Republican Politics

Voters in nine battleground states trust President Trump more than presumed Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden to hold China accountable for the coronavirus crisis, and they overwhelmingly support Republicans’ proposal to shield small businesses from lawsuits related to the pandemic, according to a poll obtained exclusively by The Washington …

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said when his Democratic friends rag on him for supporting President Donald Trump he asks them what about current Mayor Bill De Blasio and they want to change the subject. HANNITY: You know, de Blasio didn’t buy the 10,000 ventilators that his own health force said he would…

Republican Steve Daines trails Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock in their must-watch Senate race in Montana. Mr. Bullock had a 46%-39% lead over Mr. Daines, according to an online poll from Montana State University. The survey of 738 Montanans showed 7% were undecided, and 6% preferred a third-party candidate. …

Brian Stelter asks: Why don’t they just walk out when they’re insulted? ABC White House correspondent Jonathan Karl, author of “Front Row at The Trump Show, says he gets asked that question often. “As reporters, our job is to be there,” he says. “The insults don’t matter. Who cares?” He says “we are there to…

Justin Amash, a Michigan congressman who changed his party affiliation … [+] from Republican to independent last summer, reportedly is mulling a …

QUESTION: This past week you had an extraordinary slew of events from adversaries North Korea, Russia, China, and Iran all and pushing back on U.S. policy or toying with U.S. military forces. What is your message to some of these countries who may be trying to take advantage? TRUMP: I don’t see it. No, I…

The World Health Organization holds a news conference on the novel coronavirus pandemic with more than 1.8 million confirmed cases worldwide. On Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced he would end funding to WHO, pending an investigation into the organization’s handling of the outbreak.

‘Morning Joe’ reports as the coronavirus pandemic deepens, the president is still looking for people to blame. SUSAN RICE, OBAMA ADMIN. NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR: Let’s talk about warning. Warning is both strategic, a major threat that we know is coming, and it can be tactical, which in this case it was. It is coming now…

Joseph R. Biden ostensibly could be running his presidential campaign from the dwarf planet of Pluto, while President Trump bulldozes ahead from the center of the political universe in Washington. The COVID-19 pandemic has basically thrown the presidential campaign into limbo and put traditional campaigning on ice. It has left …

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchn explains why the Trump administration is in favor of sending out immediate stimulus checks to most of the U.S. population to help them deal with the coronavirus outbreak. In recent days, several Republican senators including Mitt Romney and Tom Cotton have endorsed the idea of a $1,000 per month universal payment…