Tag: Thune, John R

New Senate Leadership Tussle Is a Throwback to the Old Days

When Senator Mitch McConnell, the Kentucky Republican and longest-serving Senate leader, decided to step aside from his leadership role at the end of the year, it signaled the turning of a new page in the chamber. But the intensifying battle to replace him, between Senators John Cornyn of Texas and John Thune of South Dakota […]

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Republicans Nod to Trump’s Influence in Race to Succeed McConnell

With nine months before Senate Republicans select their new leader to succeed Senator Mitch McConnell, some are acknowledging the shadow of one figure outside Congress who looms over the race: former President Donald J. Trump. “He’s the Republican front-runner; he’s going to have a voice in it,” Senator Mike Rounds, Republican of South Dakota, said […]

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Here Are the Republicans Breaking With Their Party to Back Ukraine Aid

Eighteen Senate Republicans are bucking a majority of their party and former President Donald J. Trump in joining Democrats to push military assistance for Ukraine toward approval in the Senate, highlighting a widening foreign policy divide in the contemporary Republican Party. The 18 senators, mainly national security hawks who include several military veterans, have provided […]

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After Early Primary Victories, Republicans in Congress Fall in Line Behind Trump

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Georgia Republican and die-hard ally of former President Donald J. Trump, was exasperated with her colleagues as she left the House floor last Thursday evening. “I don’t know if it’s sunk in this place around here,” Ms. Greene vented as she headed for the elevators and then for Manchester, N.H., […]

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McConnell and Other Senate Republicans Criticize Trump’s Talk on Immigrants

When Mitch McConnell, the top Republican in the Senate, was asked about former President Donald J. Trump’s now-standard stump line claiming that immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country,” Senator McConnell delivered an indirect but contemptuous response. “Well, it strikes me it didn’t bother him when he appointed Elaine Chao secretary of transportation,” Mr. […]

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