Republicans yank Obamacare repeal bill
Facing a growing rebellion within his own ranks, House Speaker Paul Ryan pulled the Republican Obamacare replacement plan from the House floor on Friday just before a scheduled vote. The decision is a...
View ArticleTrump ally Nunes steps aside from Russia probe
U.S. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) will temporarily step aside from an investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, including interactions between Moscow and...
View ArticleBudget deal reached in Congress
Congressional leaders released the text early Monday of a more than 1,600-page spending bill that would fund the government at updated levels through the end of September. The bipartisan deal struck...
View ArticleUS House approves Obamacare-repeal bill
The House passed legislation Thursday to repeal and replace Obamacare, as Republicans came closer than ever to realizing their seven-year pledge to overturn the Democratic law and remake health...
View ArticleRepublicans may be reaching their breaking point with Trump
WASHINGTON — For Republicans on Capitol Hill, Donald Trump may finally have gone too far. Tuesday’s report Trump asked former FBI Director James Comey to end the criminal investigation into ex-national...
View ArticleTrump aides acknowledge Russia is overwhelming his agenda
Top aides to President Donald Trump are acknowledging that the ongoing investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 election are overwhelming his legislative agenda as former FBI Director James...
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Gunman opens fire at congressional baseball practice, wounding Senior...
A gunman opened fire at a congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Va., on Wednesday morning, wounding House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, members of his security detail, a congressional staffer,...
View ArticleJohn McCain diagnosed with brain tumor
U.S. Senator John McCain (Republican-Arizona) has been diagnosed with a brain tumor following an operation to remove a blood clot above his left eye. McCain and his family are considering options for...
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McCain ‘no’ kills Senate Obamacare repeal
The Senate Republicans’ push to dismantle Obamacare collapsed in dramatic fashion early Friday morning, when two centrist GOP women and Sen. John McCain of Arizona teamed up to sink an already...
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GOP livid after Trump cuts deal with Democrats
President Donald Trump’s and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s tête-à-tête on Tuesday — after a summer of sniping between the two — lifted Republican hopes that the GOP was finally back in sync...
View ArticleTrain carrying members of Congress hits truck, driver reported dead
WASHINGTON — An Amtrak train transporting members of Congress and staff to a Republican retreat in West Virginia struck a garbage truck near Charlottesville, Virginia on Wednesday morning, according to...
View ArticleUS Senate passes bill to end government shutdown
Washington stumbled into another federal government shutdown at midnight Thursday, after GOP Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky refused to allow a vote on a bipartisan budget deal before the funding...
View ArticleCongress votes to end government shutdown
After five and a half hours of a government shutdown, Congress passed a sweeping budget deal early Friday morning to fund the government and lift stiff spending caps — giving Republicans another...
View ArticleThe frat House of Representatives
Crotch shots. Infidelity. Secret payoffs. Pants-less octogenarians. And the infamous “Bros Caucus.” Welcome to the frat House of Representatives. The past year in Congress has been a lowlights reel of...
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John McCain, towering senator and Republican ‘maverick,’ dies
John McCain, a Vietnam War hero, two-time Republican presidential contender and towering figure in Congress known for his bipartisan deal-making during six terms as an Arizona senator, has died. He was...
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Senate void left by McCain’s death won’t be filled soon — if ever
Can John McCain be replaced? And does anyone really want that to happen? As senators went to the floor to pay tribute to the late Arizona Republican this week, there was an overwhelming sense that the...
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Kavanaugh’s confirmation all but assured
Brett Kavanaugh’s place on the Supreme Court is almost fully secured, with 51 senators publicly supporting him on Friday after three weeks of scandal and political theater. The four remaining undecided...
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Kavanaugh wins confirmation to the Supreme Court
After weeks of backroom deals, dramatic hearings and rage-filled protests that pitted the #MeToo movement against President Donald Trump and the all-male GOP hierarchy, Supreme Court nominee Brett...
View ArticleTrump rushes into shutdown threat over wall
U.S. President Donald Trump will not sign the stopgap funding bill approved by the Senate, Speaker Paul Ryan warned Thursday afternoon, a move that dramatically increases the risk of a partial...
View ArticleUS government shutdown begins as talks falter over Trump’s border wall
An array of federal departments shut down on midnight Friday after a last round of negotiations between the White House and congressional leaders failed to break the impasse over funding President...
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