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Sen. McConnell: How I helped Trump win the White House

"I didn't know what kind of Republican he was going to be. He was supporting Democrats four or five years ago," said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell...  Read more

Trump has already changed future of consumer finance

The payday lending rule wasn't necessarily close to being finalized, even if Hillary Clinton had won. The sweeping set of regulations would have implemented guardrails meant to prevent borrowers from being trapped in a series of high-cost loans that they would struggle to repay...  Read more

Obamacare repeal means deep cuts to CDC

Rep. Nita Lowey said repealing the prevention fund would "blow a massive hole" in the CDC's budget. "It would mean less research, worse health outcomes and more death and suffering from preventable disease," she said...  Read more

The Right Cure for What Ails Our Economy

Writing good policy is very much like seeing a skilled intern­ist...  Read more

Netanyahu Comes to Trump's Washington

What a difference an election makes. Benjamin Net­­an­yahu, for eight years scorned and insulted by the Obama administration, found himself warmly embraced in the Trump White House last week...  Read more

Restaurants try to take out Trump's immigration policies

On the same day President Trump squared off with the White House press corps, upscale Washington restaurants shuttered to protest his immigration policies...  Read more

GOP leaders seek financing for Obamacare replacement

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

Acosta is an upgrade for Labor Secretary

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 Entertain Release of Flynn-Russia Transcripts

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

New GOP poll gives Trump high marks for delivering positive change

Just over 50 percent of voters sampled in a new GOP poll approved of President Trump's actions...  Read more

OMB director pick likely to be confirmed, but his battles have just begun

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

To boycott or not to boycott

I have a tough one for all of you with reasonable minds and conservative bents...  Read more

Republicans draw the line with Trump on Russia

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

Trump Won't Be Able to Talk Putin Out of His Alliance with Iran

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

Trump adviser's carbon tax talks alarm conservatives

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

GOP follows Trump's lead, demands leak investigation

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

Republicans to Elizabeth Warren: Please, raise your profile all you want

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

A new beginning with Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be meeting with a Republican president for the first time...  Read more