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Trumpism without Trump: Republican playbook for 2022?

Frankie Taggart, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 27 05:36 PM

As US Republicans cheered impressive gains in state elections in the fall, their leader may not have been so delighted as he followed the results from his fiefdom in southern Florida. Read more »

US Senate Democrats plan debt-limit vote

Andy Sullivan and Susan Cornwell, Reuters
Posted at Oct 06 09:07 PM

Senate Democrats are set to try again on Wednesday to extend the US government's borrowing authority to head off a catastrophic default. Read more »

'This is how I'm going to die': Police testify on US Capitol riot

Michael Mathes, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 28 08:43 AM

WASHINGTON - Four police officers delivered graphic, riveting testimony Tuesday about their violent clashes with rioters while defending the US Capitol on January 6, as a congressional panel launched its probe of the deadly insurrection. Read more »

Biden seen pushing through infrastructure plan even sans Republican support

Katanga Johnson and Doina Chiacu, Reuters
Posted at Apr 05 09:37 AM

US President Joe Biden would be willing to push through his $2 trillion infrastructure plan without the support of Republican lawmakers if he cannot reach a bipartisan deal, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said on Sunday. Read more »

Republicans face growing corporate backlash after Capitol assault

Andy Sullivan and David Shepardson, Reuters
Posted at Jan 12 09:32 AM

Republicans in the U.S. Congress faced growing blowback on Monday from businesses that said they would cut off campaign contributions to those who voted last week to challenge President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. Read more »

Democrats push toward 2nd Trump impeachment, Republican support uncertain

Joseph Ax and Richard Cowan, Reuters
Posted at Jan 11 01:40 AM

Democratic-led efforts to impeach US President Donald Trump for a historic second time gained momentum over the weekend, although it looked far from certain whether enough Republicans would back the move with just days left in his term. Read more »

Dozen US senators plan to oppose Biden certification

Brian Knowlton, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 03 07:04 PM

A group of Republican senators led by veteran lawmaker Ted Cruz said Saturday they will challenge Joe Biden's election win -- the latest last-ditch move to support Donald Trump's efforts to undermine the vote. Read more »

Defying Trump, McConnell puts off vote on $2,000 checks, urges override of defense bill veto

David Morgan and Susan Cornwell, Reuters
Posted at Dec 30 01:50 PM

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday put off a vote on increasing COVID-19 relief checks from $600 to $2,000 and urged senators to override President Donald Trump's veto of a defense bill, in a rare challenge to his fellow Republican three weeks before Trump leaves office. Read more »

US Republican report urges cooperation with Europe on China

Patricia Zengerle and David Brunnstrom, Reuters
Posted at Nov 19 04:12 AM

WASHINGTON - Two months before President Donald Trump is due to leave office, the Republican leader of a US Senate committee issued a report on Wednesday urging Washington to work closely with allies in Europe to counter the threat posed by China. Read more »

Trump backtracks on acknowledging Biden won election, concedes 'nothing'

Sarah N. Lynch and Susan Heavey, Reuters
Posted at Nov 16 01:12 AM

President Donald Trump backtracked after appearing on Sunday to acknowledge for the first time that Joe Biden won the Nov. 3 election, saying he conceded "nothing" and repeating his unfounded claims of widespread voting fraud.   Read more »

Republicans ask US Supreme Court to halt Pennsylvania count as Biden takes lead

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 07 10:31 AM

WASHINGTON - The Pennsylvania Republican Party asked the US Supreme Court Friday to halt the counting of late-arriving ballots in the state, as Democrat Joe Biden took a lead in the tally and was poised to defeat President Donald Trump. Read more »

Republicans running short on time and money to defend US Senate majority

David Morgan, Reuters
Posted at Oct 20 10:39 PM

WASHINGTON - Republicans are running short of time, money and options to stop Democrats from winning a majority of seats in the US Senate, and with them full control of Congress, in an election that is now only two weeks away.   Read more »

Trump ‘well’ at hospital, as more Republicans test positive for COVID-19

Daniel Woolls, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 04 08:00 AM

President Donald Trump woke Saturday from his first night in the hospital as a COVID-19 patient and said he was doing well, as key Republican allies announced their own positive tests a month before the US election. Read more »

Trump and Biden go on the attack in fiery, chaotic first presidential debate

Jarrett Renshaw and Steve Holland, Reuters
Posted at Sep 30 10:55 AM

Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden battled fiercely over Trump's leadership on the coronavirus pandemic, the economy and taxes in a fiery first debate on Tuesday marked by Trump's repeated interruptions. Read more »

Biden pledges to end US 'darkness' in accepting Democratic nomination

Olivier Douliery and Sebastian Smith, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 21 12:48 PM

Joe Biden promised Thursday to end the "darkness" of Donald Trump's presidency in a speech accepting the Democratic nomination with an impassioned call for unity and a return to optimism.  Read more »

Democrats nominate Biden in virtual roll call, showcasing diversity

Alexander Burns and Jonathan Martin, The New York Times
Posted at Aug 19 11:38 AM

The party delivered to the former vice president a prize he has pursued intermittently since 1988. The long-awaited victory is a triumph of personal and political endurance.    Read more »

Michelle Obama makes rousing call to dump Trump at Democratic convention

Elodie Cuzin, with Michael Mathes in Washington, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 18 04:59 PM

MILWAUKEE - US Democrats opened their nominating convention Monday with a show of unity behind Joe Biden and former first lady Michelle Obama delivering a scathing rebuke of Donald Trump as she urged voters to reject his politics of 'division.' Read more »

Trump threatens to send federal law enforcement forces to more cities

Peter Baker, Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Monica Davey, The New York Times
Posted at Jul 21 01:06 PM

President Donald Trump plans to deploy federal law enforcement to Chicago and threatened on Monday to send agents to other major cities — all controlled by Democrats.   Read more »

In warning sign for Trump, Republicans growing pessimistic about country's direction

Joseph Ax, Reuters
Posted at Jun 08 12:17 AM

Republicans are more pessimistic about the country's direction than at almost any other time during Donald Trump's presidency, as a trio of crises – the coronavirus pandemic, an economic downturn and mass protests over police brutality – buffets his administration.   Read more »

Trump seen heading to acquittal in US Senate impeachment vote on Wednesday

Susan Cornwell and David Morgan, Reuters
Posted at Feb 05 07:50 PM

Trump's Senate trial, spanning 21 days, focused on whether he withheld US aid to Ukraine last summer as leverage to get Kiev to launch an investigation of former Vice President Joe Biden, a Democratic contender in this year's US presidential election. Read more »