GOP frustrations with Trump mount, but endorsements stand

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leaders' frustration with Donald Trump mounted Wednesday following a series of startling statements from the GOP nominee, including his refusal to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan's re-election.

Priebus has been speaking with campaign chairman Paul Manafort and the billionaire's children, who are said to agree that Trump needs to stop picking fights within his own party, according to a Republican official with knowledge of the conversations.

Priebus and the Trump confidants, as well as numerous GOP lawmakers, have been particularly irked by the candidate's repeated criticism of an American Muslim family whose son, a U.S. Army captain, was killed in Iraq.