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Big biz: Trump's fight for one campaign promise hurts another they care about more

WASHINGTON _ While President Donald Trump is gambling with his political capital in a fight with Democrats over his signature campaign promise _ the "big, beautiful wall" along the Mexico border _ another campaign promise to cut regulations and ease federal bureaucracy for businesses has stalled.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 22, 2019

Judge blocks Trump administration from processing permits for offshore seismic tests

WASHINGTON _ A federal judge in South Carolina on Friday blocked the Trump administration from processing seismic testing permits for offshore oil drilling, a setback for the administration's efforts to assist energy companies during the partial government shutdown.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 18, 2019

Is Mike Pompeo actively exploring a US Senate race?

WASHINGTON _ Secretary of State Mike Pompeo plans to meet with Sen. Pat Roberts in the near future amid a heavy recruitment effort by powerful Washington Republicans for Pompeo to run for Roberts' seat.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 18, 2019

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McConnell's unwavering stand on the wall boosts his 2020 election prospects

WASHINGTON _ As Mitch McConnell readies for a 2020 re-election campaign, his unwavering support for President Donald Trump's southern border wall gives the senator an important boost from the Republican Party's conservative wing _ activists who have not always been on his side.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 18, 2019

After building their bench in 2018, Democrats risk losing focus on state and local races

WASHINGTON _ Democrats are giddy to start the presidential race but the group of party leaders who spent 2018 focusing on state and local office have an urgent request: Don't forget about us.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 18, 2019

Nancy Pelosi shrugs off Mitch McConnell's critiques over shutdown impasse

WASHINGTON _ Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has spent much of the week very publicly lobbing blame at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, tarring her as an agent of the "politics of obstruction."

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 17, 2019

Nasty or frugal? Key Democrats out to stop House members from living in offices

WASHINGTON _ Members of the House of Representatives who live in their Capitol Hill offices shouldn't get too comfortable.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 17, 2019

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Democratic leaders fret: Can we keep our big tent in 2020?

WASHINGTON _ Progressive activists are emboldened as the 2020 presidential primary season begins, but other Democratic leaders are already questioning whether a nominee chosen by energized liberals can both excite the base and hold onto red-district voters who just helped deliver them the House of Representatives.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 17, 2019

Diaz-Balart says Trump could be convinced to expand TPS to Venezuela

WASHINGTON _ The Trump administration has spent the past two years rolling back Temporary Protected Status for Haitians, Nicaraguans and Salvadorans amid a larger push to curtail immigration, but Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart is convinced that Venezuela is different.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 17, 2019

Can Pelosi keep Trump from delivering State of the Union address? Yes and no

WASHINGTON _ House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she isn't disinviting President Donald Trump from delivering his State of the Union address _ the California Democrat insists she just wants him to come another time, once the partial government shutdown has ended.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 17, 2019

Ailing Rep. Walter Jones breaks hip, will miss more time in new Congress

WASHINGTON _ Rep. Walter Jones, who has not been able to vote in Congress since September due to an undisclosed illness, suffered a broken hip after a fall at his home in Farmville, N.C., on Monday.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 16, 2019

Tim Scott's 'burden': Having to always speak first on issues of race in the GOP

WASHINGTON _ Sen. Tim Scott is being lauded for helping spur fellow Republicans to take action against one of their own, Rep. Steve King, for comments sympathetic to white supremacists _ but the Senate's only black Republican has mixed feelings about getting much of the credit.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 16, 2019

'Where's Mitch?' As shutdown grinds on, Ocasio-Cortez accuses McConnell of ducking members of Congress

WASHINGTON _ Furloughed federal workers have displayed their unpaid bills at Mitch McConnell's Senate office in protest. House freshmen marched to his office Wednesday to urge a vote. And he's drawn the ire of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the newest star of the Democratic Party.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 16, 2019

White House inches toward allowing Cuban-Americans to sue for island properties left behind

WASHINGTON _ The White House took a step closer to allowing thousands of Cuban-Americans to sue foreign companies and others who now control real estate on the island that was seized from them by the Cuban government.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 16, 2019

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McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 16, 2019

'Not enough staffers to go around': Democrats face talent shortage for 2020 campaigns

WASHINGTON _ As more Democratic presidential hopefuls inch closer to entering the 2020 contest, many are running into an early roadblock: There aren't enough staffers for everyone.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 15, 2019

Graham sets conciliatory tone at AG hearing � but also sticks up for Trump

WASHINGTON _ Sen. Lindsey Graham showed off his two political sides Tuesday morning as he presided over the start of a highly anticipated hearing to confirm Attorney General nominee William Barr: His conciliatory instincts _ and his commitment to defending President Donald Trump.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 15, 2019

Florida official faces backlash for saying Muslim lawmaker may 'blow up' Congress

WASHINGTON _ A rookie commissioner from a South Florida beach city is facing calls for her resignation after she called newly elected Michigan Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib a "danger" and said the first Palestinian-American woman in Congress may decide to become a "martyr and blow up Capitol Hill."

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 15, 2019

White House prepares for a Venezuela without Nicolas Maduro

WASHINGTON _ President Donald Trump is mulling whether to recognize the president of Venezuela's opposition-controlled National Assembly as the de facto leader of Venezuela instead of President Nicolas Maduro, according to two people familiar with the discussions.

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McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 11, 2019

Some lawmakers are eager to scrutinize hate groups

WASHINGTON _ For years, Republicans have watched white supremacists claim the Republican Party is on their side. And on Capitol Hill, Republican lawmakers did little to crack down on race-based hate groups.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 11, 2019

Legislators, some of them bewildered, may do little on tech issues this year

WASHINGTON _ Weighty high-tech issues are likely to flummox Congress again this year, just as they did last year, when lengthy hearings with chief executives of Facebook and Google drew a spotlight to the deep unfamiliarity of some legislators with technology matters.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 11, 2019

Nicaragua accuses US of financing international coup as OAS considers punishment

WASHINGTON _ The Nicaraguan foreign minister on Friday accused the United States of financing an attempted coup against President Daniel Ortega's government as the United States, Latin American allies and Canada took the "first step" to possibly suspend the Central American nation from the America's hemispheric body.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 11, 2019

As shutdown shatters a record for the longest ever, Congress vacates DC

WASHINGTON _ With the government shutdown poised to break a record Saturday as the longest in U.S. history, the Senate will be home for another long weekend. Again.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 10, 2019

Think Trump can't use emergency powers to build the border wall? Here's why he could

WASHINGTON _ President Donald Trump intensified threats Thursday to invoke his "emergency powers" to build his border wall if Democrats don't cooperate, saying his lawyers have looked into the matter and "they tell me 100 percent" he can.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 10, 2019

Mitch McConnell steps into the shutdown fray

WASHINGTON _ After weeks of keeping away from the battle over how to re-open shuttered government agencies, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday suddenly got involved, hosting a private meeting with a group of Republican senators hoping to end the impasse.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 10, 2019

Shalala takes on Democratic attack role

WASHINGTON _ Prepare to see a lot of Donna Shalala on C-SPAN.

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