Liz Cheney: Trump critic blasts Republican 'personality cult' after defeat

A leading Republican critic of Donald Trump says the party has "embraced his cult of personality" after she was ousted in a primary election.

Liz Cheney, 56, was defeated by the political newcomer and Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman in Wyoming.

She had faced an uphill battle to win re-election after joining the congressional committee investigating Mr Trump's attempts to cling to power.

Ms Cheney - once a rising star in the party - also voted to impeach Mr Trump.

The primary election in the broadly conservative state highlighted the competing wings of the Republican Party - with more traditional conservatives facing off against Trump-backed candidates around the country ahead of mid-term elections in November.

The result means Ms Cheney, a three-term congresswoman and the eldest daughter of former Vice-President Dick Cheney, will not contest her seat in the US House of Representatives which she has held since 2017.