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AP Photo/Cheryl Senter Donald Trump Wants to Use a “Deportation Force” to Remove 11 Million Immigrants From the U.S.
Trump says that the United States needs to take a page out of Mexico’s playbook and get tougher at kicking people out of the country who have overstayed.
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AP Photo/Morry Gash Jeb Bush, Donald Trump, and the Republican Schism on Immigration
The establishment and the outsider tangled Tuesday night, illustrating just how far apart the party’s rival wings are on the issue.
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AP Photo/Andrew Harnik Seeking a Foreign-Policy Legacy, Obama Goes It Alone
On Guantanamo and other issues, the president has to decide whether he will let Congress stand in his way.
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AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais Speaker Ryan Lays Out a New Vision for the House—and It Includes a Lot More Talking With Members and McConnell
Paul Ryan wants to restore the House to regular order even as a funding deadline approaches.
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AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Why the Party Age Gap Matters
The GOP's House leadership, like its presidential field, is much younger than Democrats'. Can Republicans take advantage?
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Can Paul Ryan Be a Rainmaker and Still be Home for Family Dinner?
Colleagues close to Ryan say they aren’t worried about Ryan’s ability to raise cash, but his critics are raising concerns.
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AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill R.I.P. Bush-Rubio Partnership
The former mentor and mentee clashed on the debate stage Wednesday night, the sharpest break yet in what was once a partnership.
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AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster The Latest Budget-Deal Hurdle: Farm Policy
A cut in crop-insurance funding is making farm-state members leery of backing the bipartisan agreement.
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AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta How Paul Ryan Is Changing the Family Conversation in Congress
He's demanding what women for decades have not felt they could ask for: more time with family.
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Associated Press Who Can Stop Criminal Justice Reform Now? Very Few People.
After years of negotiations, a justice reform bill speeds through the Senate.
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AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta Freedom Caucus Gives Paul Ryan a Big Majority—but Not a Mandate
A "supermajority" of the conservative group's members will support Ryan for speaker. It's enough that he'll move forward with his bid.
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AP Photo/Eric Gay Paul Ryan's Immigration Litmus Test
The potential speaker has already promised that he won’t tackle comprehensive immigration reform this year.
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AP Photo/Evan Vucci Freedom Caucus Not Ready for Ryan Yet
Boehner believes Ryan can get conservatives to "yes" but there is work ahead.
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AP Photo/Andrew Harnik Ryan Willing to Serve as Speaker—if He Gets What He Wants
The Ways and Means chairman told his GOP colleagues what it would take to get him to "yes."
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AP Photo/Gerald Herbert Democrats Block "Sanctuary Cities" Bill
Both parties play politics on hot-button immigration vote.
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Chip Somodevilla AFP/Getty Why Even Paul Ryan Cannot Save Republicans
He’s got leadership skills and the respect of most of the conference, but Ryan still will disappoint the Freedom Caucus.
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Chip Somodevilla AFP/Getty House Republicans Leave D.C. With No Answers, And No Paul Ryan Breakthrough
A Friday meeting gave no resolution to the fallout from Kevin McCarthy's sudden decision to drop his speaker bid.
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Getty images In the Shadow of the Senate, the House Brings Forth its Own Criminal-Justice Reform Plan
The House unveiled its own sentencing-reform bill Thursday, but the chamber’s judiciary chairman promises there’s more to come.
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Mark Wilson AFP/Getty Sen. Dean Heller Plans to Force Comprehensive Immigration-Reform Debate With Upcoming Sanctuary Cities Bill
The Nevada Republican says if immigration reform won’t come up on its own, he is happy to force the issue.
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Mark Wilson AFP/Getty The Story Behind a Breakthrough: How a Team of Senators Convinced Chuck Grassley on Justice Reform
A major bipartisan justice bill is being unveiled Thursday. Here's how it came together, and all that stood in its way, over the last year.
