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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks to the media, Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at the Capitol in Washington. McCarthy's decision to unleash a trove of Jan. 6 Capitol attack footage to Fox News' Tucker Carlson has launched a wholesale Republican effort to rewrite the history of the deadly siege. Carlson aired the first installment of some 41,000 hours of security footage on his prime-time show and promised more Tuesday. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

House GOP not sold on Senate-approved repeal of U.S. war powers in Iraq

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

(File photo credit: W. Scott McGill via Shutterstock)

Republicans threaten to defund Biden gun rule that aims to reclassify pistols with braces as rifles

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2023, March 4, 2023, at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. No Republican has done more to restrict abortion rights than Trump. But in the early days of the 2024 presidential contest, no Republican has worked harder to avoid the issue than the former president either. More than his GOP rivals, Trump is sidestepping the polarizing topic just nine months after he celebrated the Supreme Court's stunning decision to strip women’s constitutional right to abortion. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump silent on abortion as 2024 campaign pushes forward

By Steve Peoples - Associated Press

Former Vice President Mike Pence faces reporters after making remarks at a GOP fundraising dinner, Thursday, March 16, 2023, in Keene, N.H. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Mike Pence defends Trump, says Manhattan DA case against former boss is political

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., left, and Sen. John Thune. R-S.D., right, speak during the news conference to introduce the Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information Communications Technology Act, or RESTRICT Act, Tuesday, March 7, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Joe Manchin stakes out a more conservative space as 2024 looms

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, listens during a news conference on the Child Tax Credit, Dec. 7, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Brown has survived a decade of statewide Democratic losses in Ohio by building a reputation as the rare person in his party who can still connect with the white working-class voters who have increasingly shifted to Republicans. But as he heads into what could be a tough reelection, Brown is facing a critical test in the aftermath of a train derailment in an eastern Ohio village.(AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Sen. Sherrod Brown tests ability of a liberal Dem to still connect with Ohio’s blue-collar voters

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Washington Metropolitan Police vehicles hold on the perimeter of the Capitol in Washington, Aug. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

House panel plans broad oversight hearing of D.C. affairs

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event Monday, March 13, 2023, in Davenport, Iowa. (AP Photo/Ron Johnson)

Trump unleashes on DeSantis in Iowa stop

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

GOP primary debates should be with conservative media

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at the Knapp Center on the campus of Drake University, Jan. 30, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. As former President Donald Trump returns to Iowa on Monday, March 13, 2023, he and his team are aiming for a more disciplined approach. They are particularly focused on building the data and digital engagement he will need to convince Iowans to traipse through the cold and snow early next year to participate in the caucuses. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Trump heads to Iowa, DeSantis to headline major N.H. event in early primary start

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2023, March 4, 2023, at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. Trump may hold a tight grasp on much of the Republican base, but there's a notable minority of GOP voters who don’t consider themselves members of his “Make America Great Again” movement. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Anti-Trump GOP voters mostly loyal in 2022, but not entirely

By Hannah Fingerhut - Associated Press

FILE - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis answers questions from the media in the Florida Cabinet following his State of the State address during a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives Tuesday, March 7, 2023, at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. A stricter abortion ban under consideration for Florida could have practical implications for women throughout the South and political implications forDeSantis. (AP Photo/Phil Sears, File)

Florida abortion ban could have impact beyond the state

By Geoff Mulvihill and Anthony Izaguirre - Associated Press

Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., center, and members of the House Freedom Caucus speak against Democratic policies and President Joe Biden's agenda with a focus on the debt limit, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, March 10, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

House Freedom Caucus lays out demands for debt-ceiling raise

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis answers questions from reporters after his State of the State address during a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives on March 7, 2023, at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. DeSantis will be in Iowa on March 10 to introduce himself to an expectant audience of Republicans, making a long-awaited visit ahead of a likely 2024 presidential bid. (AP Photo/Phil Sears)

Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis makes long-anticipated 1st Iowa trip ahead of 2024

By Thomas Beaumont - Associated Press

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, speaks to members of the media after the General Assembly adjourned for the year inside the Rotunda of the State Capitol Building, late Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/John C. Clark) ** FILE **

Va. Gov. Glenn Youngkin stokes 2024 presidential chatter with CNN town hall on education

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Sen Kevin Cramer, R-ND, speaks during a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee oversight hearing, May 20, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP, File)

How House Republicans keep Senate Democrats off balance and out of step with Joe Biden

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis sits with his family before addressing supporters at The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., Sunday, March 5, 2023. DeSantis has quietly begun to expand his political coalition on his terms just as he releases a book, "The Courage to be Free," which comes out Tuesday. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

DeSantis argues U.S. should be like Florida ahead of 2024 bid

By Brendan Farrington and Anthony Izaguirre - Associated Press

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie walks on the stage after President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump spoke on combating drug demand and the opioid crisis in this Oct. 26, 2017, file photo in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

Former N.J. Gov. Chris Christie says Trump isn’t what he used to be

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Fla., on Feb. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/John Raoux) **FILE**

Trump trounces competitors in annual CPAC poll of presidential candidates

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

People attending the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2023, sing the national anthem during the opening session, at the National Harbor, in Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday, March 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Trump promises GOP will never again be led by ‘freaks, neocons, globalists, open borders zealots’

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times