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What Mitch McConnell's truce with Trump means
Mitch McConnell praised Trump's "really positive" meeting with Senate Republicans.
Brent D. Griffiths
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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
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Florida Democrats just landed one of their top recruits to take on Rick Scott, but it still might not be enough to win
Former Democratic Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell has jumped into the Florida Senate race. She'll have …
John L. Dorman
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Donald Trump's allies are doing his dirty work while tiptoeing around his gag order
While Trump has been uncharacteristically restrained, a cast of GOP lawmakers and Trump allies have…
Geoff Weiss,Brent D. Griffiths
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Melania Trump still hasn't shown up at the hush-money trial, but a long list of GOP elites have visited her husband in court
Donald Trump has praised Republican allies for supporting him "very beautifully" in Manhattan's gri…
Natalie Musumeci,Laura Italiano,Jacob Shamsian,Bryan Metzger
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Republican Sen. Rick Scott is reportedly considering a presidential bid as fellow Floridian Ron DeSantis struggles
Scott and DeSantis have a notably frosty relationship, but a presidential run would also pit the Tr…
Brent D. Griffiths
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These 18 senators voted against Ukraine and Israel aid
The foreign aid package, which included a bill to force a sale of TikTok, easily cleared the Senate…
Bryan Metzger
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Ted Cruz calls McConnell's dispute with GOP Sen. Rick Scott 'petty bickering' as GOP senators urge them to mend their rift
Scott said McConnell has taken "Biden's position" on his legislative plan. Ted Cruz and other Repub…
Bryan Metzger
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Rick Scott demands Biden resign, calling him 'incoherent, incapacitated and confused' as the president slams Scott's tax hike proposal
"I think the man has a problem," said Biden in response. Scott's plan calls for tax increases on po…
Bryan Metzger
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These 4 GOP senators voted to rip away millions of dollars in federal funding that they had secured for their home states
The vote was unsuccessful, and most of those senators voted for the bill's final passage. But it's …
Bryan Metzger
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GOP Sen. Rick Scott says midterm elections will be about 'gas prices and food prices' and not Trump
"This year is going to be a referendum on Biden, it's pretty simple," Scott told Fox New Sunday hos…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Sen. Rick Scott compares himself to Ulysses S. Grant 'taking Vicksburg' during the Civil War
"I think of myself more like Grant taking Vicksburg," the senator told the AP, referring to his inf…
Jake Lahut
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Rick Scott could be the dealmaker on guns. Instead, he's MIA.
A law Rick Scott signed as Florida governor after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass sho…
Nicole Gaudiano,Warren Rojas
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Senate Republicans revel in Ron Johnson's sloppy fake-phone call blunder: 'Tell 'em what you think'
Senate colleagues had some thoughts about other ways call-faker Ron Johnson could have handled an u…
Warren Rojas
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Rick Scott joins Mitch McConnell in rallying around Ron DeSantis' migrant flight stunt
Dropping migrants into Democrats' backyards is the one strategy political frenemies Sens. Mitch McC…
Warren Rojas
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Some Republicans are celebrating the 'good news' of Mitch McConnell's retirement: 'Better days are ahead'
McConnell may have been one of the most effective GOP leaders in recent history, but that's not eno…
Bryan Metzger
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Mitch McConnell will step down from Senate GOP leadership in November
"Father Time remains undefeated. I am no longer the young man sitting in the back, hoping colleague…
Brent D. Griffiths
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Republicans aching for the 2024 presidential nomination shouldn't expect the January 6 hearings to be their saving grace to beat Trump, political insiders say
Many Republicans are watching and waiting to see whether the former president will seek the White H…
Kimberly Leonard
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Rick Scott says Republicans 'live in fear of speaking the truth' in defiant op-ed after Mitch McConnell shut down his tax-raising 11-point plan
Scott argued that Republicans "don't deserve to govern" if they don't offer their own agenda, conti…
Bryan Metzger
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McConnell rebukes Scott over his 11-point plan that includes a tax hike on the poorest families: 'That will not be a part of the Republican Senate agenda'
"I'll be the majority leader," declared McConnell as Scott walked away. "That will not be part of a…