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President Donald Trump and Apple CEO Tim Cook, to Trump’s right, tour the Flextronics computer manufacturing facility where Apple’s Mac Pros are assembled in Austin, Texas, in November. Apple has fared better than most companies in winning exemptions on tariffs on Chinese imports. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images file photo)

Long wait for China tariff exemptions pays off for some

By Mark Bocchetti
Posted December 23, 2019 at 10:00am
Reps. Peter King, R-N.Y., left, and Mike Doyle, D-Pa., make their way to votes in the Capitol on Nov. 15, 2019. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

House passes restored ‘SALT’ deduction bill

By David Lerman
Posted December 19, 2019 at 4:22pm
President Donald Trump arrives at the White House after a rally in Michigan on Dec. 19, 2019. (Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images)

Essay: For White House press pool on Trump’s impeachment day, the silence was deafening

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 19, 2019 at 4:22pm
President Donald Trump addresses his impeachment during a Merry Christmas Rally at the Kellogg Arena on December 18, 2019 in Battle Creek, Mich.  While Trump spoke at the rally the House voted to impeach him, making Trump just the third president in U.S. history to be impeached. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Minutes after being impeached, Trump says House Dems earned ‘eternal mark of shame’

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 18, 2019 at 9:17pm
President Donald Trump is now the third president to be impeached. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Officially impeached, Trump must learn to live with ‘black mark’ on his presidency

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 18, 2019 at 9:00pm
Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., arrives at the Capitol office of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Appropriators reach spending agreement, fend off possibility of government shutdown

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted December 12, 2019 at 3:19pm
President Donald Trump holds an umbrella as he speaks to journalists before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Tuesday. He was headed to a campaign  rally in Hershey, Pennsylvania. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

With scores to settle, Trump slams ‘crooked bastard’ Schiff over impeachment

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 11, 2019 at 9:09am
As Democrats like Sen. Elizabeth Warren peddle unproven economic theories, Republicans have a clear opening to tout the free-market principles that are making our economy work, Winston writes. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Elizabeth Warren’s big bad idea: Taxing our way to prosperity

By David Winston
Posted December 11, 2019 at 6:00am
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks during a news conference to unveil articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on abuse of power and obstruction of Congress on Tuesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Trump thumbs nose at impeachment, Dems by hosting Putin’s top diplomat

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 10, 2019 at 4:44pm
Rep. Denver Riggleman says it would be “disastrous” for his wife’s Virginia distillery if a 2017 provision that cut excise taxes is not extended past its Dec. 31 expiration date. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Craft distillers, retailers wait anxiously for tax extenders

By Doug Sword
Posted December 10, 2019 at 5:00am