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Liz Cheney Is Ready to Lose. But She’s Not Ready to Quit.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — It was just over a month before her primary, but Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming was nowhere near the voters weighing her future. Ms. Cheney was instead huddled with fellow lawmakers and aides in the Capitol complex, bucking up her allies in a cause she believes is more important than her House […]
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Liz Cheney’s Latest Fans: Democratic Donors
WASHINGTON — As one of the nation’s biggest Democratic donors, the film producer Jeffrey Katzenberg helped make Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton into Hollywood darlings. But this year, he is backing a surprise candidate: Representative Liz Cheney, the staunchly conservative Wyoming Republican. “We agree on little, if anything,” Mr. Katzenberg said in an interview. “But […]
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Jan. 6 Inquiry Votes Aren’t Costing G.O.P. Incumbents in Primaries, Yet
When 35 Republicans defied Donald J. Trump to vote in favor of an independent, bipartisan investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, they immediately braced for backlash from the former president’s most loyal voters. But it hasn’t quite hit as hard as expected — at least not yet. Only one of the 35 […]
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Kevin McCarthy Backs Liz Cheney’s Challenger, Escalating a Party Feud
WASHINGTON — Representative Kevin McCarthy, the House Republican leader, on Thursday endorsed Representative Liz Cheney’s G.O.P. rival for Wyoming’s sole congressional seat, taking the unusual step of intervening in a party primary to oust a onetime ally who has become the prime political target of former President Donald J. Trump. Mr. McCarthy said he was […]
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