Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) is expected to be replaced by Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), a onetime moderate turned Trump loyalist.
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The rise of the Resistance Twitter candidate, Lin Wood's campaign to run the South Carolina GOP, and the beginning of our 44-part series on redistricting.
On Capitol Hill, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) is seeking to shore up support to replace Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) in the No. 3 leadership position among House Republicans.
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The cable network barely mentioned President Biden's visit to the Capitol to honor an officer killed on Jan. 6.
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A top ally is apparently set to plead guilty as part of a plea agreement. And the allegations against Gaetz have only built since that possibility arose.
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Republicans in Congress who oppose Donald Trump are usually consigned to the same fate: a quick end to their political careers.
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On Wednesday morning, the GOP ousted a leader whose efforts to inject honesty into the party were unwelcome. Then they followed it up by pushing baseless and false conspiracy theories.
The controversial Georgia Republican followed Ocasio-Cortez, shouting accusations that the Democrat supports terrorists and was a “radical socialist.”
The thorniest issue is how to pay for any package that rebuilds roads, expands broadband access and improves water systems, among other priorities.
Republicans have seized on the crisis to attack Biden’s energy policies and portray him as an agent of chaos amid other challenges.
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The House GOP leader said Republicans no longer question the legitimacy of President Biden's victory in November.
Marine Corps Maj. Christopher Warnagiris was the first person to push through the Capitol's East Rotunda doors, prosecutors said.
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Several have been signed into law.
McGahn will be asked whether Trump interfered with Mueller’s Russia investigation. House Democrats have been fighting for years to enforce a subpoena for his testimony.
The Republican governor announced Wednesday night that vaccinated adults will be eligible to enter a lottery that will pay out $1 million to five lucky winners on May 26. Separately, DeWine is offering five vaccinated teenagers full-ride scholarships to the state’s public universities, including all four years of tuition, room, board and textbooks paid.
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A Fox News contributor alleged that fraud was made possible — but couldn't say that it actually occurred.
Though maximum sentences range as high as 20 or 30 years, nearly half the Jan. 6 defendants are only charged with misdemeanors, and only those facing the most serious felonies face years in prison.
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.) followed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) off the House floor and accused her of supporting “terrorists and antifa.”
An aide to Sen. James M. Inhofe said the quip to Radhika Fox, nominee to lead EPA’s Office of Water, was intended as a joke after Fox mentioned her father was in the room for her confirmation hearing.
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House Republicans seem to be more worried about those pushing for truth than those abusing it.
