Pete Kasperowicz

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National Security

Sergey Lavrov: Election probe has nothing on Russia

Pete Kasperowicz · October 17, 2017 12:19 pm

White House director of legislative affairs noted that more than two dozen Senate Democrats voted for 700 miles of border fencing in 2006, but now are threatening to shut down the government over funding for President Trump's border wall. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

White House on why Democrats hate the wall: ‘They don’t want the president to have a win’

Pete Kasperowicz · October 17, 2017 11:49 am

President Trump and Republicans have said the spending bill for fiscal year 2018 must include funding for the border wall. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump says he’ll insist on border wall funding

Pete Kasperowicz · October 16, 2017 6:31 pm

"President Trump on Friday established a credible threat for the United States to walk away from the [Iran nuclear] deal, and that has given him enormous leverage," Israel's ambassador to the U.S. said. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, file)

Israel’s US ambassador: Trump has ‘enormous leverage’ over Iran deal

Pete Kasperowicz · October 16, 2017 12:02 pm

The president on Friday called on Congressional Democrats to join in him in working out a deal for Obamacare repeal. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump invites Democrats to deal on healthcare

Kimberly Leonard, Pete Kasperowicz · October 13, 2017 6:12 pm

Efrain Diaz Figueroa tries to repair the roof to prevent water from the rains in the remains of the house of his sister destroyed by Hurricane Maria in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monday, Oct. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

That $4.9 billion ‘loan’ to Puerto Rico is probably a gift

Pete Kasperowicz · October 13, 2017 4:01 am

Trump's tweet was criticized by Democrats and the press as a sign that Trump was about to pull federal resources from the hurricane recovery effort on the U.S. island territory. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

John Kelly: Trump’s Puerto Rico tweet was ‘exactly accurate’

Pete Kasperowicz · October 12, 2017 6:08 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan rallied conservatives on Thursday to help fight for the first significant tax reform bill in decades. "An army of lobbyists will come to protect special interest provisions and to derail tax reform," Ryan said. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Paul Ryan rallies conservative ‘foot soldiers’ to fight for tax reform

Pete Kasperowicz · October 12, 2017 12:56 pm

Rep. Mark Walker, R-N.C., says "Congress should pay for these emergency packages by cutting spending in other areas that are less of a priority." (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Mark Walker: Pay for hurricane aid with spending cuts

Pete Kasperowicz · October 12, 2017 11:37 am

"What I want is tremendous border regulation, I want the wall, and we're gonna get other things, and we're gonna see if we can work something out." (AP)

Trump: If we’re going to fix DACA, ‘we have to get something in return’

Pete Kasperowicz · October 12, 2017 1:53 am

The status quo is over in America. President Trump has fostered some of this thinking, but even Trump is just a sign of the times. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

Hollywood, media, NFL, government: America sends its sacred cows to the slaughterhouse

Pete Kasperowicz · October 11, 2017 6:46 pm

The Trump administration has asked Congress to approve a $4.9 billion loan to Puerto Rico, which would likely be used to help keep the island territory in the black through the rest of the year. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

White House seeks $4.9 billion loan to ease cash crisis in Puerto Rico

Anna Giaritelli, Pete Kasperowicz · October 11, 2017 2:02 am