Lisa Mascaro

Secretary of State-designate Mike Pompeo listens ...

Mike Pompeo, Trump’s pick for secretary of state, facing rare opposition from Senate panel

April 23, 2018 at 9:39 a.m.

President Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, is facing serious opposition before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which may not have enough votes to recommend him for...

What Paul Ryan’s election-year departure means for Republicans

April 11, 2018 at 6:16 p.m.

House Speaker Paul Ryan abruptly announced Wednesday he will retire rather than seek another term in Congress as the steady if reluctant wingman for President Donald Trump, sending new ripples...

What’s next for House Speaker Paul Ryan?

March 30, 2018 at 3:55 p.m.

Paul Ryan's future as House speaker has been such a topic of speculation that even the simple question of whether he will seek re-election to his Wisconsin seat remains secret.

US President Donald Trump speaks about ...

Trump signs $1.3 trillion budget after threatening veto

March 23, 2018 at 10:08 p.m.

President Donald Trump grudgingly signed a $1.3 trillion federal spending measure Friday and averted a midnight government shutdown 鈥� but only after undercutting his own negotiators and setting off a...

Congress OKs $1.3 trillion budget, averting another shutdown

March 22, 2018 at 11:40 p.m.

Congress gave final approval Friday to a giant $1.3 trillion spending bill that ends the budget battles for now, but only after late obstacles skirted close to another shutdown as...

Lawmakers release huge budget; big military, domestic boosts

March 21, 2018 at 9:36 p.m.

Congressional leaders finalized a sweeping $1.3 trillion budget bill Wednesday that substantially boosts military and domestic spending but leaves behind young immigrant "Dreamers," deprives President Donald Trump some of his...

Trump’s possible China tariffs bring loud protests — in U.S.

June 15, 2018 at 8:05 a.m.

President Donald Trump is considering sweeping tariffs on imports from China, with an announcement possible as early as next week. And that has industry groups and some lawmakers scrambling to...

Supporters of Conor Lamb, the Democratic ...

Pennsylvania wake-up call for GOP: Almost no one is safe

March 14, 2018 at 10:02 p.m.

The message to Republicans from the Pennsylvania special election was simple: Almost no one is safe.

President Donald Trump pauses during a ...

Trump’s gun stance a struggle for Congress, NRA

March 2, 2018 at 8:01 a.m.

Action on gun legislation has skidded to a halt in Congress — not for a lack of bipartisan proposals, but because President Donald Trump's stunning shift on gun policy left...

Trump says some lawmakers too fearful of NRA to act on guns

March 1, 2018 at 10:13 a.m.

Putting fellow Republicans in the hot seat, President Donald Trump is calling for quick and substantial changes to the nation's gun laws even as he criticizes lawmakers for being too...

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