructions before his turn to shoot during the 10th annual Jasper County GOP trap shoot on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023, at Jasper County Gun Club in Newton, Iowa. Four Republican presidential hopefuls, made a campaign stop at the event to speak with constituents and shoot a few rounds. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette via AP)

Donald Trump’s GOP rivals try to attract social conservatives in Iowa at an event he skipped

By Will Weissert and Thomas Beaumont - Associated Press

Republican presidential candidate former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie courts voters on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, at a brewery in Goffstown, N.H. He's one of the few GOP candidates focusing on the Granite State this year. Most of the Republican presidential field is focusing their money, time and attention on Iowa. (AP Photo/Steve Peoples)

Republican presidential candidates mostly overlook New Hampshire in an effort to blunt Trump in Iowa

By Steve Peoples - Associated Press

The Capitol in Washington, is seen at sunrise, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. On one side of the U.S. Capitol, two senators have steered the debate over government funding mostly clear of partisan fights, clearing a path for bills to pass with bipartisan momentum. Steps away, on the House side of the building, things couldn’t be more different. House Republicans, trying to win support from the far-right wing of the party, have loaded up their government funding packages with funding cuts and conservative policy priorities. Democrats have responded with ire, branding their GOP counterparts as extreme and bigoted and withdrawing support for the legislation.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

The Senate’s bipartisan approach to government funding is putting pressure on a divided House

By Stephen Groves - Associated Press

FILE - Republican presidential candidate former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at St. Anselm College, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Donald Trump isn’t backing a national abortion ban. That’s not hurting him in the GOP primary

By Will Weissert and Thomas Beaumont - Associated Press

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear sits for an interview in Versailles, Ky., May 17, 2023. Beshear has seized a commanding fundraising lead over Republican challenger Daniel Cameron in their marquee matchup in Kentucky, their latest campaign finance reports showed. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

Democratic governor seizes commanding fundraising lead over GOP challenger in Kentucky campaign

By Bruce Schreiner - Associated Press

A map of Ohio congressional districts is displayed during a committee hearing at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, on Nov. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Julie Carr Smyth, File)

GOP legislative leaders’ co-chair flap has brought the Ohio Redistricting Commission to a standstill

By Julie Carr Smyth - Associated Press

Arkansas Sen. Bart Hester, R-Cave Springs, speaks during a meeting of the Senate Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs regarding new legislation about the state Freedom of Information Act, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, at the state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark. (Colin Murphey/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP)

Arkansas governor seeks exemption on travel and security records, backs off other changes

By Andrew DeMillo - Associated Press

Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, heads to a vote before a national security briefing on Ukraine, at the Capitol in Washington, March 16, 2022. Romney will not run for reelection in 2024. The former presidential candidate and Massachusetts governor announced his intentions in a video statement Wednesday, (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Republican Mitt Romney won’t seek second Senate term, says it’s ‘time for a new generation’

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

FILE - Republican presidential candidate Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., right, walks by Casey DeSantis, wife of GOP rival and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, center, as he speaks at Rep. Jeff Duncan's Faith & Freedom BBQ fundraiser, Aug. 28, 2023, in Anderson, S.C. Republicans are responding to a late summer spike in COVID-19 by raising familiar fears that government-issued lockdowns and mask mandates are on the horizon. GOP presidential hopefuls including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott and former President Donald Trump have spread this narrative in the last week. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard, File)

There’s no sign of widespread COVID-19 mandates in the US. Republicans are warning of them anyway

By Ali Swenson - Associated Press

David McCormick, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, speaks during a campaign stop in Lititz, Friday, May 13, 2022. Republicans trying to recapture the U.S. Senate majority have the candidate they want in Pennsylvania. Now they just need David McCormick to run.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Pennsylvania Republicans have the candidate they want for U.S. Senate. They just need him to run

By Marc Levy - Associated Press

Republican presidential candidate former president Donald Trump speaks at the Republican Party of Iowa's 2023 Lincoln Dinner in Des Moines, Iowa, Friday, July 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Trump dominates the Iowa race, but his infrequent visits give GOP rivals a glimmer of hope

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis answers questions from the media in the Florida Cabinet following his State of the State address during a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives on March 7, 2023, at the state Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. The fate of abortion rights in Florida is at stake Friday, Sept. 8, 2023, when the state Supreme Court takes up a challenge to a law banning the procedure in most cases after 15 weeks of pregnancy, which will determine whether an even stricter six-week ban signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis can take effect. (AP Photo/Phil Sears) **FILE**

Florida abortion rights at stake as state Supreme Court takes up challenge to GOP-led restrictions

By Curt Anderson - Associated Press

President Donald Trump appears with Gov. Kristi Noem in Sioux Falls, S.D., Sept. 7, 2018. As his rivals spend the day holding town halls and meet-and-greets in early-voting states, Donald Trump is heading to South Dakota on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023, for a party fundraiser that will double as an opportunity for the state's governor, Kristi Noem, to showcase herself as a potential vice presidential pick. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Trump visits South Dakota for rally that Gov. Kristi Noem’s allies hope is vice presidential tryout

By Jill Colvin and Stephen Groves - Associated Press