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It was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week for Donald Trump - one that allowed the "Never Trump" movement to emerge from the ashes with some much-needed newfound energy. The presumptive Republican nominee prompted sharp criticism from members within his own party when he publicly argued that a US federal judge's Mexican heritage made him unfit to oversee fraud cases involving Trump University.
Alaska Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan are playing the Washington, D.C. word game of the moment, in which they say they are supporting Donald Trump for president, but not endorsing him. There is no real difference between support and endorse, but Murkowski and Sullivan would love it if the former could signify a bare minimum level of approval, like a "D" in political science class.
Alexander Hamilton introduced the idea of federal taxes. Broadway producers enjoying a record season buoyed by his namesake musical are lobbying Congress to limit what they owe.
Mitt Romney on Saturday torched Donald Trump and the Republicans who failed to stop his climb to the party's presidential nomination, saying the current fortunes of the GOP are "breaking my heart." Romney's condemnation, made at the Stein Eriksen Lodge before hundreds of his donors and business partners, highlighted the ill will between the last two GOP nominees for president.
Bernie Sanders is back in his hometown - Burlington, Vermont - where people are proud of the mark he's left on the 2016 presidential race. They also recognize that his White House campaign has fallen short, though the final primary is Tuesday in the District of Columbia.
While Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton and the Legislature may get back together in St. Paul to consider unfinished business from the session, some work that will benefit the state's natural resources was accomplished. The omnibus supplemental budget bill signed into law June 1 provides funding provisions that support the Department of Natural Resources work, including funds for Minnesota state parks and trails operations.
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks to members of the media as his wife Jane looks on after an Oval Office meeting with President Barack Obama. June 9, 2016, in Washington, DC.
"It can't happen here? My friends, it is happening here." So says New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia near the end of the "The Plot Against America," the Philip Roth novel from 12 years ago that re-imagines American history if the isolationist, Hitler-sympathizing anti-Semite Charles Lindbergh had become president instead of Franklin Roosevelt.
Saying he was in no hurry to see Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders end his campaign, Real Time host Bill Maher complimented the avowed democratic socialist for giving voice to a deep vein of passionate progressives who have felt left out of the political process. "I don't think it matters when he gets out," Maher began.
A group of senators, including Maine's Angus King, has introduced a bill they say will give states and municipalities tools to fight the Zika virus. King, an independent, submitted the bill along with Democrat Bill Nelson of Florida and Republican Richard Burr of North Carolina.
Weary Republicans are looking for assurances that Donald Trump can maintain the discipline needed to stay on message as he prepares for a bruising general election run-up against Hillary Clinton. Trump's conciliatory, teleprompter-guided victory speech Tuesday appeared to stave off- at least for the time being - a near-revolt over his racially divisive attacks against the American-born judge of Mexican heritage hearing the case against his now-defunct Trump University.
When accusations of using her PAC as a slush fund first arose in March, I wondered how Diane Russell would respond. After all, Russell- the current State Rep. for District 39 and candidate for the open State Senate seat for District 27- is known for her self-trumpeting style on social media, so I figured she would surely take to the Facebook and Twitter waves and vehemently defend herself against the potentially career ending findings.
Italy's economy minister warned on Thursday of shocks to financial markets if Republican candidate Donald Trump wins the US presidential election this year, and said that a Trump presidency would hurt New York's appeal as a financial centre. In some of the strongest criticisms of Trump by one of Washington's G7 partners, Pier Carlo Padoan told Reuters that the economic consequences of Trump beating Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in November would be: "Very bad.
Sen. Mitch McConnell speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. An election-year bill that would protect health-care and pension benefits for more than 100,000 retired coal miners is dividing coal-state Republicans.
The presidential race shifted to the nation's capital Friday, with Democrats executing a carefully orchestrated plan to unify their party around presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton. Her likely general election rival, Donald Trump, continued his months-long effort to win over the Republican base, with events wooing top donors and evangelical voters.
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders' refusal to quit the race even after Hillary Clinton won the Democratic nomination could hurt Clinton's efforts to unify the party to win the presidential election, experts said. Clinton earlier this week finally grabbed the number of delegates needed to officially win.