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Back-to-back retirement announcements last week from a Republican representative and senator represented a victory for ...

Several advisers to Joe Biden will be quizzed by Republicans on Capitol Hill this month as part of the GOP's examination of a ...

Another six-year term would give Sen. Ed Markey 60 uninterrupted years of slurping at the public trough, since 1972. Even ...

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Trump's tax cuts bill passed with GOP support, but deep Medicaid cuts and rising uninsured rates could haunt Republicans in ...

President Trump managed to tolerate his congressional critics—until he didn’t. After months of playing nice with Sen. Thom ...