Thom Tillis Archives

Key Republican says he won’t back Trump’s pick for top DC prosecutor because of Jan. 6 ties

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump’s administration to enforce a ban on transgender people in the military, while legal challenges proceed. The high court acted Tuesday in the dispute over a policy that presumptively disqualifies transgender people from military service. The court’s three liberal justices said they would have kept the policy on hold. Just after beginning his second term in January, Trump moved aggressively to roll back the rights of transgender people. Among the Republican president’s actions was an executive order that claims the sexual identity of transgender service members “conflicts with a soldier’s commitment to an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle, even in one’s personal life” and is harmful to military readiness.… Continue Reading

How key Republican senators are responding to Trump allies’ primary threats

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Allies of President Donald Trump have been quick to threaten primary challengers for Republican senators who don’t back Trump’s Cabinet picks and legislative priorities. Five senators in particular have drawn early attention. They are Joni Ernst of Iowa, Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, John Cornyn of Texas, and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. But all bring their own strengths and a history of winning in their states.… Continue Reading

Republicans on the House Ethics Committee reject releasing report on Matt Gaetz

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans on the House Ethics Committee voted Wednesday against releasing a report on their long-running investigation into President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz. That’s according to the top Democrat on the panel, Rep. Susan Wild of Pennsylvania. She said the ethics panel, which is evenly split between the two parties, voted at a lengthy closed-door meeting, and no Republican joined Democrats who wanted to release the report. Gaetz met for hours behind closed doors Wednesday with Republican senators who have questions about the sexual misconduct and other allegations against him. At least one Republican, Sen. Lindsey Graham, decried the “lynch mob” forming against Gaetz.… Continue Reading

In effort to refute porn-site message report, Mark Robinson campaign hires a law firm

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson says his campaign has hired a law firm to help investigate a CNN report stating he made explicit racial and sexual posts on a pornography website’s message board — something he denies. Tuesday’s announcement comes as more North Carolina Republicans disturbed by last week’s report said the GOP should shift its focus to competitive in-state races if Robinson can’t formally refute the accusations quickly. The sitting lieutenant governor says the firm will “will leave no stone unturned.” In the fallout from the report, most of Robinson’s top campaign staffers quit and the Republican Governors Association said it will no longer support Robinson.… Continue Reading