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Copies of President Donald Trump’s budget for Fiscal Year 2020 are prepared for distribution at the Government Publishing Office in Washington. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

How Congress might rewrite Trump’s budget

By David Lerman and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted March 19, 2019 at 12:36pm
Kellyanne Conway speaks to the media outside of the White House on the North Lawn in June. (Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Trump overshadows Brazilian president’s visit by attacking Kellyanne Conway’s husband

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 19, 2019 at 10:00am
South Koreans watch coverage of President Donald Trump meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during their summit in Hanoi, Vietnam, before talks collapsed. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images file photo)

3 Things to Watch: Kim lets Trump know their ‘mysteriously wonderful’ chemistry isn’t enough

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 15, 2019 at 11:30am
As the 2010 health care law weathers its latest legal challenge, Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., has introduced a bill aimed at pre-existing conditions. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

These GOP senators voted to potentially let Trump pull funds from military projects back home

By Emily Kopp
Posted March 14, 2019 at 7:33pm
A Manned Ground Vehicle (MGV) chassis, an Abrams A1 tank, and a pair of Stryker Leader Followers during a demonstration of future combat systems (Scott Ferrell/CQ Roll Call file photo)

After bitter fight, defense budget will stay high

By John M. Donnelly
Posted March 13, 2019 at 10:42am

Capitol Ink | The Very Hungry Federal Budget Caterpillar

By Robert Matson
Posted March 13, 2019 at 5:00am
Army Gen. Joseph Votel says the Islamic State remains a dangerous threat and that the president’s plan to withdraw troops from Syria and Afghanistan could be risky. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

U.S. commander warns of risks from Trump’s troop withdrawal

By John M. Donnelly
Posted March 7, 2019 at 3:48pm
Sen. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., revealed that while in the Air Force, she was raped by a superior officer. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Martha McSally says officer raped her when she was in Air Force

By Katherine Tully-McManus and Megan Scully
Posted March 6, 2019 at 3:42pm
President Donald Trump speaks to the media after signing the Space Policy Directive 4, during a ceremony in the Oval Office on Tuesday in Washington, D.C. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

As Dems rev up investigations, Trump declares ‘the campaign begins’

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 5, 2019 at 3:22pm
President Donald Trump speaks at a news conference Thursday while Mike Pompeo, U.S. secretary of state, looks on following his second summit meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. They failed to reach a deal or iron out long-unresolved issues. (Tuan Mark/Getty Images)

3 takeaways: Trump-Kim collapse ‘a breakdown that … didn’t need to happen’

By John T. Bennett
Posted February 28, 2019 at 11:24am