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Devin Nunes is ready to play the role of House antagonist

WASHINGTON _ Rep. Devin Nunes is about to go from being power broker to antagonist.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 14, 2018

Trump administration: Effort to return captured journalist counts on US reporters

WASHINGTON _ The Trump administration, known for its public feuds with the media who cover it, on Tuesday joined with major media organizations seeking to bring home missing foreign journalist Austin Tice.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 13, 2018

Detractors using racial 'dog whistle' tactics in House leadership race, Clyburn says

WASHINGTON _ Rep. Jim Clyburn of South Carolina on Tuesday accused detractors of using racially-charged "dog whistles" to undermine his bid for the No. 3 slot in House Democratic leadership.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 13, 2018

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Experts cite vulnerabilities in Washington, North Carolina voting security

WASHINGTON _ Security gaps similar to, but much less porous than, those in Georgia's voter registration system have been identified in Washington state, potentially providing bad actors ways to foul citizens' eligibility to cast ballots in last week's elections, cyber experts say.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 12, 2018

White House to press tough immigration laws, border wall before Congress winds down

WASHINGTON _ The White House is racing to finish an immigration plan focused on enforcement that could be introduced before Democrats take control of the House. It would include funding for the U.S.-Mexico border wall, restrictions on asylum and cuts to legal immigration, according to four people familiar with the…

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 10, 2018

Rich Russian who may have grossly overpaid for a Trump mansion is mired in a big scandal

WASHINGTON _ A widening scandal surrounding the Russian billionaire who bought Donald Trump's Palm Beach mansion for an eye-popping sum has brought the oligarch renewed scrutiny.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 9, 2018

4 takeaways from a conflicting night for Republicans

WASHINGTON _ In the late hours of Election Day, Republicans were deeply conflicted.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 7, 2018

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Keeping Kavanaugh front and center helped Trump keep the Senate

WASHINGTON _ For weeks before Tuesday's election, President Donald Trump repeated the same theme over and over: Democrats orchestrated a campaign of lies against Justice Brett Kavanaugh that thrust him in the middle of a national humiliation and nearly cost him a seat on the Supreme Court.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 7, 2018

Trump fired Sessions: Here are four takeaways from the attorney general's tenure

WASHINGTON _ President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions less than 24 hours after the midterms results came in.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 7, 2018

Balance of power upended in Washington as Trump faces divided Congress

WASHINGTON_Democrats seized control of the U.S. House of Representatives in Tuesday's midterm elections, while the Republicans expanded their Senate majority, upending the balance of power for the remainder of President Donald Trump's term.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 7, 2018

McConnell plots the Republican future � and his own

WASHINGTON _ Let House Democrats focus on investigating President Donald Trump, says Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. He's focusing on the longer game by pushing the Senate to confirm as many of Trump's judicial nominees as it can.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 7, 2018

Trump may consider Kobach, Bondi for attorney general

WASHINGTON _ President Donald Trump launched a search for a new attorney general Wednesday with immediate recommendations to consider several high-profile officials, including Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach and retiring Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 7, 2018

Trump faces a Washington he never wanted: Here's what he will do

WASHINGTON _ President Donald Trump awoke to a different Washington Wednesday, facing for the time a Democratic House that is opposed to his vision for the nation and determined to investigate his administration _ a combination that will make it virtually impossible to accomplish much in his second two years…

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 7, 2018

The potential 2020 Democratic presidential contenders to watch

WASHINGTON _ The 2020 race is on.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 7, 2018

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McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 7, 2018

Republicans keep the Senate. Now comes the hard part

WASHINGTON _ Republicans cemented their hold on the Senate Tuesday night for another two years, ensuring President Donald Trump will have a built-in army of allies to advance his agenda, confirm his judges and defend his office.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 6, 2018

Republican Marsha Blackburn prevails in Tennessee Senate race

Republican Marsha Blackburn has won the open-seat Senate race in Tennessee, defeating a popular former governor.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 6, 2018

Inside the campaign that defeated Claire McCaskill

KANSAS CITY, Mo. _ It was late September and 10,000 people in a basketball arena in southwestern Missouri were screaming Brett Kavanaugh's name.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 6, 2018

Trolls with a taste for misinformation roil waters on Election Day

WASHINGTON _ Anti-democratic voices on social media Tuesday sought to trick Americans from voting on Election Day, despite warnings from the federal government of active campaigns by Russia and other nations to disrupt the elections.

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McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 6, 2018

Beto O'Rourke's allies are already thinking about his Act 2

WASHINGTON _ Beto O'Rourke can raise tens of millions of dollars, fill concert venues with his supporters and motivate a group of voters whose help Democrats badly need to defeat President Donald Trump.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 6, 2018

Andrew Malcolm: Inside the mystery of Donald Trump's stubbornly loyal political base

One of the most puzzling, enduring and intriguing questions about the Trump presidential phenomenon is how he maintains such a stubbornly loyal political base despite what a majority of Americans regard as overwhelming evidence of his inconsistencies and incompetence.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 6, 2018

This is how Republicans lost the House

WASHINGTON _ It was the day of a special election in Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District, and the Republican candidate was missing.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 6, 2018

Democratic win in House means trouble for Trump agenda

WASHINGTON _ It may not be the "blue tsunami" Democratic activists had been seeking, but the party's victories in House races across the country Tuesday night are enough to block President Donald Trump's agenda for the next two years _ and sweep San Francisco Democrat Nancy Pelosi back into the…

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 5, 2018

Abrams hopes influx of minority voters will boost her in Georgia governor's race

ATLANTA _ If Democrat Stacey Abrams is elected the nation's first African-American female governor Tuesday, it will largely be because of new minority Georgia voters like Benetta Standly.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 3, 2018

Jimmy Buffett decries an 'insane two years,' urges Floridians to vote for Andrew Gillum and Bill Nelson

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. _ Andrew Gillum shared a stage with laid-back Mr. Margaritaville Saturday, but struck a somber note a day after a gunman killed two people in a Tallahassee yoga studio.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 2, 2018

'Thanks Trump, you turned me into an activist.' GOP suburban problem gets real

CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ For nearly two years, Republicans have worried that Donald Trump's polarizing presidency would alienate moderate suburban voters in the midterm elections, putting dozens of one-time Republican strongholds within Democratic reach.

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