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How will the 'nuclear option' affect future Supreme Court selections?

Court watchers expect nominees to be more outside the mainstream and confirmation fights to be more political...  Read more

GOP Leaders Urge Trump to Work With Congress on Syria

Corker and Royce commend missile strikes but call for cooperation...  Read more

Trump National Security Team All Agreed on Syria Strike

Russian dissembling on chemical-weapons attack spurred the president to act...  Read more

Kushner's rise in influence sets off new infighting in Trump administration

Jared Kushner's growing portfolio within the Trump administration has pitted him and his allies against the populist operatives who helped elect his father-in-law president...  Read more

Tulsi Gabbard: Assad should be 'executed' if proven behind Syria chemical attack

Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard on Thursday demanded that Syrian President Bashar Assad be "executed" if it is confirmed he ordered the deadly chemical attack earlier this week that killed dozens of Syrian civilians, according to a report...  Read more

Gorsuch vote finally gives GOP Congress a win

After spending weeks trying to pass a healthcare bill, Congress will at last able to deliver on a promise...  Read more

Congress set to leave town without Obamacare deal

Despite weeks of talks, hours of hearings and a last-minute push by the White House, it's all but certain GOP lawmakers will go home without the big win on healthcare reform...  Read more

Once Upon a Time, Merkley Supported Nuclear Option Even if Republicans Were in Charge

Jeff Merkley said in an interview three years ago that he supported eliminating the 60-vote procedural threshold for High Court nominees regardless of which party controlled Congress and the White House...  Read more

Mistrust of Trump threatens political corrosion and rule of law

Mistrust that leads to abandonment of the rule of law invites retaliation...  Read more

Legislative filibuster likely to survive death of its judicial cousin

The filibuster, what's left of it, appears safe for the foreseeable future...  Read more

Trump must confront President Xi on human rights

President Trump, when campaigning last year, said America had not been tough enough on China...  Read more

It's time to rein in the CFPB

Since I was first elected to Congress, I have fought to hold government agencies and Washington bureaucrats more accountable to Floridians and all Americans...  Read more

White House Official 'Wouldn't Be Surprised' If Trump Brings Up With Xi Chinese Sanctions on South Korea

President Trump may address Chinese sanctions against South Korea in his meetings this week with China President Xi Jinping, according to a senior White House official...  Read more

How to form a governing majority? Try the committee process

After the healthcare repeal bill failed, House Speaker Paul Ryan said he was proud of the bill and of the "long, inclusive, member-driven process that we had."...  Read more

As deadline looms, GOP unclear of path to keep the government open

The government will run out of money four days after Congress returns from its Easter recess...  Read more

Pro-Trump groups may help the president stage primaries against Republicans

Trump is warning conservative House Republicans who have opposed his health care initiative that he might try and oust them next year when they stand for re-nomination...  Read more

Trump's most trusted news source

After all of President Trump's attacks and counter-attacks against the news media, one cable show in particular remains pristine in his eyes: the Fox News morning chat show "Fox & Friends."...  Read more

Chris Coons Claims 41st Spot on Democrats' All-Filibuster Team

With Gorsuch facing procedural block, the nuclear option could be next...  Read more