Is Trump Taking Policy Cues From Paul Ryan?
Ryan floated the border adjustment tax as one method under which Mexico could, from his perspective, pay for the cost of the wall during an interview with Charlie Rose on PBS Jan. 18.
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How Obama Blew His Chance to Stop U.S. Torture
The Trump administration is considering a review of U.S. interrogation methods to bring back torture and secret CIA "black site" prisons like the ones in which operatives tortured detainees under the Bush
Mike Pence Feels Right at Home
In an interview scheduled to air later Thursday on Fox News, the president said he would back the deployment of the "nuclear option" to change the Senate rules to allow confirmation of his high court selection
Staffer Guide: Attitude Matters
"I interviewed with him, his stereotypical kind of interview: We argued for a little bit and then he offered me a job," Beckelman recalled.
Torture Talk Clouds Opening of GOP Retreat
However, after the AP report started making the rounds, clips of an interview with Trump by ABC News were released, and the new president said he had asked intelligence officials, "Does torture work?"
Ryan Lays Out Ambitious 200-Day Congressional Agenda
"It's the president and his administration working hand and glove with the speaker and the majority leader," New York Rep.
Trump Executive Actions Put Leaders on the Spot
The new president mingled Monday evening with Republican and Democratic leaders in the White House's ornate State Dining Room, the kind of social event Barack Obama rarely hosted at the executive mansion
Politics · 115th Congress
Obama’s Customs Chief Says Border Wall ‘Waste of Time and Money’
Gil Kerlikowske told ABC News in an interview conducted shortly before leaving office on Friday that he did not “think it was feasible” nor “the smartest way to use taxpayer money on infrastructure
Politics · 115th Congress
Fleischer’s Advice for Spicer: If it’s Wrong, ‘Walk it Back’
In the wake of his highly contested news conference over the weekend, former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer offered some words of wisdom to the man who now holds the job: Sean Spicer.
Sec. Carter: More U.S. Troops Will Not Solve Iraq or Syria
The Associated Press reports that “sending thousands more American troops into Iraq or Syria in a bid to accelerate the defeat of the Islamic State group would push U.S. allies to the exits, create more
Politics · 115th Congress
Maine Gov. LePage Ups Ante About Lewis
On a radio interview last weekend, LePage said Lewis should remember that Republicans were the advocates for civil rights, the Portland Press Herald reported.
Politics · 115th Congress
Ryan Still Doesn’t Want to Run for President
The answer has not changed. “No,” Ryan said in an interview with Charlie Rose scheduled to air on PBS late Thursday. “It’s just not an ambition that I’ve long harbored, or I’ve harbored.”
Policy · 115th Congress
Perry, Mnuchin Round Out Senate Hearings Before Inauguration
Donald Trump’s nominees to run the Energy and Treasury departments are the last to face Senate committees before the incoming president is sworn in on Friday.
Politics · 115th Congress
History Provides Trump a Guide for His Inaugural Address
Given the unprecedented tone of both his campaigning style and brash tenor during the transition period, anything is possible when the new president steps to the podium bearing the seal of the president
Policy · 115th Congress
Report: Gabbard Makes Secret Trip to Syria
Gabbard’s trip to the war-torn Damascus is rare for a member of Congress, especially when fighting continues in the area despite the recent ceasefire agreement brokered by Turkey and Russia, the
Politics · 115th Congress
More Republicans Face Contentious Town Hall Meetings
The news outlet reported the room erupted when Amash, a member of the House Freedom Caucus, said the burden of replacing the Affordable Care Act would fall to state governments once the law is repealed
Politics · 115th Congress
Here Are the Democrats Skipping Trump’s Inauguration
In a taped interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Friday, Lewis said he would not be attending the inauguration because he believes Trump is not a “legitimate president.”
Politics · 115th Congress
Rep. Meeks Undecided on Trump Inauguration Attendance
Meeks said Tuesday morning in an interview on CNN’s “New Day”. Rep.
Politics · 115th Congress
Lewis Backs Out of Inauguration Ban Claim
“He did not believe the outcome of that election, including the controversies around the results in Florida and the unprecedented intervention of the U.S.
Politics · 115th Congress
Steve Israel Finds New Platform
CNN anchor and media correspondent Brian Stelter tweeted Tuesday morning that the former chairman of the House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee and former chairman of the Democratic