A showdown over the public release of special counsel Robert Mueller's report appeared inevitable Saturday as Democrats plotted their strategy and GOP allies of President Trump declared victory over the lack of new indictments.
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) is leading the 2020 Democratic field in endorsements from his fellow congressional lawmakers, having already locked up the public support of 12 lawmakers.
House Democrats' campaign arm took an official step this week to protect sitting lawmakers, warning would-be campaign vendors that the party won't award contracts to political firms working for primary challengers, Mike Lillis reports.
Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert Neller has warned Pentagon leaders that President Trump’s deployment of active-duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border is creating “unacceptable risk” to the service’s combat readiness, Ellen Mitchell reports.
Democrats running for their party’s presidential nomination in 2020 are staying away from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference starting Sunday, in what progressive groups see as a sign of a shifting political tide, Rebecca Kheel writes.
President Trump’s disparaging attack on the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is upsetting Senate Republicans who see the repeated insults on a war hero and former pillar of the Senate as unnecessary and corrosive, Alexander Bolton writes.
Senate Republicans are set to hit the gas on confirming hundreds of President Trump’s nominees by muscling through a rules change that would dramatically cut down on the amount of time required to confirm district court and executive nominations, Jordain Carney reports.
Joe Biden will need to navigate a gauntlet of tricky progressive policy issues when he enters the race for president, Scott Wong and Amie Parnes write.
The Trump administration is pulling out all the stops to encourage red states to make conservative changes to Medicaid without congressional input, Nathaniel Weixel reports.
Republicans are seizing on the Democratic fight over expanding the Supreme Court as they look for leverage in the 2020 White House fight, Jordain Carney writes.
Lawmakers are putting pressure on social media companies to take aggressive action against white supremacists in the wake of the New Zealand shooting massacre, Emily Birnbaum reports.
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