First Thing: Cheney turns on pro-Trump Republicans after defeat

Outgoing congresswoman Liz Cheney takes aim at election result deniers within GOP. Plus, a dispute at Apple over remote working

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The outgoing Republican member of Congress Liz Cheney, who lost her Wyoming seat last week after being beaten in a primary by a Donald Trump-backed opponent, has announced plans to set up a new political organization.

Going down punching. Cheney said that two Republican US senators - Ted Cruz from Texas and Josh Hawley from Missouri - had both made themselves unfit for future office" since they both took steps that fundamentally threatened the constitutional order".

Others pay price for standing up to Trump. Last month, Arizona lawmaker Rusty Bowers, state house speaker for the last four of 18 years following his election, lost his bid to stay in the Arizona legislature in a primary contest in which his opponent was endorsed by the former president.