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The Texas Tribune reports: Veteran Republican strategist Karl Rove said Friday that Attorney General Ken Paxton only has himself to blame for his impeachment. At the Texas Tribune Festival, Rove pushed back against claims Paxton made in recent interviews that Rove colluded with other Texas officials to bring about the charges against him. Rove’s comments come six days after the …

“You know, obviously, everyone is very interested in my personal life and me going through a very difficult divorce. And as a mother of four boys and a grandmother to a beautiful grandson, that’s my first job before anything else and my priority. “It’s certainly been taxing on me and my family, but yeah to have this experience broadcast before …

The Texas Tribune reports: Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson, a longtime Democrat, is now a Republican — turning Dallas into the largest city in the country with a GOP mayor. “Today I am changing my party affiliation,” Johnson wrote in an op-ed published Friday in The Wall Street Journal. “Next spring, I will be voting in the Republican primary. When my …

The Associated Press reports: The state GOP, which is led by Trump allies, is insisting on moving forward with a presidential caucus on Feb. 8 despite a new state law that set a primary election two days earlier. Caucuses, which typically reward grassroots support and organizing, are expected to benefit Trump given his solid grip on the GOP’s most loyal …

The Hill reports: Presidential candidate Nikki Haley criticized Trump’s foreign policy during a campaign stop in Portsmouth, N.H., on Thursday, saying he is “weak in the knees” on Ukraine policy. When asked how Trump will be remembered, she gave the former president several compliments, tip-toeing around being too overtly negative about the GOP primary’s frontrunner. But she also had her …

“I have my doubts right now because I’m seeing—we need leadership, ma’am. We don’t need someone just to say we’ve got 218 votes or whatever that jumps on the train after it leaves the station. “Speaker Pelosi, I don’t agree with her ever, hardly on anything, but she was pretty successful. And the way she did it was she put …

NBC News reports: Businessman Dave McCormick launched his Senate campaign in Pittsburgh on Thursday, most likely setting up a pivotal battle with Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., that could determine partisan control of the chamber. McCormick, who lost his previous Senate bid to Republican Mehmet Oz by less than 1,000 votes last year, enters the contest with broad support across the …

The Intercept reports: After invoking the legacy of Ronald Reagan to suggest that striking United Auto Workers members should be fired for demanding higher wages, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., may soon find himself before the National Labor Relations Board. On Thursday, Shawn Fain, the president of UAW, filed a complaint claiming that Scott’s utterance violated federal labor law. Under the …

Breitbart reports: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) believes the Democrat Party will “parachute” former First Lady Michelle Obama in to replace President Joe Biden, who will be “jettisoned” out before the 2024 election, arguing that former President Barack Obama is the “puppet master” running the Biden administration. Cruz discussed the possibility that Biden will not be the nominee for the Democrat …

TMZ reports: The drag queen who performed at the bar owned by the guy who was fondling Rep. Lauren Boebert’s boobs last week says contrary to Boebert’s claim, that date wasn’t #1. TMZ talked to Kendra Matic … who was the lone drag performer who took the stage at Quinn Gallagher’s Aspen bar back in January, and she gave us …

Bloomberg News reports: Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds is signaling she is likely to endorse Ron DeSantis for president, a move that would give him the support of a popular conservative leader as he looks to close the gap against frontrunner Donald Trump, according to people familiar with the matter. Reynolds has so far remained neutral in the GOP primary but …

Axios reports: Congress is officially heading home for the weekend after conservative hardliners once again tanked plans to fund the government, forcing House GOP leaders to abandon their latest plan to avert a shutdown on Oct. 1. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has struggled for weeks to find a solution that can garner enough Republican support to pass on the …

Mediaite reports: Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has lost patience with conservative rebels in his caucus after losing a procedural vote to begin debate on a defense funding bill on Thursday. Surrounded by reporters in the Capitol Building, McCarthy called the situation “frustrating in the sense that I don’t understand why anybody votes against bringing the idea and …

The Christian Post reports: Republican U.S. Rep. Chip Roy of Texas has introduced legislation to repeal a federal law that has been used to prosecute abortion clinic protesters and those accused of vandalizing crisis pregnancy centers. Roy introduced the bill Tuesday meant to repeal the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, with Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah introducing …

NBC News reports: House conservatives on Thursday defeated a procedural vote on a Pentagon funding bill, preventing the legislation from moving forward in the chamber for the second time this week And dealing an embarrassing blow to Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). Six hardline Republicans joined Democrats in voting against the rule for the Pentagon appropriations bill, which was enough to …

Axios reports: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) on Thursday said he denied Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s request to deliver a joint address to Congress. Zelensky’s visit comes at a crucial moment for Ukraine, as it seeks to shore up support and secure additional funding for its counteroffensive against Russia. “Zelensky asked for a joint session, we just didn’t have time. …

Nashville’s CBS affiliate reports: Controversial Franklin mayoral candidate Gabrielle Hanson insisted she was being transparent when she took to social media Tuesday night to admit to having been arrested back in the 90s for promoting prostitution. Hanson — who’s running a campaign with a morality-based, anti-LGBTQ message — posted the video hours after NewsChannel 5 Investigates texted her and asked …

The Washington Post reports: With a phone call or a letter, a House member can obtain detailed statistics from government agencies. So the words of a lawmaker can carry weight. This tweet by Boebert, for instance, went viral, earning more than 2 million views from more than 13,000 retweets. We should point out that this claim is false, worthy of …

CNN reports: Ron DeSantis on Wednesday said if elected president, he would not pay for further coronavirus vaccines for Americans. “Certainly, we’re not going to fund them,” the Florida Republican governor said during a wide-ranging interview with ABC News recorded Wednesday from Midland, Texas, where he announced his domestic energy policy. DeSantis in the ABC interview doubled down on recent …

Mediaite reports: The live studio audience attending Wednesday’s Hannity booed loudly during a discussion about the United Auto Workers strike. As Hannity spoke, many members of his studio audience could be heard and seen booing and giving a thumbs down. Hannity went on to claim auto workers are losing their jobs because of President Joe Biden’s push to get automakers …