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Speaker McCarthy’s job at risk after House votes to move ahead with hard-right effort to oust him

By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s grip on the gavel was at serious risk Tuesday after the House voted to move ahead with a historic effort by hard-right critics to oust the embattled Republican leader from the job. The dramatic showdown forced by McCarthy’s chief rival, Rep.

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Speaker McCarthy’s job at risk after House votes to move ahead with hard-right effort to oust him

By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s grip on the gavel was at serious risk Tuesday after the House voted to move ahead with a historic effort by hard-right critics to oust the embattled Republican leader from the job. The dramatic showdown forced by McCarthy’s chief rival, Rep.

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Idaho and Missouri shift to Republican presidential caucuses after lawmakers cancel primaries

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republicans in Idaho and Missouri will have to attend caucuses to make their presidential picks next year after the two states’ GOP-led legislatures canceled their presidential primaries and then missed a deadline to reinstate them. Presidential caucuses in both states are planned March 2,

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Judges aiming to give Black voters more influence in Alabama set to redraw congressional districts

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge says the court will swiftly adopt new congressional map for Alabama after ruling the state should have a second district with a substantial percentage of Black voters. U.S. District Judge Stanley Marcus said Tuesday that the three-judge panel will rule shortly on the

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