Rep. Sean Duffy praises Trump on N. Korea, says past policies were a path to World War IIIa

Rep. Sean Duffy rebuked critics of President Trump's strategy in North Korea on Monday, saying it was past failures that led the U.S. to this point. "What I think was setting up on the path to World War III is past presidents who've turned a blind eye to North Korea building a nuclear weapon and advancing their technology for an intercontinental ballistic missile," Mr. Duffy, Wisconsin Republican, said on CNN.

GOP Congressman Defends Conflicting Trump-Tillerson Policies as a ‘Strategy’

Rep. Sean Duffy appeared on New Day Monday morning and defended President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's apparently contradictory approaches to North Korea. The Wisconsin Republican first responded to Sen. Bob Corker's remarks that Trump's rhetoric could set the U.S. "on the path to World War III," arguing that the approach of past administrations to North Korea has failed.

Trumpa s Very Public Falling Out With Sen. Bob Corker Escalates

President Donald Trump and outgoing Sen. Bob Corker launched into a Twitter spat Sunday morning in a major public falling out, making the Tennessean the latest senior Republican lawmaker to openly criticize Trump over his statements online and off. Trump tweeted Sunday morning in a series of posts attacking Corker that he denied the senator's request for an endorsement - a claim denied by Corker's chief of staff, Todd Womack, later in the day.

Trump, senator trade online barbs

Sen. Bob Corker, the Republican chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, on Sunday called the White House "an adult day care center" after President Donald Trump criticized him in several Twitter posts. Setting off a squabble between two leaders of the same party, Trump said in a trio of tweets that Corker "begged" him for his endorsement, did not receive it and decided to retire because he "didn't have the guts" to run for re-election next year.

White House: No wall, no DACA

President Donald Trump's administration released a list of hard-line immigration priorities Sunday that threaten to derail efforts to protect from deportation hundreds of thousands of young illegal aliens, many of whom were brought into the United States as children. The demands include overhauling the country's green-card system, hiring 10,000 more immigration officers and building Trump's promised wall along the southern border.

Republicans Worry About Keeping Trump’s Middle Class Tax Promise

Amid the uncertainty for the middle class, the framework includes hundreds of billions in tax cuts that would directly benefit top earners and the wealthy. Republican lawmakers in red and blue states are expressing unease over the limited details about middle-class relief in the tax framework their leaders released last month, which has raised difficult questions about how to prevent some middle-income Americans from paying more due to fewer tax breaks.

A Change For Democrats?

Much has been written, with good reason, about the dysfunction of the GOP majorities in the U.S. House of Representatives and States Senate, but it does seem that they are not alone in being a party in conflict. As The Washington Post reported last week, "A senior House Democrat said Thursday that it's time for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and two top lieutenants to prepare to step down and make way for the next generation of lawmakers in her caucus."

White House to order health care alternatives

The White House is finalizing an executive order that would expand health plans offered by associations to allow individuals to pool together and buy insurance outside their states, a unilateral move that follows failed efforts by Congress to overhaul the health care system. President Donald Trump has long asserted that selling insurance across state lines would trigger competition that brings down premiums for people buying their own policies.

White House to order expansion of health care options

The White House is finalizing an executive order that would expand health plans offered by associations to allow individuals to pool together and buy insurance outside their states, a unilateral move that follows failed efforts by Congress to overhaul the health care system. President Donald Trump has long asserted that selling insurance across state lines would trigger competition that brings down premiums for people buying their own policies.

AP Source: Blackwater Founder Considering Wyo. Senate Bid

Blackwater Worldwide founder Erik Prince is considering a Republican primary challenge to Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso, a senior member of the Senate GOP leadership team, in a race that could pit the party's establishment against insurgents fueled by allies of President Donald Trump. Prince was in Wyoming this weekend to discuss a possible Senate campaign with family members and has been encouraged to run by Steve Bannon, a former top White House strategist to Trump, according to a person who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the private deliberations.

Blackwater Founder Considering Wyoming Senate Bid, AP Reports

Blackwater Worldwide founder Erik Prince is considering a Republican primary challenge to Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso, a senior member of the Senate GOP leadership team, in a race that could pit the party's establishment against insurgents fueled by allies of President Donald Trump. Prince was in Wyoming this weekend to discuss a possible Senate campaign with family members and has been encouraged to run by Steve Bannon, a former top White House strategist to Trump, according to a person who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the private deliberations.

Bannon expands his list of Senate Republican targets for 2018

Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is expanding his efforts to unseat sitting Senate Republicans in primaries next year. In the two weeks since Bannon-backed former judge Roy Moore defeated Sen. Luther Strange in Alabama's Republican primary, Bannon has expanded his map of targets in the 2018 midterms and ramped up his efforts to establish a donor network to fund his slate of insurgent candidates.

Testy tweeting free-for-all between Trump, GOP Sen. Corker

An enraged President Donald Trump and a prominent Republican senator who fears the country could be edging toward "chaos" engaged in an intense and vitriolic back-and-forth bashing on social media Sunday, a remarkable airing of their party's profound rifts. In political discourse that might once have seemed inconceivable, the GOP's foreign policy expert in the Senate felt compelled to answer his president's barbs by tweeting: "It's a shame the White House has become an adult day care center.

You are so unfunny: Trump slams late night comedians

U.S. President Donald Trump thrashed late night comedians on Saturday, after Fox News' "Fox and Friends" aired a segment accusing late night comedians like Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel of "[taking] a hard turn to the left." Slamming late night comedians and the media on Twitter on Saturday morning, Trump suggested that Republicans aren't given "equal time" to Democrats on television.

Republican gathering focuses on conservative issues, draws protesters

Republican gathering focuses on conservative issues, draws protesters The National Federation of Republican Assemblies convention in Mesa drew protesters Saturday Check out this story on azcentral.com: http://azc.cc/2yQJmsB Women from Stronger Together Arizona dressed as handmaids and gathered in front of the National Federation of Republican Assemblies convention in Mesa on Oct. 7, 2017. They were protesting for reproductive rights.

Trump still willing to deal

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, July 28, 2017, after the Republican-controlled Senate was unable to fulfill their political promise to repeal and replace "Obamacare." WASHINGTON -- Frustrated by Republican inaction on health care, President Donald Trump tweeted Saturday that he had reached out to the Senate Democratic leader in hopes of brokering a deal for a "great HealthCare Bill."

Rally in Seaside touts water measure for November 2018 ballot

An effort to accomplish that kicked off Saturday afternoon when the group Public Water Now held a rally at Laguna Grande Park. There were petitions available for signing, a chance to donate to the cause and to be videotaped while telling about experiences dealing with California American Water's Monterey District Water System.