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October 19, 2017 at 2:01 pm

AP source: Trump calls GOP senators to offer support

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has called three GOP incumbent senators to offer his support after they've come in the crosshairs of former White...

October 19, 2017 at 9:58 am

Bipartisan plan to curb health premiums gets strong support

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan proposal to calm churning health insurance markets gained momentum Thursday when enough lawmakers rallied behind it to give it potentially...

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FILE — Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), center, and Patty Murray (D-Wash.), left, during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee meeting in Washington, Sept. 14, 2017. Some lawmakers want to fund the payments to insurers that President Donald Trump is cutting off, while the president says Democrats should negotiate with him. Alexander and Murray have been trying to work out a deal to provide money for the cost-sharing subsidies. (Tom Brenner/The New York Times) XNYT125 XNYT125

October 17, 2017 at 8:51 am

A short-term health deal by senators — with Trump’s blessing WATCH

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Democrat Patty Murray of Washington state say they have the "basic outlines" of a bipartisan deal to resume payments to...

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October 17, 2017 at 12:31 am

Trump, McConnell make a show of unity, despite tensions VIEW

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell have reaffirmed their alliance of necessity in a raucous Rose Garden news conference that also underscored their...

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October 16, 2017 at 12:53 am

Trump, McConnell: No matter what people say, we’re friends VIEW

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell reaffirmed their alliance of necessity Monday in a raucous Rose Garden news conference that also underscored their...

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October 12, 2017 at 12:46 am

Former Trump aide Bannon had ties to Harvey Weinstein

WASHINGTON (AP) — The multiplying tentacles of the Harvey Weinstein sex abuse scandal have touched a former president, a former presidential candidate and now a...

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October 11, 2017 at 2:51 pm

APNewsBreak: Steve Bannon had ties to Harvey Weinstein

WASHINGTON (AP) — The multiplying tentacles of the Harvey Weinstein sex abuse scandal have touched a former president, a former presidential candidate and now a...

U.S. Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) speaks with reporters outside his office on Sept. 26, 2017 in the Dirksen Senate Office Building after announcing he will not seek a third term in the Senate. Days after Corker implied Donald Trump was a source of “chaos,” the president called his fellow Republican a coward for not running again. (Alex Edelman/Zuma Press/TNS) 1212848 1212848

October 10, 2017 at 12:30 am

Trump lashes ‘Liddle Bob Corker’ as senators call for calm VIEW

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump lashed out at Sen. Bob Corker as "Liddle' Bob Corker" on Tuesday, escalating a feud with the Tennessee Republican...

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FILE — Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 14, 2017. For nearly nine months, Senate Republicans have watched their new president with a mix of aggravation and alarm. But it took Corker to take those concerns public and confront President Trump with his most serious challenge from within his own party. (Al Drago/The New York Times) XNYT19 XNYT19

October 9, 2017 at 12:47 am

Corker’s attacks on Trump highlight broader concerns in GOP VIEW

With his Twitter broadsides and his explosive New York Times interview — he charged that Trump could set the nation "on the path to World...

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October 6, 2017 at 11:40 pm

Arizona Sen. Flake’s vulnerability feeds GOP Senate concerns

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake's re-election race is becoming a case study in the GOP's convulsions among the establishment, a furious base...