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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.
Donald Trump's refusal to back McCain and others in the party for re-e... . Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Briar Woods High School, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016, in Ashburn, Va.
As Republican loyalists continue to flee, Donald Trump has ignited new party tensions by refusing to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan or Arizona Sen. John McCain, a remarkable display of party division just three months before Election Day. The Republican presidential nominee told The Washington Post Tuesday that he's "just not quite there yet," when asked about an endorsement of Ryan, who faces a primary election next week.
In this March 21, 2016 file photo, then-Democratic National Committee Chair, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., is interviewed in New York. House Speaker Paul Ryan and Wasserman Schultz are about to test votersa sA A anti-establishment mood, first hand.
In recent days, Trump has criticized Muslims, babies, firefighters and the military, prompting his wincing Republican backers to issue awkward denunciations Obama turned up the heat on Republicans who appear increasingly ill at ease with Trump but have not withdrawn their endorsement In a searing and virtually unprecedented presidential rebuke, Barack Obama declared embattled Republican White House nominee Donald Trump "unfit" to be president Tuesday and called on party leaders to disown him. Obama piled on as Trump's campaign reeled from multiple self-inflicted scandals, calling the 70-year-old mogul "woefully unprepared" and "unfit to serve as president."
Gold Star father Khizr Khan and Iraq War vet Rep. Tammy Duckworth both found Donald Trump's acceptance of a Purple Heart from a veteran to be 'disgusting', inappropriate.
Marshall is running for U.S. House of Representatives against incumbent Tim Huelskamp in the First Congress... . Dr. Roger Marshall, left, talks with supporters during a watch party Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016 in Great Bend, Kan.
Voters were weighing their desires for an outside voice versus political experience Tuesday as they cast ballots in a Republican gubernatorial race that has been one of Missouri's most broadly contested... Former Navy SEAL officer Eric Greitens won the Republican primary for Missouri governor Tuesday after a hard-fought race in which he cast himself as a conservative outsider willing to use his military bravado to blow up... A doctor backed by agriculture and business groups ousted U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp Tuesday in a Kansas Republican primary race that focused on the tea party-backed incumbent's battles with GOP leaders and... A doctor backed by agriculture and business groups ousted U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp Tuesday in a Kansas Republican primary race that focused on the tea party-backed incumbent's battles with GOP leaders and criticism that... U.S. stocks are slipping Tuesday morning ... (more)
On Tuesday, retiring New York Rep. Richard Hanna became the first Republican member of Congress to say he will vote for Democrat Hillary Clinton in November instead of Donald Trump. "He is unfit to serve our party and cannot lead this country," Hanna wrote in a column published in The Post-Standard newspaper of Syracuse, New York.
From left, Artis E. Manning, 70, of Flint, casts his ballot at the Berston Field House polling location while Jim Barfield, of Flint, and Jermaine Jackson, of Flushing, wait for more voters to arrive on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016 in Flint, Mich.
Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence defended a military mom's right to criticize Donald Trump's comments about the Muslim parents of a slain U.S. Army veteran Tuesday, but also lashed out at the media's coverage of the controversy. Pence Confronted with Criticisms of Trump Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence defended a military mom's right to criticize Donald Trump's comments about the Muslim parents of a slain U.S. Army veteran Tuesday, but also lashed out at the media's coverage of the controversy.
Moran, a Republican, was asked if he backs the Republican nominee after he toured a dementia ward at the Colmery-O'Neil VA Medical Center in Topeka. His response instead focused on Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Briar Woods High School, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016, in Ashburn, Va. While Ryan faces underdog Paul Nehlen in a primary next week, Trump told The Washington Post that "I'm not quite there yet" with an endorsement of the House speaker.
A lawyer representing the 19-year-old accused of fatally shooting three oth... . A friend of the Mukilteo shooting victims reacts as Allen Ivanov appears at Snohomish District Court in Everett, Wash., via video link from the Snohomish County Jail, Monday, Aug. 1, 2016, in Everett, Wash.
Donald Trump's running mate will first visit the Fox Tucson Theater and then head to Phoenix for an evening event at the Phoenix Convention Center. Trump held a rally Tuesday in Ashburn, Virginia, where he said the Arab Gulf States wouldn't exist without U.S. help.
Democratic Rep. Jared Polis has given $25,000 to a group pushing to allow local government more say over energy production. Polis gave the money to Yes for Local Control Over Oil and Gas, according to campaign finance disclosures posted Monday.
Coming soon to a Facebook news feed near you: a new political strategy aimed at helping Republican candidates like North Carolina's Sen. Richard Burr overcome what supporters say is an unfair reputation that conservatives don't care about the environment. This week in North Carolina, ClearPath Action Fund , a conservative super PAC, plans to launch a near-half-million-dollar campaign in support of Burr's re-election effort.
Former DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz listens as Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton delivers her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on Thursday, July 28, 2016. Democratic National Committee CEO Amy Dacey has resigned amid the controversy over the release of a cache of hacked emails from the committee, according to a Democrat familiar with the matter.
In a searing denouncement, President Barack Obama slammed Donald Trump as "unfit" and "woefully unprepared" to serve in the White House on Tuesday. He challenged Republican lawmakers to drop their support for their party's nominee, declaring "There has to come a point at which you say enough."