Mike Pence endorses Paul Ryan even though Donald Trump won’t

Updated 1:55 p.m.: Donald Trump's running mate Mike Pence is breaking with the Republican nominee by endorsing House Speaker Paul Ryan in his primary fight. The move comes a day after Trump said in an interview that he's "just not quite there yet" when it comes to backing Ryan, who has at times been critical of Trump's most controversial comments.

GOP frustrations with Trump mount as allies weigh options

WASHINGTON >> Their party in crisis, Republicans' frustration with Donald Trump reached new heights on Wednesday as GOP leaders inside and outside the presidential nominee's campaign contemplated new ways to persuade him to moderate his divisive tactics with the election just 96 days away. Party chairman Reince Priebus and a handful of other high-profile Republicans were considering whether to directly confront the billionaire businessman following a series of startling stances and statements.

The Latest: Pence backs Ryan, breaking with Trump

In this file photo, Hewlett Packard Enterprise President and CEO Meg Whitman is interviewed on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Top Republican donor and fundraiser Whitman is endorsing Democrat Hillary Clinton for president, saying she cannot support a candidate who has “exploited anger, grievance, xenophobia and racial division.” The Hewlett-Packard executive says in a statement Tuesday night that Republican nominee Donald Trump's “demagoguery has undermined the fabric of our national character.” Donald Trump's running mate Mike Pence is breaking with the Republican nominee by endorsing House Speaker Paul Ryan in his primary fight.

Pence backs House Speaker Ryan, breaking with Trump

Donald Trump's running mate Mike Pence is breaking with the Republican nominee by endorsing House Speaker Paul Ryan in his primary fight.Pence said in a phone interview with Fox News Channel that he's pleased to endorse Ryan. The move comes a day after Trump said in an interview that he's "just not quite there yet" when it comes to backing Ryan, who has at times been critical of Trump's most controversial comments.

Key Senate race in Ohio showing increasing promise for GOP

Ohio GOP Sen. Rob Portman is rolling out another endorsement from a labor union that had previously endorsed his Democratic opponent, former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland . It's the latest in a string of developments that has Republicans increasingly optimistic about keeping the crucial swing state in their column in November as they battle to retain Senate control.

Maine congressman, fiscal hawk, was often late with taxes

In this Oct. 31, 2015 file photo, Rep. Bruce Poliquin, R-Maine, attends the christening ceremony for the USS Raphael Peralta in Bath, Maine. Poliquin, who's made fiscal responsibility a hallmark of his campaigns, has been late on paying property taxes for his personal properties and his real estate company numerous times.

Pence brushes off question about GOP candidate endorsements

Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence isn't addressing GOP tensions after running mate Donald Trump refused to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan or Arizona Sen. John McCain. Pence spoke at a town hall event Tuesday night in Phoenix and then took some questions from the few hundred people there but didn't mention the endorsement snub.

Senator: Obama says talking about the debt makes people ‘scared’

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., says President Obama told him in 2013 that he doesn't want to talk publicly about the national debt in great detail because it would make people "scared" and forced them to "give up hope." In an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal , Johnson said he met with Obama in the White House in 2013, and asked Obama to talk more about the budget deficit and the national debt.

Kansas tea party congressman loses Republican primary battle

Rep. Tim Huelskamp has been a thorn in the side of the Republican establishment since his election to Congress amid the tea party wave of 2010, and his clashes with former House Speaker John Boehner and other GOP leaders helped get him booted from the House Agriculture Committee. That proved costly for the third-term congressman on Tuesday, as he lost the GOP nomination to continue representing Kansas' largely rural 1st District to Roger Marshall, a political newcomer who had the backing of powerful farming and business groups.

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With jab at Ryan, Trump ignites new tensions in GOP

As Republican loyalists continue to flee, Donald Trump has ignited new party tensions by refusing to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan or Arizona Sen. John McCain, a remarkable display of party division just three months before Election Day. The Republican presidential nominee told The Washington Post Tuesday that he's "just not quite there yet," when asked about an endorsement of Ryan, who faces a primary election next week.

Paul Ryan, Wasserman Schultz to test anti-establishment mood

In this March 21, 2016 file photo, then-Democratic National Committee Chair, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., is interviewed in New York. House Speaker Paul Ryan and Wasserman Schultz are about to test votersa sA A anti-establishment mood, first hand.

Obama says Trump ‘unfit’ to be president

In recent days, Trump has criticized Muslims, babies, firefighters and the military, prompting his wincing Republican backers to issue awkward denunciations Obama turned up the heat on Republicans who appear increasingly ill at ease with Trump but have not withdrawn their endorsement In a searing and virtually unprecedented presidential rebuke, Barack Obama declared embattled Republican White House nominee Donald Trump "unfit" to be president Tuesday and called on party leaders to disown him. Obama piled on as Trump's campaign reeled from multiple self-inflicted scandals, calling the 70-year-old mogul "woefully unprepared" and "unfit to serve as president."