Latest U.S. Republican Party News

Florida Republican chairman won't resign over rape allegation, saying he is innocent

Dec. 03, 2023 14:48 PM EST

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The chair of Florida's Republican Party says he will not resign over a woman's allegation that he raped her, saying in an email to supporters that he is innocent. He did not address any specifics of the accusation that has roiled the state's conservative politics. ...

Louisiana granted extra time to draw new congressional map that complies with Voting Rights Act

Dec. 03, 2023 12:57 PM EST

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana lawmakers now have until the end of January to draw and pass new congressional boundaries to replace a current map that a federal judge said violates the Voting Rights Act by diluting the power of the state’s Black voters. However, several...

DeSantis marks Iowa milestone as caucuses near. Trump says his rival's campaign is in deep trouble

Dec. 03, 2023 10:06 AM EST

NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Ron DeSantis completed his campaign promise to visit each of Iowa’s 99 counties, crossing a symbolic but also tactical threshold by telling his audience in a central Iowa town “this should show you that I consider myself a servant, not a ruler.” Former...

Republicans had New Yorkers lead the way in expelling Santos. Will it help them keep the majority?

Dec. 03, 2023 08:09 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — George Santos is gone from the House, but his name is certain to pop up in key congressional races across New York next year. Democrats are targeting five seats held by first-term Republicans and looking to associate them with their former colleague in the state's congressional...

Florida's Republican chair has denied a woman's rape allegation in a case roiling state politics

Dec. 02, 2023 19:31 PM EST

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The head of the Florida Republican Party, whose wife is a founder of one of the nation’s most prominent conservative groups, has been accused of rape, leading Gov. Ron DeSantis to call for his resignation, roiling the state's conservative politics and creating...

Massachusetts Republicans stall funding, again, to shelter the homeless and migrants

Dec. 02, 2023 16:26 PM EST

BOSTON (AP) — For a third consecutive day, Republicans thwarted attempts by the Democratic-controlled Massachusetts Legislature to approve a spending bill that includes money for temporary shelter spaces for migrant homeless families. Saturday’s session had hardly gotten underway...

McCarthy was ditched and Santos expelled. The House is making history, but not as the GOP envisioned

Dec. 02, 2023 14:30 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is making history this year in ways that Republicans could hardly have envisioned when the party took control. First, the Republicans voted to oust their speaker, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, in October. On Friday they voted to get rid of one of their own,...

House expels New York Rep. George Santos. It's just the sixth expulsion in the chamber's history

Dec. 01, 2023 22:55 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted on Friday to expel Republican Rep. George Santos of New York after a blistering ethics report on his conduct heightened lawmakers' concerns about the scandal-plagued freshman. Santos became just the sixth member in the chamber's history to be ousted by...

Court pauses federal policy allowing abortion clinic operators to get grants -- but only in Ohio

Dec. 01, 2023 19:26 PM EST

A federal appeals court has paused enforcement of a federal government regulation that allows abortion providers to receive federal family planning money — but only in Ohio, where state health officials said the policy took money away from them. Since 1981, federal policy has...

Republicans again target Democrat Lucy McBath in Georgia congressional map that keeps 9-5 GOP edge

Dec. 01, 2023 18:25 PM EST

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Republicans on Friday proposed to redraw the state's congressional districts to create a new court-ordered Black majority district, maintaining the current 9-5 Republican congressional majority and again targeting Democratic U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath's district for wholesale...