Jill Colvin

The chairman of the Conservative Political Action Coalition (CPAC), Matt Schlapp, delivers the welcome speech at the CPAC conference in Budapest, Hungary, May 19, 2022. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP)

May 19, 2022, 9:30 pm

Conservatives descend on Hungary for hawkish US group’s first European summit

Addressing CPAC, Orban urges coordination of right-wing ‘troops’ to take back Washington from progressive liberals; conferences in Israel and elsewhere planned for future

By Justin Spike and Jill Colvin

Former US president Donald Trump speaks at a rally at the Delaware County Fairgrounds, Saturday, April 23, 2022, in Delaware, Ohio, to endorse Republican candidates ahead of the Ohio primary on May 3. (AP Photo/Joe Maiorana)

April 26, 2022, 12:29 am

Trump says he has no plans to rejoin Twitter after Musk deal

Former US president, who was banned after January 6 uprising, says he won’t go back to social media platform where he had 89 million followers — even if his account is reinstated

By Jill Colvin

Josh Mandel, a Republican former Ohio treasurer running for an open US Senate seat in Ohio, speaks during a debate against Morgan Harper, a progressive Democrat, on January 27, 2022, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete, File)

April 16, 2022, 6:07 pm

Jewish GOP Senate candidate Josh Mandel runs campaign through churches

‘We’re blowing up the playbook,’ says Ohio politician, who makes no secret of his faith but is centering his efforts around evangelical, conservative voters

By Jill Colvin and JULIE CARR SMYTH

April 4, 2022, 4:17 pm

Texas Sen. Cruz endorses fellow pro-Trump conservative Mandel in Ohio primary

Mandel will stand up to ‘radical Democrats’ seeking ‘to deliver socialism’ to US, says Cruz, whose support could help boost Jewish Republican in race Trump has yet to weigh in on

By JULIE CARR SMYTH and Jill Colvin

Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, on November 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

March 5, 2022, 11:20 am

Pence appears to hit back at Trump: No room in GOP for ‘apologists for Putin’

Former US VP seems increasingly willing to challenge former president, although without naming him; blames Biden for Russian invasion of Ukraine

By Jill Colvin

Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the Florida chapter of the Federalist Society's annual meeting at Disney's Yacht Club resort in Walt Disney World on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. Pence, on Friday, directly rebutted Donald Trump's false claims that Pence somehow could have overturned the results of the 2020 election, saying that the former president was simply “wrong.” (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel via AP)

February 4, 2022, 11:39 pm

Pence comes out against Trump: He’s ‘wrong’ to say election could be overturned

Former vice president defends himself against ongoing attempts by former boss to advance false narrative that he could have done something to prevent Biden from taking office

By Jill Colvin

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally on Jan. 15, 2022, in Florence, Ariz. Trump is already declaring himself the 45th and 47th president of the United States. But the quip during a round of golf — captured on shaky cellphone video — belies the growing challenges Trump is confronting. (AP/Ross D. Franklin, File)

January 29, 2022, 8:28 am

Trump facing legal, political headwinds as he eyes comeback

Former US president challenged by series of complex investigations that are ensnaring him, his family and associates

By Jill Colvin

Former US president Donald Trump prepares to take the stage during a rally in Perry, Georgia, on September 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)

January 15, 2022, 9:38 pm

Ahead of midterms, GOP faces dilemma of how closely to align with Trump

Despite some internal pushback against former US president’s claims about 2020 election, echoing them ‘can make all the difference’ in a primary race, says Republican attorney

By Jill Colvin

Supporters of then US president Donald Trump in Washington, January 6, 2021. (John Minchillo/AP)

January 7, 2022, 2:26 am

Trump maintains tight grip on Republican party despite violent insurrection

Former president is still GOP leader, presumptive 2024 presidential nominee and a force in primary campaigns, as he continues to deny he lost 2020 election

By Jill Colvin

In this January 6, 2021, photo, US president Donald Trump speaks during a rally protesting the electoral college certification of Joe Biden as president in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

January 5, 2022, 4:28 am

Trump cancels January 6 Florida press conference

Former US president says he will now express his grievances over committee investigating storming of Capitol at an Arizona rally later in the month

By Jill Colvin

Republican Representative Paul Gosar of Arizona during a House Natural Resources Committee hearing, on July 28, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Bill Clark/Pool via AP)

November 12, 2021, 9:48 am

Republican leaders silent in face of increasingly violent political rhetoric

Rep. Gosar tweets video simulating murder of Democrat Ocasio-Cortez, earning little condemnation from party; 13 GOP House members face threats for supporting infrastructure bill

By Jill Colvin

Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Republican Jewish Coalition's annual leadership meeting Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021, in Las Vegas. (Ellen Schmidt/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

November 8, 2021, 3:59 am

At RJC, top Republicans bullish on 2022 prospects after Virginia win

Republican Jewish Coalition convention presents an early chance for GOP leadership hopefuls to stake a claim, and brandish their pro-Israel credentials

By Jill Colvin

Then-US president Donald Trump speaks during a rally protesting the electoral college certification of Joe Biden as president in Washington, on January 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

October 19, 2021, 2:06 am

Trump files lawsuit to keep January 6 documents from Congress

Former US president says committee seeking almost unlimited documents with no connection to the storming of US Capitol, calls move a ‘vexatious, illegal fishing expedition’

By Jill Colvin, Colleen Long and Eric Tucker

Former US president Donald Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon speaks with reporters in New York, on August 20, 2020. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AP/File)

October 14, 2021, 10:45 pm

Bannon defies congressional January 6 subpoena, risking contempt charge

Political strategist refuses to give panel documents and testimony about his interactions with former president Trump before the deadly siege of the Capitol

By Eric Tucker, MARY CLARE JALONICK, Jill Colvin and Michelle R. Smith

In this file photo taken on August 8, 2019, White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham listens as US President Donald Trump speaks to the media aboard Air Force One while flying between El Paso, Texas and Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

September 30, 2021, 3:39 pm

Trump tried to appease dictators and ogled aide, says ex-press chief in new book

Stephanie Grisham says former US president wanted to boot media from White House; ‘Everything was like a clown car on fire running full speed into a warehouse full of fireworks’

By Jill Colvin