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FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2018, file photo, then Speaker of the House Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., listens to President Donald Trump speak during a meeting with Republican lawmakers in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Trump unloaded an angry late-night tweetstorm on Ryan, calling Ryan a “lame duck failure” who “had the Majority and blew it away.” Ryan is very critical of Trump in the book “American Carnage” by Tim Alberta of Politico, which had excerpts in various publications this week. Alberta wrote the former speaker could not stand the idea of another two years with the president and saw retirement as the &quot;escape hatch.&quot; (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Paul Ryan’s public support of Trump masked GOP struggle

By LISA MASCARO and DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

Superintendent’s lawyer is next state GOP executive director

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Pennsylvania GOP settles fight over contested race for chair

By MARC LEVY - Associated Press

President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at Erie Insurance Arena, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, in Erie, Pa. As Hurricane Michael pounded the Southeast on Wednesday, Trump took shelter at the campaign rally in Pennsylvania, where he sought to boost Republicans before the midterms. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Pa. GOP reaches power-sharing deal in key state for Trump

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, left, speaks to reporters about food assistance for the needy as Secretary for Children and Families Laura Howard listens during a news conference, Thursday, July 11, 2019, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kansas. Kelly on Thursday dropped a policy that allowed several thousand Kansas adults to keep receiving food assistance after failing to meet a work requirement, reversing course days after the state’s Republican attorney general threatened to file a lawsuit. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

GOP threat ends Kansas governor’s food assistance extension

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press

Former President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally for Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams at Morehouse College Friday, Nov. 2, 2018, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) ** FILE **

Obamacare ‘individual mandate’ constitutionality doubted by appeals court judges

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

The Latest: N Carolina budget fight stalls Medicaid proposal

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In a June 3, 2019 photo, State Representative Greg Murphy debates Joan Perry on the campus of Pitt Community College. They are vying for the 3rd Congressional District. (Deborah Griffin/The Daily Reflector via AP)

Murphy wins North Carolina GOP congressional primary runoff

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

In a June 3, 2019 photo, State Representative Greg Murphy debates Joan Perry on the campus of Pitt Community College. They are vying for the 3rd Congressional District. (Deborah Griffin/The Daily Reflector via AP)

Greg Murphy wins Republican runoff in North Carolina 3rd District

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FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2012, file photo, State Sen. Tommy Norment, R-James City County, looks over rules of the Senate during debate on the new Senate rules at the start of the 2012 session of the Virginia Senate at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. Norment is calling for a broad ban on guns in government buildings, a surprise legislation he filed the day before state lawmakers are set to debate gun laws. He filed a bill Monday, July 8, 2019, that would extend a state prohibition on guns in courthouses to any &quot;building owned or used by a locality for governmental purposes.&quot; (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

The Latest: Virginia GOP: Panel should review gun issues

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File-In this file photo taken Dec. 19, 2018 North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper takes a question during an interview at the Governor's mansion in Raleigh, N.C. The fight over the North Carolina state budget continues as Cooper made a counteroffer Tuesday, July 9, 2019, to the two-year plan written by Republicans that he's already vetoed. But GOP leaders remain unconvinced they'll fail to locate enough votes to override his veto. House Republicans still were trying on Tuesday to persuade enough Democratic colleagues to go against the governor. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

As Cooper makes offer, efforts to advance NC budget stall

By GARY D. ROBERTSON and AMANDA MORRIS - Associated Press

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., speaks to reporters following the weekly policy lunches on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Democrats go on offense ahead of Obamacare showdown

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this photo taken Wednesday, July 3, 2019, Oregon Sen. Brian Boquist poses outside his office in the Oregon State Capitol in Salem, Ore., after an interview with The Associated Press. Boquist once worked in the world's hotspots as a military contractor and soldier and now finds himself under fire, this time from fellow lawmakers and the governor after he threatened state police and the Senate president ahead of a walkout by Republican lawmakers. A Senate special committee on conduct will hold a hearing Monday, July 8, 2019, over Sen. Boquist's behavior. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)

Brian Boquist, Oregon Republican, must give notice before coming to Capitol, Senate committee rules

By Andrew Selsky - Associated Press

State Sen. Brian Boquist reads a statement on Monday, July 8, 2019, to the Senate special committee on conduct in Salem, Ore. An independent investigator told the Oregon Senate committee Monday that Boquist's threats against state police and the Senate president created an unsafe work environment and suggested he be at least temporarily banned from the Capitol. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)

Police staffing increased in presence of Oregon senator

By ANDREW SELSKY - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 6, 2019 file photo, Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards smiles as he describes the end of a legislative session that saw his teacher pay raise and education spending plans win final passage, in Baton Rouge, La. The governor has been traveling the state to meet with teachers and veterans, and he’s planning a statewide RV tour that begins Saturday, July 6. The Deep South's lone Democratic governor faces two major GOP challengers on the October ballot: U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham of Richland Parish and Baton Rouge businessman Eddie Rispone. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)

Louisiana governor begins RV tour Saturday for election bid

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

This March 28, 2017, file photo shows Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., followed by Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, leaving a closed-door strategy session on Capitol Hill in Washington. Amash isn’t taking back his call for President Trump’s impeachment. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) ** FILE **

Justin Amash leaves GOP: ‘I’ve become disenchanted with party politics’

By Maria Stainer - The Washington Times

In this June 12, 2019 file photo, Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., listens to debate as the House Oversight and Reform Committee considers whether to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt for failing to turn over subpoenaed documents related to the Trump administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File )

Michigan Rep. Justin Amash quitting Republican Party

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Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signs the budget Wednesday, July 3, 2019 at the State Capitol in Madison, Wis. Evers made 78 partial vetoes to the state budget passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature before signing it . (Steve Apps/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

Evers flexes muscle, signs budget with 78 vetoes

By SCOTT BAUER - Associated Press

Rep. Joaquin Castro speaks alongside members of the Hispanic Caucus after touring inside of the Border Patrol station in Clint, Texas, Monday, July 1, 2019. Castro's identical twin, presidential candidate Julian Castro, held a rally outside the building over the weekend. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)

Trump transforms 2020 immigration debate - for Democrats

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

In this Aug. 13, 2001, file frame from video provided by C-SPAN, Tom Hofeller speaks during an event at the Republican National Committee in Washington. Hofeller, a mastermind of GOP redistricting preached keeping electronic records secure. But after his death in 2018, his own files found their way to the heart of lawsuits over a U.S. census question on citizenship and North Carolina’s legislative redistricting. (C-SPAN via AP)

Files from dead mapmaker focus of NC redistricting hearing

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press