Trumpa s tariffs put GOP candidates in a bind in rural areas

In the aptly named Harvester Restaurant, wheat farmer Roy Dube makes clear he's no fan of President Donald Trump's trade policy. "We get him elected into office and he pulls us out of trade agreements," Dube said last week as local farmers gathered to hear Democratic House candidate Lisa Brown.

Trump’s tariffs put GOP candidates in a bind in rural areas

In this July 17, 2018, photo, Lisa Brown, the Democratic opponent to Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., speaks during a candidates forum in Colfax, Wash. Some Democratic candidates are determined not to let Republican members of Congress distance themselves from the president's trade policies.

Trump’s tariffs could sow trouble for GOP in farm districts

In the aptly named Harvester Restaurant, wheat farmer Roy Dube makes clear he's no fan of President Donald Trump's trade policy. "We get him elected into office and he pulls us out of trade agreements," Dube said last week as local farmers gathered to hear Democratic House candidate Lisa Brown.

Trump’s tariffs could sow trouble for GOP in farm districts Source: AP

In the aptly named Harvester Restaurant, wheat farmer Roy Dube makes clear he's no fan of President Donald Trump's trade policy. "We get him elected into office and he pulls us out of trade agreements," Dube said last week as local farmers gathered to hear Democratic House candidate Lisa Brown.

Trumpa s tariffs could sow trouble for GOP in farm districts

In the aptly named Harvester Restaurant, wheat farmer Roy Dube makes clear he's no fan of President Donald Trump's trade policy. "We get him elected into office and he pulls us out of trade agreements," Dube said last week as local farmers gathered to hear Democratic House candidate Lisa Brown.

Republicans, Trump, press economic message for November Source: Cox Media Group

If there is one message that Republicans in Congress - and President Donald Trump - can agree on in the campaign for the 2018 mid-term elections, it is to remind voters at every opportunity about economic gains made under the Trump Administration, paired with talk about the big GOP tax cut approved at the end of 2017. "The hope and the optimism has returned," said Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers , who faces a tougher than expected challenge in November, as she and other GOP leaders have spent much of the year touting economic gains for regular working Americans.

Man accused of threats to Congress, including GOP’s Scalise

Rep. Steve Scalise, grievously wounded in a 2017 shooting, and the No. 4 House Republican leader have received telephone threats, aides said Thursday after a western New York man was arrested and accused of leaving menacing voicemails for two lawmakers.

Eastern Washington US House race takes harsh turn Source: AP

Republican U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers is sharply attacking her presumed Democratic opponent in the run-up to August's primary, calling Lisa Brown "dangerously liberal" as the incumbent heads into what is expected to be a tough re-election campaign. A television ad on behalf of McMorris Rodgers, the highest-ranking woman in House leadership, said Brown was soft on sex offenders while in the state Legislature.

The Latest: Schumer wants hearings on what Trump told Putin

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., criticizes President Donald Trump's performance during his side-by-side news conference with Russia's Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, as he speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, July 16, 2018.

Connelly: Sen. Cantwell to Trump: How ’bout them apples?

Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., warms that Trump tariffs will provoke retaliation from U.S. trading partners: "Mexico alone is the number one market for Washington state applies, contributing more than $215 million to our economy and local wages every year." Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., warms that Trump tariffs will provoke retaliation from U.S. trading partners: "Mexico alone is the number one market for Washington state applies, contributing more than $215 The Skookum Packers Association uses a Native American apple eater to promote Yum-Yum apples, printed circa 1930 in Wenatchee, Washington.

The Latest: Trump says Korea talks “going along very well’

North Korea said Friday that it's still willing to si... . Protesters hold candle lights during a rally to denounce the United States' policies against North Korea near the U.S. embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, May 25, 2018.

Seoul: North Korea committed to US summit, denuclearization

In this May 26, 2018, photo provided on May 27, 2018, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, at the northern sid... . In this May 26, 2018 photo provided on May 27, 2018, by South Korea Presidential Blue House via Yonhap News Agency, South Korean President Moon Jae-in, right, is guided by North Korean leader Kim Jon... .

Amid anti-immigrant sentiment, some Spanish speakers wary

Mucarsel, 62, of Southern California finds herself reverting to English when she attends a baseball game or goes to... . This undated photo shows Phoenix resident Diana Olivera, a pediatric nurse at a hospital emergency room, who has spoken Spanish in public places all of her life.

More LGBT issues loom as justices near wedding cake decision

A flood of lawsuits over LGBT rights is making its way through the courts and will continue, no matter the outcome in the... . In this May 6, 2018 photo, Democratic congressional candidate Lisa Brown, center, who is challenging U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., greets walkers at the Lilac Bloomsday Run in Spokane, Wash.

Father, son plead guilty to fraud involving secretive sect

He and his son, who belong to a secretive evangelical church in North Carolina called Word of Faith Fellowship Church, pleaded guilty t... . FILE - This 2016 image from video shows the entrance to the Word of Faith Fellowship church in Spindale, N.C. A father and son who belong to the secretive evangelical church in North Carolina pleaded guilty Friday, May 25, 2018, ... .

Vote points to big win for abortion rights groups in Ireland

A woman places flowers by a mural showing Savita Halappanavar, a 31-year-old Indian dentist who had sought and been denied an abortion before she died after a miscarriage in a Galway hospital, with the word YES over it, in Dub... . A woman leaves a polling station after casting her vote in the referendum on the 8th Amendment of the Irish Constitution, in Dublin, Ireland, Friday May 25, 2018.