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J. Scott Applewhite / AP Republicans Rally Around Raising the Deficit
The Senate’s passage of a budget resolution on Thursday night was a victory for party unity, but a defeat for the GOP’s remaining fiscal hawks.
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Evan Vucci / AP Donald Trump's Obamacare Whiplash
Does the president want Congress to strike a bipartisan deal on health care? As with so many other issues, it depends on the hour.
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Charles Mostoller / Reuters What John McCain Gets Wrong About Trump's Nationalism
The last seventy-five years of American foreign policy are not the story of a country consistently pursuing democratic ideals, only to see them undermined now by a fearful “blood and soil” isolationism.
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Susan Walsh / AP Trump's Nominee for Drug Czar Is Out
Representative Tom Marino withdrew from consideration after a recent news report detailed how a law he helped pass benefited narcotics distributors.
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Alex Brandon / AP A Remarriage of Convenience Between Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell
The president and the Senate majority leader make nice at the White House after a summer of bickering and ahead of a crucial period for the Republican agenda.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Trump's Assault on Obamacare Could Revive a Deal in Congress
A pair of lawmakers are nearing a bipartisan agreement on health care, but it’s not the one the president wants.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP The Democrats' Luck Runs Out
The expiration of the Children’s Health Insurance Program and the Trump administration’s moves on immigration and climate policy highlight the limits of the party out of power.
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Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP 'You Better Learn Our Lesson'
Kansas Republicans say they are worried that Congress and the Trump administration will repeat the mistake they made in enacting budget-busting tax cuts.
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Jacquelyn Martin / AP Republican Senators Want No Part of Trump-Corker Feud
Senator Bob Corker drew little support from his party a day after unloading on the president. But neither did the commander-in-chief.
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Mark Makela / Reuters Who Will Lead the Republican Moderates?
The retirement of Pennsylvania’s Charlie Dent puts his like-minded colleagues in a tough position.
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Allen G. Breed / AP Why a Congressional Ban on Bump Stocks Is Unlikely
Some Republican lawmakers and the National Rifle Association are calling for more regulation of the devices used in the Las Vegas massacre. But party leaders have no plans yet to act.
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Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP The Rules of the Gun Debate
The rules for discussing firearms in the United States obscure the obvious solutions.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP The GOP Tax Plan Inches Forward
House Republicans took a necessary first step on Thursday with the passage of a long-delayed budget resolution. The Senate may not be far behind.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP The Gun Legislation With the Best Chance of Passing Congress
Advocates for tighter laws renewed their push after the Las Vegas shooting. But any bills that pass under Republican control are likely to expand gun rights, not restrict them.
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John Locher / AP The Political World Reacts to the Las Vegas Massacre
Thoughts and prayers, but few calls for action, poured in from President Trump and members of Congress after a gunman opened fire on a country-music concert in the worst mass shooting in U.S. history.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP The Political Land Mine in the Republican Tax Plan
GOP lawmakers from blue states are protesting the elimination of a popular deduction that could force many middle-class families to pay more—and sink President Trump’s bill in the House.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP When Nancy Pelosi Confronted Donald Trump
In public remarks Thursday, the House Democratic leader described her relationship with the president.
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Tami Chappell / Reuters The Muted GOP Response to Roy Moore's Anti-Muslim Prejudice
The would-be Alabama Senator cements a Republican Party transition to acceptance of open intolerance of Muslims that is a long time coming.
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AP The Republican Attack on Feeding the Hungry
GOP budget proposals take aim at one of America’s most significant bipartisan achievements.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Democrats Dance With Donald Trump on Debt-Ceiling Repeal
Pelosi and Schumer hope to persuade the president to go along with their plan to end congressional standoffs that could end in default.
