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Pence visits troops in Iraq, blames Congress for 'partisan politics'

AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq _ Vice President Mike Pence on a surprise visit to Iraq told U.S. troops on Saturday that he wanted them to have a pay raise but Congress was engaged in "partisan politics" instead of doing its job.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 23, 2019

Trump says Pompeo would run for Senate if GOP in danger of losing Kansas seat

WASHINGTON _ President Donald Trump acknowledged on Friday that his secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, is mulling a run for Senate in Kansas next year.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 22, 2019

Republicans want to make it harder for kids to smoke, so now they're waiting on Donald Trump

WASHINGTON _ Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he expects "everybody" to support his bill raising the legal age for cigarette, e-cigarette and vaping product purchases from 18 to 21 _ a major legislative priority for the Kentucky Republican.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 21, 2019

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Impeachment witness confronts Devin Nunes' Ukraine argument, calls it a 'fictional narrative'

WASHINGTON _ The former top Russia adviser at the White House at impeachment hearings Thursday criticized one of Rep. Devin Nunes' defenses of President Donald Trump, calling the congressman's repeated assertion that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election a "fictional narrative."

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 21, 2019

Andrew Yang has exceeded expectations. Now he wants to be taken seriously

LAS VEGAS _ Andrew Yang was having lunch with eight recipients of his $1,000 monthly "Freedom Dividend" in a private poolside room inside the Bellagio hotel when one lucky winner offered up how he was pitching this unconventional presidential candidacy to friends.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 21, 2019

Pentagon warns that number of military bases with contaminated water likely to rise

WASHINGTON _ The number of known military installations with water sources contaminated by cancer-linked firefighting foam is likely to rise, Pentagon officials said Wednesday.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 20, 2019

Pompeo is directly implicated in Ukraine scandal by Sondland in impeachment testimony

WASHINGTON _ President Donald Trump's ambassador to the European Union testified on Wednesday that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was "in the loop" throughout a monthslong effort by the president to pressure Ukraine to open political investigations into Democrats, directly implicating the secretary in the expanding scandal for the first…

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 20, 2019

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Buttigieg, 2020 front-runners avoid attacks: Takeaways from the fifth Democratic debate

The Democratic presidential debate Wednesday was supposed to be a sharp-elbowed argument about the future of the party and how best to defeat Donald Trump.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 20, 2019

Devin Nunes' impeachment defense closely mirrors Trump's. Are they coordinating?

WASHINGTON _ Rep. Devin Nunes hammered two of President Donald Trump's favorite targets at Tuesday morning's impeachment hearing: the media and the unidentified whistleblower who thrust the president's July phone call with the Ukrainian president into the national spotlight.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 19, 2019

Texas' Ratcliffe rises as a leading GOP impeachment voice

WASHINGTON _ Once slated to be President Donald Trump's director of national intelligence, Rep. John Ratcliffe has emerged as a leading, sharply partisan voice for Republicans during the public impeachment proceedings, a role he's expected to continue as eight witnesses testify this week.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 18, 2019

How a Bloomberg presidential bid could upend California's primary

WASHINGTON _ Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg has already dipped a toe into the 2020 Democratic contest. If the multibillionaire decides to jump all the way in the race, he could make a big splash in California's primary.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 15, 2019

Ivanka Trump is ramping up paid family leave push with White House summit

WASHINGTON _ The White House is inviting lawmakers to its first summit on paid family leave and childcare affordability next month in an effort to increase momentum for Ivanka Trump's signature issues.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 14, 2019

Trump's impeachment messenger meets with Republicans on eve of public hearing

WASHINGTON _ On the eve of a public hearing in the House impeachment inquiry, at least one member of President Donald Trump's new two-person messaging team has met with senior House Republican communicators on Capitol Hill.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 12, 2019

California changed its rules on college athlete pay; now White House looking into it

WASHINGTON _ The White House is meeting with congressional offices as it considers a response to a new California law that permits college athletes to profit off their name, image and likeness.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 11, 2019

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McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 7, 2019

Andrew Malcolm: These Democratic presidential candidates could be the next political casualties

The best time of any political campaign is announcement day, so full of sunny promise, hope, optimism and certain success.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 7, 2019

Adelsons plan to hold off Trump donations until late in 2020 election cycle

WASHINGTON _ Sheldon and Miriam Adelson, the largest Republican donors in 2016, plan to hold off on significantly contributing to President Donald Trump's reelection effort until well into the 2020 election cycle, sources said.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 6, 2019

Biden and Warren 'publicly snub' California Democrats and Latinos, state party's leader says

When California Democrats meet at the state party's convention in Long Beach next week, they will be without two top presidential contenders.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 5, 2019

'Please speak out for LGBTQ Kansans,' Davids urges Kansas Republicans on Trump policy

WASHINGTON _ U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids has urged her Republican colleagues from Kansas to speak out against a Trump administration policy that will enable faith-based adoption services to turn away same-sex couples.

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McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 5, 2019

'Trump basically turned me into a Democrat': Working-class white women drifting away from the president

DUBUQUE, Iowa _ One of the essential storylines of the 2016 presidential election was the hidden Donald Trump voter: the person who wasn't surveyed by pollsters or comfortable telling friends or family about who they thought was best to lead the country.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 5, 2019

Trump's well-oiled campaign has everything planned � except Trump

WASHINGTON _ President Donald Trump fiddled for months with a 2020 election message that would be ready for primetime. His top two campaign aides _ Jared Kushner and Brad Parscale _ sought a message that would resonate with the president's core political base and also reach skeptical independents.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 5, 2019

Trump wants to win even more rural votes in 2020. Democrats are scrambling to catch up

AUGUSTA, Wis. _ Corey Bauch is eager to explain why he regrets not voting for Donald Trump.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 5, 2019

Fake cow account must go, Devin Nunes demands in letter to Democrat over Twitter taunts

WASHINGTON _ Rep. Devin Nunes' attorney last month demanded that his 2018 Democratic political opponent pressure an anonymous social media writer to delete comments on Twitter that mock Republican Nunes "day and night."

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 4, 2019

Roger Stone circus folds its tent in South Florida, pitches a new one in D.C. courtroom

WASHINGTON _ It's showtime for Roger J. Stone Jr., a man who loves the spotlight.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 4, 2019

People who make at least $100K benefit most from this tax break. That's one reason it's in trouble

WASHINGTON _ Across the country, tax breaks for owners of electric vehicles have largely gone to people with six-figure incomes.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Oct 31, 2019

'They're trying to impeach us': What faith leaders told Trump behind closed doors

WASHINGTON _ Faith leaders told President Donald Trump at a private meeting at the White House this week that they saw the Democrats' impeachment efforts in Congress as an attack on their conservative agenda, several attendees told McClatchy.

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