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Terry Dawson, right, the son-in-law of a woman killed by a distracted driver in central Ohio on Christmas Eve 2017, describes how that accident has affected his family and made holidays much harder, at a news conference also attended by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, on Friday, Dec. 20, 2019, in Columbus, Ohio. DeWine said he wants distracted driving made a primary offense and promised a legislative proposal soon. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins)

House pulls distracted driving crackdown from budget bill

Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 file photo, Trump supporters gather outside the Capitol in Washington. A faction of local, county and state Republican officials across the country is pushing lies, misinformation and conspiracy theories online that echo those that helped inspire the violent Capitol insurrection, forcing the GOP into an internal reckoning. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Some local GOP leaders fire up base with conspiracies, lies

By GARANCE BURKE, MARTHA MENDOZA and JULIET LINDERMAN and LARRY FENN - Associated Press

In this Jan. 6, 2021, photo, Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, left, works beside Vice President Mike Pence during the certification of Electoral College ballots in the presidential election, in the House chamber at the Capitol in Washington. Shortly afterward, the Capitol was stormed by rioters determined to disrupt the certification. MacDonough has guided the Senate through two impeachment trials, vexed Democrats and Republicans alike with parliamentary opinions and helped rescue Electoral College certificates from a pro-Trump mob ransacking the Capitol. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House passes $1.9T pandemic bill on near party-line vote

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

In this file photo, Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs & Senate Rules and Administration joint hearing on Capitol Hill, Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, to examine the January 6th attack on the Capitol. (Erin Scott/The New York Times via AP, Pool) **FILE**

Sen. Rick Scott woos CPAC to bridge divide between Trump, Mitch McConnell

By S.A. Miller and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

The Conservative Political Action Conference is underway in Orlando, Florida — poised to find a way forward in a complicated playing field. (Image courtesy of CPAC)

Inside the Beltway: CPAC poised to show the way forward

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Former Gov. Jennifer Granholm, D-Mich., testifies before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee during a hearing to examine her nomination to be Secretary of Energy, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP)

Former Michigan Gov. Granholm confirmed as energy secretary

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., chair of the Senate Budget Committee, heads to the chamber as senators arrive for votes on President Joe Biden's cabinet nominees, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Minimum wage hike out of order for COVID-19 relief bill, Senate parliamentarian rules

By David Sherfinski and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 16, 2020, photo, from left, Harrison Floyd and Paris Dennard of President Donald Trump's reelection campaign black voter outreach effort and Kamilah Prince, the Republican National Committee's director of African American engagement participate in "Black Voices for Trump" event at Philadelphia's First Immanuel Baptist Church. Trump's reelection campaign is reaching out to black voters through one of their communities' most important institutions — black churches. (AP Photo/Elana Schor) **FILE**

The GOP is not extinct, it’s more diverse than ever

By Paris Dennard

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., talks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, on the fourth day of the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Despite GOP outcry, Cassidy ‘at peace’ with impeachment vote

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., delivers remarks to media after registering as a candidate to run as an incumbent in Baton Rouge, La., Friday, July 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Bill Cassidy, Louisiana Republican, ‘such at peace’ with Donald Trump impeachment vote

By Melinda Deslatte - Associated Press

South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Drew McKissick introduces U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina at a get-out-the-vote rally on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

In backing South Carolina GOP chair, Trump remains active

By MEG KINNARD - Associated Press

President Donald Trump gives thumbs up, as he departs after speaking from the Blue Room Balcony of the White House to a crowd of supporters, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump to stake claim as presumptive 2024 GOP nominee at CPAC conference

By Dave Boyer and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Governor could require in-person learning under new GOP bill

Associated Press

In this Oct. 26, 2020, file photo an election worker sorts vote-by-mail ballots at the Miami-Dade County Board of Elections in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Florida is a model for voting. The GOP wants change anyway.

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN - Associated Press

In this Jan. 8, 2021, file photo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom outlines his 2021-2022 state budget proposal during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. The California Republican Party is giving $125,000 to the campaign aimed at recalling Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. The infusion of cash comes at a critical time for organizers, who are required to collect 1.5 million valid petition signatures by mid-March to qualify the proposal for the ballot. The funds will go toward hiring workers to gather signatures. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool, File)

Gavin Newsom recall threatened by California GOP infighting

By Michael R. Blood - Associated Press

In this Feb. 2, 2021, photo, Virginia Sen. Amanda Chase and Republican gubernatorial candidate, speaks from her desk at the Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond, Va. The national Republican Party is at war with itself, struggling to reconcile a bitter divide between former President Donald Trump’s fierce loyalists and those who want Trumpism purged from their party. Chase is a polarizing state senator who seems to have won the hearts and minds of the Trump faithful with her fiercely anti-establishment, pro-gun positions and her embrace of the false notion that Trump is the legitimate winner of the November election. (AP Photo/Ryan M. Kelly)

Judge dismisses Amanda Chase lawsuit over nominating contest

By SARAH RANKIN - Associated Press

Illustration on the future of the GOP by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

A path forward for the GOP in 2022 and 2024

By Henry Barbour

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., listen as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, July 20, 2020, in Washington. Congress is just starting to negotiate new legislation to renew coronavirus aid. But the biggest obstacles to a deal are already coming into view. The Democratic House passed a whopping $3.5 trillion coronavirus response bill more than two months ago and is demanding robust funding to help state and local governments. Republicans want to keep the bill closer to $1 trillion and are insisting on new legal protections for schools, businesses, and charities that are trying to reopen. It’s up to top congressional leaders to bridge the gaps as they negotiate with President Donald Trump's White House. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Bring on the GOP shadow Cabinet

By Tom Basile

Former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer speaks during a news conference in Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, in the San Pedro section of Los Angeles. Faulconer announced Monday he is entering the race for California governor. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

GOP infighting in post-Trump era threatens California recall

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2015 file photo, Sen. Jim Hendren, R-Gravette, speaks in the Senate chamber at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark. Hendren, a longtime Arkansas legislator and nephew of the state's Republican governor said Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, he's leaving the GOP, citing Donald Trump's rhetoric and the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol by the former president's supporters. Hendren closed the door on seeking the party's nomination for governor next year, but not as an independent. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)

Arkansas state senator says he’s leaving Republican Party

By ANDREW DeMILLO - Associated Press