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Running 'scared': Safe-seat Republicans brace for blue wave with TV ads

WASHINGTON _ North Carolina Rep. Virginia Foxx, who has consistently cruised to victory over seven terms in the House, typically doesn't have much to worry about during an election year. In 2016, she didn't even bother running any TV ads.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 18, 2018

Headed into tough re-election, Cruz sides with GOP leaders on big spending bill

WASHINGTON _ Texas Sen. Ted Cruz on Tuesday broke with Senate conservatives to support a government funding bill that provides a boost in defense spending _ along with money for public broadcasting, Head Start programs and the operation of Obamacare.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 18, 2018

Beto O'Rourke goes on TV in Spanish, as poll shows lagging Latino support

WASHINGTON _ Democrat Beto O'Rourke released his first Spanish-language TV ad Tuesday, to go on air this week in eight Texas media markets.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 18, 2018

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Fort Trump? Trump considers permanent military base in Poland named after himself

WASHINGTON _ Despite espousing an "America First" foreign policy strategy, President Donald Trump is considering opening "Fort Trump" _ a permanent military base in Poland.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 18, 2018

Blue wave threatens to wash away one of GOP's few Hispanic congresswomen

WASHINGTON _ Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, one of the GOP's three Hispanic congresswomen _ and one of its rising stars _ is at risk of losing her re-election campaign.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 18, 2018

The FEC could ban Congress from using leadership PACs for personal use

WASHINGTON _ The Federal Election Commission is for the first time seriously considering banning members of Congress from using any political donations for personal use.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 17, 2018

Trump's tariffs will make recovery from Hurricane Florence more expensive

WASHINGTON _ The tariffs President Donald Trump has slapped on imports from China, Canada and other countries _ as well as new tariffs he is expected to announce late Monday _ are almost certain to make it more expensive for homeowners in the Carolinas to rebuild and refurnish their after…

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 17, 2018

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Chris McDaniel was a rising GOP star. Now he's fighting for political survival

LAUREL, Miss. _ Down in the polls, short on cash and running out of time, Republican conservative firebrand Chris McDaniel says he's far from cooked in his bid to win a U.S. Senate seat from Mississippi that he believes was stolen from him four years ago.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 17, 2018

Conservatives call on Senate to hear from Kavanaugh accuser � and quickly

WASHINGTON _ Blindsided by an accusation against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, conservative groups still pushing for his confirmation had a message Monday: Let's hear from the accuser.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 17, 2018

Facing heat for 2017, FEMA ramps up hurricane preparation for Florence

WASHINGTON _ With questions still swirling about its response last year to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, the Trump administration doesn't appear to have taken any chances in its preparations for Hurricane Florence, which made landfall early Friday morning on Wrightsville Beach in North Carolina.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 14, 2018

Why even moderate Democrats are moving left and changing what it means to be centrist

WASHINGTON _ Betsy Rader's political agenda includes a check-list of liberal priorities: She unequivocally supports abortion rights, believes in universal health care, talks forcefully about the importance of gay rights, and _ per an aide _ is "incredibly dismayed" by President Donald Trump's immigration policy.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 14, 2018

Trump under pressure to support the Republican establishment, Mississippi GOP Senate candidate says

WASHINGTON _ Chris McDaniel says President Donald Trump is a prisoner of the Republican political establishment.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 14, 2018

Hurricane Florence relief aid could be a battle in Congress

WASHINGTON _ Congressional Republican leaders are confident the government has enough disaster aid to help with Hurricane Florence relief. Some Democrats think more money will be needed.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 14, 2018

Got flood insurance? Thousands of homeowners in Hurricane Florence's path do not

Thousands of homeowners in inland North and South Carolina stand to be inundated by Hurricane Florence's drenching over the next few days, but hardly any of them carry federal flood insurance, leaving them at risk of a devastating loss, with little prospect of help from the federal government.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 13, 2018

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McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 13, 2018

Hawley under fire on pre-existing conditions as pressure from Democrats mounts

WASHINGTON _ Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley won't offer details about his role in the Republican lawsuit that could strike down insurance protections for people with pre-existing conditions.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 12, 2018

Meet the 'new' Texas Democrats fueling Beto O'Rourke's race

FORT WORTH, Texas _ Beto O'Rourke is awakening a grass-roots movement in Texas _ one that's led by gray-haired, once-loyal Democrats who are aggressively working to end decades of their own political dormancy in Texas.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 11, 2018

Trump officials press UN to sanction Venezuela as US and Europe have done. UN balks

WASHINGTON _ The Trump administration called on members of the United Nations Security Council Monday to take bold moves to isolate Venezuela's top officials, by launching money-laundering probes of certain members of the regime and blocking them from accessing their financial networks.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 11, 2018

Trump touts administration's readiness as East Coast braces for Hurricane Florence

WASHINGTON _ President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his administration is "totally prepared" to respond to Hurricane Florence, a dangerous Category 4 storm that is threatening to barrel down on the Carolinas within days.

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McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 11, 2018

Mike Espy sees runoff as path to a Mississippi Senate seat. Here's why it's a bumpy road

JACKSON, Miss. _ Mike Espy is running for the runoff _ the sort of election that some African-Americans have said for years is designed to keep them from winning.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 11, 2018

Trump calls Hurricane Maria response an 'unsung success'

WASHINGTON _ President Donald Trump heaped lavish praise Tuesday on his administration's response to Hurricane Maria, a devastating storm that left nearly 3,000 people on Puerto Rico dead and the island's residents without power for months.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 11, 2018

More dead pigs? Hurricane threatens hog farms, sewage plants and people downstream

Hurricane Florence threatens to kill thousands of farm animals and trigger catastrophic spills of waste as it bears down on a Carolina coastal region dotted with sewage treatment plants, hog waste lagoons, poultry farms and coal ash ponds.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 11, 2018

Markos Kounalakis: Our troops are dying for a lost cause. We've got to get out of Afghanistan

Twenty-seven years ago, I was in Afghanistan to watch the Russians cut and run from a military quagmire and failed occupation that helped bring down the Soviet Union. In 2018, America is ready to walk away from a similarly failed military adventure. As Lt. Col. John W. Nicholson Jr., the…

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 10, 2018

Smelling blood, Democrats are saturating this once-safe GOP district with attack ads

WASHINGTON _ If television viewers in Washington state's 8th Congressional District feel besieged by negative political advertising, there's a reason for that. Democrats have spent more on that congressional seat than any other nationwide over the last month, according to a McClatchy analysis. Republicans are just starting to respond.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 10, 2018

'Anger is a great motivator.' A guide to the GOP's biggest 2018 fears

WASHINGTON _ President Donald Trump is caught in an unrelenting swirl of scandal, and President Barack Obama's signature health care law is still intact. Democratic energy is unbridled, and Republican enthusiasm is uncertain.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 10, 2018

Apathy anew: Democrats' biggest 2018 fear is low turnout among people of color

WASHINGTON _ Misael Avila has tried everything to convince his Latino community in central California to care more about politics. He has led voter-registration drives around Modesto. He's personally knocked on voters' doors. He has even hosted a congressional debate at his Catholic church.

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