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A couple of months ago, Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus was in high spirits. Speaking to reporters on the one-year anniversary of the RNC’s Growth and Opportunity Project, Priebus oozed confidence in his party’s prospects for the midterms. “I think we’re in for a tsunami-type election in 2014,” he said. “My belief is, it’s going to be a very big win, especially at the U.S

Democratic presidential contenders battled over healthcare coverage and border policy on Wednesday during a surprisingly heated first debate that laid bare the party’s divisions on whether to abolish private insurance and shift to a Medicare-for-All system.

In the first round of back-to-back debates, several of the lesser-known candidates vied for attention in the crowded race to take

A growing group of rogue conservative House Republicans has come out against reelecting John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) for another term as speaker.

So far, the list of defectors is up to nine. At least two of them have offered themselves as alternatives.

To be elected speaker, Boehner must win a majority of all members -- Democrat, Republican or otherwise -- who cast votes. When the

Remember last month when San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors passed a resolution declaring the National Rifle Association a domestic terrorist organization and ordered city employees to “take every reasonable step to limit” business interactions with the NRA and its supporters? The one that our David French labeled “a retaliatory public attack on constitutionally protected speech”?

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