Pete Kasperowicz

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House Speaker Paul Ryan said Republicans are moving with "urgency" on tax reform bill. He said, "The reason we're trying to do it with this timeline is, we want to get a 3 percent economy." (Angela Major/The Janesville Gazette via AP)

Paul Ryan: GOP moving with ‘urgency’ on tax plan in pursuit of 3 percent growth

Pete Kasperowicz · October 25, 2017 1:38 pm

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, said he's "certain" President Trump has lied before, but said "my purpose is to call on my colleagues, whether they're Republicans or Democrats, to get behind the agenda of trying to reform the government and make it work for the people, rather than the other way around." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Mike Lee ‘certain’ Trump has lied, but downplays intra-party fighting

Pete Kasperowicz · October 25, 2017 1:00 pm

"We've got a lot of distracting going on here, and I warn the American people, and I'm saying it very clearly. They need to listen to Corker, they need to listen to Flake," Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., said of the two Republican senators who have been most critical of Trump. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Elijah Cummings: Emerging Democratic scandals are a ‘distraction’

Pete Kasperowicz · October 25, 2017 12:25 pm

Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., said GOP primary voters are strong supporters of Trump, which makes it impossible for anyone running as a Republican to question anything Trump says or does. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Jeff Flake: ‘I could not win’ a Republican primary under Trump

Pete Kasperowicz · October 25, 2017 11:37 am

Washington needs more comity, he argued. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Beltway Confidential

Jeff Flake was just fine with broken Washington until he couldn’t win his seat

Pete Kasperowicz · October 24, 2017 11:36 pm

"I'm worried about Hillary Clinton, she's no longer a candidate, she's not really part of our government, and she's walking around in the forest," Rep. Steve Cohen said. "And if we don't have good forest workers, could she be hurt by a tree falling out of the forest?" (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press via AP)

House Democrat fears a tree will fall on Hillary Clinton while she’s walking in the woods

Pete Kasperowicz · October 24, 2017 4:09 pm

Gold Star father Khizr Khan said Tuesday that President Trump is an "anomaly," and that "our firm faith in our goodness and our founding principles" will help us "survive this and move forward." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Khizr Khan: Trump is an ‘anomaly’

Pete Kasperowicz · October 24, 2017 11:56 am

Feinstein and others have proposed legislation banning any device that speeds up the rate of fire of a semi-automatic weapon. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Dianne Feinstein: ATF won’t regulate ‘bump stocks’

Pete Kasperowicz · October 20, 2017 8:30 pm

The Cuban Airport Security Act would require the Transportation Security Administration to study security at Cuba's airports. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

House to demand investigation into Cuba’s airport security after Obama ‘stonewalled’

Pete Kasperowicz · October 20, 2017 7:05 pm

While many said Bush's remarks were a critique of the Trump administration, Sanders blamed the press. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Sarah Sanders blames press for ‘conspiracy theories’ cited by George W. Bush

Pete Kasperowicz · October 20, 2017 6:41 pm

A widow of a fallen soldier who was killed in Afghanistan released audio of President Trump's phone call to her. "I am so sorry to hear about the whole situation. What a horrible thing, except that he's an unbelievable hero," Trump told her in the call. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

National Security

Widow releases Trump’s call after her husband was killed in Afghanistan

Pete Kasperowicz · October 20, 2017 12:03 pm

"This is not my opinion, this is the data," Obama said. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim, File)

Obama grumbles: Democrats ‘get a little sleepy’ during off-year elections

Pete Kasperowicz · October 20, 2017 12:01 am