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Vulnerable House Republicans seek boost from Mayorkas impeachment over Biden inquiry
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Vulnerable House Republicans seek boost from Mayorkas impeachment over Biden inquiry

By Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE House GOP members facing difficult races in November are leaning on the momentum of the impeachment inquiry into Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to boost their chances instead of the one into President Joe Biden. Republicans are entering the 2024 election season looking to present as many political wins as possible, but months of infighting and struggles over top leadership have made that difficult. Now House GOP lawmakers are worried they will have nothing to come to the table with, leaving their most vulnerable members at risk who could make or break a House majority. While Republicans have called for the impeachment of both Biden and Mayorkas since they gained the majo...
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Dean Phillips downplays No Labels bid: Going to ‘win as a Democrat’
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Dean Phillips downplays No Labels bid: Going to ‘win as a Democrat’

By Julia Johnson, Washington Examiner | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) downplayed a possible 2024 bid with the centrist organization No Labels on Monday, saying he plans to "win as a Democrat." When asked about the chances of joining the group's ticket if it was interested, Phillips said, "I'm a Democrat — I have been a lifelong Democrat." Phillips told host Brian Kilmeade, "I'm a Democrat. I'm going to run as a Democrat, and I'm going to win as a Democrat." Speculation ramped up last weekend over his joining a future No Labels ticket when he didn't rule the possibility out. Phillips defended the organization against charges it would act as a spoiler to elect former President Donald Trump. "If they put someone at the top of the ti...
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Nancy Mace endorses Trump in slight to Nikki Haley
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Nancy Mace endorses Trump in slight to Nikki Haley

By Julia Johnson, Washington Examiner | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) endorsed former President Donald Trump on Monday, another snub to former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley from a Republican ally in her home state. "Today, I’m endorsing Donald J. Trump for president," Mace said in a statement. "I don’t see eye to eye perfectly with any candidate. And until now, I’ve stayed out of it. But the time has come to unite behind our nominee." Trump endorsed Mace's primary challenger in 2022, while Haley offered her own endorsement to the South Carolina Republican, who won reelection. Mace has offered criticism of Trump in the past, drawing his ire. But in the last year, she appeared to show flashes of sympathy and support f...
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Asa Hutchinson endorses Nikki Haley after dropping out of GOP primary
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Asa Hutchinson endorses Nikki Haley after dropping out of GOP primary

By Robert Stewart, Washington Examiner | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson endorsed former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination on Saturday. Hutchinson took to X to make the announcement, remaining firm in his stance that the GOP needs to look to someone other than former President Donald Trump to lead the party. “Anyone who believes Donald Trump will unite this country has been asleep over the last 8 years,” Hutchinson wrote. “Trump intentionally tries to divide America and will continue to do so. Go @NikkiHaley in New Hampshire.” READ FULL ARTICLE ON GAZETTE.COM
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Denver mayor bemoans potential $180 million impact of immigrant influx
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Denver mayor bemoans potential $180 million impact of immigrant influx

By Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE Colorado Mayor Mike Johnston warned that without federal intervention, it could cost the sanctuary city of Denver $180 million to care for the recent influx of immigrants. Johnson, who is in Washington attending the U.S. Conference of Mayors, said his visit also included a meeting with President Joe Biden. The Democratic mayor said over 36,000 immigrants have arrived in his city since December 2022. "There are heartbreaking stories every day, but we also know without federal support and without federal action, the impact on a city like Denver, this would be $180 million impact on our budget in 2024," Johnston told MSNBC's José Díaz-Balart Reports Friday. "That’s more than 10% of our entire city...
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How Obama repaid Biden in 2020 after anointing Clinton as his successor in 2016: Book
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How Obama repaid Biden in 2020 after anointing Clinton as his successor in 2016: Book

By Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE A new book exploring the future of the Democratic Party details how former President Barack Obama helped President Joe Biden secure the 2020 nomination after backing Hillary Clinton in 2016. Hunter Walker and Luppe B. Luppen, authors of The Truce: Progressives, Centrists, and the Future of the Democratic Party, said sources told them Biden called Obama after it became clear Clinton would lose to Donald Trump in 2016 to say, “Boss, I told you. People just don’t like her.”  The book, which will be released on Tuesday, claims Obama told Biden to stand down in the 2016 election but pushed Democrats out of the 2020 primary to pave the way for Biden to become the...
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Tim Scott will endorse Donald Trump in blow to Nikki Haley
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Tim Scott will endorse Donald Trump in blow to Nikki Haley

By Julia Johnson, Washington Examiner | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) will endorse former President Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination on Friday in a blow to his fellow South Carolinian, former Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley. Scott, who ended his own presidential bid in the fall, plans to endorse Trump at a rally in New Hampshire, just days before the state's first-in-the-nation primary, a source familiar confirmed to the Washington Examiner. The choice to back Trump rather than Haley is particularly significant, given Haley and Scott's history. When Haley was governor of South Carolina, she appointed Scott to the Senate in 2012 to replace former Sen. Jim DeMint. READ FULL ARTICLE ON GAZETTE.COM
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Trump urges US Supreme Court to reverse Colorado ballot disqualification
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Trump urges US Supreme Court to reverse Colorado ballot disqualification

By Andrew Chung and John Kruzel | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's lawyers urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to reverse a judicial decision disqualifying the former president from Colorado's Republican primary ballot as the justices prepare to tackle the politically explosive case. Trump's lawyers in court papers presented the former U.S. president's main arguments against a Colorado Supreme Court Dec. 19 ruling barring him from the primary ballot over his actions around the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, citing the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The justices have scheduled oral arguments in the case for Feb. 8. Trump's lawyers urged the court to "put a swift and decisive end to these ballot-disqualification efforts," noting that similar...
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House Republicans pass two anti-abortion bills on eve of March for Life
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House Republicans pass two anti-abortion bills on eve of March for Life

By Gabrielle M. Etzel, Washington Examiner | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE House Republicans passed two anti-abortion measures on Thursday ahead of the 51st annual March for Life in Washington. The House voted 214-208 along party lines to pass H.R. 6918, the Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act, which seeks to prevent the Department of Health and Human Services from discriminating against pregnancy resource centers. The House also voted 212-207, with no Democrats voting in favor, for H.R. 6914, the Pregnant Students Rights Act, which requires colleges and universities to inform female students of their rights under Title IX if they become pregnant and choose to carry their child to term. In October, the Biden administration...
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