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Apr 28

WATCH: Sen. Tim Scott delivers GOP response to Biden speech

By Alan Fram, Associated Press

South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott has used the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s address to Congress to vow that “America is not a racist country.”…

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Oct 08

Watch 5:53
Maine Sen. Susan Collins faces challenge of her political career from Sara Gideon

By Lisa Desjardins, Matt Loffman

One of the Senate seats in play this November is that of Maine’s senior senator, Republican Susan Collins, who has long nurtured a reputation as bipartisan. But during the Trump era, her favor has fallen with some of Maine's fiercely…

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Aug 25

WATCH: ‘We have work to do’ on race, Sen. Tim Scott tells Republican National Convention

By Associated Press

South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott says he is living the American dream and cites “the evolution of the Southern heart" as the reason he, as a Black man, was able to win a primary election against a son of Strom…

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Jul 15

Some in GOP rebuke Trump for racist tweets, but party leaders still silent

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

Top Republicans remained largely silent after President Donald Trump said over the weekend that four women of color in Congress should "go back" to the countries they came from. By Monday, some rank-and-file lawmakers in the party were speaking up.

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Sep 13

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Does the Democrats’ pitch for universal health care have a chance?

By PBS News Hour

Congress engaged in an intense day of closed-door negotiations about DACA Judy Woodruff talks to Yamiche Alcindor of The New York Times about the signs coming from those meetings, plus a meeting between President Trump and Sen. Tim Scott, R-N.C.

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Feb 08

GOP lawmakers to meet with leaders of black colleges

By Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press

President Donald Trump said during his campaign that he wanted to ensure funding for HBCUs, which have been pushing for more high-level attention from leaders in Washington, D.C.

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Jul 15

Black lawmakers recall police stops after senator’s speech

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, the lone black Republican in the Senate, candidly described being stopped by police, even Capitol Hill cops, because of the color of his skin.

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Jul 14

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U.S. Sen. Tim Scott on racism and the Capitol police

By PBS News Hour

In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, Sen. Tim Scott, a black Republican from South Carolina, gave a powerful — and revealing — speech Wednesday on how even in the Capitol, relations between African-Americans and cops are strained. He…

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Jun 14

‘Highly offensive:’ Trump draws ire from GOP lawmakers over response to Orlando shooting

By Erica Werner, Associated Press

Republican hopes are fading for a new, "more presidential" Trump as the party's divisions around him grow ever more acute.

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Jun 07

GOP unite in denouncing Trump’s attacks on federal judge

By Erica Werner, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Leading Republicans united Tuesday in an extraordinary denunciation of Donald Trump's attacks on a federal judge.

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