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Donald Trump
RULES FOR THEE

Florida-Bound Trump Insists Senators ‘Not Leave Town’

The president made the demand shortly before taking off for Mar-a-Lago.

Catherine Bouris

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) participates in a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on prescription drugs costs at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on February 08, 2024 in Washington, DC.
LOVE, AGAIN

Rising Dem Finds Romance With Media Mogul After Separation

Tara McGowan posted a selfie with Sen. Chris Murphy on her private Instagram last week.

Nandika Chatterjee

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) appears on CNN on January 14, 2025.
EVERYONE DOES IT

Hegseth Supporter Doubles Down on Drunk-Voting Dems Claim

Markwayne Mullin was grilled on CNN about his eyebrow-raising take during Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing.

Sean Craig

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) scrums with journalists on Capitol Hill.
YES-MAN

Lindsey Graham Says Matt Gaetz Shouldn’t Be ‘Disqualified’

Graham, a Trump sycophant and golf buddy, has long deferred to the president-elect.

Sean Craig

Donald Trump has demanded the Republican senators running for majority leader back recess appointments that would fast track his nominees and bypass congressional scrutiny.
IT’S MY PARTY

Trump Demands GOP Senate Leader Agree to Recess Appointments

Republican leadership candidates rapidly fell in line.

Sean Craig

U.S. Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) and his estranged wife Emily Moreno Miller pose together in an undated photo.
GOP FAMILY FEUD

MAGA Rep: Wife Stalling Divorce to Protect Dad Bernie Moreno

The Ohio race between Bernie Moreno and incumbent Sherrod Brown could tip the balance of the U.S. Senate.

Sean Craig

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Republican Senator Ted Cruz speaks at a campaign rally in College Station, Texas on October 18, 2024.
Cruzing Altitude

Cruz Has Seven Point Lead Over Colin Allred in New Texas Poll

“When push comes to shove, you see the Republican candidates easing back up over 50 percent,” Texas Politics Project research director Joshua Blank told CBS News.

Sean Craig

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell also called his party’s presidential nominee “ill-tempered,” according to his own records.
‘NARCISSIST’

McConnell Called Trump a ‘Stupid’ and ‘Despicable Human’

According to McConnell’s oral diaries, obtained by a biographer, the GOP leader expressed confidence in the “good judgment of the American people” for “firing” Trump in 2020.

Sean Craig

Ruben Gallego (left) Kari Lake (right)
‘HORRIBLE MAN’

Kari Lake’s Rival Reveals His Dad Is Convicted Drug Dealer

The Democratic senate candidate from Arizona, called Lake a “pathetic loser,” as he leads heavily in the polls with margins ranging from 4 to 14 percentage points.

Lily Mae Lazarus

Things aren’t looking good for notorious Republican Party hardliner-in-a-hardline-state Ted Cruz in his Senate re-election race.
WRITING ON THE WALL?

New Forecast for Texas Senate Race Is Bad News for Ted Cruz

Signs of a gathering momentum away from the incumbent senator come after the Texas firebrand went all “bipartisan” in an interview on Monday... and yes, you read that right.

Will Neal

Facing a tight re-election race, hardline Ted Cruz is suddenly insisting that he’s a bipartisan champion of reaching across the aisle.
SERIOUSLY?

Struggling Ted Cruz Suddenly Insists He’s Bipartisan

“I have never worked with a more miserable son of a b----h in my life,” former House Speaker John Boehner said of the hyper-partisan Texas senator in 2016.

Sean Craig

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