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Minnesota House GOP proposes crackdown on urban crime

By STEVE KARNOWSKI - Associated Press

In this Dec. 15, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions attend the FBI National Academy graduation ceremony in Quantico, Va. Sessions is part of a crowded GOP primary field competing to challenge U.S. Sen Doug Jones for the seat Sessions held for 20 years before becoming Trump's first attorney general. Sessions' recusal from the Russia inquiry prompted blistering public criticism from Trump, who eventually asked him to resign as attorney general. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump rift with Jeff Sessions focus of GOP race for Alabama Senate seat

By James Varney - The Washington Times

Political corruption trial of big N Carolina donor to start

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2018, file photo, then-Rep.-elect Gil Cisneros, D-Calif., stands in front of the Capitol during a week of orientation for incoming members, in Washington. Republicans are eager to recapture a string of California U.S. House seats a that the party lost in a 2018 rout, but the job is looking tougher: The numbers are running against them. State voter registration statistics show Democrats gaining ground in key battleground districts that the party seized two years ago, on its way to regaining control of the House. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Democrats gaining voter edge in California House battles

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD - Associated Press

In this Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020, image taken from video a voter registration tent lays on its side after Gregory Timm drove a van through it, in Jacksonville, Fla. The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said Sunday, Feb. 9, Timm was arrested in the incident. (WJXT News4Jax via AP)

Gregory Timm, Florida man who rammed van into GOP booth, told police he doesn’t like Trump

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Rep. Justin Amash. (Associated Press)

Rep. Justin Amash, ex-Republican: Trump admin pursuing socialist policies while decrying socialism

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 27, 2020, photo, Knute Buehler, a Republican candidate for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, poses for a photo during an interview with The Associated Press in Bend, Ore. In 2018, the Republican party's candidate for governor of Oregon painted himself as a centrist, criticized President Donald Trump's environmental stance and said he didn't want to be linked to divisive national figures. Buehler lost to incumbent Gov. Kate Brown. Now, Buehler is running for a seat in Congress in a district covering a conservative swath of Oregon, and has taken Trump into a tight embrace. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)

Oregon candidate, once a Trump critic, now embraces him

By ANDREW SELSKY - Associated Press

Kansas state Reps. from left, Jim Kelly, R-Independence; Tom Phillips, R-Manhattan, and Susan Concannon, R-Beloit, listen during a meeting of GOP lawmakers before a proposed amendment to the state constitution on abortion, Friday, Feb. 7, 2020, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Kelly and Concannon support the measure but Phillips has been among a handful of Republicans to oppose it. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Kansas anti-abortion measure fails; Medicaid plan targeted

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press

Republican presidential candidate former Rep. Joe Walsh, R-Ill., center, speaks with Ernie Rairdin, left, during a campaign event at Riley's Cafe, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) ** FILE **

Joe Walsh ends 2020 GOP bid against Donald Trump

By Hunter Woodall - Associated Press

Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, speaks with KSL-TV's Doug Wright during an interview in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. Republicans in the state are unusually divided on the president, so while some were heartened to see Romney cast what he described as an agonizing vote dictated by his conscience, Trump supporters were left angry and frustrated. (Laura Seitz/The Deseret News via AP)

Mitt Romney recall vote proposal eyed in Utah

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President Donald Trump, center, speaks as he meets with Republican senators on health care in the East Room of at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 27, 2017. Seated with him, from left, are Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

MoveOn starts 2020 campaign attacking Susan Collins, Cory Gardner and Martha McSally

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

N Carolina Republicans quickly seek new executive director

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Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, walks through a hallway at the state Capitol in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. Republicans in the state are unusually divided on the president, so while some were heartened to see Romney cast what he described as an agonizing vote dictated by his conscience, Trump supporters were left angry and frustrated. (Laura Seitz/The Deseret News via AP)

Romney returns to Utah to explain his impeachment decision

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST - Associated Press

Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, right, departs after the impeachment acquittal of President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Mitt Romney impeachment vote sparks GOP’s ire

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, in Washington. Both Sen. Kelly Loeffler and Rep. Doug Collins were in the audience as Trump spoke for more than an hour at the White House, where the 2020 election rivals were among a number of GOP lawmakers the president thanked by name for supporting him throughout his impeachment that ended with his acquittal Wednesday by the Senate. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump praises 2 Republicans seeking Georgia Senate seat

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Beshear joins GOP lawmaker to promote sports betting bill

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a caucus night campaign rally on Monday, Feb. 3, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Nancy Pelosi, Democrats’ impeachment obsession backfires on Joe Biden

By S.A. Miller and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Editorial Roundup: South Carolina

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Clay Schexnayder, R-Gonzales, makes his way to the podium to be sworn into the leadership position at the state Capitol in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, Jan. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Brett Duke)

Democrats lead some Louisiana House panels, but GOP controls

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 25, 2019, file photo, U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., center, speaks as House Democrats hold a news conference in Washington. Lujan is outpacing all of his GOP opponents in the money race for an open Senate seat in New Mexico at the end of 2019, federal records show. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Lujan outraising all foes in open Senate race in New Mexico

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS - Associated Press