Tag: Republican

Lisa Murkowski weighs leaving Republican Party

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, the centrist Republican from Alaska who has frequently bucked the party, revealed she’s considering ditching the GOP. Ms. Murkowski has previously said she won’t vote for President Biden or former President Donald Trump, and in an interview that aired Sunday on CNN’s “Inside Politics,” she expressed a wish for Republicans to have […]

Republican lawmakers blame D.C.’s pro-criminal policies for endangering feds, tourists

Congressional lawmakers raised the alarm Thursday about the District’s soft-on-crime policies they said are fostering a spike in violence and threatening the safety of representatives, staffers and visitors. House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil blamed the D.C. Council for cutting the Metropolitan Police budget and setting the stage for last year’s 26-year-high in killings and […]