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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at the Heritage Foundation 50th Anniversary Celebration leadership summit, Friday, April 21, 2023, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

DeSantis PAC slams Trump town hall as ineffective ‘nonsense’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally, April 27, 2023, in Manchester, N.H. Trump’s defiant performance at the CNN town hall may ultimately hurt his standing with key groups of voters in next fall's general election. But he also demonstrated his extraordinary grip on the voters who will decide the GOP’s looming 2024 nomination fight. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) **FILE**

Trump turned his liabilities into laugh lines at CNN town hall, underscoring GOP rivals’ challenge

By Steve Peoples - Associated Press

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally, April 27, 2023, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Trump digs in on election fraud claims in CNN town hall

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Members of the Ohio House Constitutional Resolutions Committee hear opponent testimony Tuesday, May 2, 2023, at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, on a resolution that would seek voter approval for requiring a 60% supermajority vote on all future amendments to the Ohio Constitution. (AP Photo/Julie Carr Smyth)

Ohio constitution overhaul faces deadline, backlash

By Julie Carr Smyth - Associated Press

People living in Mexico cross a temporary bridge to meet with relatives living in the U.S., during the 10th annual "Hugs not Walls" event on a stretch of the Rio Grande, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Saturday, May 6, 2023. The brief family reunions are part of a campaign sponsored by the Border Network for Human Rights, an immigration rights group. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez)

Biden dismisses GOP border security bill as too tough on illegal immigrants, says he’ll veto

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Kentucky Attorney General and Kentucky gubernatorial candidate Daniel Cameron speaks with supporters during a campaign stop in Richmond, Ky., Wednesday, May 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Kentucky GOP aims for strong matchup versus Dem Gov. Beshear

By Bruce Schreiner - Associated Press

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and the GOP leadership talk to reporters following a weekly closed-door strategy session, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, May 2, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Republicans close ranks on spending reforms ahead of debt ceiling talk with Biden

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at a luncheon Friday, April 28, 2023, in Salt Lake City. Pence's speech came a day after he testified for seven hours in front the grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Pence warns GOP to resist the ‘lure of populism unmoored to timeless conservative values’

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Kentucky Republican gubernatorial candidate Kelly Craft speaks to a group of supporters during a campaign stop in Liberty, Ky., Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Craft personally pumped $2.25 million dollars of her family's wealth into her campaign. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Craft loans her Kentucky GOP campaign an additional $2M

By Bruce Schreiner - Associated Press

Senators sit at their desks during a session at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem, Ore., Thursday, May 4, 2023. Four Republican senators and one Independent senator had unexcused absences, preventing a quorum for the second day. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)

Hard to read? Oregon GOP boycott comes down to reading level

By Andrew Selsky and Ed Komenda - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., hands off papers to an aide as he talks with reporters about the struggle between Congress and the White House to fix the looming debt ceiling deadline, at the Capitol in Washington, (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Biden, Democrats move to define GOP’s debt limit on their terms with House on recess

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Former US president Donald Trump arrives at Aberdeen International Airport ahead of his visit to the Trump International Golf Links Aberdeen, in Dyce, Aberdeen, Scotland, Monday May 1, 2023. (Jane Barlow/PA via AP)

Trump arrives in Scotland to visit his golf properties, open new one

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A historic image: From left, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Donald Trump and Ben Carson, participate in a debate for Republican presidential hopefuls in Boulder, Colo., Oct. 28, 2015. It's been more than seven years since the 2016 presidential campaign, and Republicans are still trying to figure out how to run against Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

Who can beat Trump in a debate?

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., hands off papers to an aide as he talks with reporters about the struggle between Congress and the White House to fix the looming debt ceiling deadline, at the Capitol in Washington, (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Chuck Schumer: GOP debt limit plan has no hope of becoming law

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Erin Stille, a transgender woman, poses for a portrait, in St. Peters, Mo., Friday, April 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Thomas)

Missouri judge to rule on strict trans health care limits

By Summer Ballentine - Associated Press

A sign points visitors toward the financial services department at a hospital, Friday, Jan. 24, 2014. More than a half million of the poorest Americans would be left without health insurance under legislation passed by House Republicans that would require people to work in exchange for health care coverage through Medicaid. The bill is unlikely to become law, though, with Democrats strongly opposing the idea. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Congress eyes work rules for millions covered by Medicaid

By Amanda Seitz - Associated Press

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks with reporters at the Capitol in Washington, April 28, 2023. House Republicans are touting their debt limit package as a first step toward fiscal restraint. They say it's past time for Congress to reduce the swelling deficits that they say are threatening the fiscal health of the country. But a group of Midwestern Republicans went to McCarthy's office this week on a mission to preserve billions of dollars in federal support for biofuels and ethanol. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

White House says GOP’s debt limit bill would nix 2K border patrol agents, 81K VA health jobs

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks after being sworn in as Georgia's Governor during a ceremony on Jan. 12, 2023, in Atlanta. Kemp is trying to steer the Republican Party away from Donald Trump and his 2020 election lies, but his state party shows little interest in moving on. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Georgia’s Kemp veers from Trump, but state GOP not moving on

By Jeff Amy - Associated Press

Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron responds to a question during the Kentucky gubernatorial GOP primary debate in Louisville, Ky., March 7, 2023. Cameron plunged into Kentucky’s competitive race for governor against a popular Democratic incumbent and a crowded field of GOP primary opponents. If he wins, the state's first Black attorney general would become its first Black governor. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, Pool, File)

Daniel Cameron, rising GOP star, embroiled in tough Kentucky primary fight

By Bruce Schreiner - Associated Press

Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., joined by other members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, speaks at a news conference on the debt limit, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 22, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House GOP bill blocks Biden fee hike for good-credit mortgage borrowers

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times