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capital source “I know Mike Capuano as a champion and fierce advocate for those who have often been forgotten or left behind,” Lewis said in a statement.

The outlook for the GOP is growing more dire a day after a Democratic upset win in a Pennsylvania Congressional district that had been a Republican stronghold.  Ryan told House Republicans on Wednesday they need to ‘‘get to work,’’ fund-raise and not be caught off guard heading into the midterm campaign season.  The Senate passed bipartisan legislation Wednesday designed to ease bank rules that were enacted to prevent a relapse of the 2008 financial crisis.  The push to redecorate Ben Carson’s office has come under congressional scrutiny in recent weeks.  The Justice Department is reviewing a

The outlook for the GOP is growing more dire a day after a Democratic upset win in a Pennsylvania Congressional district that had been a Republican stronghold.  Ryan told House Republicans on Wednesday they need to ‘‘get to work,’’ fund-raise and not be caught off guard heading into the midterm campaign season.  The Senate passed bipartisan legislation Wednesday designed to ease bank rules that were enacted to prevent a relapse of the 2008 financial crisis.  The push to redecorate Ben Carson’s office has come under congressional scrutiny in recent weeks.  The Justice Department is reviewing a

The outlook for the GOP is growing more dire a day after a Democratic upset win in a Pennsylvania Congressional district that had been a Republican stronghold.  Ryan told House Republicans on Wednesday they need to ‘‘get to work,’’ fund-raise and not be caught off guard heading into the midterm campaign season.  The Senate passed bipartisan legislation Wednesday designed to ease bank rules that were enacted to prevent a relapse of the 2008 financial crisis.  The push to redecorate Ben Carson’s office has come under congressional scrutiny in recent weeks.  The Justice Department is reviewing a

MORE puts a hawkish critic of the Iran nuclear deal on tap to be the top diplomat for the United States. It also puts a former Republican lawmaker with deep ties on Capitol Hill, and one who has developed an increasingly close relationship with the president, in charge of the State Department, which could shift policy to the right while also giving Foggy Bottom more influence in the administration. “We got along actually quite well, but we disagreed on things,” Trump told reporters. “When you look at the Iran deal, I think it’s terrible.

Republican senators on Tuesday said they were not surprised by MORE, with some acknowledging they’ve grown numb to the president’s unorthodox style of governing. While senators didn’t receive advance notice of Tillerson’s firing, several said it had been clear for some time that he was on the outs with the president. “People are getting used to this being what life is like under President Trump,” said a GOP senator, who requested anonymity to discuss private conversations with colleagues. “This has become the norm,” the source added, expressing regret over the depart

MORE on Tuesday in what many at the White House believe could be the first of a new round of high-profile changes within the administration. White House officials were not sorry to see Tillerson go, viewing him as an ineffective leader who was rarely on the same page as Trump. In a sign of the bitterness between the White House and Tillerson’s circle, officials joked about fighting for the right to fire one of Tillerson’s top spokesmen, Steven Goldstein, who had issued a statement that differed from the White House account of the secretary’s exit. Tillerson did not t

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CANONSBURG, Pa. — Tuesday’s pivotal Pennsylvania special House election is too close to call, a disturbing sign for Republicans in what has usually been a deep-red district. Democrat Conor Lamb and Republican Rick Saccone are locked in a high-profile battle that won’t be decided until the early hours of MORE won by nearly 20 points in 2016. The razor-thin margin is the latest twist in the special election for the 18th District, which opened up in October when longtime Rep.