Republicans

NBC News reports: House Republicans on Wednesday defeated their own plan to avert a government shutdown at the end of the month, with the party divided over the length of a short-term funding bill and what, if anything, should be attached to it. It was an embarrassing blow to Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., who had yanked the same funding package …

The Texas Tribune reports: Congressional Republicans will spend millions on television ads this fall targeting Texas Democrats for supporting pro-LGBTQ+ legislation — a bet that issue will resonate more than the border or economy. The National Republican Congressional Committee unveiled its first Texas ad of the general election on Tuesday, accusing U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-McAllen, of pushing “sex changes …

Florida Politics reports: U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna is complaining of “an increasing number of threats and doxxing attacks,” including what she called a “very serious shooting threat” to her office Wednesday. The St. Petersburg Republican has also complained to the St. Petersburg police about doxxing by a neighbor, linking these problems to the apparent assassination attempts recently against Donald …

CNBC reports: More than 100 Republican former lawmakers and officials endorsed Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris in a letter, while warning that their own party’s candidate, former President Donald Trump, is “unfit to serve again.” In the letter, shared by the Harris campaign Wednesday, 111 former national security and foreign policy officials said that despite their disagreements with …

Axios reports: Elon Musk and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Wednesday both took to X to share a rumor that police later called false about an explosive device was discovered near the Long Island site where former President Trump is set to hold a rally Wednesday night. However, police determined the rumor of a bomb threat was not true. …

Mediaite reports: Springfield City Manager Bryan Heck recounted to the Wall Street Journal how he received a startling call on September 9 from a staffer of Vance: “He asked point-blank, ‘Are the rumors true of pets being taken and eaten?’” His response was unequivocal: “I told him no. There was no verifiable evidence or reports to show this was true.” …

The New York Times reports: Usually, after a deadly emergency or an event that could have become one, the governor of the state where it happened somberly pledges to support the agency investigating it however he or she can. This is not quite what happened in Florida after the apparent attempted assassination of Donald Trump on one of his golf …

CNN reports: Speaker Mike Johnson has set up a Wednesday vote on a six-month GOP government funding plan that is expected to fail, as the Louisiana Republican is under pressure to show the bill cannot pass before pivoting to the next step. The plan to put the bill on the floor this week is aimed at demonstrating it will fail, …

“They’re trying to kill the only guy that has a chance to get this fixed. And of course, President Biden – I don’t know who’s running our country but somebody needs to step to the plate and at least act like you care about a Republican candidate but they truly don’t. They could care less. “There needs to be SEAL …

The Independent reports: Arkansas governor and former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders appeared to criticize Vice President Kamala Harris for not having biological children during a town hall event with former President Donald Trump in Michigan on Tuesday night. “My kids keep me humble,” Huckabee Sanders said in Flint. “Unfortunately, Kamala Harris doesn’t have anything keeping her humble.” …

Mediaite reports: GOP Senate Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) took questions on Capitol Hill on Tuesday and told the press that he would do whatever it takes to avoid a government shutdown, arguing that “It would be politically beyond stupid” for the Republicans to do so ahead of the election. McConnell’s remarks are a sharp break with former President Donald Trump …

Radio Free Europe reports: A trove of leaked records from a Russian disinformation campaign reveals how Moscow sought to discredit Ukraine and Western governments that support it while also trying to boost support for far-right political parties in the European Union. The campaign included a diverse mix of memes, falsified videos and government documents, and a network of websites impersonating …

“The leader, I forget exactly which official it was within the European Union, but sent Elon this threatening letter that basically said, ‘We’re going to arrest you if you platform Donald Trump,’ who, by the way, is the likely next president of the United States. “So what America should be saying is, if NATO wants us to continue supporting them …

The Hill reports: Republicans on Tuesday blocked a bill that would have created a right to access IVF treatments and mandated that insurance plans cover the practice, deriding the vote as a political ploy. Senators voted against advancing the bill, 51-44, marking the second time Democrats have sought to put Republicans on the record on the contentious issue. Sixty votes …

“Don’t lecture Donald Trump about softening his rhetoric after two people tried to kill him — it’s ridiculous! “Tell Kamala Harris, tell Joe Biden, tell all of her surrogates who are saying things like ‘Donald Trump needs to be eliminated,’ they need to cut that crap out or they’re going to get somebody hurt. “In fact, they already did get …

The Huffington Post reports: Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) on Tuesday baselessly accused an Arab American witness of supporting terrorists during a Senate hearing, and as she called out his blatant Islamophobia, the GOP senator told her to “hide her head in a bag.” Kennedy lashed out at Maya Berry, executive director of the Arab American Institute, a nonpartisan national civil …

Axios reports: Senate Republicans have quietly reversed course on trying to rebuke or embarrass the Biden White House, concerned it could help Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) stay in power. House and Senate GOP leaders had been pitting Democrats against Biden with Congressional Review Act votes, which allows Congress to overturn federal government rules and regulations. Sen. James Lankford …

“Listening to Keith Boykin frankly is listening to the hysteria from the Democrat Party and the radical left. Kamala Harris is losing Black voters because they destroyed the economy. “She’s losing Hispanic voters because she destroyed the border. And quite frankly, she’s losing Jewish voters and a lot of other ethnicities because of the terrible foreign policy. They want to …

Politico Playbook reports: Democrats have spent much of the 2024 campaign reminding Americans of what happened on Jan. 6, 2021. But on Capitol Hill, some are already getting worried about Jan. 6, 2025. They are hoping that Harris will win in November and they’ll flip the House, too — meaning it would likely be Hakeem Jeffries holding the speaker’s gavel …

The Huffington Post reports: Critics are calling out Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) for demanding that “the left” tone down its rhetoric while taking little responsibility for the inflammatory comments from both himself and his running mate, Donald Trump. Speaking after another attempt on Trump’s life, Vance called for a “reduction in the ridiculous and inflammatory political rhetoric.” “We cannot tell …