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Oklahoma governor sets special election to fill vacant seat

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FILE - The Trump International Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington. Democratic members of the House Oversight committee have filed suit over the Trump Administration’s refusal to turn over information about the Trump family’s lease of the Trump Hotel in Washington. The lawsuit was filed Nov. 2, 2017 in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on behalf of members of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. It accuses the acting head of the Government Services Administration of violating a nearly 90-year-old law and preventing congressional oversight. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Democratic lawmakers sue over Trump Administration secrecy

By TAMI ABDOLLAH and JEFF HORWITZ - Associated Press

"We'll continue on listening mode," said House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, Texas Republican. Details for the party's tax reform plan, such as actual thresholds for tax rates and the child tax credit, were still under discussion Tuesday. (Associated Press)

GOP trying to woo advocacy group support for tax plan

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this March 22, 2016, file photo Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Texas Rep. Hensarling latest GOP House retirement

By ANDREW TAYLOR and ERICA WERNER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 23, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Trump is unleashing new criticism of the probes into possible ties between his campaign associates and Russia. Trump, in a series of tweets, is making reference to what he calls "phony Trump/Russia ‘collusion,’ which doesn’t exist." He says Democrats are using a “witch hunt” for “evil politics.” (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump dossier creator’s finances to be probed by House

By Andrea Noble and Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks about health care in the Blue Room of the White House in Washington on July 24, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

House defends subpoena of Fusion GPS, company behind anti-Trump dossier

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, right, stops in to speak to workers at a campaign office for Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., left, in Davie, Fla., Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Hillary Clinton’s campaign accused of election law violation

By Andrea Noble and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 16, 2017, file photo, Oklahoma state Rep. Scott Inman, D-Oklahoma City, surrounded by members of the Democratic caucus, answers a question during a news conference in Oklahoma City. Inman on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017, announced he is dropping out of the governor's race and plans to resign from his House seat early next year, citing the stress of the campaign on his personal life. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

House Democratic leader to resign, drop from governor’s race

By SEAN MURPHY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2017 file photo Steve Bannon, former strategist for President Donald Trump, speaks at a campaign rally for Arizona Senate candidate Kelli Ward in Scottsdale, Ariz. Bannon wants to oust Republican senators that he sees as disloyal to President Donald Trump. But when he comes to Southern California Friday, Oct. 20 he'll be in a state Trump lost by over 4 million votes and where Republicans have become largely irrelevant in state politics. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin,File)

Steve Bannon brings message of Republican revolt to California

By Michael R. Blood - Associated Press

Missouri Rep. McGaugh appointed as judge in Carroll County

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Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., walks to a meeting with House Republicans at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans blame Senate GOP for stalled Washington agenda

By DONNA CASSATA - Associated Press

"Until this is solved, we are no longer the Congress of the people. We are just people," Rep. Don Young, Alaska Republican, said about earmarks. He even defended the notorious "Bridge to Nowhere" that helped end the practice in 2011. (Associated Press/File)

Rep. Young apologizes for irate retort to female colleague

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

What will the House do? It’s Pennsylvania’s $2B question

By MARC LEVY - Associated Press

Connecticut Democrats propose sales tax increase

By DAVE COLLINS - Associated Press

Voters to pick party nominees for state House, Senate seats

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"When I'm with people who are not involved in politics, the debate is entirely focused on how technology, automation and global interconnection are changing the world profoundly," said Sen. John Delaney, Maryland Democrat. (Associated Press/File)

US Rep. John Delaney of Maryland to run for president

By BRIAN WITTE - Associated Press

"In past years, the budget has only been a vision, but now, with the Republican Congress and a Republican White House, this budget is a plan for action," said Rep. Diane Black, Tennessee Republican. (Associated Press/File)

House budget blueprint boosts military, cuts benefits

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Former British intelligence agent Christopher Steele and his Orbis Business Intelligence firm were not part of Hillary Clinton's campaign or the Democratic National Committee. The money trail to Mr. Steele went through a lawyer who represents the DNC and the Clinton campaign and is steeped in U.S. election law. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with Russians undermines Christopher Steele’s dossier

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

The Latest: Illinois House adjourns as budget meetings go on

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi fiercely defended her tenure last week. Fervor against her dissipated when it became clear that no one else was ready to take over. (Associated Press/File)

Nancy Pelosi stays, but Democrats look for successor

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times