Republicans

Florida Politics reports: U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott wrote a letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell demanding answers on whether FEMA has the resources needed to assist people in Florida and beyond when tropical systems wreak their inevitable havoc. “It is our understanding that your agency expects the Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) to run …

Indianapolis’s PBS affiliate reports: Indiana’s education department is telling school districts not to adopt new federal protections for LGBTQ+ students and sex-based discrimination until several lawsuits challenging the regulations, including one by the state’s attorney general, are settled. The new Title IX guidelines, released by the U.S. Department of Education forbids discrimination on the basis of sex stereotypes, sexual orientation, …

Politico reports: House Republicans are already deriding the Senate’s bid for a vote on bipartisan immigration legislation as a political ploy that’s doomed — in the extremely unlikely event it even reaches their chamber. “Leader Schumer is trying give [sic] his vulnerable members cover by bringing a vote on a bill which has already failed once in the Senate because …

The Dakota Scout reports: The publisher of Gov. Kristi Noem’s controversial new book is conceding that it will have to fix another factual error made by the governor, this one about South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds. Hachette Book Group will amend future editions of “No Going Back” to clarify Noem’s allegation that Rounds called on Donald Trump to drop out …

CBS News reports: Republican Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio, rumored to be one of former President Donald Trump’s vice-presidential contenders, said Sunday that the U.S “could learn from” some decisions made by authoritarian Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, including controversial policies related to dealing with dissidents at universities. Orbán, who is revered in some hardline conservative circles, seized control of …

“The truth of the matter is you saw the State of the Union and you watched that performance. It was surreal. There was something going on and if we can find the truth of what it was, we are all better off. “Because if it takes artificial stimulation to make the president of the United States perform, how often can …

Politico reports: Rep. Elise Stefanik took exception to being asked about her loyalty to former President Donald Trump by a Fox News host Sunday. The New York Republican got into a heated exchange with “Fox News Sunday” host Shannon Bream over a question about how her support of Trump has changed over time. “It’s a disgrace you would quote the …

The Hill reports: CNN’s Jake Tapper pressed Ben Carson on “State of the Union” to describe his conversations with Trump about abortion laws, noting that Carson has expressed support in the past for national legislation on abortion. “President Trump does not like to surround himself with yes people. And he likes to have healthy discussions about things and recognize that …

“You could tell that when Joe Biden comes in, he’s jacked up, and then, as the hour goes by, he slowly winds down. So the American people need to understand if they’re giving him some injection so that he can actually look like he’s coherent and he’s with us, because the other parts of the time he’s not. This is …

NBC News reports: Florida GOP Sen. Marco Rubio, widely seen as a potential vice presidential pick for former President Donald Trump, on Sunday refused to say whether he would accept the results of the 2024 presidential election, instead blaming Democrats for sowing doubts about the election. The senator, appearing on NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” said, “I think you’re asking …

“The Secret Service — they use their criteria, they set this plan — and now the director of Secret Services saying, well, they have the authority to set the plan, they don’t have the authority to change it. “They put the protest zone a block away from the actual convention site. Thee initial plan had the entrances on the north …

CNN reports: Alice Stewart, a veteran political adviser and CNN political commentator who worked on several GOP presidential campaigns, has died. She was 58. Law enforcement officials told CNN that Stewart’s body was found outdoors in the Belle View neighborhood in northern Virginia early Saturday morning. No foul play is suspected, and officers believe a medical emergency occurred. Stewart served …

The Times Of Israel reports: US Rep. Elise Stefanik is set to address the Knesset today and according to The New York Times, is expected to deliver a “forceful rebuke of President Biden and his fellow Democrats while presenting her party as the true allies of the Jewish state.” Stefanik will be the highest-ranking House Republican to speak at the …

Politico reports: Ron DeSantis has more than two years left as Florida governor. Yet Donald Trump is itching to find his successor. During a high-dollar fundraiser at the Pierre in Manhattan on Tuesday night, Trump pointedly asked Rep. Byron Donalds if he planned on running for governor. A smiling Donalds told POLITICO he answered Trump: “That’s what I hear.” Trump, …

Bridge Michigan reports: In a Friday letter to the Michigan Board of State Canvassers, attorneys for the Michigan Democratic Party and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee asked election officials to investigate nominating petitions submitted by Republican U.S. Senate candidates Mike Rogers, Sandy Pensler and Justin Amash, as well as former candidate Peter Meijer. The request claims that the candidates’ submissions …

Breitbart reports: A staffer for Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) has reportedly resigned after complaints about his behavior, according to several sources. Sources confirmed to Notus that Anang Mittal, who had served as the Head of Digital for Johnson, had resigned after complaints about his performance in the workplace and unprofessional behavior were brought to him on Thursday. …

The Sarasota Herald Tribune reports: A newly surfaced memo from a Sarasota Police investigator described numerous text messages between Christian and Bridget Ziegler where the two were “on the prowl” for a female sexual encounter at different bars, according to records obtained by the Herald-Tribune. In the memo, SPD investigator Angela Cox described seeing messages where Bridget would direct Christian …

The New York Times reports: Gov. Glenn Youngkin of Virginia vetoed on Friday two bills that would have revoked tax exemptions for the United Daughters of the Confederacy, a century-old organization that has often been at the center of debates over the state’s Confederate past and its racial history. In doing so, Mr. Youngkin sided with fellow Republicans in the …

Fox News reports: Rep. Andy Ogles is introducing the “Let Trump Speak Act” to prohibit judges from issuing gag orders to defendants, like former President Trump, in any criminal or civil proceeding. “We have watched for years as a politically-weaponized Department of Justice and Democrat activist judges have gone after President Donald J. Trump,” the Tennessee Republican told Fox News …

Florida Politics reports: U.S. Sen. Rick Scott lamented at a law enforcement roundtable that Senate Democrats won’t support intercepting fentanyl at the border. But the Naples Republican voted against doing so twice. Scott told WESH that the problems with the fentanyl crisis start at better patrolling the border. Scott traced a rush in drugs crossing the border to after Biden …