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Darrin Bell was arrested in Sacramento Wednesday, after over 130 videos were found on an account allegedly linked to him.

whose party logo is an elephant. His arrest comes amid a broader conversation about distrust and partisanship in the mainstream media. The U.S. press is now the least trusted institution in the ...

The fight over the North Carolina Supreme Court race is just a preliminary test run, foreshadowing a far bigger “elephant” in ...

Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence, political observers — us included — wondered whether the Republican-controlled Senate would sign off on these controversial nominees.

The members of the Republican National Committee, in a vote that was never in doubt, on Friday re-elected chair Michael Whatley to continue steering the national party committee. "This ...

Senator Mitch McConnell broke with his fellow Republicans again by voting "no" on Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as HHS Secretary.

John Hoeven, R-N.D., puts it. Republicans in that chamber expect to mark up their budget resolution as soon as next week, as the House GOP remains locked in an intraparty struggle over its version.

This year, under pressure from conservative House Republicans, the GOP is planning to include substantial cuts in federal spending to the legislation to extend the tax cuts passed during Trump’s ...

Republican senators say they want to convince President Trump to support their plan to take the lead on a budget reconciliation package when they meet with him at Mar-a-Lago on Friday. Republican ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faces a clear path forward to a full Senate confirmation thanks in large part to a key yes vote from a GOP physician-senator facing a 2026 primary challenge. During a ...