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Cassidy projects optimism on winning bipartisan support for his health care plan
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said he planned to present Republican leadership with his health care plan as soon as Sunday…
The government’s top watchdog is retiring — but the Trump probes continue
Gene Dodaro started his career at what is now the Government Accountability Office in 1973, as then-President Richard Nixon…
Pardoned Democrat Henry Cuellar wants GOP to probe his prosecutors
Just-pardoned Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar is encouraging his Republican colleagues to investigate the prosecutors who…
The national make-or-break issue of the year’: Redistricting fight gets reset after Trump’s Supreme Court win
INDIANAPOLIS — Republicans scored a major win in the redistricting fight when the Supreme Court reinstated Texas’ newly…
Mike Johnson scrambles to pass Pentagon bill as GOP ranks seethe
House Republicans spent this week venting about Mike Johnson, questioning the speaker’s hold on his tenuous House majority…
Trump endorses identical twin of retiring Rep. Troy Nehls to fill his seat
President Donald Trump on Thursday endorsed Trever Nehls, the identical twin of retiring GOP Rep. Troy Nehls, to fill the…
Trump nominations package hits stumbling block in Senate
Senate Republicans hit a temporary stumbling block in its latest effort to confirm dozens of President Donald Trump’s…
Schumer announces health care plan
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer officially unveiled Democrats’ plan for a health care vote next week, saying Thursday…
Mike Johnson races to finalize elusive GOP health care plan
Speaker Mike Johnson is racing to finalize a Republican health care plan in time to present it to his conference at their…
Capitol agenda: Texas’ massive delegation is losing its sway
Thursday could determine whether the Lone Star State gets five more Republican-leaning seats next Congress. Yet the state’s…