Politics A.M.: Fox News host Tucker Carlson donated to Marjorie Taylor Greene’s campaign
| Biden launches effort to woo GOP senators on Supreme Court pick; Trump's latest claim that election could have been 'overturned' looms over electoral count debate in Congress; Sen. Luján suffers stroke, expected to make full recovery, his office says; The Trailer: Five takeaways from the fourth fundraising quarter; How redistricting is shaping the 2022 U.S. House map; Mitch McConnell very carefully doesn't reject the idea of Jan. 6 pardons; Lunar New Year would become the 12th federal holiday under a bill before Congress; Critics slam Cruz for saying Biden's vow to nominate first Black woman to Supreme Court is 'offensive'; Trump says congressional investigators should examine why Pence didn't reject electoral college results; Please stop the macabre fantasies about how covid deaths might change politics; Airing 2020 election grievances, Trump appears in first TV ad for Georgia gubernatorial hopeful David Perdue; Michigan GOP candidates draw scrutiny for suggestions to unplug election machines, use firearms to protect observers; The sloppy, patchwork, spaghetti-at-the-wall effort to steal the presidency; Trump asks for a mulligan on saying Pence should've overturned 2020 election |
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| | | |  |  | | The most important politics stories today. | | | | | |  (Richard Drew/AP) The $250 contribution was used to purchase a ticket for the campaign's raffle giveaway of a .50-caliber rifle. By Jeremy Barr ● Read more » | | | The president spoke with pivotal senators, hoping to get in front of what could be a bitter confirmation process for his Supreme Court nominee. By Seung Min Kim ● Read more » | | | | Former president Donald Trump made his first statements in recent days about the 135-year-old federal law governing the counting of electoral votes -- the law he tried use, under a novel legal interpretation, to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The statements loom over efforts underway in Congress to rewrite the law and prevent a recurrence of the unrest following Trump's 2020 loss. By Mike DeBonis ● Read more » | | | The New Mexico Democrat checked himself into a hospital after experiencing dizziness and fatigue, his chief of staff said Tuesday. By Amy B Wang and Mike DeBonis ● Read more » | | | | Campaign stops in Ohio and Pennsylvania, and the unwelcome return of Rod Blagojevich. Analysis ● By David Weigel ● Read more » | | | | The Post is analyzing the 2022 U.S. House map in this redistricting tracker as states finalize their congressional boundaries for the next decade. Republicans and Democrats are going to great lengths to tip districts in their favor and accusations of gerrymandering and lawsuits have followed. Analysis ● By Adrian Blanco, Kevin Schaul and Ashlyn Still ● Read more » | | | | The Senate Majority leader reminds us who drives the priorities of his party. Analysis ● By Philip Bump ● Read more » | | | If approved by Congress, Lunar New Year would become the 12th federally commemorated holiday. By Kim Bellware ● Read more » | | | | Cruz claimed, without evidence, that President Biden's upcoming Supreme Court pick was "actually an insult to Black women," and suggested the president would not nominate the most qualified candidate. By Timothy Bella ● Read more » | | | | The former president says the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection should instead focus on his former vice president's role that day. By John Wagner, Josh Dawsey and Felicia Sonmez ● Read more » | | | | Beyond the repugnance of it, the effect is small. Analysis ● By Philip Bump ● Read more » | | | | In the 30-second spot, the former president takes aim at incumbent GOP Gov. Brian Kemp for not seeking to overturn Joe Biden's victory in Georgia in 2020. By John Wagner ● Read more » | | | The Michigan secretary of state and attorney general, both Democrats, expressed alarm that the candidates would advocate illegal behavior. By John Wagner ● Read more » | | | | The effort was undercut by third parties motivated by virtue — or, at times, their own pettiness. Analysis ● By Philip Bump ● Read more » | | | | Trump's statement Tuesday is ostensibly about attacking the Jan. 6 committee. What it's really about is walking back what he said Sunday. Analysis ● By Aaron Blake ● Read more » | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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