Tag: Republicans

House Republican Leadership Makes Announcement on Immigration

U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), and a group of Representatives make an announcement on immigration at 10 a.am. ET on May 23. …


Judge Rules Against Kari Lake in Election Lawsuit, Confirms Katie Hobbs as Arizona Governor

An Arizona judge has dismissed Kari Lake’s latest legal challenge to last year’s gubernatorial contest while “confirming the election” of Democrat Katie Hobbs as Arizona governor. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter A. Thompson said in a May 22 ruling obtained by The Epoch Times that Lake’s team failed to provide enough evidence that Maricopa…


Rep. Boebert Sets Her Sights on Repealing All Gun Control Laws Signed by Biden

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) has introduced HR 3212, the “Shall. Not. Be. Infringed. Act.,” to restore what she considers to be rights lost under the Biden administration. “It gets rid of all the unconstitutional laws passed under Nancy Pelosi and signed by (President) Joe Biden,” a spokesman from Boebert’s office told The Epoch Times. The…


Biden White House Endorses Republican Bill Cracking Down on Fentanyl

President Joe Biden’s administration has signaled its support for a Republican-led bill that would more strictly regulate fentanyl by listing it as a Schedule I narcotic under the Controlled Substances Act. Earlier this year, Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.) introduced H.R. 467, the “Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act” (“HALT Fentanyl Act”) to permanently list…


DeSantis Touts ‘Florida Blueprint,’ Tells Christian Broadcasters, ‘I Have Only Begun to Fight’

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis did not say he was running for president but he sure sounded like a man with plans beyond the Sunshine State during a Monday night address to the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) convention. “Get ready. Put on the full armor of God,” DeSantis said in closing a 30-minute speech, paused 25…


Senators Receive ‘Precautionary’ Satellite Phones Just Before Hurricane Season

Members of the Senate have been given satellite phones by the chamber’s sergeant-at-arms. “Satellite phones are important precautionary communication devices that provide critical lifelines during disasters that impact local communication capabilities (such as cellular and landline phones, and/or internet),” an official with knowledge of the matter informed The Epoch Times in a May 22 email….


LIVE NOW: McCarthy, Other Congressional Leaders Discuss US Debt Ceiling After White House Meeting

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and other congressional leaders speak about the outcome of their Monday afternoon meeting on another round of negotiations on the federal government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling at 6:00 p.m. ET on May 22. The U.S. government faces the risk of default in as little as ten days. …


McCarthy, Other Congressional Leaders Discuss US Debt Ceiling After White House Meeting

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and other congressional leaders speak about the outcome of their Monday afternoon meeting on another round of negotiations on the federal government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling at 6:00 p.m. ET on May 22. The U.S. government faces the risk of default in as little as ten days. …


LIVE 6 PM ET: McCarthy, Other Congressional Leaders Discuss US Debt Ceiling After White House Meeting

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and other congressional leaders speak about the outcome of their Monday afternoon meeting on another round of negotiations on the federal government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling at 6:00 p.m. ET on May 22. The U.S. government faces the risk of default in as little as ten days. …


Kari Lake Appears Confident as Maricopa Election Trial Ends

Arizona Republican candidate Kari Lake said that Maricopa County did not perform signature verification on hundreds of thousands of early ballots during the November midterms, but the county said that it did. After a three-day trial concluded last week, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson will now issue a decision to determine whether Lake and…