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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Who's Afraid of a Big BAT Tax?
The Border Adjustment Tax, a proposal favored by House Speaker Paul Ryan, has aroused serious opposition from Republican senators.
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Carolyn Kaster / AP Donald Trump and the Art of the Apology
The 45th president is a sensitive soul whose ego is easily bruised when others say unkind or disrespectful things about him.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP The Filibuster: A Senator's Best Friend
How will Republicans respond if Democrats attempt to filibuster President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee?
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Mark Makela / Reuters Senate Republicans' Greatest Enemy Is Time
Of all the hurdles confronting lawmakers with big plans, time may be the most vexing.
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POOL / Reuters How Will Congress Cope With Trump?
Democrat or Republican, no one on Capitol Hill is certain what changes the president will bring.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Democrats Are Unprepared for the Trump Era
After an unexpected loss in November, Democrats are nowhere near ready to take on the president-elect.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters How Republicans Plan to Roll Back Obama-Era Regulations
Health care, trade pacts, environment regulation, financial oversight—you name the policy area, the GOP is set to roll it back.
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Andrew Harnik / AP How Will the House Freedom Caucus Respond to Trump?
Representative Mark Meadows, the group’s new chairman, is hoping an early push for deregulation will do the trick.
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Mark Kauzlarich / Reuters Why Are So Few Women Running for DNC Chair?
Democratic women should have plenty to say—not just about the direction of their party but also about the state of women’s leadership in the American political system.
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Gretchen Ertl / Gary Cameron / Eric Miller ... The Winners and Losers of the 115th Congress
Key legislators saw their fortunes reshuffled on Election Day in ways good, bad, and ulcer-inducing.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Pelosi Remains Leader, but the Democrats Are Restless
Younger caucus members are frustrated with the entrenched, aging leadership of the Democratic Party.
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Mike Segar / Reuters Hate Him or Love Him, Trump Is What the Democratic Process Produced
The president-elect’s victory wasn’t a product of the usual electoral dysfunction so much as an end-run around it.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters At Orientation Week, Legislators Learn the Ropes
Wide-eyed freshmen members of Congress swept into Washington this week to learn more about their new homes.
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Mike Segar / Reuters Why White Women Continue to Back the GOP
The voters have largely supported Republican candidates for years, which underscores the complicated nature of their political interests.
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Gary Cameron / Reuters Peter Thiel and the Trump Bubble
The Silicon Valley billionaire says he’s backing Trump because the GOP nominee doesn’t offer easy solutions, but that’s all he offers.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters No Rest for Paul Ryan
The Freedom Caucus is determined to make the speaker’s life as painful as possible in the coming Congress.
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Gary Cameron / Reuters Paul Ryan Would Like to Share With You the Most Amazing Book
The House speaker thinks there’s a better way for America—and that his plan will change your life.
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Evan Vucci / AP Trump’s Fans Have More to Lose Than Trump Himself
If the Republican nominee loses, the millions of Americans supporting him will feel more isolated and disillusioned than ever before.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters The Conservative Crusade Against the IRS Commissioner
Republicans have their sights set on impeaching or censuring IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, even though he was brought on after the scandal surrounding the targeting of conservative groups.
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Mark Kauzlarich / Reuters Why Ivanka Is Trump's Top Surrogate
The potential first daughter has a knack for political diplomacy her father lacks.
