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Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada is the latest centrist Republican to say he supports a seven-year phaseout.

Dean Heller focuses on veterans in first statewide ad of 2018 general election contest

Al Weaver · July 25, 2018 3:15 pm

Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., is noncommittal on Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court

Joe Donnelly to sit down with Brett Kavanaugh as other Democrats steer clear

Al Weaver · July 24, 2018 10:57 pm

President Donald Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, April 6, 2017, after the U.S. fired a barrage of cruise missiles into Syria Thursday night in retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians.

Schumer says Democrats are ‘united’ on policy as Ocasio-Cortez visits Washington

Al Weaver, Laura Barrón-López · July 24, 2018 8:17 pm

Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, left, and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn., sit during a hearing on Capitol Hill.

Republicans pan Trump’s $12 billion trade bailout

Al Weaver, Susan Ferrechio · July 24, 2018 5:52 pm

The Senate majority whip said that Congress would pass long-term funding for the Children's Health Insurance Plan. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Senate GOP warns Trump against Putin visit to White House in the fall

Al Weaver · July 23, 2018 11:15 pm

Republican Don Blankenship, who lost in West Virginia's GOP primary in May, is challenging his state's sore loser law and attempting to earn a spot on the ballot in the midterm elections.

Don Blankenship to challenge West Virginia’s ‘sore loser’ law in effort to make fall ballot

David M. Drucker, Al Weaver · July 23, 2018 8:49 pm

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, adjusts his earpiece as Vladimir Putin, Russia's President, reacts during a news conference in Helsinki, Finland, on Monday, July 16, 2018. Trump said a two-hour, one-on-one meeting with Putin was a âgood startâ on Monday for their Helsinki summit, but gave no indication he had relented to increased pressure to confront the Kremlin leader over election meddling.

Republicans see no Helsinki effect on 2018 midterm elections

Al Weaver · July 21, 2018 4:00 am

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talks to reporters during her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill on June 7, 2018.

Pelosi: Keep Putin out of Congress

Al Weaver · July 20, 2018 7:13 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talks to reporters during her weekly news conference, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 7, 2018.

Nancy Pelosi bashes Trump over ‘outrageous’ idea of allowing questioning of former ambassador

Al Weaver · July 19, 2018 3:31 pm

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a key member of the House Freedom Caucus, does a TV news interview at the Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Jim Jordan interviews with investigators in Ohio State probe

Al Weaver · July 18, 2018 6:53 pm

Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks to the media about national security as Sen. Thom Tillis listens.

National Security

Senate GOP pans Democratic calls for interpreter testimony on Trump-Putin meeting

Al Weaver · July 18, 2018 6:27 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., left, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speak to reporters about the massive government spending bill moving through Congress. The bipartisan $1.3 trillion spending bill left Congress in stalemate over shielding young Dreamer immigrants from deportation and curbing surging health insurance premiums.

National Security

Democrats say Putin has kompromat on Trump, GOP says no way

Al Weaver, Susan Ferrechio · July 18, 2018 2:05 am