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A Russian construction worker speaks on a mobile phone during a ceremony marking the start of Nord Stream pipeline construction in Portovaya Bay some 170 kms (106 miles) north-west from St. Petersburg, Russia on April 9, 2010. Surging energy prices and fear of a Russian invasion of Ukraine are making European leaders think hard about energy security — particularly their decades-old reliance on Moscow for natural gas. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, File)

EXCLUSIVE: Ads blast Senate Democrats for killing Russia-pipeline sanctions bill

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Texas Democrat gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke speaks during a campaign event in Fort Worth, Texas Friday, Dec. 3, 2021. O'Rourke said Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, that his campaign for Texas governor raised $7.2 million in the first six weeks of a race that could wind up as one of the nation's most expensive in 2022. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Texas kicks off primary season with tests for Trump voters, far-left candidates, new voting laws

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Among conservatives, Ted Cruz’s star eclipsed by the rise of Ron DeSantis

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Sen. Ted Cruz draws cheers at CPAC, encouraging resistance to the left

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and fellow Republicans speaks to reporters about crime at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Ted Cruz says he won’t engage in attacks against Biden’s Supreme Court pick

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

A person in a pickup truck and trailer blocking Wellington Street watches as a semi-trailer truck drives away, during an ongoing protest against COVID-19 measures that has grown into a broader anti-government protest, in Ottawa, Ontario, on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)

In GOP embrace of truckers, some see racist double standard

By Corey Williams and Sara Burnett - Associated Press

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, arrives for a closed-door briefing on Afghanistan on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Republicans refuse to let Democrats off the hook as lawmakers reframe messaging amid surging crime

By Kerry Picket and Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., listens during a hearing of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Senate Democrats in tough races defy Biden on Nord Stream 2 sanctions

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks during a committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021, in Washington. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

Who is Ray Epps? Who is John Galt?

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, second from right, speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Senators throw jabs at each other ahead of tough vote for sanctions on Russian pipeline

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., speaks to members of the Senate Judiciary Committee during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades) **FILE**

Senate Dems offer sanctions-lite on Russian pipeline as an alternative to tougher GOP bill

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks during a committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021, in Washington. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

Cruz, Cotton grill DOJ officials over Capitol riot mystery man Ray Epps

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this file photo, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Georgia Republican, listens during a news conference about the treatment of people being held in the District of Columbia jail who are charged with crimes in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. Ms. Greene has criticized Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, for describing the Jan. 6 incident as "terrorism." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Marjorie Taylor Greene hits ‘very irresponsible’ Ted Cruz for equating Jan. 6 riot to terrorism

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, questions nominee for Secretary of Commerce, Gina Raimondo, during her Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee confirmation hearing, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP)

Ted Cruz: ‘Multiple grounds to consider’ for Biden impeachment if GOP wins House

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation in the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021 in Washington. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool via AP)

Sen. Ted Cruz ‘absolutely’ open to 2024 run for president, says history is on his side

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks during a hearing to examine the nomination of Nicholas Burns to U.S. Ambassador to China during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Senate Republicans introduce bill to crack down on Palestine ‘martyr payments’

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Ted Cruz: Texas secession in play if Democrats ‘fundamentally destroy’ U.S.

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz gestures as he speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Jerusalem, Monday, May 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner) ** FILE **

Sen. Cruz to blast AG Garland over Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate

By Emily Zantow - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks during a hearing to examine the nomination of Nicholas Burns to U.S. Ambassador to China during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Cruz clashes with TikTok exec over Chinese espionage, propaganda allegations

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, in Washington in this file photo. On Oct. 19, Mr. Cruz announced he's drafted legislation called the Stop the Surge Act, which he said would bring the border problems straight to “where Democrat elites host their cocktail parties.” (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Ted Cruz wants to ship illegal immigrants to Democratic states

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times