Arnie Seipel
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"You're telling me that my assault doesn't matter," one protester said to Arizona Republican Jeff Flake as he headed to a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting.
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In an interview on Tuesday, President Trump said his frustration with Jeff Sessions goes beyond his recusal from the Russia investigation: "I'm not happy with numerous things."
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The city hosted the Democratic National Convention that renominated Barack Obama in 2012. President Trump won North Carolina in 2016, a swing state key to his victory.
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Democrats say it was premature for Republicans on the House intelligence committee to conclude their Russia probe on Monday. That report cleared the Trump campaign of collusion with Russia in 2016.
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The president is meeting with students and teachers about school safety this week. The White House says he supports improving background checks, but the issue has languished after past shootings.
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If voters punished Republicans over the last shutdown, it was by giving them the Senate majority. Since then, a blinding news cycle had made each crisis only more forgettable than the last.
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Congressional Republicans delivered on their first major legislative accomplishment of the Trump era on Wednesday, when the House voted 224-201 to pass the tax package.
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The measure pushes the next threat of a shutdown to the Friday before Christmas, setting up a possible showdown over immigration and defense spending as Congress is trying to leave for the holidays.
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If the GOP can reconcile differences in the tax bills passed by the House and Senate, President Trump could have his wish for signing the $1.4 trillion tax overhaul into law by Christmas.
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Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., also said the president "has not demonstrated that he understands the character of this nation" responding to white supremacists.