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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Billionaire activist Charles Koch said Sunday that his network of big-spending political groups would be more aggressive in going after Republicans who have failed to adhere to fiscally conservative principles. Speaking to a small group of reporters in a rare interview at a five-star resort in the Rocky Mountains, Koch vowed to hold GOP lawmakers accountable for their votes when they break with the network’s free-market views on issues like spending and tariffs. “I regret some of the [lawmakers] we have supported … we’re gonna more directly deal with that

Majority Leader MORE’s (R-Calif.) path to the Speakership just got a little more complicated. Rep.

MORE's attorney Rudy Giuliani hit the Sunday morning show circuit to go on the offensive following escalating speculation that Trump's former longtime attorney and personal fixer, Michael Cohen, may turn on the president. Giuliani insisted to Fox News’s Chris Wallace that he doesn’t believe the president’s camp is “at war” with Cohen, but his charges that Cohen is a “liar,” a “manipulator” and a “scoundrel” suggested otherwise.  "It seems to me his default position is to lie," Giuliani

The Senate fight over documents related to MORE’s nominee to the Supreme Court is boiling over. Trump pick Brett Kavanaugh, a circuit judge since 2006 who previously worked for President George W.

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The TAKE with Rick Klein It has come to this: President Donald Trump sees Vladimir Putin as a potential friend, and Michael Cohen as a possible threat. Trump often sees enemies everywhere. Now, in a week that will see the president return to campaign mode, he may be right: The threats posted by those inside his orbit may be as much of a challenge to his presidency as outside forces. In both areas, Trump is increasingly alone.

The TAKE with Rick Klein President Donald Trump can go all caps, can threaten foes with actions they don’t care about, and can suggest that the Russians really want the Democrats to win. But he can’t change the facts of what transpired last week in Helsinki.

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