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Trump working to weaken anti-corruption panel targeting Guatemalan president

GUATEMALA CITY _ After Guatemala joined the United States in moving its embassy to Jerusalem, the Trump administration has been working to weaken an international commission on corruption that is targeting the Guatemalan president, according to three people familiar with the discussions.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 10, 2018

Kavanaugh would be 'worst nightmare' for gun reform, California Democrats say

WASHINGTON _ Every Democratic member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, led by top California Democrat Sen. Dianne Feinstein, promised to lead the fight against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh Tuesday morning on the steps of the Supreme Court.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 10, 2018

The senators to watch as the Supreme Court nomination fight unfolds

WASHINGTON _ Republicans now have to navigate a razor slim Senate majority and a temperamental president as the battle to confirm President Donald Trump's latest Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, heads for confirmation hearings.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 10, 2018

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Ban on Chinese gear would hurt rural areas' cell coverage, 911 calls

WASHINGTON _ A proposed U.S. national security ban on equipment from two Chinese telecommunications companies would leave dozens of small, rural cellular companies that rely on their cheap equipment without working cell towers and greatly reduced coverage.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 9, 2018

Immigration reform failure risks GOP support for wall funding, congressman says

WASHINGTON _ Failed Republican efforts on immigration reform could jeopardize support within the party for President Donald Trump's wall funding _ and Trump has threatened to shut down the government if he doesn't get it.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 6, 2018

California dairy farmers, part of Trump's base, stand to get creamed by his trade war

WASHINGTON _ They voted for Donald Trump after he promised to protect American agriculture and reduce regulations. But many U.S. dairy farmers are now stinging from the trade war he's launched, particularly those in California's Central Valley, who have built their livelihoods on exports to Mexico, China and other markets.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 6, 2018

Europeans leaders worry Trump wants to fulfill promise to bring American troops home

WASHINGTON _ After 18 months of Donald Trump's "America First" presidency, European leaders meeting with him next week fear the United States may change its traditional course and begin to bring American troops home from the continent.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 5, 2018

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Trump sanctions top Nicaraguan officials for attacks on demonstrators

WASHINGTON _ The Trump administration slapped sanctions on three top Nicaraguan officials Thursday, accusing them of human rights abuses, corruption and ordering attacks on peaceful protesters.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 5, 2018

SNAP work requirements could increase deep poverty for some

WASHINGTON _ Designed to boost the earnings and job prospects of low-income Americans, proposed work requirements for food stamp recipients could have another unexpected effect: causing deep poverty rates to spike among those who lose their benefits and can't find work, researchers say.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 5, 2018

If Amy Coney Barrett is nominated as justice, will Democrats again target her faith?

WASHINGTON _ Evangelicals laud her. Abortion rights advocates fear her. If President Donald Trump nominates Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court, the nation will be plunged into another divisive confirmation hearing, with Democrats sure to interrogate her on abortion and how she would approach long-standing court precedents.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 3, 2018

Russia investigators likely got access to NRA's tax filings, secret donors

WASHINGTON _ For months, the National Rifle Association has had a stock answer to queries about an investigation into whether Russian money was funneled to the gun rights group to aid Donald Trump's presidential campaign.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 2, 2018

Can Democrats win back the Obama-Trump voter? This race is the test

CHESTER, Ill. _ He is a top Democratic recruit, a man party officials have eyed for years and who is now running in one of the most competitive districts in the country. And on a Thursday night in late May, he stood before a room of irate Democrats, defending Donald…

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 2, 2018

Congressman denied entry to California child detention facility

PLEASANT HILL, Calif. _ California Republican Rep. Jeff Denham knocked on the door of a small child detention facility in the suburbs of San Francisco on Monday, but left disappointed.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 2, 2018

Cities scramble to rewrite rules on recycling after China restricts 'foreign garbage'

WASHINGTON _ At this spring's "ContaminationFest 2018" in Tacoma, Wash., recycling advocates displayed the kinds of trash that some people mistakenly toss into their blue curbside bins.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 2, 2018

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McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 29, 2018

NumbersUSA: For longtime backer of hard-line immigration measures, the time is now

WASHINGTON _ These are heady days for Roy Beck and NumbersUSA.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 29, 2018

Trump threatens cuts to Central America aid; he'll have to go through Granger first

WASHINGTON _ The last time Central American refugees arrived en masse at the U.S.-Mexico border, Republican Rep. Kay Granger drafted her party's plan to help those countries stop the violence causing families to flee.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 28, 2018

'Blue Water' Navy veterans finally could get Agent Orange benefits

WASHINGTON _ Michael Kvintus, a 71-year-old Vietnam veteran, can pinpoint the exact day he was exposed to Agent Orange, but he still can't get disability benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 28, 2018

Are your eyes lying to you? Experts, Pentagon hunt for tools to detect hoax videos

WASHINGTON _ Fake videos have become such a potentially disruptive threat that the high-tech research arm of the Pentagon is launching a contest in early July aimed at detecting "deepfakes," hoax videos so realistic that they could trigger political scandal or even spark violent conflict.

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McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 27, 2018

Black Caucus loyalty could insulate Jim Clyburn from leadership challenge

WASHINGTON _ Rep. Jim Clyburn wants to stay in House Democratic leadership in the next Congress. And unlike other party leaders, he might have an easier time keeping his seat at the table.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 27, 2018

'Defining moment': Activists say it's time for leadership change in the Democratic Party

WASHINGTON_Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is young, Latina, and boldly progressive _ in other words, everything the Democratic Party's leadership is not.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 27, 2018

Justice Kennedy played unexpectedly pivotal role at Supreme Court

WASHINGTON _ The retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy will leave a hole in the center of the Supreme Court.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 27, 2018

'Preparing the battlefield': Hackers implant digital grenades in industrial networks

HANOVER, Md. _ The United States pioneered the use of cyber weapons when it shattered Iran's nuclear centrifuges in 2010 but such devastating tools have spread and are now boomeranging to make industrial digital sabotage a growing concern to the United States.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 27, 2018

In fight for Kennedy Supreme Court seat, Democrats largely powerless

WASHINGTON _ Expect a slow-moving Congress to act swiftly and without delay when asked to confirm President Donald Trump's latest Supreme Court choice.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 27, 2018

The day conservatives have been waiting for on the Supreme Court; Trump is poised to deliver

WASHINGTON _ Even before Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement Wednesday, conservatives had been lobbying President Donald Trump to nominate a Supreme Court justice who would avoid what they call judicial activism.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 27, 2018

Democratic Super PAC launches ads targeting GOP on health care, taxes

WASHINGTON _ A Democratic Super PAC on Wednesday launched a multimillion-dollar ad campaign targeting Republicans in a dozen battleground House seats, a major early investment in what is expected to be an expensive and fiercely fought midterm election.

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