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Trial on partisan gerrymandering concludes in North Carolina

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

This April 26, 2017, file photo shows the Twitter app on a mobile phone in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Trump team echoed politically charged tweets from Russian-linked account: Report

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

The Capitol Dome is illuminated as the Senate works into the night on a long series of votes referred to as a "vote-a-rama" leading up to a vote on a GOP budget, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate passes $4 trillion budget blueprint in crucial step for Trump’s tax overhaul

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

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Inside the Beltway: ‘MAGA Meetups’ for Donald Trump-loving conservatives

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., speaks to reporters as he heads to vote on budget amendments, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Bipartisan plan to curb health premiums gets strong support

By ERICA WERNER and ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

Steve Bannon, former strategist for President Donald Trump, speaks at a campaign rally for Arizona Senate candidate Kelli Ward on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, in Scottsdale, Ariz. Ward is running against incumbent Republican Jeff Flake in next year's GOP primary. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Bannon praises Flake opponent, slams Senate leader McConnell

By THOMAS BEAUMONT and BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., left, accompanied by Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., right, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, after he and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., say they have the &quot;basic outlines&quot; of a bipartisan deal to resume payments to health insurers that President Donald Trump has blocked. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

A short-term health deal by senators _ but Trump a question

By ERICA WERNER and ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined at right by Secretary for the Majority Laura Dove, walks from his office to the chamber for the start of the legislative day, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate budget, key to tax reform, passes initial test vote

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump sits for a radio interview in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House complex in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Activists, Democrats launch campaign against Obamacare ‘sabotage’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump answers questions with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., in the Rose Garden after their meeting at the White House, Monday, Oct. 16, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump, McConnell make a show of unity, despite tensions

By ERICA WERNER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014, file photo, Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., speaks to supporters following his victory over Democrat Travis Childers and Reform Party candidate Shawn O'Hara, at his victory party in Jackson, Miss. Cochran is continuing to grapple with a urinary tract infection that has delayed a planned return to Washington. The GOP veteran, 79, has been absent from Washington for a month. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

GOP Sen. Thad Cochran grappling with illness

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speak to members of the media in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, Oct. 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Donald Trump pushes for end-of-year deadline for tax reform

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell spoke to members of the media in the Rose Garden of the White House on Monday. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump backs Mitch McConnell in abrupt reversal

By S.A. Miller and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

A Game of Political Football Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Republican Party has no offense

By Richard Berman

In this April 4, 2017, file photo, Ohio Gov. John Kasich speaks in Sandusky, Ohio. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane, File)

John Kasich, Ohio governor, ducks talk of 2020 presidential run

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Rep. Mark Walker (left), North Carolina Republican, speaks to a staff member on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 15, 2016, during the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform's hearing to consider a censure of IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Mark Walker introduces charity tax deduction bill

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Analysis: Booming Medicaid growth a GOP target in Louisiana

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

Idaho candidates talk transparency in buildup to 2018

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI - Associated Press

Lawsuit challenging GOP maps to get quick hearing

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks to the 2017 Value Voters Summit, Friday, Oct. 13, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump’s ‘Obamacare’ move shakes up health care and politics

By ALAN FRAM and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press