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The public has received few details surrounding Sen. Mitch McConnell’s health condition after he was admitted into the hospital two weeks ago. A spokesperson for McConnell’s office did not have any updated information regarding the Kentucky senator’s health to share as of Monday. McConnell, 84, was hospitalized June 14, but his staff did not give details about his condition at the time, other than to say he was receiving “excellent care.” During the Republican Party of Kentucky’s Lincoln Day Dinner in Lexington June 20, Rep. Andy Barr told reporters after the event that he’d exchanged text messages with McConnell, saying...

The South Dakota Republican Party on Friday voted down a measure to censure Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) after the Senate failed to advance the SAVE America Act. After passing the Resolutions Committee of the South Dakota GOP, the censure was overwhelmingly voted down, with opponents saying the measure would only help Democrats. Thune currently lacks the 60 votes needed to pass the voter ID bill, which would strengthen documentation requirements for people registering to vote in order to ensure they are U.S. citizens. President Donald Trump has demanded the bill’s passage, and many conservatives believe it should be...

Former Bush White House chief of staff Karl Rove discusses the rise of new far-left Democratic socialists within the Democratic Party on ‘America Reports.’ Far-left socialist candidates, championed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, are challenging established Democrats in New York's primaries, pushing an extreme agenda. Karl Rove breaks down candidates' controversial positions, including calls to abolish ICE, advocate for a 32-hour work week, and implement national wealth taxes. The primaries will test the DSA's growing influence.

Conservative pundit Tucker Carlson says he's "out" of the Republican Party moving forward, arguing the GOP no longer reflects his views.

Presler posted. “I was very gracious & asked him to pass the SAVE America Act.” Cornyn later reposted Presler’s post and responded with a single word: “Grifter.”

The Iran war is on the ballot in South Carolina, where GOP primary voters will determine the political fate of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a steadfast ally of President Trump and one of the Senate’s most hawkish members. … Graham’s advocacy for the war has even extended to telling South Carolinians to prepare to send their sons and daughters to the Middle East.

I love the Great State of South Carolina, won every one of my Races there BY A LANDSLIDE, and only want the BEST representing you in Elected Office! There is a RINO Candidate in the Palmetto State named David Pascoe, a lifelong Democrat who previously endorsed Crooked Joe Biden for President, and served as a Biden Co-Chair in South Carolina — He is now running in the Republican Primary to be your next Attorney General. Pascoe is a total fraud and phony, and no friend of our incredible Movement to, MAKE SOUTH CAROLINA, AND AMERICA, GREAT AGAIN! To our amazing...

Thomas Massie may be leaving Congress, but don't expect him to disappear from Republican politics anytime soon ... because he and Marjorie Taylor Greene have been cooking up plans behind the scenes to retake the GOP. Charlie caught up with the outgoing Kentucky Congressman Wednesday on Capitol Hill and asked about his recent Costa Rica vacay with Greene and her fiancé, Brian Glenn -- a trip TMZ first revealed after the group was spotted dining together. Massie praised Greene as someone who has "her finger on the pulse" of MAGA voters ... calling her an important voice for people who...

When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Mike Pence was elated. For decades, he had decried the decision and championed the right to life. Much has changed on the right since Donald Trump’s first term, in which Pence helped shape the judicial appointments that led to the court’s landmark ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. But the former vice president remains palpably proud of his work. “I think the appointment of three of the justices that sent Roe to the ash heap of history, where it belongs, was a historic and generational achievement that will...

The filibuster, not any candidate, is what Republican voters are rejecting across the country There is no question that President Donald Trump is the most powerful person in the Republican Party, but it is equally clear that he was not the reason for four-term Texas Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, getting trounced in his primary Tuesday night. That was all the voters.When Trump endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over Cornyn late last week, the die was already cast. The president, not surprisingly, just wanted his name associated with the win, and that is something that Senate Majority Leader John Thune,...

On Tuesday’s CNN This Morning, host Audie Cornish asked — seemingly out of nowhere — during the Group Chat on the Texas GOP Senate primary runoff: “Is John Cornyn a RINO?”Cornish did not mention or dispute Cornyn’s widely cited 99%+ voting alignment with President Trump on roll-call votes where Trump took a clear position. Republican strategist Brad Todd pushed back immediately, saying: “No. And if John Cornyn wins tonight, this Texas Senate race is functionally over. He will be the next US Senator from Texas if he wins tonight.” Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

John Cornyn is 74 years old running for another six year term. That means he'll be 80 years old at the end of his next term. 80! Has been in the US Senate for 24 years and wants 30. It also means it will likely be his LAST term. And once free of the people's comeuppance, he'll just do what he wants and be a Democrat handmaiden (which he is already). Cornyn will also vote for John Thune again for Leader. Most importantly, if he's defeated today, Cornyn will be gone from the Senate Judiciary committee (along with Thom Tillis)....

Summary of Video Transcript North Carolina Republican Senator Thom Tillis told CNN's "State of the Union," in response to President Trump calling him a RINO (Republican in Name Only), that if being in the party means defending Trump's positions on Iran, January 6, and Russia, "then don't call me a Republican." "Just call me a conservative. And I'm waiting for my Republicans to come back, if in fact they think they can argue that effectively. They can't. The American people want right-of-center conservative policies that have been successfully proposed by this president," Tillis said. "But these distractions are harmful to...

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger became the latest enemy of President Donald Trump’s to lose a Republican primary on Tuesday. Billionaire Rick Jackson and Lt. Gov. Burt Jones advanced to a runoff election for the GOP nomination for Georgia governor — locking out Raffensperger, who rose to prominence defending Georgia’s 2020 election results but struggled to gain traction among his party’s increasingly MAGA base. Raffensperger’s defeat is another sign of Trump’s grip on the GOP, following the president’s wins ousting state Republican senators who clashed with him over redistricting in Indiana and Sen. Bill Cassidy’s loss in Louisiana on...

But if Massie loses, it's not just the end of his career. (He told Mangu-Ward that if GOP primary voters send him packing, he's going back to his plow and "nobody will ever hear from me again"). It would also effectively be the end of what used to be called the Tea Party, a loose conglomeration of Republican representatives and senators who rode a wave of anti-Barack Obama and anti-George W. Bush sentiment to office in the early 2010s. Although some said that the tea in Tea Party stood for the "taxed-enough already," the rallying cry of the early Tea...

In the final days of a tough campaign, @RepThomasMassie is making his closing argument to his district in Kentucky — good people who want lower interest rates, relief from high prices, good education and security. So what’s his message? “We have to stop the Jews!” What does that say about how mainstream antisemitism has become in America? — David M Friedman (@DavidM_Friedman) May 19, 2026Notice how Massie just brings up Israel and Jews unprompted, out of the blue. The question wasn't even about Jews.Disgusting! pic.twitter.com/GbcYtyvSju— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) May 19, 2026

No Trump judges, no voter ID SAVE Act, 50 bills already passed by the house in limbo. Pardon my language, but this guy is a worthless piece of shit. He’s worse than a grifter Democrat. Fetterman has done more for the Republican platform than this weasel. Treacherous rat.

The Senate impeachment trial vote was on February 13th 2021. Senator Bill Cassidy voted to convict (i.e. remove from office) a man who was ALREADY out of office. Because the purpose of that vote was to prevent Donald Trump from ever holding office again. So that all the policies that have been put into place, would never have been put into place. Can't wait to see this anti-conservative "Republican" senator be defeated!

Erin Stewart suspended her campaign for governor of Connecticut Thursday after an investigative report concluded that her personal use of a city credit card as mayor of New Britain was a “repeated and deliberate circumvention of the city’s purchase order system to benefit herself, members of her family, and her political campaigns.” The “great majority” of the $207,076 in purchases charged to Stewart’s city-issued credit card over nearly a decade were unrelated to city business, and they warrant a criminal investigation by state and federal criminal authorities...

Mike Pence anointed himself to stand athwart the populist Right with a whistle in his mouth, screaming for conservatives to “get out of the pool.” The imagery fits him perfectly. Pence increasingly resembles that obnoxious childhood lifeguard we all remember—the self-important scold, high on perceived power, perched way above everyone else. As such, Pence is convinced that enforcing his rules matters more than understanding why people jumped into the water in the first place.