The Latest: Republican faces backlash for bucking the party

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Latest on the Nebraska Republican Party urging a GOP state lawmaker to switch parties (all times local):
4:50 p.m.
A Nebraska state lawmaker is facing calls to leave the GOP after he blasted fellow Republicans for “enabling white supremacy” and staying silent after President Donald Trump made inflammatory comments about minorities.
Sen. John McCollister’s comments following this weekend’s mass shootings in Texas and Ohio drew a sharp rebuke