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Conor Lamb, center, the Democratic candidate for the March 13 special election in Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District, and former Vice President Joe Biden, right, pose for a selfie with a supporter during a rally at the Carpenter's Training Center in Collier, Pa., Tuesday, March 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Joe Biden campaigns for Conor Lamb in Pennsylvania House special election

Former Vice President Joe Biden rallied support Tuesday for Conor Lamb in the special election race in western Pennsylvania, telling union members that the Democrat will push back against a system that is "rigged" against the working-class and "throw himself in front of the train" to prevent cuts to Social Security.

March 6, 2018
FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018, file photo, Conor Lamb, the Democratic candidate for the March 13 special election in Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District, talks about his campaign at his headquarters in Mount Lebanon, Pa. Lamb is doubling down on his rejection of Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi and telling voters it’s "a big lie" for Republicans to say he’d be her stooge. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

In Pennsylvania race, Democrats work on appealing to working-class white men

Democrats have tossed diversity overboard in favor of a white-guys-on-deck strategy in next week's special congressional election between Conor Lamb and Republican Rick Saccone in western Pennsylvania, hoping to recapture some of the working-class white voters who have fled the party in recent years.

March 5, 2018
In 2016, Texas Democrats couldn't find a serious challenger to take on Republican Rep. Pete Sessions in the Dallas suburbs. This year, Democrats are fielding a much more robust set of candidates, with nine already looking to take on Mr. Sessions. (Associated Press)

Democrats eye GOP strongholds in 2018 midterms

Democrats are fielding serious challengers in Republican strongholds, and party donors are ponying up major cash to make them competitive in a year when control of the House is legitimately on the line.

March 5, 2018
In this June 7, 2017, file photo, former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a conference in Athens. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)

Joe Biden to campaign with Conor Lamb in Pennsylvania

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden plans to hit the campaign trail next week with Democratic candidate Conor Lamb ahead of his special election showdown with Republican Rick Saccone in western Pennsylvania.

March 1, 2018
In this Tuesday, March 7, 2017, file photo, state Sen. Chris McDaniel, R-Ellisville, speaks about one of his amendments during a floor debate in the Senate chambers at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. McDaniel will challenge U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker in the 2018 U.S. Senate race. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Chris McDaniel launches challenge against GOP Sen. Roger Wicker

The anti-establishment wing of the GOP, which had been relatively quiet following the White House's public break with former adviser Steve Bannon, was reinvigorated Wednesday when state Sen. Chris McDaniel announced he will mount a primary challenge to Sen. Roger Wicker in Mississippi.

February 28, 2018
Millie March, 12, of Fairfax, Virginia, showed off her socks with the image of President Trump while awaiting his speech. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump wins over CPAC doubters

President Trump has grasped the reins of the American conservative movement, erasing doubts about his own bona fides even as he draws the political right toward his own beliefs.

February 25, 2018
Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., ranking member of the House Committee on Intelligence, speaks during a media availability after a closed-door meeting of the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill, Monday, Feb. 5, 2018 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Democrats: Steele dossier only ‘narrow’ part of FBI surveillance application

A Democratic-funded opposition research dossier was only a "narrow" part of the FBI's justification for obtaining a warrant to spy on a former Trump campaign official, congressional Democrats said in their long-awaited memo, finally released Saturday, detailing the process that led to the snooping.

February 24, 2018
FILE - In this April 6, 2011 file photo, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. addresses an Americans for Prosperity "Cut Spending Now," rally on Capitol Hill in Washington. It’s the weird issue that won’t go away, and it’s forcing GOP presidential contenders and other Republican leaders to pick sides: do they think President Obama was born outside the United States and is therefore disqualified to be president? Polls show that a remarkable two-thirds of all Republican voters either think Obama was born abroad or they aren’t sure. With Donald Trump stirring the pot, other potential candidates are distancing themselves from his comments to varying degrees. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Tea party in Donald Trump’s shadow at CPAC 2018

As CPAC gears up for its latest iteration, the tea party has been defeated on Capitol Hill, where Republicans and Democrats are competing to outbid each other on spending, and defanged on the campaign trail, where being a Trump candidate is far more important than winning tea party backing within Republican circles.

February 21, 2018