Can Trump handle the new Republican factions?
The party is united in personal loyalty to the president-elect, but it is now made up of multiple groups with very different ...
The Texas Tribune14d
Republican infighting flares after Burrows elected speaker
Dustin Burrows. Both Republican factions appear to be united in the rule requiring the winner to get at least 76 votes. Republican Reps. Todd Hunter of Corpus Christi and Cody Vasut of Angleton ...
inforum14dOpinion
Port: This bill, effectively ending primaries, is how a political party commits suicide
Legislation introduced by Rep. Ben Koppelman would ensure that only candidates chosen at party conventions could be the party ...
MSNBC26d
Pressed for answers, Trump pretends he didn’t flip-flop on key immigration policy
Reality tells a very different story. By Steve Benen There’s a sizable faction in Republican politics that wants and expects Donald Trump to follow through on his pre-election rhetoric and ...
Hoodline7d
Dustin Burrows Elected Texas House Speaker as Bipartisan Support Thwarts Hard-Right Candidate
Rep. Dustin Burrows is elected Texas House Speaker, winning with support from Democrats, amid GOP internal tensions.
The Hill23d
Texas GOP civil war reaches bruising climax with leadership battle
Burrows, a conservative Republican who helped author bills dramatically restricting the authority of cities, has enlisted Democrats in a rebellion against the far-right faction that now controls ...
Coeur d'Alene Press13dOpinion
OPINION: The lawmaking power of Idaho voters is under attack again
Dorothy Moon, the current chair of the extremist faction of the Idaho Republican Party, proclaimed on election night that: ...