Politics P.M.: In a year of setbacks, activists push to encourage more LGBT candidates

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In a year of setbacks, activists push to encourage more LGBT candidates

Some believe more participation will help roll back anti-gay legislation.

By Katie Zezima • Read more »

How a vulnerable House Republican is running for reelection in the age of Trump

An incumbent from an increasingly diverse district does his best to distance himself from the presumed presidential nominee.

By Ed O'Keefe • Read more »

Donald Trump finally weighs in on sweeping Supreme Court abortion decision

The decision was considered by legal experts to be the most significant on abortion rights in a generation.

By Jose A. DelReal • Read more »

House could vote on gun bill next week — but not the one Democrats support

Any House bill would be more likely to resemble a GOP alternative that would give federal officials three days to go to court to block a gun sale to a suspected terrorist.

By Mike DeBonis • Read more »

New anti-Trump super PAC aims to build 50-state coalition

The group, Keep America Great, has been set up as a grass-roots coalition spanning all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

By Anu Narayanswamy • Read more »

The Daily 202: Does Supreme Court decision mean an end to the fight over affirmative action?

Legally, perhaps. But politically, not so much.

By James Hohmann • Read more »

How Bernie Sanders missed his moment

Bernie hesitated, resisted, dithered and shilly-shallied instead of getting aboard the Clinton bandwagon.

By Stuart Rothenberg • Read more »

Donald Trump’s claim that China ‘will enter’ the Trans-Pacific Partnership ‘at a later date’

Trump's revised claim about China and TPP is still problematic, but just shy of a total whopper.

By Michelle Ye Hee Lee • Read more »

North American leaders commit to unity as Europe faces division and change

Obama, Trudeau and Peña Nieto meet in Ottowa, forge agreements on energy, environment

By Juliet Eilperin • Read more »

Obama and Sanders battle over TPP and the Democratic platform

By David Weigel • Read more »

Trump, citing attack in Istanbul, blames Clinton for Islamic State strength

"She hasn't done anything about what's going on," Trump said.

By Brian Hannon and Jose A. DelReal • Read more »

McConnell on Trump: ‘Getting closer’ to being a ‘more serious and credible candidate’

McConnell is offering a subtle, but increasingly sharp, critique of Trump's campaign.

By Paul Kane • Read more »

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