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Kari Lake settles election defamation case brought by Arizona official

By Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, The Washington Post (c) 2024 PHOENIX – A year-long defamation case against Kari Lake, who falsely blamed a local Arizona election official for her 2022 defeat for governor and has sowed distrust in American election systems, has been settled. The details of the settlement are confidential, according to two people familiar […]

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Kari Lake settles election defamation case brought by Arizona official

By Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, The Washington Post (c) 2024 PHOENIX – A year-long defamation case against Kari Lake, who falsely blamed a local Arizona election official for her 2022 defeat for governor and has sowed distrust in American election systems, has been settled. The details of the settlement are confidential, according to two people familiar […]

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Speaker Johnson moves to block release of ethics report on Matt Gaetz

 By Meryl Kornfield, Marianna Sotomayor, Paul Kane, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) said Friday that he will urge the House Ethics Committee to suppress its report into former congressman Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) and block the Senate Judiciary Committee from viewing the investigation, an unusual intervention that could shape a divisive nomination fight. “I’m […]

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Speaker Johnson moves to block release of ethics report on Matt Gaetz

 By Meryl Kornfield, Marianna Sotomayor, Paul Kane, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) said Friday that he will urge the House Ethics Committee to suppress its report into former congressman Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) and block the Senate Judiciary Committee from viewing the investigation, an unusual intervention that could shape a divisive nomination fight. “I’m […]

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Why Thune won: Small-state senators rally around their own, not Trump

By Paul Kane (c) 2024 , The Washington Post In choosing their Senate majority leader, Republicans turned to a consummate insider from the fourth-smallest state by population, a 20-year veteran without close ties to the incoming president. Sen. John Thune (South Dakota) overcame doubts about his past criticism of President-elect Donald Trump and won his […]

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Why Thune won: Small-state senators rally around their own, not Trump

By Paul Kane (c) 2024 , The Washington Post In choosing their Senate majority leader, Republicans turned to a consummate insider from the fourth-smallest state by population, a 20-year veteran without close ties to the incoming president. Sen. John Thune (South Dakota) overcame doubts about his past criticism of President-elect Donald Trump and won his […]