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Share on Twitter In the hours before facing a vote that will almost certainly purge her from House Republican leadership, Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming has remained unrepentant, framing her expulsion as a turning point for her party and declaring in an extraordinary speech that she would not sit quietly by as Republicans abandoned the rule of law. Delivering the broadside from the House floor on Tuesday night, Ms Cheney took a fiery last stand, warning that former US presiden...

House Republicans removed Representative Liz Cheney from her leadership post Wednesday as her vocal and persistent criticism of former President Donald Trump widened the rift in the party over its future direction.

Trump Critic Liz Cheney Ousted From House GOP Leadership Bloomberg 1 hr ago © Bloomberg U.S. House GOP Holds Leadership Elections (Bloomberg) -- House Republicans removed Representative Liz Cheney from her leadership post Wednesday as her vocal and persistent criticism of former President Donald Trump widened the rift in the party over its future direction. The 212-member House GOP conference brought the long-running drama to an end on a voice vote behind closed doors. The decision to repl...

Credit...George Frey/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images “Lock them up. There are things that you can do,” a Houston assistant police chief said last week after a 3-year-old boy fatally shot his 8-month-old baby brother in the family home. The assistant chief was talking about guns, not the 3-year-old. Obviously. Although in some parts of the country, the idea of putting kids in prison seems to elicit more enthusiasm than the idea of locking away the weapons. This kind of disaster happens...

Trumpism grips a post-policy GOP as traditional conservatism fades 2 Mar, 2021 04:04 AM 7 minutes to read Republicans have entered a sort of post-policy moment in which the most animating forces in the party are emotions, not issues. Photo / AP Republicans have entered a sort of post-policy moment in which the most animating forces in the party are emotions, not issues. Photo / AP New York Times For decades, the same ritual took place in the aftermath of Republican electoral defeats. M...

House Passes The Equality Act Over Republican Bigotry Home » House Passes The Equality Act Over Republican Bigotry [The House voted 224-206 on Thursday to pass the Equality Act], a bill that would extend civil rights protections to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, but the measure faced an uphill battle to enactment [in the Senate], with Republicans almost uniformly opposed. Advertisement [I]t was the second time the Democratic-led House had passed...

House Passes Sweeping Gay and Transgender Equality Legislation The bill, first passed by the Democratic-led House in 2019, faces a steep climb in the Senate. It was approved as Democrats and Republicans sparred more broadly over transgender rights. “In most states, L.G.B.T.Q. people can be discriminated against because of who they are, or who they love,” said Representative David Cicilline, an openly gay Democrat from Rhode Island and the lead sponsor of the bill.Credit...Stefani Reynolds f...

She also calls for the resignations of Josh Hawley and Mo Brooks.

It should be illegal. Even if it isn’t, it’s politically stupid. WIN MCNAMEE/Getty Images As GameStop’s share price seized the internet’s attention this week, another set of news stories about the stock market went all but unnoticed. Senator Dianne Feinstein, according to a report published by Business Insider, acknowledged that she had failed to disclose a major stock purchase that her husband had made, as she is required to do by law. And either Nancy Pelosi (or her husband) spent at...

"If Representative Ocasio-Cortez does not apologize immediately," Representative Chip Roy wrote, "we will be forced to find alternative means to condemn this regrettable statement."