Donald Trump Dominates Super Tuesday State Primaries
Despite voters' continued disgust at the idea of a Trump/Biden rematch, the former president is poised to carry nearly every state.
Despite voters' continued disgust at the idea of a Trump/Biden rematch, the former president is poised to carry nearly every state.
Philip Esformes was sentenced for charges on which a jury hung. After receiving a commutation, the federal government vowed to try to put him back in prison.
The policy is a true budget buster and is ineffective in the long term.
The president criticized companies for selling "smaller-than-usual products" whose "price stays the same." But it was his and his predecessor's spending policies that caused the underlying issue.
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Peter Meijer talks about his run for Senate, his Trump impeachment vote, and possibly competing against Justin Amash on the latest episode of Just Asking Questions.
As the party grows more populist, ethnically diverse, and working class, will Republicans abandon their libertarian economic principles?
As the party grows more populist, ethnically diverse, and working class, will Republicans abandon their libertarian economic principles?
His speech in Davos challenged the growing worldwide trend of increased government involvement in economic affairs.
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Donald Trump won an unsurprising victory in the New Hampshire primary against his hawkish rival Nikki Haley.
And the Democratic votes won't even count. Get ready for what might be a weird night.
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It could also outlaw any sort of sexualized image, play, or performance, pornographic or not.
His political makeover into a Trumpy cultural warrior undermined what could have been a compelling campaign about the value of freedom.
They will either reduce the ability to spend money or to cut taxes.
DeSantis appears to be on track to claim second place, a distant 30-ish percentage points behind Trump.
That's bad news for Americans.
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The former New Jersey governor was the only candidate in the Republican primary field with the courage to attack former President Donald Trump.
How do the Iowa caucuses work? The fact that people have to ask every four years shows why this tradition should end.
DeSantis says the new, single tax rate would mean "lower taxes for everyone" but that only demonstrates that he hasn't thought too deeply about how a flat tax would work.
New anti-drag laws were deemed unconstitutional in every state where they were challenged this year.
You're not going to save democracy by kicking people out of elections.
The analogy between Russia's invasion of Ukraine and illegal migration to the US is nonsensical. And many of the GOP's demands are intended to make legal migration more difficult, a policy likely to actually increase the illegal kind.
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Lawmakers should consider a user-fee system designed to charge drivers by the mile.
While transgender issues dominated Wednesday's debate, polls suggest that the subject is far from the top of voters' minds.
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Nikki Haley says "Trump was good on trade." What?
"Republicans believe in less government, not more," he said.
"We're going to build a wall...I am not going to sit there and let sex trafficking go unabated," DeSantis said.
The former South Carolina governor can't decide whether she likes corporate subsidies or opposes them on principle.
Americans want choice in education. Politicians need to catch up.
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Formerly fringe immigration policies have gone mainstream in the Republican Party.
The former two-term governor discusses why Florida is attracting more people than any other state in the country.
Former Gov. Jeb Bush makes the case for why "Florida works pretty good."
The Florida governor is attacking Republican primary rival Nikki Haley over her awful idea to police online speech, but the timing is awkward.
A separation of science and politics might be called for.
From “ideological screening” to barring entire cultures deemed “hostile to…the American way of life,” the candidates have big plans to target legal immigrants too.
The 2024 GOP candidate has proposed something blatantly unconstitutional.
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This week's debate was the first signal that the party's next presidential nominee might actually understand the entitlement crisis.
Abortion and the shadow of Donald Trump hobble GOP prospects.
Sen. Tim Scott: "You actually have to cut off the head of the snake, and the head of the snake is Iran and not simply their proxies."