Author: Michael Kranish

Washington Post – Politics:

Kevin McCarthy, 57, arrives at the position he has long sought only after pledging fealty to former president Donald Trump and his party’s right-wing base.

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Derrick Van Orden attended the Jan. 6 “Stop the Steal” rally and marched to the Capitol, though he says he never entered. Now he’s headed to Congress.

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In supporting a bill that critics called “don’t say gay,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis compares his attack on “big corporations” to Reagan’s assault on “big government.”

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In Trump’s White House, she had extraordinary access and in the eyes of many White House staffers, she had inordinate power.

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With raw emotion, former Justice Department officials described to the Jan. 6 committee how close the department came to catastrophe.

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Jeffrey Clark, a mid-level Justice Department official, wanted Trump to name him attorney general in a plan aimed at potentially overturning the election.

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The former congressman played a key role in Trump’s effort to overturn the election, according to his texts, congressional investigations and interviews.

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As Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) went to extraordinary lengths to court Trump’s base and lay the groundwork for his own potential 2024 presidential bid, he also alienated close allies and longtime friends who accused him of abandoning his principals.

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In his 16th year as the Senate’s top Republican, McConnell is increasingly playing the role of a conflicted and compromised booster of Trump’s interests — not a leader with his own vision.