Donald Trump was the Republican Party outsider in 2016. Now the party belongs to him. The shift was on display in Atlanta this week as members of the Republican National Committee made Florida conservative Joe Gruters the latest party chairman.

The new map could help Republicans flip as many as five seats, boosting the GOP’s chances of holding House control.

At least ten cities in states whose Republican governors are deploying National Guard troops to Washington, DC, had higher rates of violent crime or homicide than DC last year, according to a CNN review of FBI data.

The Texas Senate is debating the controversial GOP redistricting bill that triggered a weeks-long House standoff.The Republican-backed proposal, which passed the House in an 88-52 party-line vote on Wednesday,

Michael Coleman, the spokesperson for the governor, told Source that the governor won’t join the tour and also hasn’t decided yet whether she’ll add an ICE detention facility agenda to the special session call.

Texas state Rep. Gene Wu joined a private strategy call on Thursday with Democratic leaders from other GOP-led states that might also redraw their maps.

A Tennessee Republican senator is urging the Department of Homeland Security to implement DNA verification and fingerprinting for migrants to combat human trafficking.

GOP Sen. Bernie Moreno faced jeers and boos during an appearance at The City Club of Cleveland on Wednesday. Ohio GOP chairman Alex Triantafilou on Thursday said he will urge candidates to avoid City Club forums.