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

Today, Liz Cheney, the No. 3 Republican in the House, is expected to be removed from her leadership position.

She has found herself on a lonely political island by continuing to speak out against former President Donald Trump.

We look at the factors behind her oust ...

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 Wyoming Republican will likely lose her primary, but she’s winning over a lot of Democrats in the process. This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Amina Al-Sadi and Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Efim Shapiro, and hosted by Noel Ki ...  Show more