McConnell says Trump has earned GOP nomination

WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says that while presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is “a phenomenon” and political outsider, he has earned the right to the GOP nomination and the party’s support. McConnell says he does not believe Trump is changing the Republican Party “in a fundamental way,” but instead is…

Boehner backs Trump despite policy disagreements

WASHINGTON (AP) – Former House Speaker John Boehner is getting behind Donald Trump, despite disagreeing with Trump’s stands on banning Muslims from entering the United States, tearing up trade deals and other issues. Boehner says the billionaire businessman is the presumptive Republican nominee for president – “whether people like it or not.” And Boehner is…