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Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said the issue is highly personal for coal miners and their widows in West Virginia. AP Photo/Steve Helber)

GOP senator: Trump should weigh in on coal miner dispute

Al Weaver, Susan Crabtree · December 9, 2016 6:53 pm

Sen. Ted Cruz announced that he will introduce a constitutional amendment to limit the number of terms members of the Senate and the House can serve. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Cruz to introduce constitutional amendment for term limits

Al Weaver · December 9, 2016 3:23 pm

Democrats on Thursday used one of the last few days of the 114th Congress to take pot shots at President-elect Trump. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

Dems take pot shots at Trump as Congress winds down

Al Weaver · December 9, 2016 2:48 am

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., accused retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn of being either "highly gullible" or unable to determine what is fact or fiction by pushing conspiracy theories about Democrats. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

National Security

Kaine bashes Flynn for pushing ‘4th grader’ conspiracy

Al Weaver · December 8, 2016 9:02 pm

The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to give more protections to whistleblowers at the Federal Bureau of Investigations. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

House votes to boost protection for FBI whistleblowers

Al Weaver · December 7, 2016 11:05 pm

Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., said he would leave his House seat in order to "maximize my effectiveness" if elected DNC chairman. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Rep. Keith Ellison to resign from Congress if elected DNC chair

Al Weaver · December 7, 2016 4:32 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan is defending the decision to use the budget stopgap bill as a vehicle for legislation that would let the Senate quickly consider retired Gen. James Mattis as President-elect Trump's secretary of defense. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

National Security

Ryan defends Mattis exception: ‘He is exception worthy’

Al Weaver · December 7, 2016 3:21 pm

He also referenced those added to the lower levels of House leadership and whip posts. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Hoyer: House Dems don’t have short bench

Al Weaver · December 6, 2016 10:39 pm

"This is probably the most important post, obviously, of all the cabinet positions, so we should expedite this process just like how I expedited every other process when Obama proposed nominees for the secretary of defense," McCain said. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

National Security

McCain ‘very worried’ about Mattis confirmation

Al Weaver · December 6, 2016 8:10 pm

Biden continues to joke about running for president in 2020

Al Weaver · December 6, 2016 4:57 pm

Former Trump adviser Roger Stone questions Carson HUD selection

Al Weaver · December 5, 2016 10:16 pm

Green Party candidate Jill Stein insisted that she would be calling for recounts in three key states even if former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had won them. (Christopher Dolan/The Citizens' Voice via AP, File)

Stein would ‘absolutely’ be challenging votes even if Clinton won

Al Weaver · December 5, 2016 5:03 pm