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This March 23, 2018, file photo shows an envelope containing a 2018 census letter. (AP Photo/Michelle R. Smith) ** FILE **

GOP attorneys general support citizenship question on census

By DAVID A. LIEB - Associated Press

The Latest: Lawmakers finish 2018 General Assembly session

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FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2018, file photo, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., joined at right by Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., talks with reporters at the Capitol in Washington. Ryan is backing McCarthy as his successor. In an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Ryan says McCarthy is “the right person.” “I think Kevin is the right guy to step up,” Ryan says in the interview that will air Sunday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Possible House leader Kevin McCarthy seen by Trump as ally

By ALAN FRAM and ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press

Teachers from across Kentucky gather outside the state Capitol to rally for increased funding and to protest changes to their state funded pension system, Friday, April 13, 2018, in Frankfort, Ky. Kentucky police say they might limit the number of teachers inside the state Capitol as thousands are expected to protest the governor's vetoes of the state budget. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)

The Latest: Ky. governor: Teachers left children vulnerable

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FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2017, file photo, Indiana Rep. Todd Rokita speaks during a news conference outside of the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis. Rokita likely violated ethics laws as Indiana's secretary of state by repeatedly accessing a Republican donor database from his government office, prompting party officials to lock him out of the system until he angrily complained, three former GOP officials told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

APNewsBreak: Indiana GOP locked candidate out of database

By BRIAN SLODYSKO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2018, file photo, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., joined at right by Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., talks with reporters at the Capitol in Washington. Ryan is backing McCarthy as his successor. In an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Ryan says McCarthy is “the right person.” “I think Kevin is the right guy to step up,” Ryan says in the interview that will air Sunday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Ryan anoints McCarthy to be his successor as House speaker

By LISA MASCARO and BILL BARROW - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2017, file photo, Indiana Rep. Todd Rokita speaks during a news conference outside of the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis. Rokita likely violated ethics laws as Indiana's secretary of state by repeatedly accessing a Republican donor database from his government office, prompting party officials to lock him out of the system until he angrily complained, three former GOP officials told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

APNewsBreak: Indiana GOP locked candidate out of database

By BRIAN SLODYSKO - Associated Press

The Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Associated Press)

House comes up short in push for balanced budget amendment

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., who announced yesterday he will not run for re-election, holds his weekly news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, April 12, 2018. Ryan was asked to reflect on his time as a steady if reluctant wingman for President Donald Trump's policies. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ryan’s departure sparks unrest, GOP fears losing House

By LISA MASCARO and BILL BARROW - Associated Press

House GOP budget plan puts Legislature at odds with Dayton

By KYLE POTTER - Associated Press

In this March 6, 2018, file photo, House Republican Whip Steve Scalise speaks at the 2018 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Who’ll follow Paul Ryan as speaker? Contest hums below radar

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

In this Feb. 26, 2018, photo, Missouri state Rep. Jay Barnes, left, speaks alongside House Speaker Todd Richardson at a press conference where it was announced that a committee has been formed to investigate the indictment of Gov. Eric Greitens stemming from a 2015 extramarital affair before he became governor. Barnes is head of the committee leading the investigation. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

Eric Greitens scandal: Missouri Republicans urge Trump to push governor to resign

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this March 6, 2018, file photo, House Republican Whip Steve Scalise speaks at the 2018 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Steve Scalise: I wouldn’t run against Kevin McCarthy in race to replace Paul Ryan

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., announces that he will not run for re-election at the end of his term, Wednesday, April 11, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Ryan retirement sends new ripples of uncertainty through GOP

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., announces he will not run for re-election amid Republican concerns over keeping their majority in the House of Representatives, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 11, 2018.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Paul Ryan’s retirement a ‘morale blow’ for GOP ahead of midterm elections, analysts say

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., tells reporters he will not run for re-election amid Republican concerns over keeping their majority in the House of Representatives, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 11, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker Ryan to retire, leaving big election-year GOP vacuum

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

Heitkamp says Trump asked her to switch parties

Associated Press

From left, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., speaking, and Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., right, meet with reporters following a closed-door GOP strategy session at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. The GOP-controlled House is slated Tuesday to pass a plan to keep the government open for six more weeks while Washington grapples with a potential follow-up budget pact and, perhaps, immigration legislation. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Paul Ryan to retire

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Lawsuit re-filed against Fischbach over dual roles

By KYLE POTTER - Associated Press

FILE--In this Nov. 4, 2014, file photo, newly-reelected Republican Colorado Treasurer Walker Stapleton speaks to supporters during the GOP election night gathering, in Denver, Colo. Stapleton cited the possibility of fraud in the collection of voter signatures when he announced on Tuesday, April 10, 2018, that he will try to qualify for the Republican gubernatorial primary at the party's assembly this weekend. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, file)

Colorado’s Stapleton seeks primary spot at GOP assembly

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