Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said he would like to see presidents — along with other federal officials — banned from trading individual stocks.

Progressives are cautiously optimistic that they can capture the nomination for a congressional seat in Philadelphia in a race against the Democratic Party’s center-left establishment Tuesday

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Competing messages from candidates like Bob Brooks and Ryan Crosswell highlight a battle for the soul of the Democratic Party in a swing district in Pennsylvania.

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A Democratic grassroots organization seeking to conduct at least 500,000 substantive conversations with voters across the battleground map this year said it is expanding its list of targets to more than 60 contested congressional and state races.

Some 4,000-plus spectators who are lucky enough, cunning enough or rich enough will score a seat to the UFC fight on the South Lawn next month.

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