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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

How Gorsuch's take on life and death could hurt him in the Senate

Judge Neil Gorsuch's fascination with death could come back to haunt him when his Supreme Court confirmation proceedings begin in the Senate, especially among Democrats who are wary of confirming an anti-abortion justice...  Read more

Trump is stronger than national polls suggest

President Trump is still popular in core Republican strongholds, even though he has suffered a dip in the national public opinion polls...  Read more

Is Reince on the Rise?

Obviously, the come-from-behind overtime win by the Patriots over (my beloved) Falcons was the biggest news from Super Bowl Sunday...  Read more

Study: GOP Medicaid plan could save more than $100 billion

Transforming Medicaid into a block grant or per capita cap program could save the federal government more than $100 billion over five years, a new study found.  Read more

Will Congress Restrain a Profligate President?

For starters, he wants to cut taxes—"big league." The Tax Foundation estimates that the Trump plan would reduce federal revenues by $4.4 to $5.9 trillion over the course of a decade...  Read more

Spicer: Judge went 'rogue' by blocking immigration order

White House press secretary Sean Spicer believes the decision by a federal judge to halt President Trump's immigration order was an example of the judiciary going "rogue."...  Read more

Bolton: Trump should 'tear up' the Iran nuke deal

Iran's ongoing tests of ballistic missiles has shown that Iran is in no mood to comply with the United Nations, and justifies a decision by President Trump to "tear up" the Iran nuclear deal, according to former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton...  Read more

Voter registration requires reform

People often register through voter registration drives organized by groups that pay their employees per sign-up. This creates an incentivize for those employees to fill out fraudulent registrations...  Read more

Pro-Life Groups Raise Concerns About Obamacare Replacement Plans

Dozens of pro-life leaders sent a letter to Congress Thursday afternoon urging Republican senators and representatives to honor their commitment to prohibit taxpayer-funding of elective abortion coverage under any health-care bill to replace Obamacare...  Read more

Democrats proving powerless to stop Trump's Cabinet

Senate Democrats have thrown everything they have at Republicans to stall President Trump's nominees ahead of a bruising Supreme Court confirmation fight, but so far don't have much to show for it...  Read more

Pence: 'We are absolutely committed' to Obamacare repeal

The Trump administration is committed to a full repeal and replacement of Obamacare, Vice President Pence said Thursday as Republicans reach for their long-held goal of completely overhauling the sweeping healthcare law...  Read more

Democrats' Trump Cabinet delays may save Obama's regs

Delays by Democrats in confirming Trump Cabinet appointees may salvage some of Obama's midnight regulations...  Read more