U.S. senator, Republican of Wisconsin
3 stories from The GOP Files, newest first. Last in the news Nov 9.
In May 2025, Sen. Josh Hawley warned Republicans that cutting Medicaid would be wrong and would cost them politically. Seven weeks later he voted for the law that made the cuts. After the GOP lost the Senate last week, he says Congress should 'take responsibility for what Congress did.'
Wisconsin's longest-serving governor says his own party has lost the state, after Democrat David Crowley won the governor's race by 8 points. His warning shows how deep the GOP's midterm losses run in a battleground.
Johnson, a close Trump ally, says he has enough Republican signatures to call a full party meeting on postponing Tuesday's leadership election. The move shows how bitter the fight over who leads the GOP has become after the midterm losses.
