Pete Kasperowicz

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"It could be discussed," Trump said in the White House after a reporter shouted a question about doing away with the debt ceiling. "There are a lot of good reasons to do that." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Trump open to eliminating the debt ceiling: ‘It could be discussed’

Pete Kasperowicz · September 7, 2017 5:40 pm

"Is that a lot to ask? Stable, predictable funding, and provided on time?" McCain asked. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

John McCain slams Congress for ‘failure’ of another continuing resolution

Pete Kasperowicz · September 7, 2017 4:31 pm

Donald Trump Jr. will not be under oath when he testifies at the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday about his 2016 Russia meeting. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

National Security

Donald Trump Jr. won’t be under oath at Thursday’s Senate hearing

Pete Kasperowicz · September 7, 2017 11:55 am

Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., said he's "thrilled" with President Trump's decision to take a Democratic proposal to extend government spending and borrowing authority for three months. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Tom Cole: I’m ‘thrilled’ with Trump’s fiscal deal with Democrats

Pete Kasperowicz · September 7, 2017 11:40 am

"It just requires that funds in Transportation, Housing and Urban Development funds only go to cities and states that uphold federal law," Smith said in late Wednesday debate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Funding for sanctuary cities stripped in late House vote

Pete Kasperowicz · September 7, 2017 3:18 am

Late Wednesday night, the House turned away Brooks' amendment in a 128-293 vote. Every Democrat voted against the amendment, and Republicans narrowly favored it. (AP Andrew Harnik)

House votes to keep Amtrak subsidies

Pete Kasperowicz · September 7, 2017 2:59 am

Republicans were reportedly surprised and even angered by Trump's decision to accept the Democratic position that the government's spending and borrowing authority should only be extended three months. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump: ‘Everybody was happy’ after fiscal deal, but ‘not too happy’

Pete Kasperowicz · September 6, 2017 8:31 pm

A woman boards up a window in preparation for Hurricane Irma, in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017. Irma roared into the Caribbean with record force early Wednesday, its 185-mph winds shaking homes and flooding buildings on a chain of small islands along a path toward Puerto Rico, Cuba and Hispaniola and a possible direct hit on densely populated South Florida. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Puerto Rico warns of four-month power outages

Pete Kasperowicz · September 6, 2017 7:13 pm

Robert Zoellick, who was Bush's U.S. trade representative, warned in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that Trump's threat to leave the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement makes no sense, as it gives China more power in the region. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Bush’s trade chief: ‘Oblivious,’ ‘incoherent’ Trump is ruining trade policy

Pete Kasperowicz · September 6, 2017 12:58 pm

Maj. Gen. James Linder apologized on Wednesday for the decision of the Special Operations Joint Task Force -- Afghanistan, for dropping "insensitive" religious materials in Parwan Province on Tuesday. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Ken Scar)

National Security

US apologizes for ‘insensitive’ leaflet drop in Afghanistan

Pete Kasperowicz · September 6, 2017 11:18 am

After about 20 minutes of debate, the House approved the bill in a voice vote, a sign the measure is not controversial.
(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

House votes to give Bob Dole a Congressional Gold Medal

Pete Kasperowicz · September 5, 2017 9:56 pm

The American Legion is urging the Senate to strip out language from a bill that would ban most medical testing on dogs at the Veterans Affairs Department.

Opposition grows to bill banning dog testing at the VA

Pete Kasperowicz · September 5, 2017 5:20 pm