House Republicans have the basic framework of an Obamacare replacement to show their constituents back home next week, but there's no mention of the hardest part: How to pay for it... Read more Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, was visiting the Washington Examiner's office Thursday when news broke President Trump was nominating Alexander Acosta to be secretary of Labor. To say he was pleased puts it mildly... Read more Lawmakers are cautious but open to the release of the transcripts of phone calls between former national security advisor Mike Flynn and the Russian ambassador, as long as they do not contain sensitive information... Read more Just over 50 percent of voters sampled in a new GOP poll approved of President Trump's actions... Read more Republican doubts about Rep. Mick Mulvaney, President Trump's choice to lead the Office of Management and Budget, could foreshadow an internal administration struggle over priorities in the federal budget... Read more I have a tough one for all of you with reasonable minds and conservative bents... Read more Conservatives suspicious of President Trump, along with other administration critics, have wondered if there's any line the president might cross that would meet resistance from the GOP Congress... Read more Since President Trump's election, American allies and other foreign policy observers have been curious to know how the new White House intends to resolve an apparent contradiction... Read more A coalition of conservative and free-market groups are raising alarm over the possibility that senior White House officials may be entertaining the idea of a carbon tax... Read more House and Senate Republicans are following President Trump's lead by demanding investigations into the damaging leaks that have been pouring out of the federal government since President Trump took office... Read more In Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Republicans see a next-generation liberal bogeyman they can use to trip up vulnerable Democrats running for re-election in red states... Read more Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be meeting with a Republican president for the first time... Read more The Freedom Caucus is tired of waiting for legislation to repeal Obamacare, and on Tuesday called out Republican leadership for trying to include replacement provisions... Read more President Trump took a shot at the people who told reporters about former national security adviser Mike Flynn's communications with the Russian ambassador about sanctions... Read more The Judiciary chairman was confident that Neil Gorsuch, who he called "mainstream," would be swiftly confirmed... Read more Republicans facing tough questions about how to pay for their Obamacare replacement are looking hard at a controversial but revenue-raising idea: capping the tax break for employer-sponsored coverage... Read more President Trump's choice for budget director, Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C., headlined a half a dozen nominees. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., filed to end debate on Monday night... Read more Contrary to recent mythology, there has never been a Senate tradition of filibustering nominees to the Supreme Court. Only once in history has there been a clear attempt to filibuster a first-time nominee to the Supreme Court, as in the case of the 2006 Samuel Alito confirmation... Read more
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