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Republican Ohio state Rep. Jim Hoops, right, talks to reporters in Columbus, Ohio, as Republican Ohio senate president Matt Huffman listens following the failure of Issue 1 in a special election Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. Ohio voters have resoundingly rejected a Republican-backed measure that would have made it more difficult to pass abortion protections. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon)

Ohio vote underscores the power of abortion as spur to polls

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson speaks during a fundraising event for U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Asa Hutchinson dumbfounded and frustrated by GOP voters’ blind loyalty to Trump

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Vivek Ramaswamy speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2023, Friday, March 3, 2023, at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. Ramaswamy, the 37-year-old biotech entrepreneur, is hovering among the top contenders as a Republican presidential candidate while being open about his Hindu faith. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Vivek Ramaswamy’s Hindu faith is front and center in his GOP presidential campaign

By Deepa Bharath - Associated Press

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a fundraiser event for the Alabama GOP, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

Trump boasts at Alabama fundraiser that he needs ‘one more indictment to close out this election’

By Michelle L. Price and Kim Chandler - Associated Press

Pennsylvania pro-life activist Mark Houck, shown with his wife Ryan-Marie Houck and their seven children, was arrested in an FBI raid on his home Sept. 23, 2022, for alleged violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. (Photo courtesy of Thomas More Society) **FILE**

Pro-life activist targeted by Biden’s DOJ now running for Congress in Pennsylvania

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin speaks to reporters inside the rotunda of the state Capitol building, Feb. 25, 2023, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/John C. Clark, File)

Virginia GOP seeks total control of state legislature with early-voting push for November elections

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

FILE - Daniel Cameron, Kentucky attorney general and Republican candidate for governor, speaks to supporters, June 2, 2023, in Richmond, Ky. Cameron is looking to separate himself from the last GOP governor, apologizing for former Gov. Matt Bevin’s feud with educators, in an effort to reclaim lost territory with teachers — whose voting clout helped vault the incumbent Democratic governor into office. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

GOP nominee for Kentucky governor separates himself from ex-governor who feuded with educators

By Bruce Schreiner - Associated Press

Who’s in, who’s out: A look at which candidates have qualified for the 1st GOP presidential debate

By Meg Kinnard - Associated Press

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

Iowans boo criticism of Trump by fellow presidential candidate

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

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, top 2024 rivals mostly ignore case against him during key Iowa GOP event

By Michelle L. Price, Hannah Fingerhut and Will Weissert - Associated Press

Cyclists ride past a corn field on a county highway while riding in The Des Moines Register's annual bike ride across Iowa, also known as RAGBRAI, Tuesday, July 25, 2023, near Scranton, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Sen. McConnell says he plans to serve his full term as leader despite questions about his health

By Mary Clare Jalonick - Associated Press

Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at the Republican Party of Iowa's 2023 Lincoln Dinner in Des Moines, Iowa, Friday, July 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

DeSantis shies away from Trump criticism at Iowa GOP dinner where both are speaking

By Michelle L. Price and Hannah Fingerhut - Associated Press

Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during the Family Leadership Summit, July 14, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. Civil rights activists cheered when Ron DeSantis pardoned four Black men wrongfully convicted of rape as one of his first actions as Florida's governor. But four years later, as DeSantis eyes the presidency, their hope that the Republican would be an ally on racial justice has long faded. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

DeSantis is defending new slavery teachings. Civil rights leaders see a pattern of ‘policy violence’

By Steve Peoples and Brendan Farrington and Kat Stafford - Associated Press

Former President Donald Trump speaks at the New Hampshire Federation of Republican Women Lilac Luncheon, Tuesday, June 27, 2023, in Concord, N.H. A federal judge in Florida has set a trial date for next May for former President Donald Trump in a case charging him with illegally retaining hundreds of classified documents. The May 20, 2024, trial date was set Friday by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Trump wants to see Biden impeached, and other Republicans are quick to pile on

By Lisa Mascaro - Associated Press

Florida Governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference at the Celebrate Freedom Foundation Hangar in West Columbia, S.C. July 18, 2023. For DeSantis, Tuesday was supposed to mark a major moment to help reset his stagnant Republican presidential campaign. But yet again, the moment was overshadowed by Donald Trump. The former president was the overwhelming focus for much of the day as DeSantis spoke out at a press conference and sat for a highly anticipated interview designed to reassure anxious donors and primary voters that he's still well-positioned to defeat Trump.(AP Photo/Sean Rayford)

DeSantis cuts a third of his presidential campaign staff as he mounts urgent reset

By Steve Peoples and Michelle L. Price - Associated Press

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway tapes her speech for the third day of the Republican National Convention from the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington on Aug. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Kellyanne Conway: Keep a seat for Trump on debate stage, his ‘natural habitat’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Far left fears sensible Democrats

Delegates watch as the roll call vote of states continues after Vice President Mike Pence spoke at the 2020 Republican National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., Aug. 24, 2020. Many state Republican parties made changes to their rules ahead of the 2020 election by adding more winner-take-all contests and requiring candidates to earn higher percentages of the vote to claim any delegates. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

How Trump is gaining an advantage in the battle for delegates

By Michelle L. Price - Associated Press

Republican badges (photo credit: GrandeDuc via Shutterstock) ** FILE **

Seven 2024 contenders meet polling benchmark for first GOP debate

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., arrives to testify before the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, Thursday, July 20, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats try to halt RFK Jr. testimony before House panel

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times