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Yahoo NewsHow will Americans view Mike Pence and his actions on Jan. 6?
Of former Vice President Mike Pence's actions during the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, some believe he's a “savior of the republic," others say he's a “traitor to the cause”, and many believe he "did the right thing.”
Yahoo NewsMarjorie Taylor Greene wins GOP nod for 2nd term in Congress
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has made a name in Washington pushing hard-right conspiracy theories, easily won her party’s nomination for Congress Tuesday.
Yahoo NewsIn 2022, GOP is built around the 'MAGA-verse,' if not always Trump himself
The Republican Party of 2022 consists of a veritable “MAGA-verse,” a sprawling franchise akin to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, centered and branded by the “Trump agenda,” but not always controlled by Trump himself.
Yahoo NewsUkraine aid speed bump highlights power of GOP's isolationist wing
The fight over the latest Ukraine aid package, $40 billion to pay for assistance to Ukraine, saw a large group of far-right Republicans break with their party leadership and oppose the measure.
Yahoo NewsWhat the Republican primaries are telling us about Trump's influence in the GOP
The past three weeks of Republican primary elections have presented a muddled picture of former President Donald Trump’s influence over the GOP, leaving open the question of how strong his grip on the party really is.
Yahoo NewsRepublican Senate race in Pennsylvania too close to call
The race for the Republican Senate nomination between David McCormick and Dr. Mehmet Oz remained too close to call Wednesday morning.
Yahoo NewsMaryland governor tries to grab Reagan mantle with a play to 'exhausted majority'
In a new digital ad provided to Yahoo News, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan builds on a recent speech to the Reagan Foundation in which he lamented an “exhausted majority” of Americans turned off by the extremes of both parties.
Yahoo NewsTrump takes aim at Kathy Barnette as little-known Senate candidate throws Pa. GOP into chaos
Days before Pennsylvania’s primary elections, the Republican Senate nomination has been turned upside down with a late surge from Kathy Barnette, a virtual unknown whose rise has riled former President Donald Trump and his allies.
Yahoo News 360Presidential debates may never be the same — if they even happen
Republicans have pulled out of the commission that has planned the debates for decades, creating real questions about whether we'll see major party candidates square off in 2024 and beyond.
Yahoo NewsMichigan state senator hits back at GOP colleague accusing her of 'grooming' kids
Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow pushed back in a viral speech against the growing trend of Republicans labeling their Democratic opponents as groomers and pedophiles.
Yahoo News'What Supreme Court hearings?' GOP's 2024 hopefuls fail to find a springboard
The Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson have not provided a springboard for ambitious senators the way Brett Kavanaugh’s 2018 hearings did.
Yahoo NewsMcCarthy declines to punish Republicans Greene and Gosar for appearing at white nationalist conference
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said there is “no place” in the GOP for the ideas espoused at a far-right political conference that Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar recently attended, but stopped short of doling out any tangible punishment to the two lawmakers.
Yahoo News 360Does Trump still have the same grip on the GOP?
The former president remains a powerful force in the Republican Party, but some political analysts see reason to believe his influence may be starting to weaken.
Yahoo News 360Making sense of conservatives’ sudden vaccine endorsements
A number of prominent GOP lawmakers and right-wing media figures turned heads last week by making strong statements in support of getting vaccinated against COVID-19.
Yahoo NewsReps. Cheney and Kinzinger condemn Gosar for 'lie' about Jan. 6 shooting
Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger denounced fellow Republican Rep. Paul Gosar on Tuesday for his suggestion that Ashli Babbitt — who was shot and killed during the Jan. 6 riot — had been "executed" by Capitol Police.
Yahoo News'Skullduggery' political podcast: 'America the Fallen (with Ben Rhodes)' — May 29, 2021
Ben Rhodes, the former deputy national security advisor to Barack Obama, co-host of the "Pod Save the World" podcast, and author of the new book "After the Fall," joins Michael Isikoff, Daniel Klaidman and Victoria Bassetti on this episode to discuss many aspects of domestic and foreign policy, including the conflict between Israel and Palestinians, the global influence of presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, and several of the sweeping legislative proposals before Congress today.
Yahoo NewsHouse GOP leader McCarthy opposes 9/11-style commission on Jan. 6 Capitol riot
A day before the House is expected to vote on bipartisan legislation that would form a 9/11-style commission to investigate the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has come out against it.
Yahoo NewsNew Yahoo News/YouGov poll: Cheney has few supporters in GOP
A new Yahoo News/YouGov poll found that only 17 percent of Republicans thought Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., should have stayed in a leadership position in the House GOP, which stripped her of the post this week.
Yahoo NewsCheney says McCarthy is 'not leading with principle'
Shortly after House Republicans voted to remove her from her leadership role, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., criticized House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy for embracing former President Donald Trump's false claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.
Yahoo NewsCheney, stripped of leadership position, vows to keep Trump from returning to presidency
House Republicans stripped Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., of a leadership position Wednesday, rejecting her insistence that the GOP tell the truth about the 2020 election and the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
Yahoo News 360What can persuade wary Republicans to get the COVID vaccine?
Republicans have the highest rate of vaccine hesitancy of any group. Can they be convinced that immunizations are the right choice?
Yahoo NewsTed Cruz tries joke at CPAC: 'Orlando is awesome. It's not as nice as Cancún.'
A week after stirring outrage for taking a trip to Mexico during a deadly winter weather disaster in his home state, the Texas senator took the stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Florida with a joke.
Yahoo NewsNew Pennsylvania GOP candidate built 'shrine' to Trump
Pennsylvania Republicans have selected a woman who turned an old house into a “shrine” to former President Donald Trump and believes the 2020 election was stolen as the GOP nominee for an open state legislative seat.
Yahoo NewsGOP lawmakers explain why they voted for Trump's impeachment: 'It hurts my heart'
Some of the House Republicans who supported Wednesday’s impeachment of President Trump are providing detailed explanations for their votes in the face of backlash from GOP loyalists.
Yahoo NewsDemocrats in Georgia ‘outworked, out-strategized and obviously outperformed’ GOP in Senate runoffs, Kemp’s deputy admits
On the same day that rioters supporting President Trump stormed and vandalized the U.S. Capitol, history was also made in Georgia, where Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock, the two Democrats on the Georgia Senate runoff ballot, defeated the Republican incumbents. One week after Democrats pulled off their improbable feat, Georgians reflected on the impact of the historic win.
“Left unchecked, if artificial intelligence reaches cognition … it will be fueled by some of the most inhumane impulses of humanity.”
“Now is the time to stop and think — before our technology outstrips us once again.”
“I don't want to talk about sentient robots, because at all ends of the spectrum there are humans harming other humans.”
“Minds can take different forms … We should avoid reducing questions about AIs to ‘Can AIs think and feel like us?’”
“To identify sentience, or consciousness, or even intelligence, we’re going to have to work out what they are.”