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The pro-free trade stances of Sen. Rob Portman, Ohio Republican, may make his re-election this year all the more difficult. (Associated Press Photographs)

Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, pro-free trade stances make for tough re-elections

Republican Sens. Rob Portman and Pat Toomey have been forceful advocates for free trade agreements during their careers in Washington — making their re-election bids all the tougher this year, when they'll need to count on the very anti-free trade voters being courted by their party's new leader, Donald Trump.

June 28, 2016
House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. speaks at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) in Washington, Wednesday, June 22, 2016, on new proposals to repeal and replace President Barack Obama's health care law. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Paul Ryan calls for new trade deal with U.K. following Brexit vote

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan called Tuesday for the United States to carve out a new trade agreement with the U.K. following last week's Brexit vote, saying the "special relationship" between the two nations must endure Britain's decision to pull out of the European Union.

June 28, 2016
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks in New York, Wednesday, June 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Dave Brat waiting on Donald Trump to flesh out entitlement plans

Virginia Rep. David Brat said presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump could have a tough time delivering on his pledge to protect entitlements without increasing the national deficit if he is serious about not making any cuts to the programs.

June 28, 2016
In this Oct. 22, 2015, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Select Committee on Benghazi. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Hillary Clinton campaign calls Benghazi probe ‘partisan sham’

Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign is panning the Benghazi probe that has culminated in a 800-page report that is set to be released Tuesday and that makes the case that the former secretary of state underestimated the risk extremist groups posed to American personnel in Libya.

June 28, 2016
Donald Trump (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump’s Republican opponents take fight to convention

Donald Trump's presidential campaign is confident that the push to block the New York billionaire's coronation as the party's presidential nominee will flame out at the Republican National Convention -- though some signs warn that the anti-Trump movement reflects lingering discontent that could undercut his chances of unifying the party before the November election.

June 27, 2016
In this June 22, 2016, photo, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton gestures as she speaks during a rally in Raleigh, N.C. The nation’s framework for economic security and health care in retirement is financially unsustainable, but you wouldn’t know it from listening to the presidential candidates. Clinton has proposed expanding Social Security benefits for widows and family caregivers, as well as making upper-income earners pay more to support the program. She may have to go further, since liberals, including Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, are pressing for expanded benefits. President Barack Obama also wants to do more. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Brexit carries warning signs for Hillary Clinton

Analysts say the grievances that helped fuel the Brexit vote have also helped given rise to Donald Trump on the other side of the Atlantic and could carry warning signs for Hillary Clinton four months out from the 2016 presidential election.

June 24, 2016
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump poses with a bagpiper as he arrives at his revamped Trump Turnberry golf course in Turnberry Scotland Friday June 24, 2016. Trump saluting the United Kingdom's vote to leave the European Union, saying "they took back their country, it's a great thing." Trump arrived at his Turnberry golf course in Scotland a day after the so-called Brexit vote. (Andrew Milligan/PA via AP) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE

Hillary Clinton’s camp criticizes Trump over Brexit response

Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign said Friday that Donald Trump's response to Britain's exit from the European Union and the negative impact it has had on global markets is more proof that the presumptive GOP presidential nominee is unfit to be president.

June 24, 2016
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks to media outside his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 22, 2016. Former Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio announced he will run for re-election to the Senate from Florida, reversing his retirement plans under pressure from GOP leaders determined to hang onto his seat and Senate control. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Florida Senate GOP primary is now a two-person race

Sen. Marco Rubio's field of rivals in the GOP primary thinned Friday following Todd Wilcox's decision to drop his bid -- setting up a two-person race between the incumbent and businessman Carlos Beruff.

June 24, 2016
Donald Trump jetted to Scotland on Thursday where he will reopen one of his two golf resorts, in a move that baffled some GOP strategists who said his time would be better spent on the trail.

Donald Trump’s Scotland jaunt baffles Republican strategists

Fresh off a campaign reboot, Donald Trump jetted to Scotland on Thursday for a trip shaping up as more a chance to see to his business dealings than to burnish his foreign policy chops on the world stage, raising questions about whether the detour could cost him back home.

June 23, 2016