Politics & Policy

California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks during a visit by U.S. First Lady Jill Biden at The Forty Acres, the first headquarters of the United Farm Workers labor union, in Delano, Calif., March 31, 2021. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via Reuters)…

Central American migrants wait to be transported by the U.S. Border Patrol after crossing the Rio Grande River into the United States from Mexico in La Joya, Texas, April 27, 2021. (Go Nakamura/Reuters) U.S. Customs and Border…

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill, March 25, 2021 . (Andrew Harnik/Pool via Reuters) Senator Joni Ernst on Monday likened efforts to remove Representative Liz Cheney (R., Wyo.) from her leadership role to…

Pete du Pont in 2011. (Public domain/via Wikimedia) Du Pont, who died Saturday, was a great two-term GOP governor and conservative innovator. Pete du Pont, the man who inadvertently may have jump-started Joe Biden’s political career in…

Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer speaks at a campaign event for Joe Biden in Detroit, Mich., October 31, 2020. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) James Craig, a long-time Detroit police chief and Republican, is expected to challenge Democratic…

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., July 16, 2019. (Erin Scott/Reuters) Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D., Ariz.) on Thursday criticized the Biden administration over the “crisis” at the U.S.-Mexico border, saying the…

Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney (R-WY) participates in a news conference with House Republican leadership at the U.S. Capitol, March 9, 2021. (Erin Scott/Reuters) Representative Liz Cheney has likely talked herself out of a…

NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE I t’s official: Liz Cheney is — for the second time in 2021 — the most controversial member inside the House GOP conference. This is a rather remarkable achievement considering the competition. There’s Matt Gaetz,…

Kansas State Capitol in Topeka. (fotoguy22/Getty Images) Senate Republicans in Kansas failed Monday to override Democratic governor Laura Kelly’s veto of a proposed ban on transgender individuals in girls’ and women’s athletics. The…

Senator Tim Scott (R., S.C.) speaks about his new police reform bill during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., June 17, 2020. (Yuri Gripas/Reuters) A Texas Democratic official is facing calls to resign from his post…