The latest effort fails when Sen. John McCain votes with Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski against the president and Republican leaders.
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Charles Krauthammer: As Trump taunts Sessions, first crack appears in president’s base of support
Toying with the attorney general, who supported tough conservative policies long before his boss did, is a gamble politically.
Our View: Trump disrupts military – transgender troops don’t
The president’s tweeted ban demonstrates the moral and practical pitfalls of trying to make policy in 140 characters.
Alaska’s Murkowski unfazed by scornful Trump tweet
The senator says that her constituents come first and she doesn’t pay much attention to Twitter.
Trump’s transgender troops ban divides veterans in Congress
According to a senior Republican aide, House leaders were taken by surprise by the president’s tweets.
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Leonard Pitts: Republicans use electoral integrity panel to attack a core American right
The group is not a vehicle for rooting out voter fraud; it’s for suppressing voting by minorities and the poor.
Mainers reserved about Trump’s politicized speech to Scouts
But some say the president’s remarks were inappropriate because they violated the Boy Scouts’ nonpartisan tradition and values.
Sens. Collins and Reed on hot mic: Trump is ‘crazy,’ ‘I’m worried’
Maine’s senior senator laments the administration’s handling of the budget and pokes fun at a Texas congressman who challenged her to a duel.
Trump renews Twitter attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions
He also bashes acting FBI director Andrew McCabe, whom he describes as ‘the person in charge of the Hillary investigation.’