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The West Virginia GOP chairman is set to make an announcement for the seat within the next few weeks. (Twitter/Conrad Lucas)

West Virginia GOP chair Conrad Lucas prepping congressional run

Al Weaver · May 9, 2017 10:20 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, of N.Y., called on Senate Republicans to work on a bipartisan basis on healthcare reform rather than pushing for repeal of the Affordable Care Act. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Schumer: Senate GOP should toss House healthcare bill ‘out the window’

Al Weaver · May 8, 2017 7:35 pm

President Trump signed the $1.2 trillion spending agreement to fund the government through September early Friday afternoon. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House says Trump has signed omnibus spending bill

Al Weaver · May 5, 2017 6:09 pm

The Cook Political report shifted ratings for 20 Republican House members in the wake of the American Health Care Act's passage on Thursday, giving Democrats a boost in their push to take back the House in 2018. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Cook Political Report shifts ratings for 20 GOP members after healthcare vote

Al Weaver · May 5, 2017 2:23 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi warned that Republicans who vote to pass the American Health Care Act Thursday will have a "scar they will carry" from that vote, and that they will be "forever identified" with the vote. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Pelosi: Lawmakers supporting Obamacare repeal will be ‘forever identified’ with vote

Al Weaver · May 4, 2017 3:48 pm

The GOP plans to pass the bill using a budgetary tool that blocks a Democratic filibuster. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

House Obamacare repeal bill faces Senate makeover

Al Weaver, Susan Ferrechio · May 4, 2017 4:01 am

Amy Klobuchar to make Iowa stop as 2020 speculation swirls

Al Weaver · May 3, 2017 5:22 pm

"We're having very, very productive conversations with our members. The president is having good conversations with our members. The vice president is. His whole staff is involved." (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Paul Ryan: ‘We’re getting extremely close’ on whip count for healthcare bill

Al Weaver · May 3, 2017 1:41 pm

"For President Trump to say shutting down the government is something that's needed... is absurd, incorrect, and very harmful to the stability of the federal government," Hoyer said. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Steny Hoyer: Trump’s shutdown tweet an ‘absurd observation’

Al Weaver · May 2, 2017 4:20 pm

Schumer, Democrats spike the football over the spending bill

Al Weaver · May 1, 2017 4:06 pm

Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., called for changes to Section 4 of the 25th Amendment to allow former presidents and vice presidents to consult with the sitting vice president to determine whether the president is unfit to serve the office. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Democrat wants former presidents to decide if Trump is mentally unfit for office

Al Weaver · April 29, 2017 4:01 am

Ohio Gov. John Kasich said Friday he would stay with the Republican Party despite the differences he has with President Trump. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane, File)

Kasich has no plans to leave GOP: ‘I haven’t given up on my party’

Al Weaver · April 28, 2017 3:29 pm