Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene’s sudden resignation underscored the fragility of the G.O.P. majority, and exposed deep discontent on the right going into the midterm elections.
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene in February 2021, the day after the Democratic-majority House voted to remove her from her committee assignments.
Again and again, President Trump has wielded the power that comes with the loyalty of his party’s base and an enormous war chest that he can leverage against opponents.
Ms. Greene, who was elected in 2020, had positioned herself as a die-hard Trump supporter until a series of recent ruptures with the president, who recently unendorsed her.
State officials have asked the justices to allow it to use a newly redrawn map for the 2026 midterms, part of a nationwide redistricting push by President Trump.
Protesters in the rotunda of the Texas Capitol in August as lawmakers debated a redrawn congressional map. The map created five new Republican-favored seats.
Before casting a crucial vote for the health secretary, the top Senate Republican laid out several specific commitments he had secured, some of which appear to have been breached.
Still the favorites, Republicans have grown nervous about a House special election that could show whether the political environment continues to shift leftward.
Aftyn Behn, a Democrat, is facing off against Matt Van Epps, a Republican, in a House special election for a district in Tennessee that President Trump won by more than 22 percentage points last year.
The president sought to take credit for the legislation, despite months of pressure to kill it. The bill has significant exceptions that could mean many documents would stay confidential.
After the State Senate said it would not take up a new map, President Trump said he would support primary challengers against Republicans who bucked him.
Gov. Mike Braun of Indiana and other Republicans have argued that redistricting in Indiana was necessary to counter gerrymandering by Democrats in other states.
Gov. Greg Abbott said the state could now take steps to shut down the Council on American-Islamic Relations. The group said the declaration had no basis in fact or law.
The move dealt a blow to efforts by Texas Republicans and President Trump to flip Democratic seats in the state. Texas quickly filed a notice of appeal to the Supreme Court.
Robyn McCutcheon, the first American diplomat to come out as transgender, helped to shape personnel and foreign policy at the State Department. The country she served doesn’t feel like home anymore.
Ms. McCutcheon embraced her boyfriend, John Quinn, for the last time before she left the country.
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