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President Trump wants to penalize so-called sanctuary cities, or jurisdictions that do not cooperate with federal immigration officials. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump to rally Congress on immigration after healthcare setback

Pete Kasperowicz · June 28, 2017 4:01 am

Former President Bill Clinton along with White House press secretary Dee Dee Myers. Myers explained in a March 1993 interview that the White House went with live, on-camera briefings to the press for a few weeks, but stopped because the live briefings weren't "really necessary." (AP Photo/Joe Marquette)

Flashback: Clinton White House said on-camera briefings weren’t ‘necessary’

Pete Kasperowicz · June 27, 2017 1:34 pm

Lawmakers attending the Kochs' conference say the border adjusted tax is already dead in Congress. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Steve Forbes: Border adjusted tax amounts to ‘tax breaks for terrorists’

Pete Kasperowicz · June 26, 2017 5:03 pm

Gov. Ducey said he sees his state's educational progress as a major factor in improving the economy and access to jobs for people. (AP Photo/Bob Christie)

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey: Charter schools educating 16 percent of his state’s students

Pete Kasperowicz · June 26, 2017 3:18 pm

FILE - In this March 28, 2017, file photo, House Freedom Caucus Chairman Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C walks on Capitol Hill in Washington. A key part of House Republicans' plan to overhaul the way corporations pay taxes is on life support, leaving lawmakers scrambling to save one of President Donald Trump's biggest priorities and increasing the chances the GOP will simply pass a tax cut instead of overhauling the tax code.

Mark Meadows: Border adjustment tax now slowing down overall tax reform plans

Pete Kasperowicz · June 26, 2017 12:19 am

"I owe him big. Boy he made my book sell a lot better," Koch said to laughs. (AP)

Charles Koch thanks Harry Reid for boosting book sales

Pete Kasperowicz · June 25, 2017 8:39 pm

Koch was asking donors to contribute to several of the groups he backs that are aimed at helping at-risk communities. (Twitter)

Charles Koch: ‘Two-tiered society’ means a grim future for US

Pete Kasperowicz · June 25, 2017 8:17 pm

Sasse described the bill as "largely a Medicaid reform package." (AP)

Ben Sasse: ‘I have nothing to announce’ on healthcare bill

Pete Kasperowicz · June 25, 2017 6:40 pm

Meeting organizers predicted they would raise between $300 and $400 million for the next cycle, and likely closer to the top end of that range. (AP)

Americans for Prosperity: States proving that voters reward ‘bold reform’

Pete Kasperowicz · June 25, 2017 5:35 pm

The network of organizations funded by the Koch brothers are hatching an long-term plan to reform the layers of protection that often make it impossible to fire corrupt or negligent federal workers. Above, Charles Koch. (Pete Kasperowicz/Washington Examiner)

The Koch brothers are coming after bad federal workers

Pete Kasperowicz · June 25, 2017 6:01 am

"Our vision is to remove the barriers to opportunity," said Charles Koch. (Bo Rader/The Wichita Eagle via AP, File)

Here’s what Charles Koch told donors Saturday night

Pete Kasperowicz · June 25, 2017 12:10 am

"We've taken Medicare to more than 70 million folks," said Americans for Prosperity President Tim Phillips. "It was a struggling, frankly failing federal program before this dramatic expansion."(AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

Koch groups: ‘Immoral’ not to rein in Medicaid expansion

Pete Kasperowicz · June 24, 2017 10:00 pm