Shankar Vedantam examines how self-deception helps us succeed at things like parenting. Then Dr. Melissa Deckman describes the main findings of a research survey examining attitudes, affiliations, and beliefs of QAnon.
Record Number of GOP Women in Congress Didn t Come to Compromise
On 02/17/21 at 5:00 AM EST
Photo Illustration by Gluekit for Newsweek; Cheney: Chip Somodevilla/Getty; Stefanik & Kim: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call/Getty; Greene: Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call/Getty
In early February, just one day after the House banished Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene from congressional committees for incendiary behavior and two days after GOP lawmakers decided by secret ballot to allow Wyoming Representative Liz Cheney to retain her leadership position despite her vote to impeach Donald Trump, a third drama involving Republican women was unfolding in upstate New York. In a case over disputed ballots in the state s 22nd congressional district, a judge ruled in favor of Republican Claudia Tenney, handing her victory over Democrat Anthony Brandisi by a mere 109 votes thereby settling the last undecided race of the 2020 election. That decis