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Murphy led in the polls and never looked back after winning the Democratic nomination in early June. (Bob Karp/The Daily Record via AP)

Democrat Phil Murphy wins New Jersey governor’s race to replace Chris Christie

Al Weaver · November 8, 2017 1:03 am

"They're afraid of the NRA, so I'm not optimistic that we will be able to get something done," Schumer said. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Chuck Schumer ‘not optimistic’ gun legislation will advance after Texas shooting

Al Weaver · November 7, 2017 8:38 pm

"We think we're going to have a good number of our Republican colleagues join us. There are a lot of Republicans who want to pass DACA as well, and so I am very optimistic that it will pass." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Chuck Schumer predicts Trump won’t veto spending bill if DACA fix included

Al Weaver · November 7, 2017 8:26 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said that he hopes Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is able to recover soon after he was attacked by a neighbor over the weekend and suffered five broken ribs. It is unknown when Paul will return to Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mitch McConnell: Rand Paul’s absence is ‘potentially a challenge’ for Senate GOP

Al Weaver · November 6, 2017 6:25 pm

Rep. Dan Donovan, R-N.Y., is introducing legislation, known as "Danny's Law," to create an anti-bullying roundtable to study the issue in both elementary and high schools as cyber bullying becomes increasingly difficult to recognize. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Rep. Dan Donovan makes anti-bullying push amid Melania Trump effort

Al Weaver · November 6, 2017 5:01 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky told MSNBC's Hugh Hewitt Saturday that Congress remains dedicated to President Trump's six-month window to pass legislation allowing recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to remain the U.S. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Mitch McConnell expects bipartisan DACA-legal immigration deal

Al Weaver · November 4, 2017 12:30 pm

The Club for Growth is key-voting "sponsorship" of Sen. Bob Corker's bill to curtail President Trump's authority to levy certain tariffs. (AP Photos)

Bob Corker: ‘Totally inappropriate’ for Trump to demand investigation of Democrats

Al Weaver · November 3, 2017 9:13 pm

Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and David Perdue, R-Ga., confirmed the president's wishes and made clear that any DACA fix would have to wait until 2018. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Conservatives cheer Trump’s call to leave DACA fix out of spending bill

Al Weaver · November 3, 2017 6:30 pm

"But if you're the wealthiest 1 percent, Republicans will give you the sun, the moon, and the stars -- all of that at the expense of the great middle class." (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Nancy Pelosi: GOP tax plan a ‘Ponzi scheme,’ ‘shell game’ to hurt middle class

Al Weaver · November 2, 2017 7:59 pm

DACA gives nearly 800,000 immigrants who came to the U.S. illegally as children the ability to work and stay in the U.S., but Republicans say that kind of program should have been created by legislation, not unilaterally by President Obama. (Chieko Hara/The Porterville Recorder via AP)

DACA fix won’t be included in year-end spending bill

Al Weaver · November 2, 2017 6:31 pm

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., says he is supporting Kelli Ward as the Republican nominee for Jeff Flake's Arizona Senate seat after Flake said he would not seek re-election. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Rand Paul becomes first senator to endorse Kelli Ward in Arizona Senate race

Al Weaver · November 1, 2017 7:14 pm

Schumer made the remarks after Trump criticized him in a series of tweets and said he was responsible for Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, the attacker, entering the country through the diversity visa lottery program. (AP)

Chuck Schumer: Difference between Trump, Bush after New York tragedies ‘could not be starker’

Al Weaver · November 1, 2017 3:59 pm