What a Republican anti-Trump agenda should look like

Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events Maggie Zurawski holds a sign in reaction to President Trump's presidency on Jan. 20 in Athens, Ga. The New York Times reports that some Republicans may be contemplating either a presidential run if President Trump isn't on the ballot in 2020 or some type of primary challenge.

Live: 3rd District congressional GOP candidates debate on KSL Newsradio

Three Republicans running for Utah's 3rd Congressional District seat - left vacant by Jason Chaffetz in late June - are squaring off in a debate on KSL Newsradio. Candidates in the Aug. 15 Republican primary are Provo Mayor John Curtis, former state lawmaker Chris Herrod and Alpine lawyer Tanner Ainge.

Northwestern professor accused in Chicago killing due in California court

A Northwestern University microbiologist suspected in the stabbing death of a 26-year-old man in Chicago is due in a California courtroom. Wyndham Lathem, a Northwestern associate professor, and Andrew Warren, a financial officer at Oxford University in England, were sought in a cross-country chase on first-degree murder charges in the death of Trenton James Cornell-Duranleau.

Photos: In Alabama Senate Special Election, Candidates Try to Stand Out

GOP candidate for U.S. Senate Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., speaks with workers at Jack's hamburger chain during his bus tour campaign stop in Munford, Ala., on Thursday, Aug. 3. The special elections are continuing in 2017. Up next is the special election to fill the Alabama Senate seat vacated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions .

Bi-partisan effort only way to solve looming budget crisis

A widely-publicized open letter from Gov. John Bel Edwards to House Speaker Taylor Barras set the stage for the kind of bipartisan efforts that will be needed to get Louisiana back on solid financial footing. Fiscal chaos has reigned in Louisiana government for nearly a decade, and that instability has created a severely negative impact not just on state agencies and institutions but also on the private sector and the state's overall economy.

A storm is brewing for DACA this September

A suite of pressures on the policy that protects young undocumented immigrants is brewing -- and it could mean the program soon either becomes permanent or disappears entirely. Next month, the Trump administration faces both an ultimatum from challengers to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, or DACA, and a potentially nasty government funding fight that could require an 11th hour deal to avert a shutdown.

There’s no such thing as a Trump Democrat

If so, you may have taken interest in a new mythical creature that appeared during the 2016 election: the Trump Democrat. It has become an article of faith that an unusually large number of people who voted for Barack Obama in 2008 or 2012 switched sides and voted for Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton.

Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson Joins Dignitaries for $16K Check…

The event will take place at 10:00 a.m., Monday, August 7, 2017, at the nonprofit's future headquarters located at 2428 Pine Street, Dallas, Texas, 75215. The 2nd Saturday CDC began in 2009 as a volunteer home improvement project.

Ryan can’t escape GOP failures

With a dysfunctional Congress on recess, House Speaker Paul Ryan has turned his focus back home, touring flood-damaged areas and visiting local businesses in Wisconsin. But he can't escape the questions about why Republicans in charge of Washington aren't delivering.

Pence slams report he’s running for president

Vice President Mike Pence called out a New York Times article that said he was establishing a "shadow campaign" to run for president in 2020. SEE MORE: President Trump's Top Generals Are Empowered And Working Overtime On Saturday, the Times story said Pence has been "creating an independent power base, cementing his status as [President Donald] Trump's heir apparent and promoting himself as the main conduit between the Republican donor class and the administration."

Key Words: Mike Pence: Report of 2020 presidential run ‘offensive’ and ‘absurd’

Vice President Mike Pence vehemently denied on Sunday a New York Times report that he was positioning himself to run for president in 2020. While President Donald Trump has given no indication he won't run for re-election, the Times reported Saturday that a number of top Republicans, including Pence, have been building fund-raising committees with an eye on the 2020 election.

Jeff Flake Laments That the GOP Didn’t Stand Up to the Birther Movement

During an interview on NBC's Meet the Press , Flake said one of his regrets over the past few years is that the GOP didn't do enough to stem the tide of birtherism. Regarding the conspiracy theory that former President Barack Obama wasn't born in the United States, Flake told host Chuck Todd that this was an example of Republicans placing party over country.

Jeff Flake: ‘I wish we as a party had stood up’ to the birther movement

Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., thinks more members of the Republican Party should have stood up to President Trump years ago, beginning with his support for the birther movement as not appropriate for conservatives to embrace. "I wish we as a party had stood up, for example, when the birtherism thing was going on," Flake said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

Kellyanne Conway dismisses claims Trump is a one-term president and faces a Mike Pence threat in 2020

"It is absolutely true that the vice president is getting ready for 2020, for re-election as vice president," Conway said. White House adviser Kellyanne Conway said Sunday that President Trump plans to be a two-term president in playing down reports that he may be shying away from the idea of running in 2020.