Politics · 115th Congress
Hammered by Conservatives, Trump Pivots to ‘Principles’ and Chaos
I am asking Congress to defend the border of our nation for a tiny fraction — tiny fraction of the cost.”
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Politics · 115th Congress
Negotiations on Spending Deal Will Continue, But No Deal in Sight
Unless Congress and the White House can reach an agreement before midnight, nine departments and several agencies will partially close days before Christmas.
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Nancy Pelosi Claims She Would be Speaker if Contest Held Today
“Yes,” the California Democrat answered simply when asked that question during her weekly press conference Thursday.
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House Republicans Launch Quick Campaigns for Leadership Elections Next Week
“And the terrain now shifts in our favor, with at least a dozen seats in Trump-carried districts providing opportunities for us to go on offense starting today.”
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Report: Chris Collins Will Still Run for Re-election
Collins was the first member of Congress to endorse Trump in the presidential primary.
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At Trump White House, One Russia Controversy Breeds Another
He left the mopping up to his top spokeswoman a day after he — in a rare move — admitted a mistake by amending one word of a 45-minute Finland press conference with Vladimir Putin that rattled both Democratic
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Analysis: Congress Mere Passenger in Trump Foreign Policy Express
When Putin spoke Monday in Helsinki — first as he confidently sat beside Trump and then as he appeared bemused when standing beside him at a joint press conference — the U.S. president was at times
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Trump’s Putin Leniency Suggests Kremlin Has Dirt on Him, Dems Say
Schumer described himself as “appalled” by Trump’s performance at a joint press conference with Putin during which the U.S. leader refused to state Russia interfered in the 2016 election and contradicted
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Paul Ryan Siding With the ‘Deep State,’ GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz Says
. … We need the speaker to be an institutionalist for the Congress, not to be a defender of the deep state,” he said, using a term, popular in far-right circles, that refers to a conspiratorial cabal of
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Senators Fight Over How to Use Canceled Recess Weeks
Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to the press after the Senate Democratic policy lunch in the Capitol on May 8.
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Macron Denounces Nationalistic Wave That Propelled Trump to White House
the responsibility to demonstrate that democracy remains the best answer to the questions and doubts … of today,” Macron said.
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Analysis: Expect Awkward Moments When Trump Heads to Peru
Last May, he criticized Colombia’s high rate of coca production during a joint press conference with its president, Juan Manuel Santos. House Foreign Affairs ranking member Eliot L.
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Marcy Kaptur Has a 2018 Message for House Democrats
But the headline of the resulting story could have been written today: “Democrats in Ohio Woo Disenchanted Defectors.”
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While Demonstrators Call for Action on Gun Violence, Nobody’s Home at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
President Donald Trump left Washington on Friday after a news conference that featured testy and sometimes disjointed remarks on the $1.3 trillion omnibus spending package, promising never to sign
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Dave McCurdy, a Retiring Optimist Pushing Back on ‘Disciples of Declinism’
McCurdy in his office during his days in Congress. (CQ Roll Call file photo) Earning the trust of Speaker Thomas P.
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Democratic Candidates Open Up About Sexual Abuse in Campaign Videos
Members of Congress and some candidates have opened up about their own experiences of assault. But Flores is among the first congressional candidates to tell her story of sexual abuse in an ad.
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How House Republicans Got to ‘Yes’ on Funding the Government
By the time the Wisconsin Republican held his weekly press conference at 11:30 a.m., the makings of the deal that led to the breakthrough about six hours later were well underway.
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Two Democratic Lawmakers Go After One of Their Own in Illinois
/p> “It’s not easy to endorse a challenger over a colleague in the House of Representatives, especially when that colleague is a member of your party,” Gutiérrez said Wednesday at a sparsely attended press
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Virginia Democrat Bobby Scott Accused of Sexual Harassment
Reese Everson, who worked in Scott’s office during her fellowship in 2013, made the accusations during a press conference.
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Cascade of Senate Democrats Call on Franken to Resign
“Obviously there were new allegations today. Enough is enough. This is a conversation we’ve been having for a very long time,” she said.