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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi leaves a Democratic Caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 23, 2019.

House Democrats to offer new border security proposals — but no wall

August 22, 2019 at 10:20 a.m.

House Democrats are prepared to support increased spending on border security, but not a wall, if President Donald Trump agrees to reopen the government first, lawmakers and aides said Wednesday....

Danny Tarkanian, seen here in an April 26, 2016 photo, announced Friday, March 16, 2018, that at the president's request, he decided to leave the Senate race and instead run for Nevada's 3rd Congressional District.

Trump nudges GOP challenger out of Nevada Senate race, aiding incumbent Dean Heller

August 22, 2019 at 3:10 a.m.

President Donald Trump ended a nasty intraparty duel Friday by persuading a Republican running a populist, unabashedly pro-Trump campaign to abandon his effort to unseat Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., this...

House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows, R-N.C., on Capitol Hill in March.

Freedom Caucus leader warns: Don’t attach Harvey aid to debt-ceiling increase

August 22, 2019 at 12:43 a.m.

The leader of an influential group of House conservatives warned GOP leaders Thursday not to attach aid for victims of Hurricane Harvey to an increase in the federal debt limit,...

In this Jan. 18, 2017 file photo, then-Health and Human Services Secretary-designate, now Secretary Tom Price, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Trump administration took steps Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, intended to help calm jittery insurance companies and make tax compliance with former President Barack Obama's health law less burdensome for some people.

House GOP discusses Obamacare replacement ideas – but lacks ACA replacement

August 21, 2019 at 10:13 p.m.

House Republicans came out of a highly anticipated meeting on health care Thursday morning with some new details on the options GOP leaders are considering to replace the Affordable Care...

Paul Ryan is set to remain as House speaker, and so are GOP tensions

August 21, 2019 at 8:56 p.m.

Paul Ryan unanimously won the nomination of his House Republican colleagues Tuesday to continue as speaker and serve as the chief legislative partner to President-elect Donald Trump. "Welcome to the...

In this June 23, 2016 file photo, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership is dead, Schumer tells labor leaders

June 9, 2018 at 3:17 a.m.

The Senate's soon-to-be top Democrat told labor leaders Thursday that the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the trade deal at the center of President Barack Obama's "pivot" to strengthen ties with key Asian...

Former Indiana Gov. Evan Bayh talks about Hillary Clinton at a rally on April 30, 2016, in Gary. He is running for his old Senate seat in Indiana in 2016.

Clinton infuses cash into Senate, gubernatorial races, including Indiana and Missouri

August 18, 2019 at 3:55 p.m.

Hillary Clinton is pouring $1 million into Indiana and Missouri in the campaign's final weeks - not because the Democratic presidential nominee thinks she can carry those reliably Republican states,...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures during a rally in Richmond, Va., Friday, June 10, 2016.

Donald Trump’s ‘Pocahontas’ attack on Elizabeth Warren leaves GOP struggling to defend him

August 21, 2019 at 6:43 p.m.

It was a bad time for Sen. Cory Gardner to be caught in an elevator with a reporter. Donald Trump had just referred to Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts as...

Deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes, seen here on Feb. 16, 2016, came under fire after he was profiled in a New York Times Magazine article.

Obama aide Ben Rhodes won’t testify to Congress on Iran deal ‘narratives’

August 21, 2019 at 6:19 p.m.

The senior White House official who recently became a lightning rod for critics of President Obama's foreign policy after he made brusque comments in a recent magazine profile has declined...

Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland arrives for a breakfast meeting with Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on April 12, 2016.

Former ABA presidents push for action on Supreme Court nomination

June 12, 2018 at 2:00 a.m.

President Barack Obama's push to get Merrick Garland confirmed to the Supreme Court has won a boost from 15 former presidents of the American Bar Association, who called on Senate...

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