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While the president remains focused on outside foes, a threat from within his own Republican party could well prove a decisive factor this fall.

Senate Republicans have unveiled proposed changes to police procedures and accountability

Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., introduced the “Justice Act,” aimed at reforming police procedures and accountability across the U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., says he plans to bring the bill to the Senate floor and that the Republicans “are serious about making a law.”

Democrats have flooded Twitter and email inboxes with praise for this week’s watershed Supreme Court decision shielding gay, lesbian and transgender people from job discrimination

Driven by a swift-moving national debate, Senate Republicans are on the brink of introducing an extensive package of policing changes

President Donald Trump’s return to the campaign trail this week means events with a president who draws TV cameras and raucous crowds

As Republicans scramble to reboot the GOP convention, one option gaining traction is a multistate affair with major speeches and rallies in a variety of cities, according to three people familiar with the discussions.

The invitation list for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s taxpayer-funded “Madison Dinners,” now under scrutiny by two congressional committees, included dozens of donors to Republican candidates and causes, campaign finance records show.

Bay Area Republican leaders have confirmed that the party is suing California over Gov. Gavin Newsom’s vote-by-mail order, claiming that the system opens itself up to inaccuracy and fraudulent voting.

The political operative already accused in state court of absentee ballot fraud during a 2018 North Carolina congressional election now faces federal charges.

A global agency says the spreading new virus could make the world economy shrink this quarter

Democrats bid to win support from Republicans in the Senate for witnesses in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial was already a tough challenge. Democrats have warned they will live to regret not delving deeper into the evidence of Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. One of the managers, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, even told them it was “treacherous” to vote...

An executive order by President Donald Trump giving states the right to refuse to take refugees is putting Republican governors in an uncomfortable position. They’re caught between immigration hardliners who want to shut the door and some Christian evangelicals who believe helping refugees is a moral obligation. Others say refugees are vital to fill jobs and keep rural communities...

Republican George P. Bush, the only member of the Bush dynasty still in public office, condemned Thursday recurring episodes of what he described as racist or hateful rhetoric within the Texas GOP and ripped what he called false accusations fanned by his Hispanic heritage.

Top Republican leaders in Texas this week weighed in on two parents’ battle over their 7-year-old child’s gender identity after the case was shared widely on social media and conservative news sites. Former spouses Anne Georgulas and Jeffrey Younger, who live in the Dallas area, have been embroiled in a legal dispute over their divorce and the care of their...

Former U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa announced Thursday he will run against indicted fellow Republican Congressman Duncan Hunter, as three contenders dropped their bid in order to support him.

Seth Meyers takes a closer look at the president and GOP leaders insisting that Trump’s latest comments are not racist.

A new billboard has a lot of people talking in Grand Junction, Colorado. It has the letters GOP on it, but it’s mixed in with symbols from the Soviet Union. It went up near the Rimrock shopping center earlier this week.

As Charlotte, North Carolina, celebrates being chosen Friday to host the 2020 Republican National Convention, an undercurrent of concern about the potential for violence runs through the Democratic-leaning city. The GOP’s national committee selected North Carolina’s largest city over Las Vegas as hundreds of party activists gathered in Austin, Texas, for the committee’s summer meeting. “The city that I represent...

Leaders of opposing House GOP factions are convening with Speaker Paul Ryan on Wednesday as Republican leaders try to prevent passage of legislation that would protect young immigrants in the country illegally from deportation by providing them with a path toward citizenship. The speaker fears the bill being pushed by GOP centrists for the immigrants known as “Dreamers” would be...