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Foreign Policy

Trump prepares to bypass Congress to take on Iran

By ELIANA JOHNSON

06/18/2019 05:03 AM EDT

Updated 06/18/2019 08:40 AM EDT
Defense

Mike Pompeo: Iran definitely responsible for attack on tankers

By BIANCA QUILANTAN and MATTHEW CHOI

06/16/2019 09:29 AM EDT

Updated 06/16/2019 01:02 PM EDT
Congress

Senate fails to block arms sales to Bahrain and Qatar

By MARIANNE LEVINE

06/13/2019 01:05 PM EDT
White House

Trump: 'If Iran wants to fight, that will be the official end of Iran'

By QUINT FORGEY and DAVID BEAVERS

05/19/2019 10:11 AM EDT

Updated 05/19/2019 10:27 PM EDT
White House

‘Strongly pro-life’ Trump tweets on abortion

By DAVID COHEN

05/19/2019 07:03 AM EDT

Updated 05/19/2019 12:29 PM EDT
cybersecurity

Trump signs order setting stage to ban Huawei from U.S.

By ERIC GELLER

05/15/2019 05:23 PM EDT

Updated 05/15/2019 07:05 PM EDT
Congress

GOP senators head to the White House Tuesday to hear immigration plan

By ANITA KUMAR

05/06/2019 06:08 PM EDT

Updated 05/07/2019 12:13 PM EDT
employment & immigration

Tom Cotton pans Trump plan to allow more foreign guest workers

By BURGESS EVERETT

05/06/2019 02:38 PM EDT
Immigration

GOP senators try to undermine Kushner's immigration plan

By ANITA KUMAR

04/10/2019 06:00 AM EDT

Updated 04/10/2019 10:43 PM EDT
white house

Pence takes GOP punches for Trump

By ELIANA JOHNSON and BURGESS EVERETT

03/12/2019 07:19 PM EDT
legal

Trump judicial nominee Rao faces uncertain committee vote

By MARIANNE LEVINE

02/27/2019 07:27 PM EST
Congress

Tom Cotton book to focus on Arlington National Cemetery service

By BURGESS EVERETT

02/04/2019 05:11 AM EST
defense

Senators want a ‘Mattis clone’

By GREGORY HELLMAN and MARIANNE LEVINE

12/21/2018 07:57 PM EST
White House

Trump stuffs political grenades in Washington's Christmas stocking

By ANDREW RESTUCCIA

12/20/2018 10:13 PM EST
Congress

‘It got a little heated’: GOP infighting almost killed criminal justice reform

By BURGESS EVERETT and ELIANA JOHNSON

12/19/2018 01:25 PM EST

Updated 12/19/2018 03:02 PM EST
Congress

Senate approves Trump-backed criminal justice overhaul

By MARIANNE LEVINE

12/18/2018 07:30 PM EST

Updated 12/18/2018 09:42 PM EST
Finance & Tax

How a swipe at Obamacare in the GOP tax law came back to haunt them

By BERNIE BECKER

12/18/2018 02:36 PM EST
congress

Fate of criminal justice reform bill hinges on Cotton amendments

By MARIANNE LEVINE

12/17/2018 08:38 PM EST
White House

Kushner deploys conservative media campaign for his agenda

By ELIANA JOHNSON and BURGESS EVERETT

12/14/2018 05:04 AM EST
Congress

GOP infighting continues as criminal justice bill advances

By BURGESS EVERETT

12/13/2018 04:54 PM EST

Updated 12/13/2018 09:52 PM EST
Congress

Is Tom Cotton’s winning streak about to end?

By BURGESS EVERETT

12/13/2018 05:04 AM EST
Congress

Cornyn under fire from GOP as criminal justice reform falters

By BURGESS EVERETT

12/10/2018 07:34 PM EST
White House

Trump's slow-motion staff 'shakeup' stunts 2019 planning

By ELIANA JOHNSON and BURGESS EVERETT

12/06/2018 05:07 AM EST
Congress

Trump lays off McConnell as criminal justice reform stalls

By BURGESS EVERETT, ELIANA JOHNSON and ELANA SCHOR

12/03/2018 05:04 AM EST
Congress

Criminal justice reform bill still alive as McConnell deliberates

By BURGESS EVERETT and ELANA SCHOR

11/29/2018 05:12 PM EST

Updated 11/29/2018 07:58 PM EST
Congress

Republicans fear they’re squandering lame duck

By BURGESS EVERETT

11/28/2018 05:11 AM EST
Congress

White House makes last-ditch push on criminal justice reform bill

By MARIANNE LEVINE and BURGESS EVERETT

11/27/2018 06:58 PM EST

Updated 11/27/2018 07:24 PM EST
Congress

Cotton wields sex offender report to tank prisons bill

By BURGESS EVERETT and ELANA SCHOR

11/26/2018 01:26 PM EST

Updated 11/26/2018 09:19 PM EST
Congress

Religious right to start pressure campaign around criminal justice reform

By LORRAINE WOELLERT

11/22/2018 07:58 AM EST
Congress

Trump lobbies McConnell on criminal justice overhaul

By ELANA SCHOR, BURGESS EVERETT and ANDREW RESTUCCIA

11/21/2018 03:06 PM EST

Updated 11/21/2018 03:36 PM EST
White House

Who's coming and going in Trump's Cabinet

By MATTHEW CHOI

11/20/2018 01:01 PM EST
Congress

Cotton, Trump at odds on criminal justice overhaul

By ELANA SCHOR, BURGESS EVERETT and ELIANA JOHNSON

11/15/2018 02:13 PM EST

Updated 11/15/2018 05:14 PM EST
Foreign Policy

GOP hawks to Trump: You're going soft on Iran

By ELIANA JOHNSON

11/01/2018 10:04 PM EDT
Congress

McConnell calls for investigation into leak of Ford letter

By ELANA SCHOR and BURGESS EVERETT

10/07/2018 07:21 AM EDT
Congress

GOP senators use Kavanaugh to beat back 2020 primary challengers

By BURGESS EVERETT

10/03/2018 05:09 AM EDT
Kavanaugh Confirmation

Senators digging in for last stand in Kavanaugh confirmation fight

By QUINT FORGEY

09/30/2018 04:03 PM EDT

Updated 09/30/2018 05:33 PM EDT
Kavanaugh Confirmation

Cotton: Feinstein to be investigated over leaked letter from Ford

By JACQUELINE KLIMAS

09/30/2018 11:30 AM EDT

Updated 09/30/2018 02:25 PM EDT
Congress

GOP senators: No Sessions replacement could get confirmed

By BURGESS EVERETT and ELIANA JOHNSON

09/12/2018 07:11 PM EDT
Kavanaugh Confirmation

The last-ditch effort to stop Kavanaugh

By ELANA SCHOR and BURGESS EVERETT

09/11/2018 06:47 PM EDT
DOJ praises Trump’s choice not to endorse prison reform bill

By REBECCA MORIN

08/23/2018 07:05 PM EDT
Senate won't take up prison overhaul before midterms

By BURGESS EVERETT

08/22/2018 11:33 AM EDT
congress

Sentencing reform tests Cotton’s sway with Trump

By BURGESS EVERETT

08/20/2018 08:10 PM EDT

Updated 08/20/2018 08:30 PM EDT
Criminal justice deal faces steep Senate hurdles despite Trump’s push

By ELANA SCHOR

08/17/2018 05:08 AM EDT
White House

Sarah Huckabee Sanders adopts the mantle of grievance

By ANNIE KARNI

06/25/2018 08:21 PM EDT

Updated 06/26/2018 09:53 AM EDT
Gary Cohn breaks from Trump talking points after exiting White House

By QUINT FORGEY

06/14/2018 12:02 PM EDT
White House warns Congress against reversing ZTE deal

By ADAM BEHSUDI and ASHLEY GOLD

06/13/2018 05:51 PM EDT
Prominent donor threatens GOP over DACA

By NATASHA KORECKI

05/23/2018 05:09 AM EDT
Cotton jolts prison reform negotiations

By HEATHER CAYGLE and ELANA SCHOR

05/18/2018 07:13 PM EDT
Congress

GOP golden boy mails it in

By ALEX ISENSTADT

05/15/2018 05:01 AM EDT

Updated 05/15/2018 08:59 AM EDT
Congress

Rand’s rep as Senate rebel on the line

By BURGESS EVERETT

05/14/2018 05:01 AM EDT
Congress

McCain’s absence handcuffs Republicans

By BURGESS EVERETT

05/08/2018 06:17 PM EDT

Updated 05/08/2018 09:20 PM EDT