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Congress taking a serious look at taxing miles driven

WASHINGTON _ Take the little black box that's about the size of a fist. Plug it into the data port that in most cars sits under the dashboard. It'll record how far your car is traveling.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · May 6, 2019

Devin Nunes, TJ Cox are top targets in 2020 � but they still don't have challengers

WASHINGTON _ Democrats and Republicans have made it clear where the congressional battlegrounds are in California for 2020, and nearly all nine contested seats have multiple declared challengers trying to unseat incumbents.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · May 6, 2019

New database: Water sources in 43 states contain potentially unsafe chemical levels

WASHINGTON _ More than 610 drinking water sources in 43 states contain potentially unsafe levels of chemical compounds that have been linked to birth defects, cancers, infertility and reduced immune responses in children, according to a new database compiled by the Environmental Working Group and Northeastern University.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · May 6, 2019

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Pro-Trump conservatives challenge possible U.S. military involvement in Venezuela

WASHINGTON _ For months, hawkish Florida Republicans have dominated the narrative on Venezuela, meeting with President Donald Trump days before the U.S. recognized Juan Guaido as the country's legitimate leader and arguing that the president sees the situation in Venezuela differently than his "America First" desire to pull U.S. troops…

McClatchy Washington Bureau · May 3, 2019

Graham says Mueller can 'provide testimony' if he thinks Barr lied

WASHINGTON _ U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham will give White House special counsel Robert Mueller a chance to tell his side of the story _ but that isn't the same as promising to let Mueller testify before his committee, as Democrats are demanding.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · May 3, 2019

Pro-Trump conservatives challenge possible U.S. military involvement in Venezuela

McClatchy Washington Bureau · May 3, 2019

Trump nominee Kelly Craft's climate views raising concerns at Senate, UN

WASHINGTON _ President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is raising concern among senators important to her confirmation and diplomats in New York over her skeptical views on climate change.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · May 3, 2019

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Department of Defense studying military options for Venezuela

WASHINGTON _ In the aftermath of a faltering opposition uprising in Venezuela, the Trump administration is looking at imposing new individual sanctions against the Maduro government and also scrambling for ideas that can have a greater impact on the ground, including military options.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · May 3, 2019

US has much at stake if Venezuela's uprising fails

WASHINGTON _ The Trump administration has much at stake if U.S.-supported opposition leader Juan Guaido fails to mobilize enough resistance to remove Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro from power.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · May 1, 2019

Lindsey Graham renews promise to investigate Obama officials who 'hated Trump's guts'

WASHINGTON _ U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham in March predicted his GOP colleagues would be "enthusiastic" to investigate whether the Obama-era Justice Department tried to influence the 2016 election in favor of Democrat Hillary Clinton.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · May 1, 2019

Sen. Harris puts AG Barr on the hot seat with tough questioning

WASHINGTON _ Kamala Harris' most memorable moments during her short Senate career have come during nationally televised committee hearings with leading Trump administration officials. So the California senator and her 2020 presidential campaign came prepared for Attorney General William Barr's testimony in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · May 1, 2019

Trump threatens 'full and complete embargo' against Cuba for meddling in Venezuela

WASHINGTON _ As his Cabinet members pledged the administration's support for Juan Guaido, President Donald Trump used his favorite bully pulpit to target the Cuban government for its role in Venezuela.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Apr 30, 2019

Beto O'Rourke is losing donors to Kamala Harris and Pete Buttigieg

WASHINGTON _ Kamala Harris and Pete Buttigieg are now among the top fundraisers in the Democratic presidential field _ thanks in part to their success in stealing supporters from Beto O'Rourke.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Apr 30, 2019

Climate change looms over Trump infrastructure meeting with Democrats

WASHINGTON _ Congressional Democratic leaders plan to tell President Donald Trump on Tuesday that any agreement to improve the nation's infrastructure must include funding to combat climate change.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Apr 29, 2019

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McClatchy Washington Bureau · Apr 25, 2019

This could be the year passenger fees for airport improvements go up

WASHINGTON _ Momentum is growing in Washington to approve an increase in the fee airline passengers pay to help improve the nation's airports _ with an unusual mix of Democratic House leaders and historically anti-tax conservatives helping push the effort.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Apr 25, 2019

After sprint to left, some 2020 Democrats inch back toward the middle

ALEXANDRIA, Va. _ Beto O'Rourke was nearing the end of his stump speech when he turned to an unexpected subject in the 2020 primary: pragmatism.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Apr 23, 2019

Trump's Middle East peace team has made a strategy of silence. That's about to end

WASHINGTON _ At 8 p.m. the night before special counsel Robert Mueller's report was publicly released, Jared Kushner huddled with two of his top aides in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building _ not to discuss the Russia investigation, but to work on their long-awaited Middle East peace initiative.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Apr 23, 2019

Here's how the GOP is going on offense on the Mueller report

WASHINGTON _ The Republican Party has launched an elaborate multimedia effort to go on offense with special counsel Robert Mueller's report, advising state parties to attack Democrats as wasting the nation's time and money by dwelling on the findings.

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McClatchy Washington Bureau · Apr 23, 2019

What the Mueller report means for Devin Nunes' 2020 reelection bid

WASHINGTON _ Democrats working to oust Rep. Devin Nunes in 2020 will have to make their case without any help from special counsel Robert Mueller III.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Apr 23, 2019

'There's still a lot of sexism': Some Democrats say female candidates are facing double standards early in the campaign

WASHINGTON _ Stephanie Schriock shudders when she remembers how critics reacted to Elizabeth Warren's 2020 campaign announcement, sharply questioning whether she was likable enough to become president.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Apr 22, 2019

A key 2020 constituency: Florida's Hispanic vote nearly doubled in 2018

WASHINGTON _ Florida's Hispanic electorate grew by 81% between the 2014 and 2018 midterm elections, and Hispanics who registered to vote as independents grew by 101%, meaning Hispanics are the fastest-growing portion of Florida's electorate heading into the 2020 election.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Apr 22, 2019

Seth Moulton eyes Trump's national security voters in 2020 presidential campaign

NEW YORK _ U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, who announced his bid for president on Monday, said in an interview that he believes Donald Trump will be more difficult to defeat than many of his fellow Democrats expect, even as he argued that his own national security credentials open the door…

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Apr 18, 2019

Mueller finds Kushner was a top target of Russian influence, but he mostly steered clear

WASHINGTON _ Special counsel Robert Mueller found evidence that affiliates of the Russian government repeatedly sought the audience and favor of Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law and one of his closest advisers, throughout the 2016 presidential campaign and its immediate aftermath.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Apr 18, 2019

Lindsey Graham 'not interested' in calling Mueller to testify before Judiciary Committee

WASHINGTON _ Lindsey Graham has no plans to ask White House special counsel Robert Mueller to testify before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Apr 18, 2019

Burr apparently briefed White House on FBI election probe, Mueller report says

WASHINGTON _ Sen. Richard Burr, a North Carolina Republican and chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, "appears to have" briefed the White House as to the targets of an FBI probe, according to special counsel Robert Mueller's report.

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