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Trump has faced down Republican dissidents in Congress

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REPUBLICANS ON CAPITOL HILL have a reputation for infighting and not getting much done. January 3rd, the first day of the 119th Congress, featured plenty of infighting. Surprisingly, the House GOP also managed to get something done—the formerly simple process of electing their leader. Yet the uneasy victory of Mike Johnson, the House speaker, looks tame compared with the legislative fights to come.

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Checks and Balance newsletter: Of God and MAGA

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The Hudson is now so clean that everyone can eat from it

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America’s armed forces are supremely capable and roiled by infighting

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