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GOP fears mount over Ohio special election

WASHINGTON _ It's time for Republicans to start worrying again.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Aug 2, 2018

Disagreements on child detentions could sink hopes for streamlined immigration courts

WASHINGTON _ Republican and Democratic senators struggling to find some sort of compromise to help migrant children agree on a lot of points.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Aug 1, 2018

Texas Senate race: Cruz up single digits in independent poll

WASHINGTON _ Texas Sen. Ted Cruz leads Democrat Beto O'Rourke by six percentage points, according to a new Quinnpiac University poll released Wednesday.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Aug 1, 2018

Feds examining suspicious money movements linked to Butina, associates

WASHINGTON _ Federal investigators have traced a number of suspicious financial transactions involving Maria Butina, a Russian gun rights activist who was arrested July 15, a Republican operative and several obscure companies, people familiar with the matter say.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 30, 2018

Parkland's pro-gun advocate thrills conservatives

WASHINGTON _ A crowd of 800 teenagers, caffeinated on colorful Starbucks drinks that did not appear to contain coffee, sprang to their feet as Kyle Kashuv, the 17-year-old conservative Parkland, Fla., student who gained a national following as a counterweight to the March for Our Lives, emerged on stage.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 30, 2018

Churches may have to pay taxes, and members of Congress may pay politically

WASHINGTON _ Members of Congress should be able to work together to protect houses of worship from having to pay taxes, especially in an election year when both parties want to earn the faith community's vote.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 27, 2018

'Crops go unharvested and animals go uncared for.' Concerns about farmworker shortage grow

It's nearly apple-picking time in Washington's Yakima Valley. Cherry season will be around for a few more weeks, and a bounty of other fruits and vegetables are maturing on branches and in fields.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 27, 2018

Kansas candidate's mailer promotes Trump � but Trump hasn't endorsed him

WASHINGTON _ A mailer for Republican congressional candidate Steve Watkins shows President Donald Trump giving a big thumbs up, grinning and wearing his trademark "Make America Great Again" hat.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 26, 2018

Nicaragua in 'undeclared state of siege' as hooded gunmen rule the streets

MANAGUA, Nicaragua _ They ride in the back of Toyota double-cabin pickup trucks, assault rifles slung over their shoulders. No one knows their identities. They always wear black ski masks or hoods.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 26, 2018

This court has gone to the left. Trump has a chance to move it to the right

WASHINGTON _ President Donald Trump has spent his first 18 months in office restocking, and reshaping, courts all across the federal judiciary. Now he has the chance to make his mark on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 26, 2018