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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump exit Air Force One upon their arrival at Beijing Capital Airport on Thursday in China. (Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

Trump Gives China ‘Great Credit’ for ‘Unfair’ Trade Tactics

By John T. Bennett
Posted November 9, 2017 at 7:43am
Former Judge Russell Fagg announces his run for Senate in Billings, Montana, on Oct. 14. (Bronte Wittpenn/Billings Gazette file photo)

How Candidates Duck Reporting Campaign Funds

By Simone Pathé
Posted November 9, 2017 at 5:05am
Former Sens. Jon Kyl of Arizona, right, and Max Baucus of Montana were among the Finance Committee members who once debated whether to conduct committee business in plain English or legalese. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

A Tax Bill in Plain English? Senate Finance Committee Is Already There

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted November 9, 2017 at 5:04am
A small memorial near the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Texas, on Wednesday, three days after a gunman killed more than two dozen people during a Sunday service. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Lawmakers Still Sending Thoughts and Prayers, Despite Criticism

By Stephanie Akin
Posted November 9, 2017 at 5:03am
Sen. John Kennedy holds up his wallet during a Tuesday news conference in the Capitol as he says that families and small businesses would benefit from the GOP’s tax plan. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

All the GOP’s Eggs Are Now in the Tax Basket

By Kate Ackley
Posted November 9, 2017 at 5:01am
Chairman Kevin Brady, left, and Rep. Richard Neal, ranking member, arrive for a House Ways and Means Committee markup of the Republicans’ tax reform plan Monday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Lobbyists Miffed at House Tax Bill Turn Attention to Senate

By Kate Ackley
Posted November 9, 2017 at 5:00am
An artist’s rendering of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, scheduled to be completed by 2020. (Courtesy Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission)

Honoring Eisenhower at Long Last

By Stephanie Akin
Posted November 9, 2017 at 5:00am
Mark Pocan, D-Wis. (CQ Roll Call file photo)

Pocan Undergoes Heart Surgery

By Roll Call Staff
Posted November 8, 2017 at 5:48pm
Sen. Bob Casey, Jr., D-Pa., is co-sponsoring a bill banning assault weapons. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call File Photo)

GOP Knocks Casey for Supporting Assault Weapons Ban

By Bridget Bowman
Posted November 8, 2017 at 2:35pm
From left, House Ways and Means ranking member Richard Neal, D-Mass., Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., Senate Finance ranking member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., hold a press conference on tax reform outside of the House Ways and Means hearing room in the Longworth House Office Building. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Democrats Say Election is Warning to GOP on Taxes

By Joe Williams
Posted November 8, 2017 at 2:27pm