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GOP-controlled Legislature advancing anti-abortion measures

By BOB CHRISTIE - 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

Sen. Jim Hendren, R-Gravette, speaks against reauthorized funding for the &quot;private option&quot; program that uses federal Medicaid funds to purchase private insurance for low-income Arkansas residents in the Senate chamber at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. The Senate voted to continue the state's compromise Medicaid expansion plan. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

Jim Hendren, Arkansas Republican, leaves party over Donald Trump, Capitol riot

By Andrew DeMillo - Associated Press

FILE—In this file photo from Dec. 19, 2019, Dayton mayor Nan Whaley gives an interview in her office in Dayton, Ohio. Whaley says she won't seek a third term, raising expectations the Democrat will seek higher office just days after she criticized Republican Gov. Mike DeWine. (AP Photo/Daniel Sewell, File)

From city halls, the plea for COVID-19 aid is bipartisan

By BILL BARROW - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2018 file photo, Doug Wardlow, an attorney general candidate greets supporters during a campaign stop in St. Cloud, Minn. Republican Doug Wardlow announced Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, he's running again for Minnesota attorney general. Wardlow lost the 2018 race to Democrat Keith Ellison by about 4 percentage points. (Dave Schwarz/The St. Cloud Times via AP File)

Republican Doug Wardlow runs for Minnesota attorney general

By STEVE KARNOWSKI - Associated Press

One America News has had the most online growth of any conservative news site, according to a study from SimiliarWeb, an industry group. (One America News)

Inside the Beltway: ‘Right-leaning’ news audience thrives

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Lara Trump, the wife of Eric Trump, speaks during a campaign event for President Donald Trump at The Westin hotel in Las Vegas Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP)

Richard Burr’s retirement, impeachment vote fuels talk of Lara Trump Senate run in North Carolina

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

In this image from video, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks after the Senate acquitted former President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. Trump was accused of inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and the acquittal gives him a historic second victory in the court of impeachment. (Senate Television via AP)

Sorry Sen. McConnell: Most Republicans want Trump to play a big role in GOP

By Kelly Sadler - The Washington Times

Maine GOP to consider rebuking Collins over impeachment vote

By DAVID SHARP - Associated Press

Murkowski says she can’t fear fallout for impeachment vote

By BECKY BOHRER - Associated Press

Alaska Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski speaks to reporters during a visit to the state Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, in Juneau, Alaska. Murkowski said she knows there could be political consequences for her vote to convict former President Donald Trump during his recent impeachment trial but says she can't be afraid of that. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Lisa Murkowski stands up against censure threat over Trump impeachment vote

By Becky Bohrer - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., fields questions from reporters about an impeachment trial in the Senate shortly after Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announced House Democrats are pushing ahead with formal charges against President Donald Trump saying he has put U.S. elections and national security at risk, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Donald Trump rips Mitch McConnell, promises MAGA primary challengers

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this image from video, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, speaks after the Senate acquitted former President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. Trump was accused of inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and the acquittal gives him a historic second victory in the court of impeachment. (Senate Television via AP)

Maine GOP weighs rebuking Susan Collins over impeachment vote

By David Sharp - Associated Press

Stand Up America, a national liberal advocacy group, and its partners in Arizona mobilized to stop legislation they labeled "GOP voter suppression bills." (Associated Press)

Activists fight against GOP state proposals to tighten election rules

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Former president Donald Trump is "ready to move on and rebuild the Republican Party and is excited about 2022,” Sen. Lindsey Graham said on “Fox News Sunday,” dubbing the Republican comeback strategy “Trump plus.” (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Sen. Lindsey Graham: Trump ‘ready to move on,’ rebuild GOP to retake Congress in 2022

By Dave Boyer and S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Democratic House impeachment managers, from left, Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Colo., depart the Senate chamber after the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump ended, at the Capitol in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. Trump was found not guilty of the charge of inciting the January 6 attack on the Congress by a mob of his supporters. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Jamie Raskin: Impeachment a ‘dramatic success’ despite Trump acquittal

By Ryan Lovelace and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

The U.S. Capitol is seen through a fence with barbed wire during the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in Washington, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

The Latest: Biden says all Americans must ‘defend the truth’

Associated Press

FILE - In this May 28, 2019 file photo Arizona Republican Sen. Paul Boyer, at the podium, is seen with Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey during a news conference in Phoenix. For months, four elected Republicans and one Democrat on the board overseeing Arizona's most populous county have been facing threats and harassment for backing election results that saw Democrat Joe Biden win the state. That fury from some backers of President Donald Trump moved on this week to Boyer a Republican state senator, who had to change his phone number, move his wife and young son and get police protection after he voted against a measure to subject the supervisors to arrest for refusing to hand election materials over to the Senate. (AP Photo/Jonathan J. Cooper, File)

Months after Biden win, Arizona officials still face threats

By BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press

GOP calls for ethics investigation into state official

Associated Press

A Miami-Dade County Elections Department employee places a vote-by-mail ballot for the August 18 primary election into a box for rejected ballots as the canvassing board meets at the Miami-Dade County Elections Department, Thursday, July 30, 2020, in Doral, Fla. President Donald Trump is for the first time publicly floating a &quot;delay&quot; to the Nov. 3 presidential election, as he makes unsubstantiated allegations that increased mail-in voting will result in fraud. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Mellissa Carone, Jesse Morgan say FBI dismissed vote fraud claims

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times