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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Ted Cruz takes double-digit lead over Beto O’Rourke in Texas Senate race poll

Al Weaver · May 30, 2018 7:15 pm

Mitt Romney, seen as too stiff and robotic to win over enough voters to claim the presidency in 2012, is undergoing his latest reboot, trying to become the Republican Party's elder statesman in an Image overhaul different from his predecessors who lost their bids for the White House. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Mitt Romney faces down 2012-era attacks during 2018 Utah Senate debate

Al Weaver · May 30, 2018 2:07 am

President Trump, escorted by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (pictured left), R-Ky., arrives on Capitol Hill.

McConnell: ‘Premature’ to discuss Trump for Nobel Prize

Al Weaver · May 29, 2018 6:18 pm

Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, who did not set a timeline for debate on the measure, told a group of reporters in the Capitol Monday that a procedural vote to begin debate on the measure could happen as early as Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

John Cornyn downplays Supreme Court nomination chatter

Al Weaver · May 26, 2018 12:00 pm

Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., who is also ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, sent a letter on Wednesday to Michael Dempsey, the acting director of national intelligence, asking for a "comprehensive intelligence briefing" by Feb. 28. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pelosi: Adam Schiff will join GOP-only briefing on Russia investigation

Al Weaver · May 24, 2018 4:28 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks during a meeting in Polk City, Iowa.

Pelosi mocks Trump, says Kim Jong Un is the ‘big winner’ after Trump cancels North Korea summit

Al Weaver · May 24, 2018 3:58 pm

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., lauded the release of three Americans by North Korea as a good faith gesture ahead of talks between President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un, focused on possibly eliminating that country's nuclear weapons.

Paul Ryan urges Trump not to give up on North Korea after summit cancellation

Al Weaver · May 24, 2018 2:49 pm

While addressing a crowd at the Clinton Presidential Center to mark the 25th anniversary of Clinton's first election, former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton took time to criticize Trumps's administration while highlighting some of the successes of the Clinton era.

DSCC chairman: We ‘welcome’ Bill, Hillary Clinton involvement in 2018 elections

Al Weaver · May 24, 2018 9:56 am

"I think because of all the loose political rhetoric floating around here, we need to make sure we explain that there is a separation between these things," Ryan said of the memo and the Russia investigation during a Jan. 30 press conference.

Beltway Confidential

GOP leaders scramble for deal to avoid immigration vote showdown

Al Weaver, Susan Ferrechio · May 24, 2018 4:00 am

Senate Democrats dare GOP to cancel the August recess

Al Weaver · May 24, 2018 4:00 am

"They were doctored. I saw some of them in the news," said Pelosi. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Nancy Pelosi sides with NFL players’ right to demonstrate during national anthem

Al Weaver · May 24, 2018 3:04 am

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill.

Chuck Schumer: China is showing Trump it understands the ‘art of the deal’

Al Weaver · May 22, 2018 7:26 pm