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House Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is being warned to push back against President Donald Trump to avoid earning a legacy as a "bootlicker," according to a new Politico profile.

Thune beat out Trump loyalist Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) and Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) to replace Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who, at 83 and in precarious health, announced his retirement in February.

Thune has openly criticized Trump in the past, but has remained "mostly mum" on Trump's rapid dismantling of the government since becoming president, "questioning here and there but generally signaling at least partial or tacit consent," according to the article....

President uses weekly address to call for consideration of 'common sense' measures excluded from gun control bill

In December of last year, Minnesota state Senator Amy Koch resigned from her position as Senate Majority Leader after it came to light that the married mother of one had been having an affair with a then-unnamed male staffer. Now Koch's paramour, Michael Brodkorb, is coming forward and suing the state on grounds of wrongful termination and gender discrimination, according to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.

Even as Europe's debt crisis spirals out of control, Wall Street is casting an eye on a fast-approaching congressional deadline that could spark a debt crisis this side of the Atlantic.

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the US Senate pressed ahead Monday with plans to vote on a piece of his stalled jobs plan this week, in the face of stiff resistance from Republicans.