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May 12th, 2021.

Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, Representative Liz Cheney is going to be out of her leadership slot today.

We've got the latest developments.

Number two, the fight over security funding has stalled.

And number three, the big four are headed to the White House for the first time what each leader is facing.

All right, Jake, let's get into the mix this morning.

Liz Cheney's leadership time in the House Republican Conference is going to come to a swift end.

We have been reporting on this for the last several weeks, the twists, the turns.

It all appears that Elise Tophonic has it all but sewed up to take over for her.

But the drama continues for House Republicans.

Yeah.

So, you know, you might think that this is kind of like a small deal that Cheney, who's, you know, has a mid-level leadership position or the number three, it's not really even mid-level.

It's high-level leadership position in the minority is not a big deal.

Like, you might think this is just inside baseball, but it's not.

I mean, this is, this is,

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