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Tom Ridge among group of Republican ‘pragmatists’ calling on party to move past Trump Updated May 13, 2021; Posted May 13, 2021 Independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin waits to speak to supporters at an election night party on November 8, 2016 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (George Frey/Getty Images/TNS)TNS Facebook Share A group of Republicans who are threatening to start a third party if the GOP continues its embrace of Donald Trump offered a traditional conservative vision statemen...

Donald Trump’s grip on the GOP will tighten with a vote by House Republicans today to depose Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) from her leadership post for her persistent rebuttals to the former president’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him.

Detroit-area Democrats are at risk of losing one of their seats a few years after netting major wins in the suburbs, with Michigan one of seven states whose House delegation will decrease in reapportionment.

Facebook to say Wednesday whether it will reinstate Trump’s account The company suspended Trump from posting to his 35 million followers after he encouraged supporters to march on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 Author of the article: Mark Niquette and Kurt Wagner Publishing date: May 04, 2021  •  May 4, 2021  •  4 minute read  •  Police release tear gas into a crowd of pro-Trump protesters during clashes at a rally to contest the certification of the 2...

Word Count: 209 Pence, 61, said in a statement that he underwent the procedure to implant a pacemaker Wednesday after consultation with his doctors. He said he disclosed a diagnosis of asymptomatic left bundle branch block in his heart when he was nominated in 2016 as Donald Trump’s running mate. The former vice president called the surgery at Inova Fairfax Medical Campus in Northern Virginia, “routine” and said he’s expected to return to normal activity in the coming days. Pence, a pot...

April 13, 2021 7:02 AM By Zachary Sherwood and Brandon Lee Republican lawmakers spent much of the last four years rebranding as a working-class party, following then-President Donald Trump’s lead on things like immigration and tariffs and setting aside their push to cut spending on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. But Trump’s campaign pledge to “save” safety-net programs has left conservatives with an identity crisis. With their party now in the minority, ...

March 12, 2021 7:00 AM By Zachary Sherwood and Brandon Lee President Joe Biden offered a Fourth of July goal for the U.S. to begin returning to normal as “light in the darkness” to a weary nation last night, counting on a rapidly expanding supply of coronavirus vaccine to raise American hopes. In his first prime-time address as president, Biden told states he wants all adults in the U.S. made eligible for vaccines by May 1. That vision was already within reach before his a...

March 8, 2021 6:07 AM By Brandon Lee President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion package will sail through the House when it takes up the bill on Tuesday, according to Democratic lawmakers and aides, even after proposals progressives championed were scaled back. The Senate’s changes to the House-passed bill, made to appease moderates and comply with parliamentary rules, included dropping a proposed minimum wage increase but are unlikely to prove enough to make progressive Democrat...

Trump’s advisers have discussed identifying a Black or female running mate for his next run.

Tony Blinken promises no longer to be blind to worker pain.