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Six-term Rep. Mo Brooks loses Senate bid in Alabama

WASHINGTON — An early favorite who had Donald Trump’s endorsement until the former president took it back, Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks lost a turbulent campaign for the Republican nomination for Senate on Tuesday.

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Trump-backed Britt defeats Brooks in Alabama Republican Senate runoff

Katie Britt has secured the GOP nomination for an Alabama U.S. Senate seat, ousting U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks in a runoff, according to a race call by The Associated Press.

WEKU

Key takeaways from the Georgia-focused Jan. 6 hearing

ATLANTA — The U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol turned its focus Tuesday to former President Donald Trump’s direct involvement in a scheme to pressure state and local officials to overturn his defeat in Georgia.

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Rebuked again: Trump’s picks for House seats in Georgia go bust

ATLANTA — Georgia Republican voters rebuked Donald Trump for the second time in a month Tuesday by rejecting his picks for a pair of open U.S. House seats, another blow to the former president after his attempt to unseat Gov. Brian Kemp and other incumbents collapsed.

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GOP Senator Ron Johnson wanted to intervene for Trump on Jan. 6

WASHINGTON — Ron Johnson, a staunch ally of Donald Trump and the most vulnerable Senate Republican, attempted to intervene on the former president’s behalf just moments before Congress met to certify the election results on Jan. 6, 2021, the House panel investigating the attack on the Capitol that day revealed…

Tribune News Service

Jan. 6 panel examines how Trump pressured officials to overturn election results

A House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection is turning to former President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign on state and local officials to overturn his 2020 election loss.

France 24

Trump lawyers contacted a top Pa. Republican every day during 2020 pressure campaign, Jan. 6 committee says

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania House Speaker Bryan Cutler received daily phone calls from former President Donald Trump’s lawyers and saw protests outside his house amid a pressure campaign to overturn the results of the state’s 2020 presidential election, he told the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attacks.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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The Trump campaign tried to use fake electors, says Rep. Adam Schiff

Schiff details how Trump and his campaign "were directly involved in advancing and coordinating the plot to replace Biden electors with fake electors not chosen by the voters."

WEKU

Six-term Rep. Mo Brooks loses Senate bid in Alabama - Roll Call

Rep. Mo Brooks’ loss means his 12-year career on Capitol Hill will end when the current Congress adjourns in January.

Roll Call

EXPLAINER: How platforms dealt with 'RINO hunting' video

When a GOP Missouri U.S. Senate candidate released a video Monday in which he cocked a gun after calling for a hunt of fellow Republicans who he believes are “RINOs,” or Republicans in Name Only, Facebook scraped it off its platform within a few hours

The Independent UK

Top court: Kansas Constitution allows partisan redistricting

Kansas’ highest court has declared that the state constitution does not prohibit partisan gerrymandering

The Independent UK

Jan. 6 committee hearing reveals extent of Trump’s pressure campaign

The committee revealed the breadth of the Trump team's pressure campaign to get state officials to change the 2020 election results.

Axios

Effort urges 1/6 panel lawyer to run Missouri US Senate seat

Former Republican U.S. Sen. John Danforth and others are urging a former federal prosecutor who now serves as an attorney for the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection to make an independent run for one of Missouri’s Senate seats

The Independent UK

After $6 Trillion in COVID Spending, Team Biden Is Still Complaining About a Lack of Pandemic Funds

Democrats passed trillions in pandemic relief but continue to cry poor.

Reason

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Salon

Day 4: The most pivotal Jan. 6 hearing

Tuesday's January 6 hearing wasn't just about Trump's failed coup, but how he may succeed next time

Roll Call

Key results from Tuesday's elections in Alabama, Georgia and Virginia

Virginia's primaries picked challengers to two vulnerable Democrats while Alabama and Georgia held runoff elections.

The Independent UK

Five key takeaways from January 6 hearing on Trump pressure campaign against states

Lawmakers focused on efforts to pressure state officials

Salon

Fox host fact-checks Dr. Oz poll claim

“I think I should be favored. I think I probably am," Oz insisted

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The Independent UK

Jan. 6 takeaways: Trump's 'playbook' to overturn election

The Independent UK

South Dakota AG who ran over and killed pedestrian convicted in impeachment trial

Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg was driving home from a GOP fundraiser when he fatally hit 55-year-old Joseph Boeyer

The Independent UK

Texas GOP's swing to far right cemented with party platform

Ten years ago, the Texas Republican Party used its platform to oppose teaching critical thinking in schools

Salon

GOP payback: Impeaching Merrick Garland

The GOP is upset with Garland's apparent failure to wield the law to their liking

Roll Call

Officials tell panel how they impeded Trump’s demands to overturn election

GOP state officials detailed for the Jan. 6 select committee their resistance to Donald Trump's demands they overturn the 2020 election.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Greitens says violent video about hunting people was meant to be humorous

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens hit the conservative talk radio circuit Tuesday, arguing that a campaign video showing him storming a house with soldiers in search of “Republicans in name only” was intended to be a humorous metaphor.

Roll Call

'We'll have catastrophe': Jan. 6 committee warns Trump-led threat to elections is ongoing - Roll Call

The Jan. 6 committee chair warned Donald Trump-backed elections threats remain as a top Arizona Republican defied the former president.

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