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Rifle-wielding gunman wounds lawmaker, then killed by police
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A rifle-wielding attacker opened fire on Republican lawmakers at a congressional baseball practice Wednesday, wounding House GOP Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana and several...
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GOP governors urge caution on health care changes
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The pressure is on Republican senators — from congressional leaders, conservative groups and impatient GOP voters — to fulfill a seven-year-old promise to scrap much of...
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Trump decries monument removals, ‘history ripped apart’
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump bitingly decried the rising movement to pull down monuments to Confederate icons Thursday, declaring the nation is seeing “the history and culture of our great...
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Nation’s political split on display at Trump Phoenix visit
(ABC News/AP) — The nation’s political split over President Donald Trump is expected to be on full display Tuesday as hard-core backers of the Republican president flood into the Phoenix Convention...
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Trump won’t pardon sheriff; tensions high at rally site
PHOENIX (AP) — President Donald Trump won’t pardon former sheriff Joe Arpaio during his visit to Arizona, the White House said Tuesday as supporters and protesters gathered near the site of Trump’s...
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Trump revisits his Charlottesville comments in angry speech
PHOENIX (AP) — President Donald Trump opened his political rally in Phoenix with calls for unity and an assertion that “our movement is about love.” Then he erupted in anger. He blamed the media for...
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Trump attacks Republican leaders over debt ceiling ‘mess’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Fanning the flames of GOP discord, President Donald Trump accused Republican congressional leaders Thursday of botching efforts to avoid an unprecedented default on the national...
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Critics: Trump pardon his latest affront against judiciary
(AP) — President Donald Trump’s pardon of former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio shows a lack of regard for an independent judiciary, say critics who note Trump’s past criticism of federal judges,...
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GOP senators blister Trump, reveal party at war with itself
WASHINGTON (AP) — A pair of senators from President Donald Trump’s own Republican Party blistered him with criticism Tuesday in a dramatic day of denunciation that laid bare a GOP at war with itself....
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No GOP dam break: Senators rally behind Trump and his agenda
WASHINGTON (AP) — There was no dam break of Republican rancor against Donald Trump on Wednesday, a day after a pair of the party’s prominent senators denounced their president and invited colleagues to...
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Trump wants tougher immigration after attack, faults Schumer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vowing to “stop this craziness,” President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged tougher immigration measures based on “merit” after the deadly truck attack in New York City. Trump said on...
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Roy Moore losing GOP endorsements after new accusations
WASHINGTON (AP) — Roy Moore‘s support from fellow Republicans is hemorrhaging after a second woman accused the Alabaman of groping her when she was a teenager in the late 1970s, the latest setback to...
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1st GOP senator opposes tax bill in early sign of problems
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wisconsin’s Ron Johnson on Wednesday became the first Republican senator to say he opposes his party’s tax bill, signaling potential problems for GOP leaders. Passage of a similar...
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GOP pushes tax bill toward House OK, Senate faces problems
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans drove a near $1.5 trillion tax overhaul toward House passage Thursday, even as Senate GOP dissenters emerged in a sign that party leaders had problems to resolve before...
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White House open to striking health provision from tax bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says it’s willing to strike a health-care provision from Senate legislation to cut taxes and overhaul the tax code if the provision becomes an impediment to passing...
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Trump voices doubt about trophy hunting policy
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday expressed more doubts about a new policy allowing trophies of African elephants shot for sport to be imported, appearing to question whether “this...
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Trump promises Americans ‘huge tax cut’ for Christmas
(AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday promised a tax overhaul by Christmas, a day after the White House signaled its willingness to strike a health care provision from Senate tax legislation if it’s...
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President Trump will head to Capitol Hill ahead of Senate tax reform vote
(ABC News) — President Donald Trump will head to Capitol Hill Tuesday to meet with Senate Republicans at their weekly policy luncheon, ahead of an expected vote on tax reform this week. “We look...
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Full slate of unfinished business will test lawmakers
WASHINGTON (AP/WTNH) — The crush of unfinished business facing lawmakers would be daunting even if Washington were functioning at peak efficiency. It’s an agenda whose core items — tax cuts, a...
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Trump makes hard-sell push for his agenda on Hill
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump makes a new push Tuesday for his year-end agenda as he heads to the Capitol to rally Senate Republicans on taxes then pivots to negotiations with Democrats in...
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