Prominent MAGA supporter and former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, criticized Democratic lawmakers following the congressional hearing on sanctuary cities on Wednesday.

The Bulwark's Tim Miller described a tense encounter he had with Lake, who lost the Arizona Senate race in November, and firebrand Laura Loomer

Lake will be nominated to be the next director of Voice of America by the next head of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the president-elect said

VOA has reach around the world, with programming in a slew of African, Asian and European languages, including Somali, Dari and French.

The Arizona Republican, a staunch Trump ally, has been passed over as ambassador to Mexico after reportedly being floated for the position.

Throughout her political career, she has repeatedly referred to the influx of migrants into the U.S. as an "invasion" and campaigned for completing the southern border wall

Lake blamed the local official for her loss in the state's 2022 gubernatorial race. The details of the settlement are confidential

The Republican has been mostly silent since outlets projected her defeat early Tuesday

Dinesh D'Souza, known for pushing conspiracy theories, says he refuses to believe Democrat Ruben Gallego could have won at the same time as Trump

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is disallowing a newly-elected senator to participate in this week's Senate orientation due, in part, to a defeated Democratic incumbent's unwillingness to concede the race.

Years-old divorce records detailing the split between Arizona Democratic Senate candidate Ruben Gallego and Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego have been released after the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that they could no longer be kept sealed on Wednesday.

The survey shows the Republican behind by four percentage points, the smallest gap in weeks

District 4, which covers parts of Phoenix, Paradise Valley and Scottsdale, elected Republicans and Democrats to the Legislature in 2022