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Hillary Clinton will call on Congress Tuesday to return to Washington to pass a funding measure to fight the mosquito borne virus. Clinton, according to aides, will call on Republican leaders to bring Congress back into session to either craft a bipartisan compromise bill to provide funding for fighting the disease or to pass legislation that stalled before lawmakers left Washington for a seven-week recess last month.
Political rookie Paul Nehlen's longshot bid to unseat House Speaker Paul Ryan will be the unexpected highlight of the Wisconsin primary. Ryan rarely even has a primary challenger, but Nehlen's unexpected boost from Donald Trump made the race one to watch just in case the unthinkable happens and Ryan on Tuesday becomes the first House speaker to lose a primary.
Conservative third-party candidate Evan McMullin entered the race for the White House Monday, and he's already coming out swinging against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. During an interview Monday night with ABC's Tom Llamas, McMullin, a former CIA agent and former House Republican Conference policy advisor, called Trump a "weak candidate" who "ensures" a November victory for Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee for president.
Trying to turn the page after a tumultuous campaign stretch, Donald Trump unleashed a blistering attack Monday on Hillary Clinton's approach to the economy while promising he would provide deep tax cuts and jolt middle class workers back to prosperity. Trump's speech to the Detroit Economic Club reflected the Republican presidential nominee's attempt to reboot and redirect the conversation to his strength: the economy.
Donald Trump is focusing his economic message on boosting jobs and making the country more competitive on a global stage by cutting business taxes, reducing regulations and increasing domestic energy production. With a speech Monday to the prestigious Detroit Economic Club, the Republican presidential nominee seeks to reset his campaign and delve into a subject - the economy - that is seen as one of his strengths.
The top Republican in the Wisconsin state Assembly says he's embarrassed to have GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump leading the party's ticket this November. In an open letter to fellow Republicans, state Assembly Speaker Robin Vos questions whether he's proud of the GOP nominee, and said the answer is so obvious it hurts.
Author and controversialist Ann Coulter stumped for House Speaker Paul Ryan's Republican primary opponent, Paul Nehlen. Appearing with Nehlen at a rally in Ryan's hometown, Coulter told listeners "You are so lucky to be living in this district because it's like we're standing in the Amtrak train station looking up and there's only two trains leaving."
Muslims worship Friday at a converted church the congregation purchased in 2006, in Yardley, Pa. The U.S. Justice Department charged that the Bensalem Township zoning hearing board violated federal religious land-use laws by denying the Muslim congregation's application to build a mosque after it had granted zoning exemptions for other religious construction projects.
Donald Trump is trying to shift from a disastrous stretch of his presidential campaign to one focused on policy and party unity. But even as his allies speak of lessons the political newcomer has learned, two of his staunchest Republican critics predict he's heading for losses in a pair of battleground states.
Crowds cheer during a Donald J. Trump campaign rally at Windham High School in Windham, N.H., Aug. 6, 2016. Crowds cheer during a Donald J. Trump campaign rally at Windham High School in Windham, N.H., Aug. 6, 2016.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Windham High School, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016, in Windham, N.H. Trump endorses Ryan, McCain: After declining to do so, Donald Trump endorsed House Speaker Paul Ryan and Sens. John McCain and Kelly Ayotte Friday night at a rally, reports ABC News. He broke from his usual form and read from notes as he voiced his support for the GOP leaders as they face reelection.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump points to the crowd following a rally at Windham High School on August 6, 2016 in Windham, New Hampshire. Photo - Scott Eisen/Getty Images/AFP Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump points to the crowd following a rally at Windham High School on August 6, 2016 in Windham, New Hampshire.
Two Republican officials who have been critical of Donald Trump raised new concerns about his ability to win in the key battleground states of Ohio and Arizona. Speaking on CBS's ''Face the Nation'' on Sunday morning, Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., cautioned that Hillary Clinton could win his state - which has gone for the Republican nominee in every election since 2000 and has gone for the Democratic nominee only once in the past 10 presidential elections.
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks during the National Association of Black Journalists and National Association of Hispanic Journalists joint convention in Washington, DC, August 5, 2016. Washington: Democrat Hillary Clinton has widened her lead over White House rival Donald Trump to eight points after both parties' nominating conventions, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll out Sunday.
To continue reading up to 10 premium articles, you must register , or sign up and take advantage of this exclusive offer: JANESVILLE, Wis. - House Speaker Paul D. Ryan's, R-Wis., red-brick Georgian revival in this tree-lined, kid-filled Midwestern neighborhood has long been his "refuge," as his wife calls it, from the divisive world of politics.
After a disastrous week of feuds and plummeting poll numbers, Republican leaders have concluded that Donald Trump is a threat to the party's fortunes and have begun discussing how soon their endangered candidates should explicitly distance themselves from the presidential nominee. For Republicans in close races, top strategists say, the issue is no longer in doubt.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump endorsed House Speaker Paul Ryan at a rally in Ryan's home state on Friday, ending several days of drama between Trump and party leaders after he pointedly declined to endorse Ryan and others in an interview Tuesday. Trump was asked by The Washington Post whether he supported Ryan in his home district primary and Trump used language similar to what Ryan said about Trump after he effectively sealed the nomination.
House Speaker Paul Ryan "appreciates the gesture" from GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump for endorsing Ryan in Green Bay on Friday night, a spokesman told Breitbart News. "He appreciates the gesture and is going to continue to focus on earning the endorsement of the voters in Southern Wisconsin," a Ryan aide told Breitbart News in response to Trump's endorsement.
Until August, ground zero in that rebellion was, of course, Donald Trump's candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination, which, when he handily won, rocked and shocked the Republican establishment and political world at large. Truly, he feels people's pain and has an intuitive, real feel for what's wrong and what needs to change.