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The Republican establishment is on the verge of extinction. Donald Trump’s first term wasn’t enough to kill it off: Trump came into office in 2017 with establishment figures such as Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan leading the party in Congress, and Trump’s own vice president, Mike Pence, had been chosen for that role as a reassurance to the old guard. Trump made some efforts to staff his administration with outsiders, but the likes of Steve Bannon or the ill-fated Rex Tillerson were heavily outnumbered by Republicans who would have been just as happy – or a great deal happier – to serve in another Bush administration.  This time, though, things are

Intelligence about the activities of Egyptian, Jordanian and Lebanese Islamists will rapidly implicate Qatar and Turkey as the Brotherhood’s key international sponsors

The mayor-in-waiting is the latest Democrat to be away from home when tragedy hits

What involvement should the US have in the Israel-Iran conflict?

‘Our aviation regulations are written in blood,’ said Senator Tammy Duckworth

It’s the first initiative FLOTUS has backed in the second term

Plus: Inside Congress’s fight over IVF & Trump gets an approval boost

It seems clear that, even as much as many enduring members of the Republican Party coalition would like, there is no going back

At least it seems like the secretary of state is having fun

Plus: Biden book market goes bust

‘It’s time now for the Senate to have a say in who serves in this position’

DeSantis’s new senior advisor Jeff Roe left Glenn Youngkin on bad terms