GOP breaks with Trump on multiple issues heading into midterm elections

Republicans in both chambers are increasingly breaking ranks with President Trump across a host of sensitive issues, hoping some separation from the GOP’s unpopular standard-bearer will help avert a blue wave in the midterm elections.  
The divisions are highly unusual for a party that’s walked virtually in lockstep with Trump for more than a decade. But as the president’s numbers have tanked over the summer and rising costs have squeezed voters of all stripes, more