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Maybe there are reasons to hope that this nightmare has awakened some Republicans to the fact that they can actually stand up to the president. President Donald Trump gestures as he signs a "Space Policy Directive" during a meeting of the National Space Council in the East Room of the White House, Monday, June 18, 2018, in Washington, as Vice President Mike Pence watches.
Veteran Republican campaign strategist Steve Schmidt said Wednesday he is renouncing the GOP - in part because of what he calls President Donald Trump's unethical and corrupt behavior, but more because the party's leadership in Congress has failed to hold Trump to account. "What we've seen is the complete and total corruption of the Republican Party among its elected officials," Schmidt, senior strategist for 2008 GOP presidential nominee John McCain, told The Associated Press.
In the race for U.S. Senate, Manchin holds a 48% to 39% lead over Morrisey among all potential voters - that is voters who have participated in an election since 2010 or have newly registered to vote . Another 4% support Don Blankenship, who is seeking to run as the Constitution Party candidate after losing his bid for the GOP nomination.
The Republican and Democratic senators leading an investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 elections joined in criticism of President Barack Obama's administration for failing to do more to stop the meddling. Republican Senate Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr said at a hearing Wednesday that Obama administration officials have made clear they were operating "without a playbook" against a new threat with an undefined set of rules.
Mick Mulvaney is using a curious tactic to encourage Senator Elizabeth Warren to drop her opposition to the Trump administration's pick to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. "Anybody has to be better than me," Mulvaney, who has been leading the financial regulator part-time on an acting basis since November, said Wednesday.
Joseph Simons in February 2018 during a confirmation hearing to become chairman of the Federal Trade Commission in advance of taking office May 1. On June 20, the FTC announced it would hold a series of hearings to address whether sweeping changes are needed in how it enforces consumer protection and marketplace competition. less Joseph Simons in February 2018 during a confirmation hearing to become chairman of the Federal Trade Commission in advance of taking office May 1. On June 20, the FTC announced it would hold a series of ... more FILE - This Jan. 28, 2015 file photo shows the Federal Trade Commission building in Washington.
Doug Jones won the Alabama Senate election Tuesday, defeating Republican candidate Roy Moore to become the first Democratic candidate to win a Senate race since the 1990s. Kirsten Fiscus / The Anniston Star Doug Jones won the Alabama Senate election Tuesday, defeating Republican candidate Roy Moore to become the first Democratic candidate to win a Senate race since the 1990s.
A U.S. district court in Montana just imposed a $34 million fine on Canada Drugs, an online pharmacy charged with selling counterfeit medications to unsuspecting Americans. Some of the drugs contained no active ingredients.
EL PASO, Texas The ongoing separation of migrant children from their families at the border has been denounced by five first ladies, prompted millions of dollars in donations and drawn rebuke from religious leaders across the country. But the governors who represent the states along the 2,000-mile border between the U.S. and Mexico have been largely absent from the national conversation .
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., left, and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, ride the Senate subway as they head to a vote on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, June 20, 2018 in Washington. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., left, and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, ride the Senate subway as they head to a vote on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, June 20, 2018 in Washington.
President Donald Trump , under growing pressure to act unilaterally to address the immigration crisis, Wednesday signed an exeutive order that he said would keep immigrant families at the border together. Add Immigration as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Immigration news, video, and analysis from ABC News.
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, left, and White House Director of Legislative Affairs Marc Short, right, arrive for a meeting with President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 19, 2018, as Trump rallies Republicans around a GOP immigration bill.
Progressive American politicians must embrace the necessity of dramatic action on climate change as a touchstone. So far, Senator Bernie Sanders has done it the most persuasively, campaigning on addressing climate change, health care, racial justice, and economic inequality as his unvaried quartet of issues, invoked in every speech and backed up with serious legislation that shows a willingness to move with real speed.
In this photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, people who've been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, sit in one of the cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas, Sunday, June 17, 2018.
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson has called it an "affront as the senior senator" from Florida after he was denied entry to survey a detention center for immigrant children in South Florida. Nelson was turned back Tuesday along with another Florida Democrat, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, when they sought a firsthand look at living conditions at a temporary shelter in Homestead for unaccompanied children who had arrived in the country illegally.
Former Vice President Joe Biden endorsed Stacey Abrams Wednesday in her bid to become Georgia's first Democratic governor in 15 years and the nation's first-ever black female state executive. The former vice president hailed Abrams in a statement to The Associated Press for her "track record of building consensus across party lines" while still advancing Democratic priorities like Medicaid expansion and public education.
In this Thursday, May 31, 2018, file photo, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty speaks at a news conference in St. Paul, Minn. U.S. President Donald Trump is heading to Minnesota to stump for a congressional candidate, but another test of GOP loyalty to the president looms large over his visit.
U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn pointed the finger Tuesday at "liberals" and "liberal judges," blaming them for the family separations underway at the U.S.-Mexico border. "As a mother," the Tennessee Republican said in a statement released by her office, "my heart breaks for the families who are separated at the border, but we are in this position because liberals would not pay to enforce our immigration laws or build appropriate facilities for asylum-seekers."
For months, Los Angeles state Sen. Kevin de Len has been using the immigration issue to hammer on Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the fellow Democrat he will challenge in November. From saying in a Sacramento Bee interview that Feinstein's "natural inclination is to be anti-immigrant" to arguing at February's state Democratic convention that Californians need a leader who will "fight each and every day to protect ... our immigrant families," de Len - author of California's sanctuary state law - has banked on a hope that his long record of vocal support for immigrants and immigration would translate to support at the polls.