Inside Romney's Trump strategy

Inside Romney's Trump strategy-politico:  Romney has voted this year against Trump more than most other Senate Republicans, torpedoed Herman Cain’s chances on the Federal Reserve and even defended former President Barack Obama. Yet he still broadly supports Trump’s agenda and is with him far more often than not.

Conservatives spark threat of bloody GOP primaries

Conservatives spark threat of bloody GOP primaries-thehill: Senate Republicans are facing a potential intraparty brawl as they fight to hold on to the chamber next year. Republicans are defending 22 seats in 2020, mostly in deep-red states, limiting Democrats’ pickup opportunities and increasing the odds of the GOP keeping the Senate.

Huge Democratic field boosts Biden

Huge Democratic field boosts Biden-thehill: Democratic front-runner Joe Biden has an unusual advantage in the 2020 race: the sheer size of the field. The former vice president has leapt out to a wider lead than many pundits expected since launching his bid in late April.

To-do list piles up for Congress

To-do list piles up for Congress-thehill: Congress' to-do list is getting longer and longer amid high-profile skirmishes between President Trump and congressional Democrats. With the first half of 2019 off to a slow legislative start, both chambers are facing a potential logjam of crucial deadlines and competing priorities heading into the back half of the year.

President Trump playing into the hands of Democrats will cost him

President Trump playing into the hands of Democrats will cost him-thehill: Earlier this week, tensions escalated between President Trump and the Democratic leadership when he stormed out of a meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, a meeting which was supposed to be about infrastructure, and said that he would not work with Democrats until they ended all their investigations into his administration.

Frustration boils over with Senate's “legislative graveyard”

Frustration boils over with Senate's “legislative graveyard” - Senators are growing increasingly frustrated as legislative activity has slowed to a crawl during the first half of the year. The Senate voted on two bills Thursday, breaking a nearly two-month drought during which Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has focused instead on judicial nominations, his top priority.

Senate passes massive disaster aid package

Senate passes massive disaster aid package-politico: The Senate passed a long-awaited bipartisan disaster aid package on Thursday after reaching a last-minute deal with President Trump. In an 85-8 vote, the Senate approved a multi-billion dollar disaster aid bill, which will assist states devastated by wildfires, hurricanes and flooding, comes after months of roadblocks.