A backlash over high prices helped Republicans capture a majority in 2024. Now, it may be the source of the party’s own undoing.
Category: Republican Party
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High Prices Haunt Trump and the GOP on Eve of the Midterms
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Why Anger About Data Centers and Energy Prices May Not Swing Votes
The New York Times – Business:In Ohio, many voters say their frustration about the increase in electricity and fuel prices and the growth of data centers won’t influence whom they vote for.
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Reliably Red Iowa in Play as Economic Woes Mount
The New York Times – Business:The Trump administration’s policies could cost Republicans in a state that is being hit hard by expensive diesel prices and uncertainty over trade.
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Trump Sends Obamacare ‘Refund’ Checks Ahead of Midterm Elections
The New York Times – Business:The $500 checks are accompanied by a letter signed by the president that criticizes the Biden administration for overcharging Americans for health insurance.
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Trump Says Economy Has ‘Public Relations’ Problem Amid High Prices and Slow Hiring
The New York Times – Business:The president, who had hoped to tout a growing economy on the campaign trail, has found it hard to break through as workers’ wages fail to keep up.
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Trump Promotes Program to Reduce Medicaid Drug Prices
The New York Times – Business:Ahead of the midterm elections, the president said that all states had opted in to an effort to align Medicaid’s prices for medicines with those in other wealthy countries.
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Watching Bigots Erupt
The New York Times – On the Runway:This is what I see when I look at the picture Bo French hates.
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Can a Republican Become Governor of New York? Blakeman Makes His Case.
The New York Times – On the Runway:Bruce Blakeman is trying to unseat Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, attacking her on the economy, crime and immigration by using Trump-like tactics and A.I.
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Who Will Win the Midterms? Republicans Are Reeling.
The New York Times – On the Runway:The party is putting up a costly defense of states and districts that President Trump won easily in 2024. And in places like Georgia, strategists wonder if it’s too late.
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House Directs Trump to Halt War With Iran or Secure Congress’s Approval
The New York Times – On the Runway:It was the fifth time that a chamber of the Republican-controlled Congress has voted to rein in President Trump’s war powers as discontent with the conflict grows among voters.
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Trump Plans Blitz of $138 Million and Counting to Save Midterm Republicans
The New York Times – On the Runway:His powerful super PAC is suddenly spending heavily on some races, after drawing fire from some Republicans that the group might not throw its weight behind the party’s candidates.