In a statement announcing he was suspending his re-election bid, Rep. Chris Collins lashed out at the Democratic Party and Nancy Pelosi.
GOP Rep. Chris Collins Ends Re-Election Bid Days After Arrest – And He’s Blaming Nancy Pelosi
NRA Pours $1M Into Pro-Kavanaugh Ads While Being Investigated For Russian Money Laundering
The President and one of his most friendly lobbying groups are both accused of essentially working with a foreign adversary to influence the 2016 election.
Arrest Of Trump Ally Chris Collins Could Take Down More Than A Half-Dozen Other Republicans
The arrest of Rep. Chris Collins put gasoline on the GOP dumpster fire – and it could get even worse in the weeks to come.
Republican New York congressman Collins indicted for insider trading
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday said Christopher Collins, a Republican congressman from upstate New York, has been indicted for insider trading related to a drug trial at an Australian biotechnology company on whose board he served.
Republican Panic Grows As Ohio Special Election Is A Less Than 1 Point Margin In District Trump Won By Double Digits
Trump and the Republican Party should be deeply concerned about the fact that they can't even coast to victory in their own territory.
Steve Kornacki Warns GOP That Unpopular Trump Could Cost Them An Easy Win In OH-12
With the Trump presidency falling deeper into chaos and scandal, parts of the country that used to be reliably red no longer are.
Trump Russia: Manhattan Madam and Drug Dealer Kristin Davis Will Testify Before a Grand Jury
Today's story involves a woman who ran a high-end prostitution ring in New York City, "Manhattan Madam" Kristin Davis, who was running as a Libertarian for New York City comptroller when she was arrested on drug charges, testifying before a grand jury this week in the Trump Russia probe.
Trump Bear Hugs Jim Jordan And Touts His Wrestling Skills While Ignoring OSU Sex Abuse Scandal
To a known womanizer like Donald Trump, there is likely nobody he would respect than Jim Jordan, a man who looks the other way.
Trump’s Mental Decline On Full Display As He Spends 15 Minutes Rambling About 2016 Election
Like a drunk man sitting alone at the end of a bar muttering nonsense, Trump tore into a slurring 15-minute ramble about his 2016 victory in Pennsylvania.
U.S. senator Paul to meet Russian lawmakers in Moscow on Aug. 6: agencies
The Republican senator is due to lead a U.S. delegation to the Russian capital and to meet Russian members of parliament, Russian agencies cited a senior lawmaker as saying earlier on Thursday.
Jaws Drop As Key Dem Calls Trump-Russia Conspiracy Worse Than Watergate
A foreign attack on American democracy was aided and abetted by the campaign of the current president. Um, yeah, that's a bigger deal than Watergate.
Rep. Jim Jordan Is Privately Pressuring Sex Abuse Witnesses To Take Back Their Allegations
Despite Republican Congressman Jim Jordan's desperate lobbying efforts, the former wrestlers are sticking to their stories.
Facebook has identified ongoing political influence campaign: NYT
Facebook Inc has identified a coordinated political influence campaign through dozens of inauthentic accounts on its platform ahead of November's U.S. midterm election,
Trump slams conservative Koch donor network as a ‘total joke’
President Donald Trump on Tuesday slammed the powerful Koch-led political donor network as "globalist" and "a total joke," rejecting the conservative group amid signs of a growing public fissure between the president and business over trade and immigration.
Trump Is About To Bypass Congress And Give A Massive $100 Billion Tax Cut To The Rich
I hate to break it to the mobs of low-income, MAGA-hat-wearing mobs that show up at Trump's rambling political events, but Trump isn't fighting for you.
Citing Trump, some Republican women to vote Democratic in Ohio election
Becky von Zastrow often votes Republican in her affluent central Ohio suburb - but her dissatisfaction with U.S. President Donald Trump has convinced her to back the Democrat in a special-election test for both parties next month.
No Way, No How: Why Jim Jordan Shouldn’t Even Be In Congress, Let Alone Speaker Of The House
Jim Jordan shouldn't just be denied a chance to be second in line to the presidency; he should be forced to resign from Congress altogether.
GOP Goes All In On Obstruction By Filing Impeachment Articles Against Rod Rosenstein
If Republicans are truly interested in filing articles of impeachment against someone, they should look toward 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Georgia Republican lawmaker who used racial slurs on prank show resigns
(Reuters) – A Georgia state lawmaker who yelled racial slurs and dropped his pants on a prank cable TV show after being told it would intimidate terrorists offered a terse resignation letter to the speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives late Tuesday.
Republicans might not even bother with passing new Russia sanctions before midterms
Unlike a year ago, when Congress worked with lightning speed on a sanctions law targeting Russia, North Korea and Iran, some lawmakers said on Tuesday the Senate and House of Representatives were carefully weighing their response to growing fears that Moscow is plotting to interfere in November's congressional elections.