You Searched For "john cornyn" and got 20 results
Sort By:
2 mins read
Meet John Thune, the man who Republicans just chose to replace Mitch McConnell
Elon Musk and the MAGA online right had pushed for Sen. Rick Scott to be chosen for the position ov…
Bryan Metzger,John L. Dorman
3 mins read
Matt Gaetz is emerging as the Trump pick Republicans are prepared to dunk on
Donald Trump's nomination of Matt Gaetz for Attorney General has sparked backlash in the GOP, even …
Joshua Nelken-Zitser
3 mins read
Elon Musk and MAGA's online pressure campaign failed to sway GOP senators
GOP senators did not choose Rick Scott to be their next leader, showing the limits of Musk's and ot…
Bryan Metzger
3 mins read
Elon Musk and MAGA's next big fight: Who replaces Mitch McConnell?
GOP senators are choosing a new leader this week, and MAGA world is lining up behind Rick Scott in …
Bryan Metzger
3 mins read
Elon Musk has named his top choice for Senate majority leader
"Rick Scott for Senate Majority Leader!" Musk wrote on X on Sunday.
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
3 mins read
Trump is retaking power with a much more obedient GOP this time
Over four successive election cycles, Trump has steadily remade the Republican Party in his image.
Bryan Metzger
5 mins read
Colin Allred is in a tight race with Ted Cruz. Here's how he's planning to become Texas' first Democratic senator in decades.
For decades, the Lone Star State has been solidly in the GOP column. But Colin Allred is aiming to …
John L. Dorman
2 mins read
Mitch McConnell goes after Trump's trade policy: 'I'm not a tariff fan'
The outgoing Senate GOP leader argued that tariffs, a key part of Trump's platform, would "raise th…
Bryan Metzger
3 mins read
Some GOP lawmakers are tired of JD Vance's cat rumors
"I think that conversation, overall, has been distracting from the real issue at hand," said one Ho…
Bryan Metzger
2 mins read
Mitch McConnell is stepping down in November. 3 men named John have long been angling to succeed him.
It's overwhelmingly likely that the next Senate GOP leader will be named John. Here are the three m…
Bryan Metzger
3 mins read
Trump trashes bipartisan Senate bill as the 'first step' to taking away guns even though he once supported one of its key parts
Trump may trash Republicans' efforts now, but he has pulled a 180 on the views he once held on rest…
Brent D. Griffiths
4 mins read
Senators just released legislative text for the 'Bipartisan Safer Communities Act,' including the most significant new gun restrictions since the 1990s. Here's what's in the bill.
The bill would close the "boyfriend loophole, support states enacting "red flag" laws, and increase…
Bryan Metzger,Lauren Frias
3 mins read
Mitch McConnell demands House Democrats pass a bill strengthening security for Supreme Court justices 'before the sun sets today' after man who threatened to kill Kavanaugh arrested
The man who threatened Kavanaugh is adding new urgency to passing a bill that sailed through the Se…
Bryan Metzger,Oma Seddiq
2 mins read
Republican senator says 'it will be embarrassing' if the Senate fails to pass gun legislation after mass shootings
Texas Sen. John Cornyn said another failure would "feed the narrative that we can't get things done…
Brent D. Griffiths
2 mins read
Biden insists McConnell is a 'rational Republican' who may come around on gun control, even as the GOP blocks legislation
"I think things have gotten so bad that everybody is getting more rational about it," Biden insiste…
Katie Balevic
3 mins read
These 38 GOP senators just voted against protecting contraception. Here's why.
Republicans complained that Democrats were simply holding a show vote. But they also said they were…
Bryan Metzger
4 mins read
Key Democrats and Republicans are reviving immigration reform talks. Advocates see hope for action before pro-Trump hardliners like Jim Jordan take charge if they win the midterms.
"I've always been sympathetic to giving them some certainty," Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn tol…
Warren Rojas
3 mins read
With little to pin on Ketanji Brown Jackson, GOP questioning veers from personal grudges to scaring conservatives about liberal justices imposing their views on 'ordinary Americans'
On the second day of confirmation hearings, there didn't seem to be a clear, coordinated strategy a…
Warren Rojas
4 mins read
Senate Republicans praise Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson after meeting with her but still won't commit to voting for her
Jackson's "productive" meetings with Republicans may still result in a party-line vote to confirm B…
Warren Rojas
2 mins read
GOP Sen. John Cornyn was loudly booed at Texas Republican convention amid his push for bipartisan gun legislation
Despite Mitch McConnell's backing for a new gun framework, Cornyn faces backlash from other Republi…