The WY and the wherefore: Liz Cheney’s loss

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Wyoming’s sole representative in the House, once a Republican leading light and now a pariah for her views on Donald Trump, has been <a href="https://www.economist.com/united-states/2022/08/17/liz-cheney-is-vanquished-by-donald-trump?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np& ...  Show more

Liz Cheney had been a rising Republican star. Now the staunch conservative has been <a href="https://www.economist.com/united-states/2021/05/09/liz-cheney-a-republican-critic-of-donald-trump-has-lost-her-job-in-house-leadership?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm ...  Show more

The insurrection’s horrors might have marked a turning point for Donald Trump’s supporters and enablers. Not so; the people and the politics <a href="https://www.economist.com/united-states/the-insurrection-one-year-on/21807018?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_so ...  Show more

Letitia James, New York’s attorney general, announced a sweeping <a href="https://www.economist.com/united-states/2022/09/21/donald-trump-faces-a-sweeping-new-lawsuit?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous. ...  Show more