The Donald Trump Cabinet Tracker
The president’s Cabinet is finally full, as the Senate approved Alexander Acosta to serve as labor secretary on a 60-38 vote.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters Groundhog Day for Obamacare Repeal
The GOP is still missing the crucial 50th Senate vote for the Graham-Cassidy proposal. But a looming deadline is providing new momentum, and the legislation has advanced from no-shot to long-shot.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP Democrats Dare to Trust Trump on DACA
Republican leaders recoiled from the president’s agreement on immigration, and now Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer are relying on him to see it through.
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Jose Luis Magana / AP Trump Reverses His Stand on DACA
There are plenty of details to be worked out in a tentative accord between the president and Democratic leaders to protect Dreamers in exchange for border security. But it’s an agreement that only Trump could strike.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters Republican Senators Plead for One Last Chance to Repeal Obamacare
Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy introduced a bill to convert the law into a block grant for states. But the GOP has moved on, and their plan might never get a vote.
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Craig Ruttle / AP What Hillary Clinton Says She Learned From Her Defeat
In her new memoir, the defeated Democrat regrets that she didn’t offer bolder ideas during her campaign.
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Wilfredo Lee / AP Why a Hurricane Like Irma Poses a Particular Challenge to Florida
The storm’s enormous size, spanning both coasts of the state, could slow the rescue and recovery efforts, officials warned on Sunday.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP Congress Passes Harvey Aid and Seals Trump's Deal With Democrats
Despite a Republican split, the 316-90 vote on Friday will send $15.25 billion to Texas and Louisiana, prevent a government shutdown, and lift the debt ceiling for three months.
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Evan Vucci / AP The Beginning of the End of the Debt Ceiling
With another deal with Democrats, President Trump could release the hostage that congressional Republicans took during their early fiscal battles with the Obama administration.
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Evan Vucci / AP Trump's Early Christmas Gift to Democrats
In a surprise blow to GOP leaders, the president strikes a short-term fiscal deal with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, handing them leverage ahead of the next round of negotiations in December.
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Aaron Bernstein / Reuters Trump Places a Risky Bet on Congress
Majorities in the House and Senate support protecting Dreamers, but immigration legislation must overcome a busy legislative calendar and long recent history of failure.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP How Harvey Gave Congressional Republicans the Excuse They Wanted
The storm has allowed GOP leaders to put off showdowns over spending and the debt. But the truce might not last long.
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Alex Brandon / AP Trump's Fill-in-the-Blanks Tax Reform Plan
The president is leaving the details to Republicans in Congress. Only they haven’t figured them out yet, either.
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Aaron Bernstein / Reuters Congress Prepares to Open Its Wallet for Texas
With Republicans in power, the money will likely flow without a fight.
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Alex Brandon / AP The Senate Tests a New Approach on Obamacare: Bipartisanship
Health-care hearings next month will mark the first effort at collaboration between the two parties, even as the Republican repeal push sees one last gasp.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Is a Government Shutdown Inevitable?
President Trump’s threat at his Phoenix rally set up a fight over funding for a border wall that Republican leaders don’t particularly want—but may not be able to avoid.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP Paul Ryan Doesn't Want to Fight With Trump
In keeping with his non-confrontational approach, the House speaker offered the gentlest of criticism during a CNN town hall for the president’s response to the violence in Charlottesville.
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National Park Service The Nation's Official Memorial to Robert E. Lee Gets a Rewrite
Days after the events in Charlottesville, the National Park Service quietly changed its description of Arlington House, the Virginia mansion that Congress formally named in honor of the Confederate general.
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Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP The Tax Break Dividing the Republican Party
A big proposed deduction is pitting some larger corporations against the GOP’s small-business base.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters Republicans Rebuke Trump All Over Again
The president’s return to “both sides” rhetoric on Charlottesville brings a familiar round of criticism from GOP lawmakers practiced in the art of presidential scolding.
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Eric Thayer / Reuters Mitch McConnell, Under Siege
The majority leader is already a conservative bogeyman in an Alabama Senate race. Now he’s in a fight with President Trump after his Obamacare repeal failure.
