The Latest: Trump talks up bipartisanship

House Speaker Paul Ryan is rejecting a Democratic idea to tie Harvey aid to a three-month increase in the debt limit. A day after they returned to work from their summer recess, congressional leaders met with President Trump at the White House Wednesday on issues from tax reform to hurricane Irma preparedness and disaster aid for Harvey affected areas.

Trump turns again to Democrats; Senate takes up disaster relief

President Donald Trump turned to Democrats for a second straight day on Thursday to try to resolve the fate of so-called Dreamers brought illegally into the United States as children, a day after stunning his fellow Republicans by striking a deal with the opposition party on U.S. debt and federal spending. The Senate was expected to vote on Thursday afternoon on the deal Trump hammered out with Democrats on Wednesday.

Most Awkward Dinner Ever: Trump To Dine With Ryan Day After Siding With Dems On Debt Ceiling

President Donald Trump will host Speaker Paul Ryan at the White House residence Thursday evening, according to the president's daily schedule, the day after Trump took a deal that may favor the Democrats on debt ceiling negotiations. Trump met with congressional leaders of both parties Wednesday, and decided to back a three-month lift of the debt ceiling, combined with funding for Hurricane Harvey relief and a continuing resolution to fund the government.

Louise Mensch Fires Her Lawyer On Twitter

Anti-Trump conspiracy theorist Louise Mensch fired an attorney representing her pro-bono in a Russia-related lawsuit on Wednesday, and she did it all in public view on Twitter. Mensch, a former member of the British parliament, fired Mark Zaid after he got into a disagreement with former Independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin.

‘I’m not disgusted, but I am disappointed,’ by our politicians’ failure, ex-Pa. Congressman says

Last fall, amid the smoldering ruins of the 2016 presidential election, defeats in Congress, statehouses and governor's mansions across the land, Joe Hoeffel had one urge: To put his fellow Democrats on the couch, to diagnose their problems, and to help them find a way out of the wilderness. "I was so disappointed in so much of what's happened lately," said Hoeffel, who represented Montgomery County's 13th Congressional District in Washington for three terms between 1999 and 2004.

DeVos expected to share plans on Title IX enforcement

Hurricane Irma has blacked out much of Puerto Rico as the dangerous Category 5 storm raked the U.S. territory with heavy wind and rain while staying just out to sea. Officials in the island chain south of the Florida mainland are expected to announce mandatory evacuations as Hurricane Irma moves west through the Caribbean toward the state.

Facebook: Accounts from Russia bought ads during U.S. campaign

Hundreds of fake Facebook accounts, probably run from Russia, spent about $100,000 on ads aimed at stirring up divisive issues such as gun control and race relations during the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the social network said Wednesday. Although the number of ads is relatively small, the disclosure provides a more detailed peek into what investigators believe was a targeted effort by Russians to influence U.S. politics during the campaign, this time through social media.

Donald Trump Jr. heads to Capitol to explain 2016 meeting

President Donald Trump's oldest son is scheduled to make his first appearance on Capitol Hill Thursday as part of a Senate investigation into Russian meddling in the presidential election and a meeting he had with Russians during his father's campaign last year. Donald Trump Jr. will be interviewed by staff on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which is one of three congressional committees investigating the meddling and possible Russian links to his Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.

Ohio’s Sen. Sherrod Brown Denounces Trump’s DACA Decision

Brown says he wishes President Trump would have followed his healthcare-related campaign promises rather than one that "didn't make a lot of sense." Ohio's Democratic U.S. senator is criticizing President Trump for his decision to end the DACA program , which allows young people brought to the U.S. illegally as children to remain.

15 States, DC Sue Trump Administration Over Plans to Scrap DACA

Fifteen states and Washington, D.C., are suing the Trump administration to stop plans to end the program that keeps young undocumented immigrants from deportation. They argue that the decision to scrap the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals is unconstitutional because it would deny those affected the due process of law against arbitrary punishment.

Calling the intellectual right

The current state of conservatism is bleak. With Donald Trump dragging the GOP into an abyss bearing the lowest approval numbers a president has had in any first year, a series of racist attacks in the name of conservatism, and cable news going the way of MSNBC, there appears to be a political natural disaster ready to take a final blow at the Republicans; and it's Typhoon Trump.