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The azaleas are beginning to pop as Jordan Spieth chips to the 13th green during his practice round for the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Tuesday, April 6, 2021, in Augusta, Ga. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP) **FILE**

Augusta National plays through debate over Georgia voting law

By Paul Newberry - Associated Press

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp listens to a question during a news conference at the State Capitol on Saturday, April 3, 2021, in Atlanta, about Major League Baseball's decision to pull the 2021 All-Star Game from Atlanta over the league's objection to a new Georgia voting law. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Georgia voting fight sets the stage for Kemp’s 2022 run

By BEN NADLER - Associated Press

Alabama Rep. Neil Rafferty speaks in support of transgender rights during a rally outside the Alabama State House in Montgomery, Ala., on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. (Jake Crandall/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)

N.C. bill would ban treatment for trans people under 21

By BRYAN ANDERSON - Associated Press

In this undated photo, provided by NY Governor's Press Office on Saturday March 27, 2021, is the new "Excelsior Pass" app, a digital pass that people can download to show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test. Vaccine passports being developed to verify COVID-19 immunization status and allow inoculated people to more freely travel, shop and dine have become the latest flash point in America’s perpetual political wars, with Republicans portraying them as a heavy-handed intrusion into personal freedom and private health choices. (NY Governor's Press Office via AP, File)

Vaccine passports are latest flash point in COVID politics

By MARK SCOLFORO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2019, file photo Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., walks off the House floor as House of Representatives takes up articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Gaetz sex probe suddenly threatens a speedy Washington rise

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 2, 2020 file photo, Attorney Lin Wood, member of President Donald Trump's legal team, gestures while speaking during a rally in Alpharetta, Ga. In South Carolina, where Donald Trump's 2016 primary victory marked a turning point in solidifying his nomination, and where support for him remained high throughout his term in office, the contest to lead the state's Republican Party is turning into a debate over whose support for the former president is highest.(AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Trump looms large in race for South Carolina GOP chairman

By MEG KINNARD - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 17, 2013, file photo, candidate for Governor of Virginia, Pete Snyder, center, gestures as he talks to delegates during the opening of the Virginia Republican convention in Richmond, Va. The top GOP contenders for governor in Virginia say “election integrity” is a high priority. The candidates say change is needed to restore credibility to the voting process, whether that involves tightening voter ID laws, making the Department of Elections politically independent, or cleaning up voter rolls. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

‘Election integrity’ becomes key buzzword in VA GOP race

By MATTHEW BARAKAT - Associated Press

Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel speaks during a news conference at the Republican National Committee, Monday, Nov. 9, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

RNC to defend Georgia, Iowa election laws in court

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 14, 2020 file photo, a voter, right, shows her identification to a Harris County election clerk before voting, in Houston. Texas Republicans advanced a slate of proposed new voting restrictions Thursday, April 1, 2021, that would reduce options to cast ballots, limit polling hours and hand more power to partisan poll watchers. All those efforts are rolled into a single bill that cleared the GOP-controlled state Senate — a key marker in a campaign by Republicans, including Gov. Greg Abbott, to impose new restrictive measures over elections in America's biggest red state. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Corporate criticism of GOP-led voting bills spreads to Texas

By PAUL J. WEBER - Associated Press

North Dakota House approves Ten Commandments school bill

By JAMES MacPHERSON - Associated Press

New Jersey becomes latest to offer early in-person voting

By MIKE CATALINI - Associated Press

Kansas House Taxation Committee Chair Adam Smith, R-Weskan, watches one of the chamber's electronic tally boards as member approve a bill cutting income taxes, Tuesday, March 30, 2021, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The House's measure cuts taxes $284 million over three years, about $1 billion less than a plan from the Senate. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

GOP pushes through smaller plan for Kansas income tax cuts

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 28, 2015, file photo, electricians, Adam Hall, right, and Steven Gabert install solar panels on a roof for Arizona Public Service company in Goodyear, Ariz. As states across the U.S. West beef up their renewable energy mandates, a push to do so in Arizona has been met by fierce resistance from the Republican governor and GOP-dominated Legislature. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

GOP lawmakers take aim at Arizona renewable energy standards

By JONATHAN J. COOPER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2020 file photo, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks at Beech Woods Recreation Center, in Southfield, Mich. Whitmer's office said Thursday, March 18, 2021, that the state and her former health director amended his $155,000 severance deal to remove a confidentiality clause that had drawn criticism. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Michigan GOP plans to sidestep Gretchen Whitmer, enact election changes

By David Eggert - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 27, 2021, file photo, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Fla. Ambitious Republicans are starting to make moves in Iowa, long a proving ground for future presidents. Their first step is finding out whether activists there have gotten over the last one. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

GOP 2024 contenders enter Iowa, wary of Trump’s long shadow

By THOMAS BEAUMONT - Associated Press

This August, 2020 photo, shows Ron Weiser, left, chairman of the Michigan Republican Party, and Ronna Romney McDaniel, National Republican Committee chairwoman. Michigan Republicans, once the national model for the party's mainstream, have lurched sharply rightward in the past decade. (David Guralnick/Detroit News via AP)

Michigan GOP chair calls top Democratic women ‘witches’

By DAVID EGGERT - Associated Press

President Joe Biden talks to members of the media before walking to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, March 26, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden: New Georgia election law is an ‘atrocity’

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, March 25, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Joe Biden puts GOP on notice in long-delayed press conference

By Seth McLaughlin and David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks greets supporters as he announces his campaign for U.S. Senate during a rally, Monday, March 22, 2021, in Huntsville, Ala. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler)

In Senate race, combative Brooks leans into Trump ties

By KIM CHANDLER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021 file photo, Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ark., speaks in Washington, at a rally in support of President Donald Trump called the &quot;Save America Rally.&quot; Brooks, teasing the announcement of a possible run for U.S. Senate, has scheduled a campaign rally on Monday, March 22, 2021, where he will be joined by former President Donald Trump adviser Stephen Miller. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

GOP firebrand US Rep. Mo Brooks enters Alabama Senate race

By KIM CHANDLER - Associated Press