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Republican ideologues are worried the party platform may soften its stance on abortion at the behest of former President Donald Trump over a fear of losing this year's races.

Donald Trump has tried to distance himself recently from evangelicals who pressed for judges who would overturn Roe v. Wade.

A Wisconsin Republican wants to take out a key piece of the Affordable Care Act.

Heartland Signal, via WCPT 820 AM, posted an excerpt of a hot mic conversation with Republican Senate hopeful Eric Hovde.

A recent NBC News report that President Joe Biden's son Hunter has been attending White House meetings after last week's debate has the right — and some White House staffers — in a tizzy.

"What the hell is happening?" one senior White House staffer reportedly said.

The Republican Party intends to pass its policy platform "behind closed doors" this year, according to a new report.

Reporters and spectators will be barred from viewing party platform committee proceedings in Milwaukee during the Republican National Convention, Semafor reported Tuesday.

Texas Attorney General and Donald Trump ally Ken Paxton came under attack Tuesday after an attempt to shut down shelters run by a Catholic charity were shot down in court.

Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX) hammered him after he tried to close a network of migrant shelters run by the Catholic charity Annunciation House, El Paso Matters reported.

Harvard constitutional law professor Laurence Tribe expects the U.S. Supreme Court will likely overturn its own decision in Donald Trump's case.

Legal analysts lined up to denounce the court's decision Monday that gives Donald Trump immunity for actions taking in his official capacity as president. But in reading lawyer Robert B. Hubbell, Tribe quoted that the ruling is “destined to be remembered as a mark of shame for the Roberts Court just as Dred Scott tarnishes Chief Justice Taney’s legacy to this day.”

After the U.S. Supreme Court issued its Monday ruling protecting Donald Trump from some of the charges brought by special counsel Jack Smith related to the 2020 election, legal analysts predict it is still possible to have some hearings before the election.

Speaking to MSNBC on Tuesday, former federal prosecutor Kristy Greenberg and legal analyst Anthony Coley said that, despite the timeline challenges with motions, an evidentiary hearing could expose a lot of information against Trump for the public.

Prominent Democrats slammed Chief Justice John Roberts and Sen. Mitch McConnell following the landmark U.S. Supreme Court Monday on presidential immunity, with a prominent MSNBC host calling the duo two legs of a three-legged stool of "modern MAGAism."

The court found that Trump was protected from some of his moves as president surrounding the 2020 election, such as his political coordination with the Justice Department. The majority classified it as an "official act." While it doesn't save Trump from most of his cases, legal analysts agree it will make special counsel Jack Smith's life more difficult.

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) is going on defense for Donald Trump as he auditions for a possible vice presidential running mate.

Washington Post columnist Philip Bump wrote about Burgum's recent appearance on "Meet the Press," where he delivered some alarming answers to host Kristen Welker's questions.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruling that former President Donald Trump has limited immunity in his election interference case has liberals urging President Joe Biden to take advantage of additional powers under now-protected "official acts."

"Seriously, Pres. Biden needs to take this little 'immunity for official acts' protection out for a little spin," said writer Charlotte Clymer.

Harvard University's Constitutional law professor Laurence Tribe unleashed a ferocious attack on the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court after the ruling in Donald Trump's immunity case Monday.

Tribe cited Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's dissent, in which she called the decision a "five-alarm-fire for self-government under democracy. The reason is that the court was really flying the flag of the Constitution upside down."

Former President Donald Trump took to his personal social media site to claim that all of the trials against him should be dropped and civil cases overturned.

"Today’s Historic Decision by the Supreme Court should end all of Crooked Joe Biden’s Witch Hunts against me, including the New York Hoaxes - The Manhattan SCAM cooked up by Soros backed D.A., Alvin Bragg, Racist New York Attorney General Tish James’ shameless ATTACK on the amazing business that I have built, and the FAKE Bergdorf’s 'case,'" the ex-president rambled on TruthSocial.