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A man climbs a traffic pole as Philadelphia Eagles fans celebrate victory in Super Bowl LII against the New England Patriots on Sunday in Philadelphia. The large crowd expected for a victory party this week caused the Heritage Foundation to move its retreat from Philadelphia to Washington. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)

Eagles Super Bowl Parade Boots Heritage Retreat From Philadelphia

By Griffin Connolly
Posted February 7, 2018 at 7:54am
Speaker Paul D. Ryan arrives in the Capitol on Jan. 29. Ryan is already facing conservative opposition from his GOP conference to the reported budget deal in the works. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

House Leaders Face Threats of Intraparty Rebellion on Budget Deal

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted February 7, 2018 at 5:05am
Republicans are caught between supporting and distancing themselves from President Donald Trump as the midterms approach. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Analysis: The GOP Catch-22 — Donald Trump

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted February 7, 2018 at 5:04am
The late Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, as Appropriations chairman, presided over 21 continuing resolutions in fiscal 2001. (CQ Roll Call file photo)

Five Continuing Resolutions? Par for the Course on Capitol Hill

By Jennifer Shutt and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted February 7, 2018 at 5:02am
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell greets Vice President Mike Pence during a dinner at the GOP retreat in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., on Jan. 31. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Mike Pence, Breaking Ties and Maybe a Senate Record

By Ed Pesce
Posted February 7, 2018 at 5:01am
Defense Secretary James Mattis says the National Defense Strategy and the Nuclear Posture Review were crafted on the “assumption that timely and efficient funding” would be delivered to the Pentagon. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Mattis Lists Budget Priorities, Warns Against Another Stopgap

By Patrick Kelley
Posted February 7, 2018 at 5:00am
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told reporters Tuesday he was “very optimistic” about striking a spending caps deal. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

House Passes Stopgap Bill as Hill Leaders Work on Spending Caps

By Paul M. Krawzak and Ryan McCrimmon
Posted February 6, 2018 at 8:25pm
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi speaks at a press conference with female House Democrats in the Capitol on Jan. 21. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

House Democrats Move Retreat to D.C.

By Lindsey McPherson and Simone Pathé
Posted February 6, 2018 at 8:09pm
U.S troops march down Paris’ Avenue des Champs-Élysées during the traditional Bastille Day military parade on July 14, 2017. (Thierry Chesnot/Getty Images file photo)

No Arc de Trump (Yet), but Perhaps a French-Inspired Military Parade

By John T. Bennett
Posted February 6, 2018 at 7:57pm
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly waits to speak as press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders introduces him during a White House briefing last year. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

At White House, a Day of Contradictions

By John T. Bennett
Posted February 6, 2018 at 5:34pm