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Why many Republicans think shrinking Medicaid will make it better

7:00am February 10, 2025

Republicans' proposals to change the public health insurance program for low-income and disabled Americans could amount to more than $2 trillion of cuts over the next decade.

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump waves at a campaign rally at Greensboro Coliseum, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024, in Greensboro, N.C. ALEX BRANDON/AP

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Tulsi Gabbard says she'll join Republican party during Trump Rally in Greensboro

11:50pm October 22, 2024

by Santiago Ochoa

During a campaign stop in Greensboro, Donald Trump derided Kamala Harris and was joined by Tulsi Gabbard on stage, who announced she's joining the Republican party.

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Republican primary challenger for Rep. Richard Pombo's seat, former Rep. Pete McCloskey, is shown at his law office in Redwood City, Calif., March 16, 2006. Former California Rep. McCloskey, who ran as a Republican challenging President Richard Nixon in 1972, died on May 8 at age 96.

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Pete McCloskey's life reminds us how politics long in the past live on in the present

1:24pm May 18, 2024

by Ron Elving

McCloskey's story has both deep roots and burgeoning relevance. He died this month at 96 and had long been out of the limelight, but the issues he had been willing to champion are as salient as ever.

A group of women who attend the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Arizona speak to NPR on March 18.

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These Mormon women are rejecting Trump, fraying GOP support in a key state

4:40pm April 15, 2024

by Ximena Bustillo

In this swing state, every voting bloc can make a difference. That includes Maricopa County's LDS community, where Republican women have been turning away from former President Donald Trump.

Rylen Bassett on career day in fourth grade (left) and Bassett in his high school senior portrait (right). He told NPR that Trump's candidacy in 2016 was "refreshing," and he stood out compared to traditional political figures.

Young conservatives have grown up in Trump's Republican Party. Now, it's time to vote

11:12am March 19, 2024

by Elena Moore

With nearly a decade on the national political stage, for some of the youngest eligible conservative voters this year, former President Donald Trump has been pivotal in their political upbringing.

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In this file photo, voters deliver their ballot to a polling station in Tempe, Ariz., on Nov. 3, 2020. In the 2024 presidential preference election in Arizona, independent voters are not permitted to vote.

In Tuesday's 'primary', Arizona's independent voters don't get much of a say

5:00am March 18, 2024

by Ben Giles

Arizona holds a presidential preference election to choose how its delegates will be awarded. That means independents don't get to vote - in a state where they are a third of the electorate.

Supporters of Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump attend a campaign rally at the Forum River Center March 9 in Rome, Georgia.

Georgia on the mind of the Trump and Biden campaigns as the key state holds primary

7:11am March 12, 2024

by Stephen Fowler

Georgia is an important state for both former President Donald Trump and President Biden in 2024. It's also a state with the clearest examples of the obstacles each faces in his path to victory.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Richmond, Va.

Trump wins caucuses in Missouri and Idaho and sweeps Michigan GOP convention

5:36am March 03, 2024

by The Associated Press

Former President Donald Trump continued his march toward the GOP nomination on Saturday, winning caucuses in Idaho and Missouri and sweeping the delegate haul at a party convention in Michigan.

Supporters of Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump listen while he speaks during a Get Out The Vote rally at Coastal Carolina University on Feb. 10 in Conway, S.C.

What GOP infighting in South Carolina can (and can't) tell us about 2024

10:40am February 22, 2024

by Stephen Fowler

In Horry County, South Carolina, a squabble over who is the official county party sheds light on struggles the GOP faces more broadly in 2024.

Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump stands on stage during a campaign event in Las Vegas on Jan. 27, 2024.

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Trump wins Nevada caucus, consolidating GOP power

11:13pm February 08, 2024

by Franco Ordoñez

Trump's victory in Nevada comes after commanding wins in Iowa and New Hampshire, helping consolidate his control over the party.