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Trump is threatening to strike Iran. His supporters wouldn’t mind.

65 percent of Trump voters say the U.S. should take military action in at least one country, according to a new POLITICO poll. Source...

Rubio digs in on cooperation with Venezuela’s Rodríguez, lack of immediate elections

Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended the Trump administration’s decision to work with the remnants of ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro’s regime Wednesday,...

Top Hunt aide charged taxpayers $44,000 in hotel expenses

The travel expenses of a Republican campaign manager in the crowded Texas Senate race have raised eyebrows for their seemingly exorbitant amount. James...

Elon’s back: The tech mogul’s checkbook and platform are galvanizing the GOP

Just six months ago, most congressional Republicans kept their distance from Elon Musk after the tech mogul’s messy political breakup with President Donald...

Susan Collins’ spending bill — and her reelection — are under siege

Susan Collins is stuck in the middle of an ICE storm. The Maine Republican and Senate Appropriations Committee chair is working overtime to...

No off-ramp in sight for DHS-fueled shutdown

Washington is charging toward a partial government shutdown over President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda even as senators and the White House scramble...

Fiscal hawks set out to kill earmarks. They are very much alive.

Fiscal conservatives in Congress threatened for months to block government funding if GOP leaders didn’t shun earmarks. They succeeded in scrapping just one;...

Republicans start raising concerns about Minneapolis shooting

A small but growing number of Republicans are raising public concerns about the killing Saturday of a 37-year-old Minnesota man by federal agents....

Eleanor Holmes Norton won’t seek reelection as DC delegate

Eleanor Holmes Norton, Washington’s nonvoting delegate to the House for more than three decades, will not seek a 19th term in office. Norton's...

Trump’s return supercharges lobbying revenues

President Donald Trump’s second term is already delivering a massive payday for Washington’s top lobbying shops — especially those with close ties to...

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