Republican Party

• Republicans Gave ICE a Slush Fund. Democrats Want to Limit It. - The sweeping domestic policy law that Republicans muscled through Congress last year made ICE the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency in the country, with no strings attached.
• Republican candidate challenges Tuberville residency, says he appears to live Florida, not Alabama - A Republican opponent is challenging U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s eligibility to run for governor of Alabama, accusing the football coach-turned-politician of not meeting the legal requirement to have lived in the state for seven years. Ke
• Andrea Lucas, EEOC Chair, Recasts Workplace Discrimination in Trump’s Image - Andrea Lucas, the chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, has said she wants to undo years of what she describes as activist excess around labor law.
• On Immigration, the G.O.P. Finds Itself in a Shocking Place: On Defense - Since President Trump’s rise, the issue has been a strength for the party. But now, after the chaos in Minnesota, Democrats see an opening and some Republicans worry that Mr. Trump is going too far.
• Alex Pretti Shooting Poses a Question for the Right: Who’s a Conservative? - Republicans wrestle with Trump administration positions that seem to contradict their beliefs on gun rights, states’ rights and limited use of federal power.
• How the Trump Administration Rushed to Judgment in Minneapolis Shooting - The administration was in a race to control the narrative around the killing of Alex Pretti, even as videos emerged that contradicted the government’s account.
• How the Trump Administration Rushed to Judgment in Minneapolis Shooting - The administration was in a race to control the narrative around the killing of Alex Pretti, even as videos emerged that contradicted the government’s account.
• George Cabot Lodge, Last of His Family to Battle a Kennedy, Dies at 98 - The two Massachusetts clans faced off in elections for decades, until a final 1962 Senate race. Despite his loss, Mr. Lodge praised his opponent, Ted Kennedy.
• Trump Pushes A.I. Data Centers, but the G.O.P. Is Cool to One in Alabama - Residents also oppose a data center the size of 18 Walmarts that is set to be built in pristine woodland outside Bessemer, Ala. “All this will be gone,” one said.
• As Trump Focuses Abroad, G.O.P. Toils to Hone Election Message - A new poll shows that voters who will decide control of Congress see a lack of presidential emphasis on critical domestic issues.