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Rogue billionaires are giving Republicans and Democrats a migraine

WASHINGTON _ Republican Richard Uihlein and Democrat Tom Steyer have poured tens of millions of dollars into the 2018 campaign. And their political parties are irritated about it.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 10, 2018

Latin America says US has itself to blame for Chinese entry into region that it opposes

WASHINGTON _ Latin American diplomats say the United States has only itself to blame for retreating from the region, allowing China to move into the region and establish stronger economic and diplomatic ties in the Western Hemisphere.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 10, 2018

Fight ICE voting records subpoenas, NC elections board says

WASHINGTON _ North Carolina's attorney general can fight subpoenas issued last month to the state and 44 counties, the state elections board voted unanimously Friday.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 7, 2018

Dianne Feinstein is being polite to Brett Kavanaugh. The left doesn't like it

WASHINGTON _ California Sen. Dianne Feinstein has a longstanding reputation in the Senate for being collegial and bipartisan. As Democrats continue to grapple with how to halt Judge Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court, she has made clear she's not changing course just because she _ and other Senate…

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 6, 2018

Republicans grapple with Trump's vise grip on their base

WASHINGTON _ His approval numbers are underwater and his polarizing presidency is endangering dozens of House Republicans. But when it comes to motivating GOP voters, nobody is more effective than President Donald Trump.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 5, 2018

Kerri Evelyn Harris hopes to be next progressive to shock establishment Dems

WILMINGTON, Del. _ Kerri Evelyn Harris keeps a photograph of herself with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez taped to a wall inside her campaign headquarters. She was standing next to it when she started to made bold predictions about the future of the Democratic Party.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 5, 2018

Google snubbed a Senate hearing on internet meddling: How big a price will it pay?

WASHINGTON _ Senators from both major parties tore into Google Wednesday for declining to send its top executive to a hearing on foreign internet campaigns to influence U.S. voters, an omission that one Republican senator called an "outrage."

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 5, 2018

Russia accuses Nikki Haley and Trump of colonialism in Nicaragua

WASHINGTON _ Russia pushed back against U.S. attempts Wednesday to rally the U.N. Security Council against Nicaragua, with Russia's ambassador to the U.N. accusing the Trump administration of resuming "colonial traditions" in its call for more robust international oversight of the Central American nation.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 5, 2018

Russia, China try to block US from leading UN talks on Nicaragua

WASHINGTON _ Several member nations of the U.N., including Russia and China, tried Tuesday to block an effort by the Trump administration to push the U.N. Security Council to confront the deadly violence that has consumed Nicaragua and left more than 300 dead.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 4, 2018

North Carolina congressional elections to proceed as scheduled with same maps, court rules

WASHINGTON _ North Carolina's 13 congressional districts will remain in place and so will the Nov. 6, 2018, election, a federal three-judge panel ruled Tuesday.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 4, 2018