Politics

ABOVE PHOTO: Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C. speaks during the Republican Party of Polk County Lincoln Dinner, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, in West Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) By Thomas Beaumont ASSOCIATED PRESS  DES MOINES, Iowa — As Sen. Tim Scott weighs mounting a 2024 presidential candidacy, the Republican was in Iowa last Wednesday delivering…

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ABOVE PHOTO: President Joe Biden walks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Cathedral on a surprise visit, Monday, Feb. 20, 2023, in Kyiv. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci) By Evan Vucci, John Leicester, Aamer Madhani and Zeke Miller ASSOCIATED PRESS  KYIV, Ukraine — President Joe Biden paid an unannounced visit to Ukraine on…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 25, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) By Kevin Freking And Lisa Mascaro ASSOCIATED PRESS  WASHINGTON — The Republican-led House voted after raucous debate Thursday to oust Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar from the chamber’s Foreign Affairs…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) speaks with journalists outside his office on Capitol Hill Jan. 26, 2023. (Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images) By Kevin Freking ASSOCIATED PRESS  WASHINGTON — Republican Rep. George Santos of New York told GOP colleagues Tuesday he is temporarily stepping down from his two congressional committees, a move that comes…

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ABOVE PHOTO: The letter from House Oversight Committee chairman Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., to Debra Steidel Wall, archivist of the United States, is photographed Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. Newly empowered House Republicans on Sunday demanded the White House turn over all information related to its searches that have uncovered classified documents at President Joe Biden’s…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Linda Brown prepares bags of food to distribute at a food distribution held by the Farm Share food bank, Wednesday, July 20, 2022, in Miami. Long lines are back at food banks around the U.S. as working Americans overwhelmed by inflation turn to handouts to help feed their families. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) By…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Janet Piroleau poses for a photo on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022, at her home in Atlanta. Piroleau left the Democratic Party in 2016, during Trump’s first run for office, and now votes Republican. (AP Photo/Ben Gray) By Ayanna Alexander And Gary Fields ASSOCIATED PRESS  WASHINGTON — Black voters have been a steady foundation…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Sunrise at the U.S. Capitol, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022 in Washington. The House and the Senate are set to pass an overhaul of the Electoral Count Act, the arcane election law that then-President Donald Trump tried to subvert after his 2020 election defeat. Democrats and Republicans have been working on the legislation since…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Republican candidate for New York’s 3rd Congressional District George Santos campaigns outside a Stop and Shop store, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022, in Glen Cove, N.Y. Santos, who won a seat in Congress in the November election is under pressure to explain himself amid evidence that he fabricated parts of the life story that…

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ABOVE PHOTO: A video presentation plays as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds its final meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) By Steve Peoples ASSOCIATED PRESS  NEW YORK — The Republican Party quickly and forcefully rallied behind Donald Trump in…

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