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In this photo from Wednesday, May 20, 2020, Kansas Senate President Susan Wagle, R-Wichita, speaks to reporters during a news conference outside the Senate chamber in Topeka, Kan., as Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning, left, R-Overland Park, and Senate Vice President Jeff Longbine, right, R-Emporia, watch. GOP leaders hope to pass a bill curbing Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's power to manage the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Kansas lawmakers push limits on governor as AG doubts orders

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet Meeting in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, May 19, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump threatens funds for states easing voting in pandemic

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press

GOP plan would keep Kansas governor from closing businesses

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, March 15, 2020, file photo, former Vice President Joe Biden participates in a Democratic presidential primary debate at CNN Studios in Washington. Biden won Oregon’s Democratic presidential primary, outpacing Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who both suspended their campaigns earlier in the year. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Secretary of state race close; backhoe issue grabs attention

By ANDREW SELSKY - Associated Press

McConnell ad portrays McGrath as too liberal for Kentucky

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

In this Feb. 11, 2017, file photo, pro-choice counterprotesters hold signs supporting a woman's right to choose abortion, as nearby anti-abortion activists held a rally in front of Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, in Denver. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

Marco Rubio vows probe of Planned Parenthood taking coronavirus aid

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Sunday, March 15, 2020, file photo, former Vice President Joe Biden participates in a Democratic presidential primary debate at CNN Studios in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Joe Biden wins Oregon’s Democratic presidential primary

By Andrew Selsky - Associated Press

In this May 14, 2020, file photo House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Four of the five members of the Congressional Oversight Commission have been appointed, but Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have not agreed on who should chair the panel. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Nancy Pelosi ready to negotiate on coronavirus spending bill

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this April 21, 2020, file photo Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks with reporters after the Senate approved a nearly $500 billion coronavirus aid bill on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) **FILE**

Trump hits McConnell on response to ‘Russian collusion hoax’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

US Rep. Buck forms special panel to review GOP ballot issues

By CHARLES ASHBY - Associated Press

Robb Rehfeld wears a mask as he walks to cast his vote during a special election for California's 25th Congressional District seat Tuesday, May 12, 2020, in Santa Clarita, Calif. Republican Mike Garcia and Democrat Christy Smith are running for the seat after the resignation of Rep. Katie Hill, D-Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Mike Garcia, Tom Tiffany win in California, Wisconsin special elections

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2019 file photo, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in his Statehouse office in Madison, Wis. Republican-controlled legislatures are increasingly trying to strip Democratic governors of their executive authority to close businesses and schools, a power grab that channels frustration over the economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic but could come with long-term consequences for how their states fight disease. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer, File)

GOP in power grab to rein in Dem governors on virus response

By SCOTT BAUER - Associated Press

In this Aug. 21, 2019, file photo Rep. Justin Amash, I-Cascade Township, holds a constituent meeting at Rising Grinds Cafe, in Grand Rapids, Mich. (Cory Morse/The Grand Rapids Press via AP, File)/The Grand Rapids Press via AP)

Justin Amash on third-party presidential campaign: ‘I think it hurts both candidates’

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Thursday, May 7, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

GOP says House Democrats ‘cowering’ from coronavirus

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Thursday, May 7, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

GOP leader names picks for House panel overseeing virus aid

By ALAN FRAM and MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Amy Acton walks into her daily coronavirus news conference on Friday, April 17, 2020 at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. (Doral Chenoweth/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

Amy Acton, Ohio health director, authority targeted in House vote

By John Seewer and Andrew Welsh-Huggins - Associated Press

President Donald Trump points to the audience as he walks onstage to speak at a campaign rally, Friday, Feb. 21, 2020, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Donald Trump fires back against GOP-led ‘Mourning in America’ attack

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2020, file photo, oil executive and Republican U.S. House candidate Claire Chase campaigns in Los Lunas, N.M. and talks about her plans to support President Donald Trump. Three Republican hopefuls seeking to challenge Democratic U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small for a key southern New Mexico seat. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras, File)

GOP US House primary in New Mexico gets personal, nasty

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS - Associated Press

Former Iowa Democratic Congressional candidate J.D. Scholten holds up a sign as he speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. Scholten, a former minor league baseball player who narrowly lost his bid to defeat U.S. Rep. Steve King in Iowa’s 4th Congressional District says he’s keeping his options open for a political future but for now is working to create an Iowa nonprofit organization to help fight poverty. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Iowa congressional hopefuls forced to change campaign strategies

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Gov. John Bel Edwards talks about what it takes to try and restart the economy and addressing steps being taken to fight the Coronavirus along with the status of cases in the state during a news conference at the GOHSEP Friday April 24, 2020, in Baton Rouge, La. (Bill Feig/The Advocate via AP, Pool)

Edwards wins Trump praise, irritation from GOP lawmakers

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press