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House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) applauds after House passage of the GOP tax plan in Washington.

Republicans push hard on GOP tax plan, but voters just aren’t that into it

August 22, 2019 at 1:45 a.m.

Republicans are investing enormous amounts of political capital and dollars to pump up support for the GOP tax overhaul in a risky, last-ditch legislative undertaking ahead of next year’s midterm...

Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore at a Veterans Day event in Vestavia, Ala. on Saturday where he defended himself against accusations of sexual misconduct with underage girls when he was in his 30s.

Trump’s agenda at stake as misconduct allegations against Roy Moore turn Alabama race into toss-up

August 22, 2019 at 1:37 a.m.

Three days after allegations of sexual misconduct with teenage girls hit Alabama’s Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore, the race here has become a tossup that threatens President Trump’s agenda in...

President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell at the White House on Monday.

Trump calls for short-term Obamacare fix and reaches out to Republican leaders

August 22, 2019 at 1:18 a.m.

President Trump threw his weight Monday behind a measure to fix parts of Obamacare, the first time he has voiced approval of a specific legislative approach to do so and...

Alabama Republican Sen. Luther Strange in Pelham, Ala.

It’s Trump vs. Trump supporters in Alabama Senate race

August 22, 2019 at 12:59 a.m.

President Trump will swoop into Alabama on Friday to bolster the campaign of Sen. Luther Strange, a soft-spoken former state attorney general now in danger of losing the seat he...

Immigrants and supporters attend a "We Rise for the Dream" rally Sept. 10 in Las Vegas to oppose President Trump's order to end DACA.

Democrats push for vote on Dream Act as White House backs off linking it to border wall funding

August 22, 2019 at 12:52 a.m.

Democrats are pushing for a vote on the Dream Act in a matter of weeks after President Trump told congressional leaders he wanted action on legislation to protect the young...

President Trump and House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) in the White House Rose Garden.

Trump’s defense of a neo-Nazi rally crossed a line for many Republicans. What will they do about it?

August 22, 2019 at 12:32 a.m.

It took President Trump's defense of a neo-Nazi rally for many Republicans in Congress to publicly distance themselves from the White House, after months of brushing off his impolitic behavior...

McCain’s surprise thumbs down doomed the GOP bill. Did it open the door for Senate bipartisanship?

August 22, 2019 at 12:17 a.m.

Sen. John McCain is usually happy to spar with reporters, but he ducked into an elevator ahead of the Senate healthcare vote late Thursday without saying a word about how...

Sen. John McCain's office at the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill.

McCain’s absence complicates Obamacare repeal and wider agenda for GOP Senate

August 22, 2019 at 12:12 a.m.

To Senate Republicans, John McCain is a real-life hero, a leader and a trusted voice who speaks his mind in the often muddled milieu of Washington politics. He is also...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell talks about working through part of the recess with senators John Barrasso, (R-Wyo.), left, and John Thune, (R-S.D.), at his side.

Divided Senate Republicans will take another crack at Obamacare repeal today

August 22, 2019 at 12:07 a.m.

Senate Republicans are set to unveil revised legislation Thursday to roll back the Affordable Care Act, even as political support has deteriorated so dramatically that it is now unclear whether...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., joined by Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., listens during a news conference on July 11, 2017, following a closed-door Republican strategy session.

Republicans in Congress still don’t want to talk about Trump and Russia

August 18, 2019 at 4:20 p.m.

Three times on Tuesday Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was asked about Donald Trump Jr.'s attempt during the campaign to collect damaging information about Democrat Hillary Clinton from Russia. And...

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