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Capital Source Immediately after the state GOP convention, John Kingston began cutting his field staff’s salaries — a move that prompted four of the five people in those positions to quit.  Ground Game He’s running for Congress. His daughter is running for state representative. And, yes, he is “so proud” of her.   On Saturday, the former mayoral candidate will be one of three people to receive an honorary degree at the University of New Hampshire commencement ceremonies.   Capital Source Scott Lively is challenging Governor Charlie Baker in the GOP primary on Sept. 4.

The cancellation came amid a swift and fierce backlash over a racist tweet Barr sent on Tuesday morning.   The query from NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts is believed to be the first instance nationally in which an interest group is demanding such disclosures as a condition of its endorsement.  President Donald Trump is accusing special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigative team of “MEDDLING” in the upcoming midterm elections and blames Democrats for “collusion.”   His run would have created one of the most high-profile Democratic primaries in the country.

The cancellation came amid a swift and fierce backlash over a racist tweet Barr sent on Tuesday morning.   The query from NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts is believed to be the first instance nationally in which an interest group is demanding such disclosures as a condition of its endorsement.  President Donald Trump is accusing special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigative team of “MEDDLING” in the upcoming midterm elections and blames Democrats for “collusion.”   His run would have created one of the most high-profile Democratic primaries in the country.

The cancellation came amid a swift and fierce backlash over a racist tweet Barr sent on Tuesday morning.   The query from NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts is believed to be the first instance nationally in which an interest group is demanding such disclosures as a condition of its endorsement.  President Donald Trump is accusing special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigative team of “MEDDLING” in the upcoming midterm elections and blames Democrats for “collusion.”   His run would have created one of the most high-profile Democratic primaries in the country.

MORE marked Memorial Day in a tweet on Monday claiming that the nation's fallen heroes “would be very happy and proud at how well our country is doing today.” “Best economy in decades, lowest unemployment numbers for Blacks and Hispanics EVER (& women in 18years), rebuilding our Military and so much more." Trump tweeted. "Nice!"     Trump had tweeted a video in honor of the holiday earlier Monday. The president is scheduled to participate in a wreath-laying

MORE's selection of Robert Wilkie to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is being praised by veterans groups as a safe, stabilizing move in the aftermath of the failed nomination of former White House physician Ronny Jackson. Wilkie, who is serving as acting VA secretary, is a Washington insider with years of administrative experience who has previously worked on Capitol Hill as well as in the Pentagon for two presidents. He’s drawn praise from both Republicans and Democrats, and outside advocacy groups hope he will avoid getting mired in the same ongoing fig

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Three vulnerable Senate Democrats hailing from states MORE (Ind.) co-authored the bipartisan legislation, signed by Trump on Thursday, that eases the regulatory oversight imposed on banks and credit unions by the Dodd-Frank Act. The senators say their bill is a prime example of their ability to work across party lines and solve problems, a message they are eager to bring back to voters in their home states. “One-size-fits-all rules from Washington have been strangling Montana’s Main Street economy and threatening our rural way of life,” Tester said after the House pas

Republican aides in Congress who were instrumental in writing the sweeping tax law last year are hitting the exits to take jobs in the lobbying industry.  At least a half dozen high-profile GOP staffers have departed or are departing Capitol Hill, swapping jobs in the legislative branch for plum postings at firms like Akin Gump and Squire Patton Boggs.  The exile from Congress includes top aides for the House Ways and Means Committee, Senate Finance Committee, and the offices of Sens.