Tensions between House and Senate Republicans are already complicating the GOP’s latest reconciliation push, with House lawmakers openly questioning whether senators can be trusted to preserve key priorities in the party-line spending package.

By Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff and Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON, July 15 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's attorney general nominee, Todd Blanche, faced tense bipartisan questioning at a U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday about the rollout of the Epstein files and a settlement that gave the president sweeping tax immunity.

Republican Senate candidate Mike Collins has built a national profile as a combative, Trump-aligned online provocateur — a style that has repeatedly drawn scrutiny over his associations with far-right figures,

Trump is taking an unusual trek to Capitol Hill for what one Republican senator hopes will be "robust conversations."

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche will confront questions Wednesday about his brief but turbulent tenure atop the Justice Department during a Senate confirmation hearing that will test President Donald Trump’s grip on Republican lawmakers whose support the nominee will need for the job.

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday pressed attorney general nominee Todd Blanche, President Trump’s former lawyer, on a range of controversies and came away even more convinced that he’s not fit to lead the Justice Department.

The PPP poll surveyed 759 North Carolina voters earlier this month and found Cooper leading the race by 48% to 44%, a margin of error of +/-3.6%.

Voters who cast a Democratic ballot in last month’s primaries in South Carolina will not be able to vote in the special Republican primary for U.S. Senate next month.

Republicans aim to pass election integrity measures through budget reconciliation by offering states grant funding to enforce voter ID requirements.