Trump and Republicans admonish others for their Election Night losses

The president put himself at arm’s length from losing GOP candidates. Rank-and-file Republicans are left casting blame. Donald Trump attributed Republicans’ Tuesday night losses in part to his absence from the ballot. Some of his closest allies blamed poor candidate quality. One Republican said the GOP failed to address rising costs. It all added up … Read more

The tariff case puts the Supreme Court’s conservatives in a bind

The high court’s conservative majority largely blesses broad executive power, but some justices are also wary of it in the economic realm. The looming Supreme Court showdown over President Donald Trump’s tariffs amounts to an epic clash between two of the most deeply ingrained tenets of the conservative legal movement. The first is that presidents … Read more

Judge orders White House to restore sign language interpreters at briefings by Trump, Leavitt

U.S. District Judge Amir Ali said the White House’s decision to end ASL interpretation illegally excluded deaf Americans from crucial updates from the government. A federal judge has ordered the White House to restore real-time American Sign Language interpretation at all press briefings conducted by President Donald Trump or press secretary Karoline Leavitt. U.S. District … Read more

Defeated in California, GOP megadonor calls for nationwide commitment to ‘fair and impartial maps’

Charles Munger Jr. spent upwards of $30 million in a failed effort to defeat Proposition 50. Charles Munger Jr., the good-government philanthropist and Republican megadonor who bankrolled the failed opposition to Gavin Newsom’s redistricting campaign in California, called Tuesday for a renewed push for independent map-drawing across the country. In a statement, the multi-millionaire and … Read more

House members release bipartisan ‘principles’ for extending Obamacare subsidies

It’s the first public offering on health care policy since the government shutdown began. A bipartisan quartet of House lawmakers released a “statement of principles” Monday for a potential compromise on an extension of Obamacare subsidies, which would include a two-year sunset and an income cap for eligibility. The compromise framework from Republican Reps. Don … Read more

‘I’m not sure anyone would run against those two’: How Vance and Rubio came out on top

Marco Rubio and JD Vance have become each other’s primary sounding boards in the West Wing. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance have become each other’s primary sounding boards in the West Wing as the pair work together to help shape and execute President Donald Trump’s foreign policy, according to five … Read more