Romney must compete in primary for Senate seat

Mitt Romney was forced into a Republican primary in his bid for U.S. Senate in Utah after losing a nomination battle Saturday at the state's far-right-leaning GOP convention. Romney remains the heavy favorite overall to replace long-serving Sen. Orrin Hatch in November and said he was ready to keep campaigning hard.

Sylvester Stallone asks Trump to pardon late boxer Jack Johnson

President Donald Trump says he's considering a posthumous pardon for boxing's first black heavyweight champion more than 100 years after the late Jack Johnson was convicted by all-white jury of accompanying a white woman across state lines.

Utah Republican convention to hear from Romney, more

Utah Republican party members are gathering to decide if U.S. Senate hopeful Mitt Romney will be forced into a primary as they choose nominees for races ranging from Congress to state Legislature. The group of several thousand core party members will talk with candidates Saturday at decked-out booths and listen to speeches.

Republicans Should Be Panicking About the Blue Surge in the Suburbs

In seven special elections since the 2016 election, Democrats have overperformed in districts and states that Republicans have historically dominated, and they might add Arizona's 8th congressional district to that growing list. But the reason for this may have less to do with a Democratic wave and more to do with the fact that these districts are located in the suburbs, which are largely turning their support from red to blue.

Top Six Reasons Pompeo should not be Secretary of State

NBC is reporting that Mike Pompeo lacks the votes in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to have his nomination to be Secretary of State be favorably reported out of committee on Monday night. Democrats on the committee have expressed fears that Pompeo, a warmonger, will reinforce the worst tendencies of Trump.

Kansas officials boost projected tax collections by $540M

Larry Campell, left, Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer's budget director, confers with J.G. Scott, center, the Legislature's top fiscal analyst, and Raney Gilliland, right, the director of the Legislature's research staff, before the release of a new fiscal forecast, Friday, April 20, 2018, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The new forecast boosts projected tax collections through June 2019 by a total of $540 million less Larry Campell, left, Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer's budget director, confers with J.G. Scott, center, the Legislature's top fiscal analyst, and Raney Gilliland, right, the director of the Legislature's research ... more TOPEKA, Kan.

Senators spar on access to Kavanaugh’s staff secretary work

More than a decade after he served as what's been called the president's "inbox and outbox," Brett Kavanaugh's role as White House staff secretary to President George W. Bush has become a flashpoint as Republicans push his confirmation to the Supreme Court. Democrats want to see records from the time, portraying the potentially millions of documents as vital to understanding his approach to the law.

Reed, HUD regional administrator tour Chautauqua County

United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Regional Administrator, Lynne Patton, tours sites in Jamestown, NY and Dunkirk, NY that are annually provided HUD funding through Community Development Block Grants and other HUD programming. The City of Jamestown received $1,056,212 and the City of Dunkirk received $448,163 in direct CDBG funding as entitlement cities.

Republicans left behind in blue Democratic wave of new women candidates

Dressed in a blue flight suit adorned with a US flag and her name, Martha McSally, the US Congresswoman representing this Tucson, Arizona crowd, scanned the airline hangar filled with supporters. Saluting, as the retired Colonel is well accustomed to doing from her 26 years in the US Air Force, McSally pledged to crack a political ceiling with a rallying cry that echoes her entire career.

GOP Lawmaker on Comey Memo Leaks to Media: “Was Rosenstein In On It?”

Media was set ablaze on Thursday night after the much-anticipated Comey memos were finally released by the DOJ to Congress. This didn't stop Comey from giving the memos to a friend to leak to the liberal press in order to prompt a special counsel investigation into Trump.

Impeaching Rosenstein? Some Republicans are talking about it

Rod Jay Rosenstein Republicans divided over legislation protecting Mueller The Hill's Morning Report: Inside the Comey memos Memos document Comey's interactions with Trump MORE - a move that would fire up the GOP base, but that could also turn off moderate and independent voters in the midterm elections.

Marsha Blackburn (R, AT&T) Wants Fast Lanes ‘Like TSA Pre-Check’ –

As we've noted , you'd be pretty hard pressed to find a lawmaker more cozy with AT&T and Comcast than Tennessee Representative Marsha Blackburn. Blackburn played a starring role in helping industry giants kill net neutrality and broadband privacy protections , and has also supported letting ISPs write terrible state legislation banning them from owning or operating their own broadband networks.

The Latest: Mourners lining up hours early for Barbara Bush

People are commending Bush's dedication to literacy and education as they pay their final respects Friday during a public viewing at St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Houston. She and her husband, former President George H.W. Bush, had long have worshipped at the church, where mourners lined up hours ahead of the public event.