In the case of Iowa's Joni Ernst, conservatives threatened to run against her if she didn't back Trump's pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth — before she announced she would. Louisiana's ...

A chapter of the Louisiana Republican Assembly ... a member of the House Freedom Caucus. Louisiana State Treasurer John Fleming waves as he is introduced during the swearing-in of the Louisiana ...

Early 20th-century novelist Thomas Wolfe wrote, “You can’t go home again.” Dorothy Gale, in "The Wizard of Oz," though, said, ...

Kennedy Jr. cleared a big hurdle in his bid to become the top U.S. health official on Tuesday after clinching the committee vote of Louisiana ... support primary opponents of any Republican ...

A Louisiana lawmaker who spent decades ... including billionaire Elon Musk's threats to support primary opponents of any Republican who obstructed Trump's nominees - Cassidy said he had gotten ...

a Republican strategist in Louisiana. Adding to Cassidy's vulnerability in the 2026 election is Louisiana's implementation of single-party primaries, a system that likely rewards party loyalty ...

Robert F Kennedy Jr cleared a big hurdle in his bid to become the top U.S. health official on Tuesday after clinching the committee vote of Louisiana Republican ... Elon Musk's threats to support ...

Kennedy Jr.’s nomination as health secretary and the Louisiana Republican felt he had to go ... his social media megaphone and threatening primary campaigns against any senator who didn ...

I think it would make things more difficult for him," said Lionel Rainey III, a Republican strategist in Louisiana. Adding to Cassidy's vulnerability in the 2026 election is Louisiana's implementation ...

The nomination will now soon be considered by the full Senate. The Louisiana Republican, a physician who voted to convict President Trump in his 2021 impeachment trial, had publicly fretted over ...

Kennedy’s nomination cleared the committee with a key “yes” vote from Louisiana Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy, a physician who had said publicly that he was “struggling” with Kennedy’s ...