Putin won’t be invited to address U.S. Congress despite Trump invite: Paul Ryan

U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, a Republican from Wisconsin, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday. Ryan said Russian President Vladimir Putin won't be invited to speak at a joint meeting to Congress on a visit to the U.S., and what matters is the message Putin will get from Trump - to stop meddling in U.S. elections and violating sovereignty.

Contentious Georgia GOP runoff tests Trump voters’ loyalty

Accompanied by his wife Nita Cagle, left, and political supporters, Georgia Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle speaks during a rally in Evans, Ga., Monday, July 23, 2018, as he continues his campaign for Georgia governor, a day before the Republican runoff election against his rival, Brian Kemp, Georgia's secretary of state.

Latest Anti-Russia Sanctions Bill Does Not Target Nord Stream II

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi speaks at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol July 23, 2018 in Washington, D.C.. Pelosi, Rep. Adam Schiff and Rep. Eliot Engel have introduced a resolution condemning U.S. President Donald Trump's statements during the recent summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki.

Ryan says Trump just ‘trolling’ on threat to pull clearances

House Speaker Paul Ryan dismissed President Donald Trump's plan to revoke security clearances from top former national security officials as just a mild form of "trolling," rather than a serious attack on dissent. Graphic shows six individuals from whom Donald Trump is considering revoking security clearances; 2c x 5 inches; 96.3 mm x 127 mm; White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders points to a reporter to take a question as she speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House, Monday, July 23, 2018, in Washington.

Odds of Government Shutdown Now 60%

Stan Collender : "The deadline for Congress and President Donald Trump to come to an agreement that will avoid a government shutdown this fall - which may be a much more frequent threat and occurrence these days than it used to be but would still be anything but routine - is approaching quickly and neither the White House, House Speaker Paul Ryan or Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have done anything to make it less likely."

Trump looms over Republican nominating contest for Georgia governor

FILE PHOTO: Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp speaks with visitors to the state capitol about the "SEC primary" involving a group of sou - Republican voters in Georgia on Tuesday will choose their party's nominee for governor in a two-man faceoff that has become a proxy battle between U.S. President Donald Trump and the state's popular Republican governor, Nathan Deal. In May, Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle, who has Deal's endorsement, finished ahead of Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp.

Fox News booked the wrong Democrat on a show. She used the spotlight to unload on Trump.

A Massachusetts state senator who opposes President Donald Trump's immigration policies was mistakenly booked on Fox News, and she used the airtime to criticize Trump's "illegal and inhumane" treatment of migrant families crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. Barbara L'Italien, a Democrat, appeared Monday on "Fox & Friends First," instead of the intended guest, Democratic congressional candidate Ann Kirkpatrick, who has openly supported U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement .

Adam Putnam Grabs Another Big Endorsement For Governor

The Associated Industries of Florida -one of the leading business groups in the Sunshine State-threw its support behind state Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam for governor on Monday. AIF's Board of Directors endorsed Putnam who is running in next month's Republican primary against U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla.

Californiaa s November elections a clear referendum on Trump

California's top-two primary carried the risk of producing only candidates of one party on the November ballot. This actually happened in a number of legislative and congressional districts, but they were not any of the contested ones.

‘Handmaid’s Tale’ demonstrators protest Pence in Philly

A unidentified woman protests at Broad Street for the pending arrival of Vice President Mike Pence at the Union League, in Philadelphia, Monday, July 23, 2018. Dozens of demonstrators dressed as characters from the novel-turned-TV series "The Handmaid's Tale" descended on downtown Philadelphia to protest Pence's visit.

Congressional candidate lied about donating $700,000 to campaign, prosecutors say

A former Democratic candidate for the 2nd Congressional District now running as an independent lied about donating more than $700,000 to her campaign, according to federal prosecutors. Shaun Brown of Virginia Beach, one of three people on the ballot Nov. 6, is set to stand trial this week in U.S. District Court in Norfolk on charges she stole at least $439,000 from a program established to feed needy children.

How Trump is shaping Democratic and Republican races in Georgia

Republican gubernatorial candidates Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and Secretary of State Brian Kemp are facing off in a runoff election Tuesday following a crowded seven-person Republican primary in May. In a tweet on Saturday, President Trump endorsed Kemp, which could affect the outcome of the race.

Georgia lawmaker uses racial slur, drops pants in TV series

A Georgia lawmaker is the latest public figure caught with his pants down on provocateur Sacha Baron Cohen's new cable TV series, this time literally, as the state legislator exposes his bottom, speaks with a mock Asian accent and yells a racial slur all in the name of fighting terrorism. In Sunday night's broadcast of Cohen's Showtime series "Who Is America?" Cohen poses as an Israeli military expert who persuades Republican Rep. Jason Spencer to take part in several outlandish exercises.

As Trump’s latest lies implode, one party tries to smuggle out…

The release of new documents relating to the genesis of the Russia probe - and President Donald Trump's response to those documents Monday morning - throw the asymmetry between the parties that is the driving fact of our politics right now into perhaps its starkest relief yet. Broadly speaking, many Republicans have tacitly enabled or actively aided in efforts to pervert the basic functions of government in service of preventing the full truth about Russian sabotage of U.S. democracy from becoming publicly known, all to shield Trump from accountability.

Awkward! Fox & Friends accidentally books a Democrat

JUNE 01: Jillian Mele attends as Shawna Thompson and Keifer Thompson of Thompson Square perform on "Fox & Friends" summer concert on June 1, 2018 in New York City. NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 01: Jillian Mele attends as Shawna Thompson and Keifer Thompson of Thompson Square perform on "Fox & Friends" summer concert on June 1, 2018 in New York City.