GOP frustrations with Trump mount

Their party in crisis, Republicans' frustration with Donald Trump reached new heights on Wednesday as party leaders on Capitol Hill and inside New York's Trump Tower scrambled to persuade their presidential nominee to abandon divisive tactics that have triggered sinking poll numbers and low morale. Party chairman Reince Priebus appealed to the New York billionaire's adult children to help amid new signs of a campaign in trouble.

Goddard, Schimidt to face off for Senate seat

Kansas Senate District 15 residents will have someone new to the capitol representing them next year as Republican Dan Goddard of Parsons beat his opponent Tuesday to win the right to face fellow newcomer Chuck Schmidt, a Democrat from Independence. Goddard defeated State Rep. Virgil Peck of Tyro 3,469 to 3,301 in the Republican primary.

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The U.S. Supreme Court says a Virginia school board can block a transgender male from using the boy's bathroom at his school until it decides whether to intervene in his case. A Virginia school board can block a transgender male from using the boys restroom when school starts next month, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.

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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.

The Latest: Kaine touts Clinton as small business supporter

The Latest on Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Tim Kaine's campaign events in North Carolina : Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine says the lifetime knowledge and esteem he and Hillary Clinton share for small businesses is a stark difference between their backgrounds and Donald Trump. Kaine toured a High Point company Wednesday that cuts and sews customized window treatments for motel chains.

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.

Hoffa: Congress can’t let TPP go through

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Supporters of the Trans-Pacific Partnership are likely to put up a huge fight in an effort to pass the 12-nation Pacific Rim agreement during the closing days of the congressional session. Why? Because they realize that with two anti-TPP nominees at the top of both major party tickets, it is likely their best chance to get this deal done.

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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