On Tuesday, White House communications director Hope Hicks told House investigators her job sometimes requires her to lie and refused to answer questions about her time in the Trump administration. One day later, the longtime Trump aide has announced she is leaving the White House, reportedly in…
The departure of Steve Bannon from the White House won’t have a big impact on the day-to-day operations of the West Wing. An economic nationalist who served as Donald Trump’s political id (as well as his chief strategist), Bannon was effectively sidelined back in April, after he was removed from…
A few years ago someone sold a script to Hollywood based on a Reddit post asking an interesting question: Could you destroy the Roman empire if you traveled back in time with a single Marine infantry battalion?
President Donald Trump announced the latest White House shakeup via Twitter on Friday afternoon, tweeting that John F. Kelly would replace Reince Preibus as White House chief of staff.
The reporter who published information that White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci claimed was leaked denies that anyone from the administration leaked it to her. Politico reporter Lorraine Woellert reported Wednesday on Scaramucci’s financial disclosure, which Woellert wrote was…
Anthony Scaramucci has had some difficulty over the course of his first few days as White House communications director, but as he wrapped up his first week on the job he managed to provide an unambiguous answer to one question on the minds of millions of Americans watching the Trump presidency…
Last Monday's dismissal of national security advisor Mike Flynn seems to have only raised more questions, and scant answers, in the ensuing week. For starters, who will replace Flynn? Nearly a week later, the Trump administration has yet to find a candidate who will take the job, although the…
Stephen K. Bannon, chief strategist and senior counselor to President Donald Trump, is accusing Breitbart News Network of printing a false story about an alleged rift between him and chief of staff Reince Priebus.
Donald Trump's most contentious cabinet appointee (so far), Betsy DeVos, is now the Secretary of Education. Her nomination cleared the Senate Tuesday afternoon after all 48 Democrats voted unanimously against her (along with 2 Republicans), resulting in a 50-50 tie that Vice President Mike Pence…
Earlier Sunday on CBS's Face the Nation, incoming White House chief of staff Reince Priebus told host John Dickerson that President-elect Trump is going to abide by his promise not to reform entitlement programs:
President-elect Donald Trump said he has a "constructive meeting and conversation" with officials in the intelligence community Friday. Trump, who has recently cast doubts publicly about intelligence reports that Russian-supported cyber-attacks tried to influence last November's presidential…
On Fox News Sunday, RNC Chairman and soon-to-be White House chief of staff Reince Priebus told Chris Wallace the president-elect would acknowledge Russian intervention in the election if the intelligence agencies would just "come out and say it" via joint report.
Michigan Republican party chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel is slated to succeed Reince Priebus as head of the RNC next year, according to a statement from President-elect Donald Trump, after she was named deputy chair Wednesday.
Incoming White House chief of staff Reince Priebus said the government will not have a registry of people "based on a religion" but did say he would not rule out anything with respect to preventing radicalized people from entering the United States. Speaking with Chuck Todd on NBC's Meet the Press…
Donald Trump's newly tapped senior advisor Steve Bannon has previously expressed open disdain for Republican House speaker Paul Ryan, dubbing him an "enemy" and calling for his removal from the position. But House Republicans brushed off the possibility that Bannon's attacks on Ryan would drive a…
Reince Priebus provided some clarity to his new job as White House chief of staff Monday morning and how it will coexist with the role of Breitbart CEO Steve Bannon as Donald Trump's top political adviser, with the outgoing head of the Republican National Committee confirming that part of his work…
There is one important sense in which Donald Trump "won" the debate on Sunday night: He did not implode. He wasn't "good," or attractive, or knowledgeable. He was coarse and whiny and unpleasant. He lied constantly. And he became the first presidential candidate in the history of our Republic to…
"We have to think of the future and not of the past. This also applies in a small way to our own affairs at home. There are many who would hold an inquest in the House of Commons on the conduct of the Governments—and of Parliaments, for they are in it, too—during the years which led up to this…
House majority leader Kevin McCarthy said there is a "better way" to unite Republicans than the national party chairman's recent threat to punish future GOP presidential candidates who refuse to support Donald Trump. Speaking with reporters at the Capitol Tuesday, McCarthy responded to the comments…
On CBS's Face The Nation, John Dickerson asked Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus about how the RNC would handle Republicans who ran for president this year and don't support Trump, if they want to run again.
The Washington Post is reporting that "Free the Delegates," a group of activists that tried to use party rules to strip Donald Trump of the nomination at the Republican convention, is making another attempt to replace Trump on the ticket:
Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus has been increasingly alarmed by the erratic behavior of the party's presidential nominee, Donald Trump, and has communicated his concerns to Trump campaign leadership in a series of tense conversations over the past two weeks, according to…
Chuck Todd and Hallie Jackson of NBC News report that allies of Donald Trump are planning a "candidate intervention" to convince the Republican nominee for president that his campaign needs an overhaul.
Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus floated a conscience exception Monday afternoon for Democratic convention delegates upset by the party's meddling on behalf of Hillary Clinton during the primary.
CLEVELAND — A coalition of gadfly delegates will try to slow proceedings at the start of the Republican National Convention this afternoon. There is no robust push to stop Donald Trump from becoming the nominee (that was effectively quashed last week); instead, they will push to have a roll call…
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Donald Trump is struggling to raise cash for his campaign against Hillary Clinton.
Among those Washington Republicans who met with presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump Thursday was Reince Priebus, the chairman of the Republican National Committee. Priebus tweeted a message that his meeting with Trump, Paul Ryan, and other congressional leaders was "great" and a "very…
Paul Ryan is not endorsing Donald Trump for president—not yet, at least. But it was clear from the House speaker's Thursday press conference that Ryan is moving in that direction. The Wisconsin Republican told reporters that his meeting with Trump Thursday morning was "encouraging" and "pleasant."
On Greta last night, RNC chairman Reince Priebus suggested to Fox News viewers that even the vice presidential nomination could be contested at the GOP convention in Cleveland later this year.
RNC chairman Reince Priebus joined George Stephanopoulos on ABC's This Week to discuss violence at Donald Trump's rallies and this summer's Republican National Convention.
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Republican National Committee chair Reince Priebus lashed out at debate host CNBC for the way it moderated tonight's Republican debate.
The The Republican National Committee is releasing a new video to argue that Democrat Hillary Clinton turn over the private email server she maintained while serving as secretary of state to an indpendent investigator. The web video showcases several reporters and members of the media excoriating…
The RNC’s Site Selection Committee has recommended Cleveland, Ohio, as the host city of the 2016 Republican National Convention. Cleveland last held a national political convention in 1936, when Kansas governor Alfred Landon defeated Senator William Borah of Idaho for the Republican presidential…
The WEEKLY STANDARD podcast with editor William Kristol on the recent RNC meeting in Boston, and the fights between 2016 contenders and how these debates help the GOP.
At the Republican National Committee’s self-healing session Monday morning at the National Press Club, Chairman Reince Priebus ran through a five-point “action plan” for moving the party forward. It’s a plan, Priebus said, of “bold strokes” that shows the GOP is “done with business as usual.” Per…
Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus reiterated that he believes Rand Paul’s 13-hour filibuster over the Obama administration’s drone policy was a “unifying moment” for the GOP and that the party is "totally on board" with the libertarian senator.
Republican National Committee chair Reince Priebus announced a "national marketing and branding campaign" on CBS this morning:
On Sunday's political talk shows, several Republicans criticized the Obama administration's response to the September 11, 2012, terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya. Here's Senator John McCain of Arizona on CBS's Face the Nation:
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Via Real Clear Politics, Democratic party spokesman Brad Woodhouse makes a bizarre assertion in response to Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus comparing Obama to the captain of a wrecked Italian cruise ship:
While the Democratic National Committee has decided to throw its support behind the pro-public sector union protesters in Wisconsin, the Republican National Committee is doing its part to get Democratic senators back to work.
RNC chair Reince Priebus just emailed me (and everyone else on the RNC's list) advice for what I should be doing this Valentine's Day:
American political parties are loose associations that lack any kind of formal structures. The two parties stretch across three broad categories -- the electorate, the party organization in place to facilitate the campaign, and the government. None of these parts of the party is formally connected…
The Hill reports on a hopeful change at the RNC:
The fifth ballot at the RNC race:
The 168 RNC members have just cast their ballots in the first round of voting in the RNC election. Wisconsin GOP chairman Reince Priebus got 45 votes, Michael Steele 44, GOP operative Maria Cino 32, Michigan committeeman Saul Anuzis 24, and former Missouri chairman Ann Wagner 23. That's pretty much…
Heading into the RNC meeting and election this week, the Hotline reports that Wisconsin GOP chairman Reince Priebus remains the frontrunner in the race for RNC chairman. The winner needs 85 of the 168 RNC votes, and Priebus has 38 publicly declared supporters, while former Michigan GOP chairman and…
Are Michael Steele's days as RNC chairman numbered? This morning, Wisconsin GOP chairman Reince Priebus, viewed as a Steele ally, offered a lukewarm endorsement of Steele's chairmanship and confirmed that top Republican officials are urging him to run against Steele. "I've certainly been getting a…