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The possible need to give hurricane relief funds to Texas could be an X-factor for Congress as it hustles to pass spending bills before October and avoid a government shutdown — and the kind of political struggles that Republicans faced with 2012’s Superstorm Sandy.

President Trump on Sunday got an early start on his legislative agenda this week — pushing again for U.S.-Mexico border wall funding and confirming his visit to Missouri to tout his tax reform plan and apparently hammering incumbent Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill for her non-support.

President Trump on Sunday said he is planning a trip to storm-ravaged Texas, and praised the government response to Hurricane Harvey, including the “thousands rescued” by emergency crews, as storm water rises and strands residents across the state.

U.S. Sen. Luther Strange made his case to state Republican party leaders on Saturday, urging them to vote for him in a GOP runoff next month because of his “conservative accomplishments” and the endorsement of President Donald Trump.

The Democratic campaign committee dedicated to electing members to the House is ratcheting up its rhetoric by referring to three White House advisers as “white nationalists.”

The National Rifle Association has drawn fire in recent months for a series of videos criticizing prominent liberal forces and the mainstream media, with some warning that the group is resorting to language that could incite violence.

At least two Arizona congressmen are split on President Trump pardoning former Sheriff Joe Arpaio, with Rep. Trent Franks calling the ex-lawman a “patriot,” as other congressional Republicans, with some exceptions, stay largely silent on the issue.

The election of President Donald Trump and Republican control of Congress meant the National Rifle Association could probably rest easy that gun laws wouldn’t change for at least four years.

President Trump’s promise to “drain the swamp” didn’t play too well in a place where nearly a fifth of the working population has a job with the federal government.

Sebastian Gorka, fresh off his departure from his job as President Trump’s national security aide, says he will likely take a post-White House role at the populist Breitbart News.