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The furor over child separations at the southern border has deepened concerns among Republicans over the Trump administration’s often-chaotic and polarizing approach to tackling major issues. tweet urging the party to move on to other issues. Concerns are widespread in the GOP that a party battling to retain its congressional majorities in the fall is having a difficult path made even more complicated by the White House’s shifting stances — and by the president’s willingness to ignite political firestorms. “It is very difficult.

Senate immigration talks are in limbo after tweeted Friday that Republicans should stop wasting their time negotiating with Democrats and wait until after the election to take action. Trump predicts Republicans will be in a stronger negotiating position after what he says will be a “red wave” in November — a different forecast than the one made by many other handicappers, who see promising signs in the midterms for Democrats.  In the House, Republicans are divided over how tough to make the enforcement provisions and there’s little appetite among Democrats to help advance Trump’s get-to

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) acting Director MORE is going to bat for his potential successor, and in doing so he's poised to extend his influence at the watchdog agency. Mulvaney, who doubles as head of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), has emerged as a key proponent of Kathy Kraninger, MORE’s pick to be the CFPB’s full-time director, despite his previous reluctance to influence the selection process. Trump’s decision to nominate Kraninger, an associate directo

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The TAKE with Rick Klein President Donald Trump has grown used to creating his own realities.

The TAKE with Rick Klein "This will solve the problem," President signing an order he claimed he couldn’t sign, and by changing a policy his administration claimed wasn’t a policy at all. The disturbing images that led to this point. Trump typically moves on as quickly as news cycles, and he’ll claim to have acted decisively and definitively. But this episode proves a broader point: The White House was not a

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In the gubernatorial race for fundraising dollars, this entrepreneur and environmentalist has come up short.  The Brighton Democrat has hired Mara Dolan to serve as communications consultant, making her the first person to draw regular pay from his campaign this election cycle.  At-large City Councilor Michelle Wu was the latest to endorse Zakim, saying in a message to supporters that she “felt a glimmer of hope about the state of our democracy.”  Brian Herr, who was the state GOP’s nominee for Senate in 2014, said he took himself off the party rolls this week.  On Thursday, Jay Gonzal