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Billionaire Elon Musk arrived on Capitol Hill Wednesday and learned about something new — budget rescission, an obscure legislative tool that could bring legal heft to his federal budget slashing effort and enshrine the cuts into law. Musk joined a lunch meeting with Republican senators just hours after the Supreme Court issued a setback to…
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In the Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll, participants chose Sen. Adam Schiff of California and California Gov. Gavin Newsom as the two Democrats who pose the greatest threats to the U.S. and the GOP. As CPAC closes out its final day, attendees were asked various questions about the state of the Republican Party and…
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Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley says it’s not “the end of our story” despite Donald Trump’s easy primary victory in South Carolina, her home state where the onetime governor had long suggested her competitiveness with the former president would show. Defying calls from South Carolina Republicans to exit the race, Haley planned to travel Sunday…
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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., sharply scolded the Senate for abandoning border security provisions after it passed a $95 billion foreign aid bill Tuesday. In a statement posted after a 70-29 vote following an all-night session — with 22 Republicans joining all but three members of the Democrat caucus — Manchin demanded action on the border. “While I’m pleased the Senate came…
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More than a few political prognosticators who do not have a favorite Republican candidate told Newsmax on Wednesday night that the true winner of the first GOP presidential debate was actually the contender who sat it out. “The winner was [former President] Donald Trump and the losers were all candidates not named Donald Trump,” said…
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Researchers’ findings that the majority of Republican candidates’ fundraising emails went to a spam folder in the Gmail accounts owned by Google, while Democrat candidates’ emails were delivered, were “horrifying to see,” Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel told Newsmax Wednesday, following a filing to the Federal Election Commission about the issue. “These researchers in North Carolina, nonpartisan researchers,…
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Some Republican senators are expressing concerns over President Donald Trump’s plans to divert billions in military construction money to help pay for the wall along the southern border, The Hill reports. Under Trump’s national emergency order, about $3.6 billion slated for military construction, will be redirected and used as part of the $8 billion plan for the…
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