Senior Republicans are not happy about Trump’s remarks on Hispanic judge

Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives to a campaign rally in Redding, California, U.S. June 3, 2016. REUTERS/Stephen Lam Senior U.S. Republicans distanced themselves on Sunday from Donald Trump's comments about a Mexican-American judge, saying they were worried that the tone of his presidential campaign could enrage Latinos, who are a growing U.S. voting bloc.

Senior Republicans criticize Donald Trump’s remarks about Hispanic judge

Senior Republicans distanced themselves Sunday from Donald Trump's comments about a Mexican-American judge, saying they were worried that the tone of his presidential campaign could enrage Latinos, who are a growing U.S. voting bloc. Trump has accused U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel of harboring a bias against him in lawsuits involving fraud allegations against Trump University, the New York businessman's now-defunct real estate school.

Pelosi Not Yet Saying if She’s Endorsing Clinton or Sanders

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi isn't saying yet whether she endorses Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders for the Democratic presidential nominee, and has hinted she won't say who she supports before her home state's primary on Tuesday. "I will make an endorsement, and I'll decide when that is," the California Democrat told reporters in San Francisco in May, reports The Hill.

Trump’s reluctant backers: Republicans falling in line

He's finally got Paul Ryan's endorsement, but many officials in Donald Trump's new wave of supporters remain reluctant backers at best. Leaders who have pledged their backing still aren't wholly satisfied with his temperament, policies or readiness for the White House.

The Latest: NY’s Collins applauds Ryan’s Trump endorsement

The Latest on House Speaker Paul Ryan's endorsement of presumptive GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump : One of Donald Trump's top House backers is applauding Speaker Paul Ryan's decision to throw his support behind the presumptive GOP nominee. Congressman Chris Collins of New York says in a statement that Ryan's endorsement "reinforces the fact that Republicans are united in our fight to defeat Hillary Clinton."

Speaker Paul Ryan: a Ia ll be voting fora Trump

House Speaker Paul Ryan endorsed Donald Trump on Thursday, ending an extraordinary public split between the GOP's presumptive presidential nominee and the nation's highest-ranking Republican office holder. “I had friends wishing I wouldn't support him.

Once opposed, now in favour: Republicans form an orderly line to endorse Trump

Marco Rubio not so long ago insulted Donald Trump's tan, made crude insinuations about his anatomy, and dubbed him a "con man" and "the most vulgar person ever to aspire to the presidency". Yet days after Trump clinched enough delegates to become the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, the Florida senator said he would speak on the billionaire's behalf if asked, and would release his delegates to Trump at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland in July.

Trump aide Lewandowski defends Martinez criticism, says focus should be jobs and economy

Top Donald Trump aide Corey Lewandowski on Sunday defended Trump's recent criticism of New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez, a fellow Republican, and deflected a host of other complaints about Trump's presidential campaign, saying the real issues are jobs and the economy. "The governor is not doing the job," Lewandowski said about Martinez on "Fox News Sunday," in a sharp exchange with host Chris Wallace.

Congress breaks with unfinished work on budget, Zika, Puerto Rico, with summer nearing

Congress is racing toward its summer break, but like a procrastinating college kid it has tons of work to catch up on to avoid a report card laden with grades of incomplete or even worse. An abbreviated work period this month produced mixed results at best -- Congress exited Washington without acting on funding the battle against the Zika virus, for starters -- and a full plate awaits when lawmakers return next month from a weeklong Memorial Day recess for a six-week sprint to political convention season and the traditional August vacation.

Paul Ryan on Trump: GOP ‘Further Down the Unity Path’ Than Democrats

House Speaker Paul Ryan said Saturday that he and Donald Trump are still speaking about how to "get on the same page" when it comes to principles and policies the Republican Party can unify under, but insisted that Democrats and the ongoing battle between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders for the party's presidential nomination are much more divided. "What we're trying to do is unify around common principles and policies," Ryan told CNBC's Larry Kudlow on his radio talk show Saturday morning.

Capital City Sunday

Another company that has received millions of dollars in tax credits from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation has since outsourced Wisconsin jobs overseas. MADISON -- Another company that has received millions of dollars in tax credits from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation has since outsourced Wisconsin jobs overseas.

Trump claims has enough delegates to win Republican nomination

... real estate tycoon. Trump now has the backing of 1,238 delegates, one more than the 1,237 needed, according to the US news agency the Associated Press which first reported Trump crossing the threshold. It said the real estate tycoon's delegate count ...

VA chief: ‘I deeply regret’ wait-time comparison to Disney

In this photo taken Feb. 25, 206, Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald speaks in Washington. Republicans are criticizing McDonald after he compared wait times to receive VA health care to the hours people wait for rides at Disney theme parks.

House GOP gives election-year airing to IRS gripes

Republicans gave an election-year airing to their complaints about IRS chief John Koskinen Tuesday, telling a GOP-run House committee that he should be impeached for lying to lawmakers and destroying evidence. "Mr. Koskinen was sent to the IRS to clean it up but it's gotten worse," Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, told the House Judiciary Committee, pressing a long-shot effort he's led since last year to remove the agency's commissioner.

In Trump Standoff, Ryan Risks Isolation Early in Speakership

That sense of isolation began with the unusual path that Ryan took to becoming speaker of the U.S. House and it's deepening now as his top Republican lieutenants climb aboard the Trump train. Ryan faces one of the trickier decisions in his career without the aid of a network of staunch allies.

House panel hearing lawmaker who wants IRS chief impeached

A sympathetic House Judiciary Committee is giving a high-profile forum to a top Republican who wants to impeach IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, a cause that excites conservatives but seems unlikely to go far in Congress this election year. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz planned to testify to the GOP-run Judiciary panel on Tuesday.