2 staunch Trump allies launch Senate bids in Missouri and Alabama
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Washington — Former President Donald Trump has left office, but his political presence still looms large over the Republican Party as it seeks to regain majorities in Congress in 2022.
Two controversial GOP politicians who have tied themselves closely to the former president announced their Senate campaigns in Missouri and Alabama on Monday evening, presenting a test for whether Trumpian politics can attract voters without Mr. Trump himself on the ballot. GOP Congressman Mo Brooks announced that he would join Alabama's primary to replace Senator Richard Shelby, who said in February that he would not seek another term. Brooks jumped into the race at an event on Monday with Stephen Miller, a former adviser to Mr. Trump. Miller is considered one of the primary architects of Mr. Trump's hardline immigration policies, and his endorsement of Brooks is meant to signal the congressman's ties to the former president.Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.