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Mitt Romney announced via video on Wednesday that he will not seek reelection to the Senate in 2024 Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney will not seek reelection in 2024, he announced Wednesday -- marking the potential end to a storied conservative career that had in recent years put him in conflict with his party's standard-bearer, Donald Trump. In a video statement, Romney, 76, touted his role in major pieces of bipartisan legislation on issues including infrastructure, guns and COVID-19 relief but said it was time for a "new generation" to take the reins -- both on Capitol Hill and in the White House, accusing President Joe Biden, 80, and former President Trump, 77, of not doing enough to address America's challenges. Romney, a former Massachusetts governor and the 2012 GOP presidential nominee, was elected to the Senate in 2018 and will leave Washington in January 2025. At a news conference on Wednesday afternoon, Romney invoked his own age as part of the move to ret...

Newly elected Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., played a key but somewhat under-the-radar role in trying to reverse President Joe Biden's 2020 victory. Newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson is drawing fresh scrutiny for having played a key -- if somewhat lower-profile -- role in trying to overturn President Joe Biden's 2020 election victory. House Republicans unanimously chose him this week despite his record as an election denier, something some GOP lawmakers previously had said would be disqualifying. Back in 2020, Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, had argued Biden's win was bogus because some states officials had changed voting procedures during the coronavirus pandemic without legislatures' approval. He appeared to pressure 125 House Republicans to join him in filing a brief to the Supreme Court supporting a Texas lawsuit to overturn Biden's wins in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. He told them Donald Trump was watching. He touted his conversation...

Gov. Chris Sununu said Wednesday that he will not run for reelection in New Hampshire, elevating the race to replace him to the heart of the 2024 gubernatorial map New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu said Wednesday that he will not run for reelection next year, elevating the race to replace him to the heart of the gubernatorial map in 2024. Sununu, a Republican who is serving his fourth two-year term as his state's executive, hails from a prominent family in New Hampshire and is considered near-royalty in local political circles. His announcement leaves the GOP field wide open -- but not empty. Former state Senate President Chuck Morse quickly jumped into the race and former U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte teased an upcoming announcement, too. In a letter to supporters, Sununu wrote that "public service should never be a career, and the time is right for another Republican to lead our great state." MORE: Republicans on campaign trail, Capitol Hill seek to dismiss seriousness of Trump ...