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Kellyanne Conway's lengthening gaffe track

White House officials have been forced to spend time and energy defending one of their own over the past three weeks as Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Trump, committed a string of headline-grabbing gaffes that have created distractions for the fledgling administration...  Read more

Senate confirms Price as HHS secretary

The Senate early Friday morning narrowly confirmed Rep. Tom Price to serve as the next secretary of Health and Human Services...  Read more

Court's rejection of immigration ban raises stakes for Gorsuch

The 9th Circuit decision to reject President Trump's ban on immigration and travel from seven majority-Muslim countries has ratcheted up the pressure on the Senate and its consideration of Judge Neil Gorsuch's nomination to the Supreme Court...  Read more

The Patriots Just Made Parenting Harder

I don't know about you, but I'm still recovering from Sunday night...  Read more

White House Agenda Stalls as Cabinet Confirmations Trickle Through

At 10:30 Thursday morning, Jeff Sessions will officially be sworn in as attorney general of the United States...  Read more

Republicans united under Trump, but trade threatens to divide the party

President Trump's trade agenda threatens to divide Republicans, two prominent conservatives said in an interview with the Washington Examiner's weekly podcast...  Read more

Trump's tough stance on Iran could leave hostages stranded

The Trump administration's get-tough approach to Iran, including an executive order putting a halt to travelers and immigrants coming from that country along with six other Muslim-majority nations, has Democratic critics even more worried about the fate of American citizens and others with strong U.S. ties imprisoned in Iran...  Read more

Congress, make oversight great again

Democrats are going to spend the next four years as if their job is to #Resist President Trump in all he does. That's a shame (and shame on them) but it doesn't mean Republicans should spend the next four years asking, "how high?" when Trump says "Jump!"...  Read more

Liberal groups file lawsuit to block Trump's deregulation order

Liberal groups sued President Trump on Wednesday over his "two-for-one" executive order issued last week that requires agencies to kill two existing regulations for every new rule they...  Read more

Senate Democrats allowed to read Coretta Scott King's letter on Senate floor

Sen. Tom Udall on Wednesday was allowed to read Coretta Scott King's letter critiquing Sen. Jeff Sessions, less than 24 hours after colleague Sen. Elizabeth Warren was banned from doing...  Read more

Warren Breaks Senate Rule, Prohibited From Debating Sessions Nomination

For the remainder of Tuesday night and for most of Wednesday, Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren is prohibited from debating on the floor of the Senate...  Read more

Reince Tries Slowing Down the Executive Order Process

Donald Trump's most contentious cabinet appointee (so far), Betsy DeVos, is now the Secretary of Education...  Read more

Dodd-Frank replacement bill brings big lobbying battle over swipe fees

House Republicans are expected to introduce an updated bill reshaping the financial regulatory system, and the prospect has kicked off what could be one of the largest industry-versus-industry lobbying battles ever...  Read more

GOP scrambles to save Trump's labor nominee

Senate Republican leaders are scrambling to salvage the confirmation of Donald Trump's nominee to run the Labor Department in the wake of stalled hearings, staunch Democratic opposition and the surprise news that he once hired an illegal immigrant...  Read more

Sessions just hours away from helming Justice Department

Sen. Jeff Sessions is on the verge of achieving the ultimate personal vindication when the Senate confirms his nomination to be attorney general as expected Wednesday night, and many law enforcement groups can't wait for his installation...  Read more

Trump and South Korea: It's Awkward

President Trump's January 30 phone call to South Korean prime minister (and acting president as of December 9) Hwang Kyo-ahn, reportedly spelling out the U.S. "ironclad" commitment to South Korea, came at a particularly opportune moment...  Read more

Administration Says Obama Did Not Sabotage NSC Budget

It’s the first full week of February, and Donald Trump has been president for nearly two and a half weeks...  Read more

Trump: 'Haters are going crazy' about my Putin relationship for no reason

President Trump said he doesn't know Russian President Vladimir Putin and complained that concerns about his relationship with Russia are bigger than President Obama's Iranian nuclear deal...  Read more