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“I used to sit in the office with Kevin,” Howard told Ryan Lizza, host of Deep dive into the playbook. “We would dream of this day. We would do it dream about." But Howard has a bone to pick. He doesn't like the way everyone talks about his old boss. The conventional wisdom about the new speaker is that he gave up everything to secure the job and that he is one wrong step away from losing it if he angers his restive colleagues in the Freedom Caucus. According to Howard, that part of Washington CW is wrong. For this…

Kari Lake speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas, August 5, 2022. | LM Otero/AP Photo By holly otterbein 02/02/2023 5:39 PM EST Updated: 02/02/2023 18:04 EST Lost Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake met with officials from the National Republican Senatorial Committee on Thursday, two people familiar with the matter told POLITICO. The meeting comes as Lake is considering a run for the Senate in Arizona. Caroline Wren, Lake's senior adviser, confirmed the meeting, saying it lasted about an hour and that the topics discussed included the differences between running a Senate and a gubernatorial campaign. Asked if…

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If Walsh takes the job, he would be the second member of the president's cabinet to leave the Biden administration after Eric Lander, who resigned as Biden's top science adviser in February 2022 after POLITICO first reported allegations that he intimidated his subordinates in the Office of Science and Technology. Technology Policy. Biden had elevated that position to the Cabinet level, making Walsh the first traditional Cabinet official to potentially leave. Walsh's departure would also possibly come amid other major changes to the administrative staff. Chief of Staff Ron Klain is set to hand over his duties to Jeff Zients,…