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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Spokane, Wash., Saturday, May 7, 2016. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Democratic governors look to cash in on Trump

The Democratic governors' campaign arm is hoping that presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump's positions on women's issues become a cash cow for their candidates running in the fall election.

May 13, 2016
House Speaker Paul Ryan, whose goals conflict with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, meets Thursday with the businessman. (Associated Press)

Paul Ryan, Donald Trump set for symbolic meeting

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan and Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump will meet Thursday for the first time since 2012. The political world will dissect every smoke signal sent from Thursday's meeting, but the mere fact that they are meeting is symbolically important.

May 11, 2016
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump greets supporters before speaking at a rally, Friday, May 6, 2016, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Donald Trump wins West Virginia, Nebraska primaries

Donald Trump scored wins Tuesday in the West Virginia and Nebraska primaries, padding his lead in the Republican presidential race hours after a new poll showed him locked in a tight general election battle with Hillary Clinton.

May 10, 2016
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks at an event in Washington on Sept. 25, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Rick Perry endorses Donald Trump

Rick Perry threw his support behind presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump in the presidential race, marking a stark turnaround for the former Texas governor who last year called the New York billionaire "a cancer on conservatism."

May 5, 2016
"I have always said that the Lord has a purpose for me as he has for everyone, and as a suspend my campaign today, I have renewed faith, deeper faith, that the Lord will show me the way forward and fulfill the purpose of my life," Ohio Gov. John Kasich said on May 4, 2016. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

John Kasich suspends White House bid

Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Wednesday dropped out of the 2016 GOP presidential race, clearing the way for businessman Donald Trump to seize the Republican nomination and shift his focus toward the general election.

May 4, 2016
Sen. Rob Portman, Ohio Republican (Associated Press) **FILE**

Democrats hoping Donald Trump dooms GOP in Senate races

Democrats running in competitive Senate races are giddy about the prospect of businessman Donald Trump leading Republicans into the fall election, confident that their GOP rivals could get swallowed up in an anti-Trump undertow.

May 4, 2016
Tony Perkins, head of the Family Research Council, a leading Christian religious-conservative group (Associated Press) **FILE**

Republican establishment pressured to embrace insurgents in role reversal

The Republican establishment has watched in horror this primary season as their presidential picks have, one after another, been marched out to slaughter, leaving the party's leaders in Washington stunned and under growing pressure to give up the fight and rally around the insurgents.

May 1, 2016