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House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., holds a news conference to introduce the "Secure America from Russian Interference Act."

Hoyer: ‘We don’t have our own Tea Party now’ with new liberal Democrats

Al Weaver · December 4, 2018 10:08 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in D.C.

Schumer calls on CIA’s Haspel to brief full Senate on Khashoggi death

Al Weaver · December 4, 2018 9:35 pm

George W. Bush has emerged as among Jeb Bush's biggest rainmakers. (AP Photo)

Jeb Bush on why Trump isn’t delivering eulogy for father: ‘My brother was president … I’m sorry. First dibs’

Al Weaver · December 4, 2018 6:56 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Sergei Kislyak.

McConnell pans Flake push for Mueller protection bill as ‘futile gesture’

Al Weaver · December 4, 2018 1:07 am

The Capitol in Washington is quiet after lawmakers departed the for the Independence Day recess, Friday, June 30, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House cancels votes this week, delaying spending battle

Al Weaver · December 3, 2018 6:21 pm

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., arrives at the Capitol in Washington.

John Kennedy decides against Louisiana governor bid, will remain in Senate

Al Weaver · December 3, 2018 3:18 pm

Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah, speaks during a campaign rally in Lehi, Utah.

Mia Love pans Trump and GOP for making women and minorities feel unwelcome

David M. Drucker, Al Weaver · December 1, 2018 12:08 am

Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah, has called on Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, to step down after it was revealed he had used taxpayers' dollars to settle a sexual harassment case filed by a former staffer.

Mia Love: ‘I kind of laughed’ when Trump called me a loser

David M. Drucker, Al Weaver · November 30, 2018 1:32 am

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers walks along a wall at the border between Mexico and the United States, as seen from San Diego on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018. Migrants approaching the U.S. border from Mexico were enveloped with tear gas Sunday after a few tried to breach a fence separating the two countries. The Border Patrol office in San Diego said via Twitter that pedestrian crossings have been suspended at the San Ysidro port of entry at both the East and West facilities. All northbound and southbound traffic was halted.

Border security, taxes are flashpoints as Republicans and Democrats work to fund government

Colin Wilhelm, Al Weaver · November 29, 2018 10:10 pm

Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-Ill., left, and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., right, speak at a news conference where members of congress have introduced legislation to curb sexual harassment in the workplace, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017, in Washington. Gillibrand and fellow female Democratic senators have united in calling for Sen. Al Franken to resign amid sexual misconduct allegations.

House Democrats pick Cheri Bustos to defend majority as DCCC chairwoman

Al Weaver · November 29, 2018 5:42 pm

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, of Wis., speaks after Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis awarded him with the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service at the Pentagon, in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018.

Paul Ryan: ‘I’m not worried about Bob Mueller’ getting thwarted in probe

Al Weaver · November 29, 2018 3:32 pm

Former Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., pauses as he talks about his appointment by Gov. Doug Ducey, R-Ariz., to fill Sen. John McCain's seat in the U.S. Senate at a news conference in Phoenix.

Jon Kyl readies fast getaway after just two months in Senate

David M. Drucker, Al Weaver · November 28, 2018 6:55 pm