Republicans

Newsweek reports: Donald Trump suffered a blow in Tuesday’s primary in Florida, a state he only narrowly won in the 2020 presidential election, after thousands of Republicans refused to vote for him. While the former president won the primary with 910,857 votes, 81.2 percent of the overall share, some 197,000 people, or 17.8 percent, voted for either Nikki Haley or …

“For the first time in my 94 years on earth, I fear for the future of our democracy. I see the federal government using its enormous powers with contempt for the governed instead of with the consent of the governed as our founders envisioned. “Fundamental change in America is occurring by executive order or the force of the government’s police …

The Florida Trident reports: Former Florida GOP chairman Christian Ziegler and his wife Bridget Ziegler, a Sarasota School Board Member and cofounder of the conservative group Moms for Liberty, have filed a lawsuit seeking to bar the release of records involved in the husband’s criminal rape investigation. The once powerful Republican power couple sued the City of Sarasota and State …

The Insider reports: On Tuesday, the House overwhelmingly passed a resolution to condemn Russia’s abduction of Ukrainian children in the two years since the war began. Nine Republicans voted against the resolution. Sponsored by Democratic Rep. Susan Wild of Pennsylvania, the resolution holds the Russian government “responsible for the wrongful and illegal kidnapping of children from Ukraine” and states that …

Axios reports: Cleveland businessman Bernie Moreno has won the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Ohio. Moreno will take on incumbent Democrat Sherrod Brown in November, in what is expected to be a toss-up race that could swing the balance of the Senate. The outcome is a win for former President Trump, who endorsed Moreno in December. It’s also welcome …

Reuters reports: Texas law enforcement can no longer arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border – again – just hours after the country’s top court said that for now, they could. The legal whiplash came from an appeals court, who halted the enforcement of the Republican-backed state law ahead of oral arguments on the issue scheduled for Wednesday …

The New York Times reports: Alabama Republicans pushed through a sprawling measure on Tuesday that would not only ban state funding for diversity, equity and inclusion programs at public universities, local boards of education and government agencies, but also limit the teaching of “divisive concepts” surrounding race, gender and identity. The bill passed with broad support in the State Legislature, …

Mediaite reports: Republican congressional candidate Derek Myers accidentally sent out a concession email on Tuesday as voters were still going to the polls in the Ohio primaries. Myer’s campaign quickly walked back the error, sending out a second email that said, “The previous email citing a concession was sent in error, due to a technical issue. Please disregard the email. …

Florida Politics reports: The return of Air DeSantis may be imminent. Gov. Ron DeSantis said some undocumented immigrants intercepted while attempting to land in Florida from Haiti may lead to a trip to New England for those refugees. “We do have our transport program also that’s going to be operational,” DeSantis said. “So Haitians who land in the Florida Keys, …

The New Republic reports: Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is celebrating the fact that her district received federal funds for infrastructure improvements—and conveniently ignoring the fact that she voted against the budget bill that made it all possible. In a Monday night email newsletter to her constituents, the Georgia Republican included a link to a story about a runway extension at …

“No one should doubt that the corruption in the New York courts which is seeking to bankrupt President Trump is a direct threat to all of us. If the corrupt Democrats can seek to destroy the front running candidate for president think what they can do with you. Until New York is returned to honest government no one should do …

Omaha’s ABC affiliate reports: There are calls for Hastings Sen. Steve Halloran to resign his seat following explicit language used during debate over LB 441 on Monday night at the Nebraska State Capitol. The bill, introduced by Sen. Joni Albrecht, would remove a prosecution exemption for schools that provide obscene materials to students in kindergarten through 12th grades. Toward the …

The Insider reports: Earlier this month, Rep. Lauren Boebert voted against a must-pass government funding bill that contained more than $20 million for the Colorado district she’s now abandoning. On Monday night, she celebrated the impending arrival of that funding anyway. “Can’t wait for the ribbon cuttings and to see these priorities come to fruition,” the congresswoman said in a …

Courthouse News reports: The Republican National Committee, along with the Nevada Republican Party and a registered voter, sued Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar and other election authorities Monday claiming several counties have outdated or inaccurate voter rolls. “Election integrity starts with clean voter rolls, and that’s why the National Voter Registration Act requires state officials to keep their rolls …

“Men and women of America throughout our history have shed blood, lost their lives for the defense of this country, defense of what we stand for, defense of our values, defense of our Constitution. And for me it’s a much smaller sacrifice to be willing to go to prison, as I now have been ordered to do, to defend what …

The Hill reports: Congressional leaders have struck a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through the remainder of fiscal year 2024, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to The Hill, closing out the six bills due by Friday’s shutdown deadline. Negotiators are still working out the details and legislative text of the DHS agreement, the source …

From the Family Research Council’s website: These recent ads — cast in the vein of a social media influencer — involve Noem herself as a pitchwoman, and it’s not a good look. The chief executive of a state is hawking dentists, coffee shops, and shoe inserts. Even if the endorsements are determined to be legal, they’re certainly a conflict of …

CNN reports: The Supreme Court on Monday indefinitely blocked Texas from enforcing an immigration law that would allow state officials to arrest and detain people they suspect of entering the country illegally. The so-called administrative stay will remain in place while the court considers emergency appeals from the Biden administration and others, who want the justices to block enforcement of …

Newsweek reports: Representative Lauren Boebert took to social media to ask her supporters to donate to her campaign amid the “fight” of her “political career” on Monday. Rep. Ken Buck last week announced he is resigning from Congress at the end of this week, setting up a June special election to replace him. The move has been viewed as potentially …

Punchbowl reports: Welcome to another government shutdown week. At midnight Friday, funding runs out for six big annual spending bills: State-Foreign Operations, Defense, Homeland Security, Labor-HHS, Legislative Branch and Financial Services-General Government. These bills cover roughly three-quarters of all federal discretionary spending. Yet as of late Sunday night — following another unsuccessful call between aides to the Big Four congressional …