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Ralph Z. Hallow was the chief political correspondent of commentary, served on the Chicago Tribune, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Washington Times editorial boards, was Ford Foundation Fellow in Urban Journalism at Northwestern University, resident at Columbia University Editorial-Page Editors Seminar and has filed from Berlin, Bonn, London, Paris, Geneva, Vienna, Amman, Beirut, Cairo, Damascus, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Belgrade, Bucharest, Panama and Guatemala.

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RNC Chairman Reince Priebus has long wanted to break what he called the broadcast networks' stranglehold over who gets to ask the questions at nationally televised GOP nomination debates: network reporters whom Republicans view as liberal, or questioners who are not as hostile to conservative philosophy. (Associated Press)

Republicans’ secret debate about debates: RNC panel huddles to devise rules, penalties

EXCLUSIVE: While Republicans talked publicly about gaining more control over their presidential debates, a panel of Republican National Committee members conferred in secret for months to create rules and penalties that would ensure 2016 candidates toed the line, according to interviews and internal emails reviewed by The Washington Times.

May 8, 2014
Roger Villere at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. 16 June 2011 Photo by Gage Skidmore (mandatory credit)

RNC set to join landmark suit taking on campaign limits

Members of the Republican National Committee gathering in Memphis, Tennessee, for their spring meeting are set to join a lawsuit seeking to strike down campaign finance limits and free the GOP to spend unlimited money on get-out-the-vote efforts.

May 6, 2014
just the ticket? Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida could stir up trouble among conservative Republicans who are waiting for one of their own in the White House. (By Greg Groesch/The Washington Times)

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad may replace Iowa straw poll with regional festivals

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad is contemplating replacing the closely watched Iowa presidential straw poll slated for summer 2015 with four regional "festivals" that would let GOP White House hopefuls mingle with voters, a move that could significantly alter candidate strategies in the nation's first presidential caucus state.

March 25, 2014
"I personally don't feel like I lost my reputation. I know who I am. I know what criminalization of politics is all about."— Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay

DeLay: GOP failing to fight criminalization of politics

Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay has rejoined the fray, regaining his seat on the American Conservative Union/Conservative Political Action Conference board, taking up the sword against the progressiveism of Democrats and battling what the Texan says is the wimpishness of his fellow Republicans.

March 6, 2014
Sen. Rand Paul (R-K.Y.) speaks at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference (C.P.A.C.) held at the Gaylord National Hotel, National Harbor, Md., Thursday, March 14, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Question for CPAC-goers: Is Congress relevant anymore?

Thousands of conservative activists descend Thursday on the nation’s capital for three days of discussions, panels, debates and speeches, and there’s a once-unthinkable slate of questions on their agenda.

March 5, 2014
Sen. Rand Paul may be seeking to hold on to his seat at the same time he is running for president in 2016. The Kentucky Senate majority leader confirmed Monday that he is working on an unambiguous bill that would allow Mr. Paul to do so.

Rand Paul looking to hedge bet in 2016 election

Opening a door to hedge his political bets, Sen. Rand Paul has asked the leader of the Kentucky Senate for legislation to ensure that Mr. Paul can run both for the White House and for re-election to the U.S. Senate in 2016.

March 3, 2014
RNC Chairman Reince Priebus, center, and Florida National Committeewoman and RNC Co-Chairman Sharon Day, third from right, introduce Conservative Activist Alison Howard, left, Cabinet Aide to Florida's CFO Chelsi Henry, second from left, New Mexico State Representative Monica Youngblood, third from left, Arizona State Senator Kimberly Yee, second from right, and CRNC Naitonal Chair Alex Smith, right, as the GOP's rising stars at the Republican National Committee's annual winter meeting, Washington, D.C., Thursday, January 23, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Republicans look at past mistakes to map out a more successful future

Republicans are moving this week to confront some of their biggest problems from 2012, including changing their primary and convention schedules to gain a fundraising advantage and highlighting rising women within their party — a demographic they struggled with in the last presidential election.

January 23, 2014
** FILE ** In this Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, file photo, Oklahoma Congressman-elect Jim Bridenstine, R-Oklahoma, gestures as he speaks in Tulsa, Okla. While Oklahoma's four House and Senate veterans, who have a combined 60 years of legislative experience, typically follow their leaders, two freshmen House members, Bridenstine and Markwayne Mullin, have emerged as a new breed. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

Just 25% self ID as Republican; independents soar to record 42%

The number of Americans shedding the Republican label to become independents is exploding. The solution, political strategists suggest, may lie in party leaders' ability to return to core values that distinguish Republicans from Democrats on everything from spending to personal freedom.

January 8, 2014
** FILE ** In this Jan. 23, 2012, file photo, pro-life advocates march past the Capitol during the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

EXCLUSIVE: Republicans set to deliver big statement on abortion

EXCLUSIVE: In an unprecedented show of opposition to abortion, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus is delaying the start of the party's annual winter meeting so he and other committee members can join the March for Life on the National Mall, The Washington Times has learned.

January 5, 2014