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In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with US President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff during a meeting in Saint Petersburg on April 11, 2025. (Photo by Gavriil Grigorov / POOL / AFP)

Lawmakers call Trump's envoy a "traitor"

Garrett Owen
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) departs a House Republican Conference Meeting at the U.S. Capitol on February 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Epstein files push reveals GOP schism

Garrett Owen
US President Donald Trump delivers his inaugural address after being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States in the Rotunda of the US Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (CHIP SOMODEVILLA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

GOP Rep.: Let's axe Trump's tariff power

Griffin Eckstein
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) speaks with Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as members of the U.S. House of Representatives gather for a second round of voting for the next speaker at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday October 18, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Jordan wants to back out as GOPers rebel

Igor Derysh
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Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, center, the Republican nominee for speaker of the House, is seen on the House floor of the U.S. Capitol after he did not receive enough votes to become speaker on Tuesday, October 17, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

GOPer: Jordan allies harassing spouses

Gabriella Ferrigine
Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) speaks to reporters on his way to a closed-door GOP caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol January 10, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

The myth of the "moderate Republican"

Norman Solomon, Jeff Cohen
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