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Longtime Senator, Former VP Candidate Joe Lieberman Dies At Age 82 Longtime Senator, Former VP Candidate Joe Lieberman Dies At Age 82
Longtime Senator, Former VP Candidate Joe Lieberman Dies At Age 82 Joe Lieberman, who represented Connecticut in the US Senate for more than two decades and ran alongside Al Gore during his historically unsuccessful bid for the White House in 2000, has died at the age of 82. The Democrat-turned-Independent died Wednesday, March 27, in New York after suffering complications from a fall, according to NBC News. "Senator Lieberman’s love of God, his family, and America endured throughout his life of service in the public interest," the outlet quoted his family as saying. News of his death sparked a flood of tributes from across the political spectrum. A…

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by Michael Mashburn
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NY Congresswoman Could Be In Line For Leadership Post If GOP Ousts Liz Cheney NY Congresswoman Could Be In Line For Leadership Post If GOP Ousts Liz Cheney
NY Congresswoman Could Be In Line For Leadership Post If GOP Ousts Liz Cheney One Republican’s loss could be a gain for a controversial congresswoman in New York. Outspoken Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney is being pushed out as the third-ranking member of the GOP caucus by other Republicans after speaking out against former President Donald Trump, and in her stead, upstate New York Congresswoman Elise Stefanik is reportedly making moves to replace her. Stefanik, who has staunchly supported and stood by Trump, is working behind the scenes to whip up enough support to replace Cheney, according to reports, with few challengers stepping up to stand in her way. Related…

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by Zak Failla
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Trump Becomes Only President To Be Impeached Twice, This Time For 'Incitement Of Insurrection' Trump Becomes Only President To Be Impeached Twice, This Time For 'Incitement Of Insurrection'
Trump Becomes Only President To Be Impeached Twice, This Time For 'Incitement Of Insurrection' Donald John Trump is now the only president in U.S. history to be impeached twice by the House of Representatives. On Wednesday, Jan. 13 - just a week before the inauguration of president-elect Joe Biden and a week after the deadly pro-Trump riot at the Capitol building - the U.S. House voted to impeach Trump, a Republican, by a margin of 232-197 on one charge of incitement of insurrection. View the impeachment resolution here The vote was bipartisan. All 222 Democrats voted to impeach while 10 Republicans also did so, including GOP Conference Chair Liz Cheney of Wyoming, daughter of form…

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by Kristin Palpini