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Mayor Emanuel on Democratic problems: ‘You’re not going to solve it in 2018’

June 4, 2018 at 5:09 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel, one of the architects of the last Democratic takeover of Congress, played down the importance of the 2018 midterm elections, saying Sunday that the party's long-term problems...

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton addresses the The National Education Association (NEA) Representative Assembly in Washington D.C., Tuesday, July 5, 2016.

GOP to investigate FBI decision on Clinton emails

August 21, 2019 at 7:04 p.m.

Irate that Hillary Clinton will not face criminal charges over her emails, House Republicans are summoning FBI Director James Comey to Capitol Hill to answer their questions. Comey will testify...

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., joined by the House GOP leadership, talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 22, 2016, following a closed-door caucus meeting.

Paul Ryan tries to pivot from ‘disheartened’ state of politics

June 22, 2019 at 1:19 p.m.

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., plans to deliver Wednesday a repudiation of the "disheartened" state of American politics, a lengthy speech that comes amid the increasingly toxic Republican presidential primary...

President Obama walks out of the Oval Office with Consumer Financial Protection Bureau founder Elizabeth Warren (L) and Richard Cordray to announce Cordray's nomination to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in the Rose Garden at the White House in July 2011.

Obama, Warren feud breaks open as trade legislation blocked by Democrats

August 21, 2019 at 5:38 p.m.

The liberal grass-roots movement gave birth to two huge stars over the last decade, one who rode a wave of anti-war support into the White House and the other who...

House narrowly OKs climate bill

August 22, 2021 at 9:34 a.m.

The House narrowly passed an ambitious climate bill Friday that would establish national limits on greenhouse gases, create a complex trading system for emission permits and provide incentives to alter...

Feds say ex-GOP treasurer embezzled over $500,000

August 22, 2021 at 1:30 a.m.

The former treasurer of a key Republican campaign committee embezzled more than $500,000 over a five-year period, using it to fund mortgage payments and a six-figure remodeling of his Bethesda,...

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