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The withdrawal of Matt Gaetz as President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general serves as a reminder that the ...

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By Jennifer Shutt Kentucky Lantern Kentucky Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell announced this week he’ll become chairman of the ...