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Trump Gets His Payback in Primary Elections, but It Comes at a Cost in Congress
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Trump Gets His Payback in Primary Elections, but It Comes at a Cost in Congress

NY Times · May 20, 2026, 7:50 PM · Also reported by 3 other sources

Republican senators are angry the president is working to unseat their colleagues. But he is also creating more free agents in his own party in Congress willing to defy him.

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