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Moderate Republicans were making the Kansas primary a referendum on the state's budget problems and education funding as they tried Tuesday to oust conservative incumbents. More than two dozen GOP legislators faced primary opponents, and most were allies of Republican Gov. Sam Brownback who continued to support his experiment in cutting state income taxes to stimulate the economy.
Republican vice presidential candidate Gov. Mike Pence, R-Ind., addresses supporters during a campaign event in Carson City, Nev., Monday, Aug, 1, 2016. Republican vice presidential candidate Gov. Mike Pence, R-Ind., addresses supporters during a campaign event in Carson City, Nev., Monday, Aug, 1, 2016.
As the blowback to Donald Trump's public feud with a Gold Star family escalated Monday, the GOP nominee's campaign sent out talking points to congressional supporters urging them to come to his defense. The appeal didn't generate much back-up for Trump.
For Donald Trump, it's become a familiar pattern. The Republican nominee can't let go of a perceived slight, no matter the potential damage to his presidential campaign or political reputation.
Angry and anxious, Republican lawmakers and veterans groups hastened to disavow Donald Trump's repeated criticism of a bereaved military family Monday, but the GOP presidential nominee refused to back down. He complained anew that he had been "viciously attacked" by the parents of a Muslim U.S. Army captain who was killed in Iraq.
Missouri's most competitive Republican gubernatorial primary in two dozen years will come to a close Tuesday, as voters select from among four well-funded candidates promoting themselves as the party's conservative standard-bearer. Democrats also will choose a gubernatorial nominee.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has suggested that he fears the general election "is going to be rigged" - an unprecedented assertion by a modern presidential candidate. Trump's extraordinary claim - one he did not back up with any immediate evidence - would, if it became more than just an offhand comment, seem to threaten the tradition of peacefully contested elections and challenge the very essence of a fair democratic process.
Donald Trump's criticism of a Muslim-American family that lost its son in Iraq has stirred dismay among veterans and soldiers. VFW members listen as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a Veterans of Foreign Wars convention last week in Charlotte, N.C. The head of the VFW criticized Mr. Trump Monday for comments the candidate made about the family of a Muslim-American veteran who died in Iraq.
A supporter of former Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and of Green Party candidate Jill Stein holds a sign at a rally at City Hall in Philadelphia on July 25 as the Democratic National Convention formally selects Hillary Clinton as the party's presidential nominee. Jill Stein's Green Party is aggressively courting Bernie Sanders supporters and others from the Democratic Party's far left.
The Republican presidential candidate tweeted praise Monday night for Paul Nehlen, who is the primary opponent for the house speaker's Wisconsin congressional seat. The tweet comes after Nehlen, a businessman, posted a piece on his website both slamming Ryan and defending Trump's controversial statements about the family of a fallen Muslim-American soldier.
Trump broke a major American political and societal taboo over the we... . FILE - In this Thursday, July 28, 2016 file photo, Khizr Khan, father of fallen US Army Capt.
The mother of a fallen Fort Drum soldier has signed onto a letter with other Gold Star families demanding an apology from Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump for his remarks toward the parents of Capt. Humayun Khan.
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The Cuyahoga County Democratic Party Monday asked Jeff Mixon , who has a group called Black Lives Matter in Cuyahoga County, to resign from the party's executive committee in light of an endorsement by Mixon's group of a Republican U.S. senator's reelection. By endorsing Sen. Rob Portman when the party has endorsed Portman's Democratic challenger, former Ohio Gov. Rob Portman, Mixon violated the local party's unity rule, said party chairman Stuart Garson.
Kansas' tax collections fell nearly $13 million short of expectations in July, and the report of the shortfall Monday came on the eve of a primary election in which Republican Gov. Sam Brownback's critics hoped to oust some of his legislative allies. The state Department of Revenue reported that Kansas collected $425 million in taxes last month.
In this April 14, 2016 file photo, New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez speaks during the New York Republican State Committee Annual Gala in New York. Martinez, the nation's only Latina governor, is joining a chorus of Republican lawmakers in disavowing Donald Trump's repeated criticisms of a bereaved military family.
"In recent days, Donald Trump disparaged a fallen soldier's parents," said McCain, who was taken prisoner during the Vietnam War. "I cannot emphasize enough how deeply I disagree with Mr. Trump's statement.
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A longtime adviser to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush - and the co-author of the Republican National Committee's infamous 2012 " autopsy report " that focused on making inroads with Latino voters - has left the Republican Party. She cited the nomination of Donald Trump, who she calls a "misogynist" and a "bigot," as her reason.
Meet the Democrat Hillary Fan Who Is Currently the Speaker of the House Businessman Paul Nehlen, who is challenging Rep. Paul Ryan in his Wisconsin GOP primary, nationalizes the race to throw out the Republican House Speaker, saying under a Trump administration: "Paul Ryan will be nothing but a problem: He will thwart President Trump at every opportunity. Because they know who the real enemy is.