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FILE – In this April 20, 2021 file photo Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., the House Republican Conference chair, speaks with reporters following a GOP strategy session on Capitol Hill in Washington. Speculation by former President Donald Trump that she won’t seek re-election next year is “wishful thinking,” Cheney said Wednesday, April 27, 2021. Trump suggested Tuesday that Wyoming’s congresswoman would become a lobbyist or “maybe embarrass her family by running for president” to save face amid criticism for her vote to impeach Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Cheney struck down any such ideas in a call with Wyoming reporters. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite,File) LA311 LA311

May 3, 2021 at 11:15 am

Cheney criticizes Trump’s attempt to brand 2020 election ‘the Big Lie,’ sparking new calls for her to leave leadership

U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., pushed back again at former President Trump's repeated claim that the 2020 election was stolen. But her critics in the...

May 2, 2021 at 7:44 am

Election falsehood now a symbol of GOP loyalty

Debra Ell, a Republican organizer in Michigan and fervent supporter of former president Donald Trump, said she has good reason to believe the 2020 presidential...

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House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters, D-Calif., presides over a markup of pending bills, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. Yesterday, the judge overseeing the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer in the death of George Floyd says recent comments by Rep. Waters are “abhorrent” and says they could lead to a verdict being appealed and overturned. Rep. Waters had joined protesters on Saturday and called for protests to escalate if Derek Chauvin was not found guilty on murder charges. Chauvin’s defense attorney had motioned for a mistrial in light of Waters’ comments. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) DCSA106 DCSA106

April 20, 2021 at 4:04 pm

House rejects GOP attempt to censure Rep. Maxine Waters over remarks about Chauvin trial

House Republicans lost their effort to force a vote to censure U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., for calling on protesters to "get more active" and...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., at the Capitol in February 2021. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Jabin Botsford

April 5, 2021 at 9:05 pm

Republicans intensify criticism of corporations over Georgia voting law, threaten ‘consequences’

The acrimony between Republicans and large companies over Georgia underscores the party's increasingly fraying relationship with corporate America over social and cultural issues as GOP...

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March 31, 2021 at 1:40 pm

Iowa Democrat drops attempt to contest House race, citing ‘toxic campaign of political disinformation’

Democrat Rita Hart has dropped her challenge in the Iowa 2nd Congressional District race, asking the House to no longer consider an investigation into the...

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March 18, 2021 at 5:50 pm

Killings could test Georgia’s hate-crime law

The shooting deaths of eight people at Asian-run spas in Georgia this week triggered a vigorous national debate Thursday over whether the mass killing amounted...

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March 18, 2021 at 12:10 pm

GOP lawmaker references lynching during anti-Asian violence hearing

WASHINGTON — As a House panel convened Thursday for the first hearing on anti-Asian discrimination in decades, Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, argued that while he...

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March 17, 2021 at 3:28 pm

House votes to reauthorize landmark Violence Against Women Act

WASHINGTON — The House voted on Wednesday to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, legislation originally authored by then-Sen. Joe Biden in 1994 that aims...

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