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Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross appears ...

Dems fear immigrants will skip census with citizenship query

March 27, 2018 at 10:26 p.m.

The Trump administration's decision to ask people about their citizenship in the 2020 census set off worries among Democrats that immigrants will dodge the survey altogether, diluting political representation for...

Donald Trump’s lawyer denies intimidating Stormy Daniels

March 26, 2018 at 1:02 p.m.

President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, is challenging porn actress Stormy Daniel's unsubstantiated charge that someone tied to Trump threatened her with physical harm if she went public with...

Donald Trump speaks about steel and aluminum tariffs during a meeting with industry leaders in the Cabinet Room of the White House last Thursday.

Trump to “pause” looming metal tariffs for some countries

June 15, 2018 at 7:45 a.m.

The European Union, Australia, Argentina, Brazil and South Korea are among the nations that will get an initial exemption from looming steel and aluminum tariffs from the Trump administration, U.S....

House backs school safety bill in Florida shooting response

March 14, 2018 at 9:13 p.m.

The House overwhelmingly approved a bill to improve school safety Wednesday, the first gun-related action by Congress since the shooting that left 17 dead at a Florida high school.

Senate inches closer to passing bill to ease bank safeguards

March 6, 2018 at 9:21 p.m.

The Senate advanced legislation Tuesday to roll back some of the safeguards Congress put in place to prevent a repeat of the financial crisis. Enough Democrats supported a procedural vote...

The Senate voted last week to end regulations against bank arbitrations. The regulations made it possible for consumers to sue banks.

Senate poised to change “too big to fail” bank rules, other measures of Dodd-Frank

March 5, 2018 at 2:09 p.m.

Ten years after a financial crisis rocked the nation's economy, the Senate is poised to pass legislation that would roll back some of the safeguards Congress put into place to...

Demonstrators rally in support of Deferred ...

“Dreamers” left in limbo as Senate rejects immigration bills

February 15, 2018 at 9:29 p.m.

The Senate left hundreds of thousands of "Dreamer" immigrants in limbo Thursday, rejecting rival plans that would have spared them from deportation and strengthened the nation's border security.

GOP the party of deficit hawks? That was then.

February 9, 2018 at 10:26 p.m.

Republicans rode the tea party wave to power eight years ago on a message of fiscal responsibility and attacking budget deficits, and kept at it during President Barack Obama's two...

FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2017 file photo, House Judiciary Committee member Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., speaks during a House Judiciary hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Gowdy says he will not seek re-election. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Republican Trey Gowdy, former chairman of Benghazi panel, to retire from Congress

January 31, 2018 at 11:57 a.m.

South Carolina GOP Rep. Trey Gowdy added his name Wednesday to the growing list of committee chairmen announcing they will not seek re-election, saying this is the right time for...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., ...

Shutdown continues into workweek as Senate talks drag on

January 21, 2018 at 9:48 p.m.

The government shutdown will extend into the workweek as the Senate appeared to inch closer to ending a partisan stalemate late Sunday but fell short of agreement.

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