REPUBLICANS

The following is a transcript of an interview with Democratic Rep. Pete Aguilar of California that aired Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022, on "Face the Nation."

When Texas' new abortion law made no exceptions in cases of rape, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott defended it with an assurance: Texas would get to work eliminating rapes. One year later, Lindsey LeBlanc is busy as ever helping rape victims in a college town outside Houston. “The numbers have stayed consistently high,” said LeBlanc, executive director of the Sexual Assault Resource Center in Bryan, near Texas A&M University.

Voters say rights and freedoms are on the ballot, along with finances and the economy.

Those who oppose lifting US sanctions on Venezuela owe a duty to the people fleeing deprivation and despair.

For months, concerns have been raised about under-performing, Trump-aligned candidates in key races. A bevy of new polling bears out those concerns.

A Texas lawmaker who represents a district that spans 800 miles along the border said Border Patrol urgently needs more funding, technology, and infrastructure.

The top Republican on the House Jan. 6 committee urged voters to prioritize preserving democracy over policy differences during this year’s midterms at The Texas Tribune Festival.

For years, farmers and growers adjusted to a shrinking labor pool and increasing operating costs, but squeezed by pandemic-induced inflation and a weakened supply chain, they warn of an imminent disruption to the frail balance between supply and demand.

The veteran Republican strategist made the comment Saturday at the 2022 Texas Tribune Festival in Austin.

"When he does things that are good," Cruz said of Trump, "I will praise him, and when he says things I disagree with, I'm just not going to engage."

In a Senate Banking Committee hearing, CEOs of the nation's major banks testified about a variety of issues, but it was social policy that stole the show.

Newly proposed bipartisan legislation introduced Thursday aims to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. It's being called the Solidify Iran Sanctions Act.

The junior U.S. senator from Texas spoke Saturday at the 2022 Texas Tribune Festival about his beef with the Biden administration, the battle for the soul of the GOP and whether he plans to run for president again.

The way President Joe Biden sees it, the overturning of Roe vs.

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who served as ambassador to the U.N. during the Trump administration, teams up with GOP Senate nominee Don Bolduc of New Hampshire

Michael Moore appeared on "Real Time with Bill Maher" and offered a sunny forecast for Democrats ahead of the midterm elections, giving credit to the Supreme Court's abortion ruling.

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich praised Kevin McCarthy's leadership for piecing a GOP 'Commitment to America' plan together on Friday's 'Hannity.'

Sean Hannity discusses why the upcoming elections are so important for America and why Republicans need to gain the majority on "Hannity."

Texas lawmakers on both sides of the aisle talked schools, abortion and guns in advance of next year’s session in a range of panels at The Texas Tribune Festival.

The View co-host Sunny Hostin landed herself in hot water for the second time this week when she suggested Republican Latinos “vote against their own self-interest.”

President Joe Biden vowed that Democrats will codify the right to an abortion into law if two more are elected to the U.S. Senate in the midterm elections.

Rep. Michael McCaul joined "Faulkner Focus" to discuss Kamala Harris' statements about border security and her complaints about Trump's policies.

The House GOP released their policy pitch for what they want to do if they win Congress, breaking with McConnell and Senate Republicans.

In an interview at The Texas Tribune Festival, Crenshaw harshly criticized extremists at both ends of the political spectrum.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said the Republican plan is a commitment for governing, not just campaigning ahead of the midterm elections in November.

Republicans’ chances to flip a swing Ohio House seat took a hit this week after it was revealed that Republican candidate and Jan. 6 attendee J.R. Majewski allegedly lied about his military service.

Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy launch House Republicans' "Commitment to America" governing agenda at an event in Washington County, Pennsylvania.

House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy on the details of the Republicans' 'Commitment to America' plan which is designed to usher in a 'new direction' if elected in November.

The Virginia governor on his headline-making election, his conservative policy agenda and 2024.

Pennsylvania's Chamber of Commerce debate set for October 3 has been upended after Mastriano proposed both campaigns chose moderators for debate, a request Shapiro would not agree to.

There may be just enough votes to close the loopholes in the Electoral Count Act that Trump and his followers pried open on Jan. 6, 2021.

With abortion set to be a key midterm election issue, President Biden rebuked GOP Sen. Lindsey O. Graham's proposed nationwide ban after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

Democratic consultants are telling party donors that while the shifting political landscape will give their candidates a fighting chance this fall, they are likely facing a huge increase in Republican turnout.

House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is rolling out his party's Trump-like midterm election agenda.

Laura Ingraham spoke with Clay Travis to discuss what kind of negative impact Dr. Anthony Fauci's coronavirus policies have had on Americans on "The Ingraham Angle."

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claimed that Republicans have helped destabilize the border and are not offering solutions.

Sen. Lindsey Graham defended his controversial abortion bill on "The Story" Thursday from critics on the left like Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams.

Vice President Kamala Harris scorched Republican leaders for their abortion and immigration policies during a recent interview with Vice News.

A new AARP poll shows Arizona Republicans trailing in the state's Senate and gubernatorial races ahead of November's general election.

Progressive and centrist Democrats reached agreement on the bills to increase funds for local police, a long-sought goal of House leadership fewer than 50 days to midterm elections.

Democrats have been feeling more confident about their midterm prospects, but they have a polling deficit on immigration that's now leading the news cycle.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday denounced a Republican House candidate from Michigan who criticized the women’s suffrage movement and supported an attempt to repeal the 19th Amendment.

House Republicans are quizzing DHS about a recent report that Venezuela is freeing prisoners and sending them to the U.S. southern border to gain entry.

Big on ideas but short on policy specifics, the agenda keeps with a tradition established with 1994's "Contract with America" where the minority party releases their priorities ahead of Election Day.

Governors races often are overshadowed by the fight for control of Congress during midterm elections.

Of course, a majority also voted to block counting electoral votes from swing states in the first place.

The Disclose Act would have required super PACs and other groups to disclose donors who give $10,000 or more during an election cycle.

In an unprecedented move, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will provide abortion services in some cases, regardless of state abortion laws, in response to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the federal right to an abortion. Republicans have already called into question the legality of the Biden administration’s decision to change the VA’s health care policy to include abortion. Republicans and Democrats have been going back and forth citing different laws to support their opposing arguments. Jennifer Oliva, law professor at the University of California Hastings College of the Law, and Benjamin McMichael, associate law professor at the University of Alabama School of Law, spoke to Yahoo News to help explain the legality of this emerging controversy in Congress.

House Republicans released many of the details of their "Commitment to America" plan, which they hope to use as a campaign platform and governing agenda.

Former Trump senior counselor Kellyanne Conway provided analysis on "Special Report" on key voter issues with races tightening as election day approaches.

"We have a lot of information that we have collected over the last year that we've not shown the public," committee chair Thompson said earlier this week.

Sen. Joe Manchin on Wednesday released his bill on energy permitting reform, which top Democrats plan to include on an upcoming continuing resolution vote.

The measure is intended to prevent future disruptions of the counting of electoral votes by Congress.

The measure is intended to prevent future disruptions of the counting of electoral votes by Congress.

Wisconsin Republicans on Wednesday rejected Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' call to allow voters to get a chance to repeal the state's 1849 abortion ban. Evers called Wednesday for a special session of the GOP-controlled Legislature to pass a measure creating a way for voters to repeal the 173-year-old law. It’s the latest move by Evers to put pressure on Republicans over abortion and keep the issue in the spotlight ahead of the election.

In the November midterm election, California is one of the battlefields as Democrats and Republicans fight to control the House. Here are 10 races to watch.

The House has passed legislation to overhaul the rules for certifying the results of a presidential election as lawmakers accelerate their response to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and Donald Trump’s failed attempt to remain in power.

A bipartisan group of mayors say that whatever political differences they might have, they are united in fighting against recent voting restrictions enacted in some Republican-controlled states that they view as an attack on democracy.

The "Special Report" All-Star panel looked ahead to the outcomes of the approaching midterm elections and the issues driving the elections on Tuesday.

The lawsuit alleges an elaborate scheme of people luring migrants with hotel rooms, McDonald’s gift cards, hundreds of dollars in cash and false information about their final destinations.

The amicus brief assembles a long list of complaints about the Biden administration. But what's just as notable is what it doesn't discuss: the case at hand.

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., railed Tuesday against what he called "revenge politics," as liberals in the House and Senate teamed up with Republicans to oppose his plan to speed permits for natural gas pipelines and other energy projects.

Sen. Joe Manchin on Tuesday railed against what he called “revenge politics″ being used against him, as liberals in the House and Senate team up with Republicans to oppose his plan to speed permits for natural gas pipelines and other energy projects.

Some independent voters who began 2022 looking to Republicans for answers have drifted back to moving toward Democrats.

The far-right forces that former Sen. John McCain successfully marginalized within the Arizona Republican Party are back and in full control, with profound implications for one of the nation’s most closely matched battlegrounds.

A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of a Texas law targeting major social media companies like Facebook and Twitter.

Flores’ district director, Aron Peña, was accused of touching and kissing an intern without her consent. He denies any wrongdoing.

The Republican leaders of the Arizona Legislature won't try to defend a new law limiting up-close filming of police that has been blocked by a federal judge.

The Louisiana Bond Commission has approved a $39 million future line of credit for a critical New Orleans area power plant project that had become an unlikely pawn in the ongoing political tug-of-war over enforcing Louisiana’s near-total abortion ban.

Republican candidates have given wildly differing responses to South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham’s plan to ban abortion nationwide at 15 weeks.

The latest survey also gave Republican incumbents single-digit leads in two other statewide races. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick led Democrat Mike Collier by 7 points, and Attorney General Ken Paxton registered a 5-point advantage over Democrat Rochelle Garza.

President Joe Biden has gathered a crowd at the White House to celebrate last month’s passage of the Inflation Reduction Act.

The House Jan. 6 committee is eyeing a close to its work and a final report laying out its findings about the U.S. Capitol insurrection by the end of the year.

Retired Army Brig. Gen. Donald Bolduc has won New Hampshire’s Republican Senate primary and will face potentially vulnerable Democratic incumbent Maggie Hassan in November.

With the fall campaign rapidly approaching, the time-honored tradition of debates as a forum for voters to evaluate candidates may be the latest casualty of the nation’s polarized political climate.

A Michigan election board has approved a November ballot question on whether the state should expand opportunities to vote.

The sudden TV spending by Coulda Been Worse LLC comes as Abbott battles for a third term against Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke.

The Michigan Supreme Court has ordered that an abortion-rights initiative appear on the November ballot.

Wisconsin's 1,800-plus election clerks are racing to understand a judge’s ruling nine weeks before the election that some fear could lead to absentee ballots being counted in some parts of the battleground state but rejected in others.

South Carolina senators have rejected a ban on almost all abortions in a special session.

President Joe Biden’s request for $47 billion in emergency funding is getting a thumbs down from Republicans in Congress.

The endorsement comes after Patrick’s Democratic opponent, Mike Collier, received endorsements from two Republicans, Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley and state Sen. Kel Seliger of Amarillo.

Both Gov. Greg Abbott and Beto O’Rourke hope to define the election on issues viewed as favorable to their own parties.

Republicans hoping to hold on to the Massachusetts governor’s office are choosing between a Donald Trump-backed candidate and a moderate businessman in Tuesday’s primary election.

Conspiracies about rigged elections are now believed by millions of people in the United States, and conferences being held across the country that feature prominent figures pushing such theories are one reason why.

Hundreds of thousands of people have signed initiative petitions for ballot measures in several states that would expand voting access, ensure abortion rights and legalize recreational marijuana.

Kansas' Democratic governor wasted little time after a decisive state vote in favor of abortion rights.

In this week’s episode, Matthew speaks with James and Patrick about the race for governor and other campaigns that have grabbed their interest.

The expenditure, which the Democrat’s campaign announced Friday, comes as GOP Gov. Greg Abbott has dominated the airwaves for over two weeks.

An abortion-rights group has asked the Michigan Supreme Court to approve a November ballot question on whether the right to abortion should be enshrined in the state constitution.

Strict, anti-abortion Republicans running in competitive House, Senate and governor’s races in key battleground states are trying to distance themselves from their past statements and positions.

The wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas contacted at least two Wisconsin state lawmakers urging them to overturn President Joe Biden’s win in 2020 in the tightly contested state.

The few Republican candidates across the U.S. this year who say they support abortion rights still find themselves under attack on the issue.

Wisconsin secretary of state hopeful Amy Loudenbeck says if she wins lawmakers should give her some control of elections in the key battleground state but the Republican candidate isn't saying what she wants to do with it.

State governments flush with money are returning billions of dollars to their residents.

Michigan’s state Board of Canvassers has rejected a ballot initiative seeking to enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution.

An Arizona judge has ordered three Republicans to pay $75,000 in attorney fees for filing a defamation suit against a former Democratic lawmaker “primarily for purposes of harassment.”.

The South Carolina House has approved a bill that outlaws abortion except in the cases of pregnancies caused by rape or incest.

To Democrats championing the White House’s student loan forgiveness plan, it was the long-awaited delivery of one of President Joe Biden’s campaign promises.

On Aug. 8, a group of Republican candidates asked the Supreme Court to remove 23 Libertarian opponents from the ballot, saying they did not meet eligibility requirements. The Republicans included Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and others in congressional and state legislative races.