Alex Pappas

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"I think we're going to get at least very close and I think we're going to get it over the line," Trump told reporters during a roundtable event on energy at the White House. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump on healthcare bill: ‘I think we’re going to get it over the line’

Alex Pappas · June 28, 2017 4:59 pm

McConnell said some members expressed concerns to the president about market reforms and Medicaid expansion. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mitch McConnell now expects vote on healthcare bill in ‘a couple weeks’

Alex Pappas · June 27, 2017 10:09 pm

Trump told the senators they "have a chance to do something very, very important for the public." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump tells Republican senators: ‘We’re getting very close’ to passing healthcare bill

Alex Pappas · June 27, 2017 8:50 pm

Paul and other conservatives have said the Senate bill doesn't go far enough toward repealing Obamacare. (AP)

Rand Paul to meet Trump, argue for ‘major improvement’ in healthcare bill

Alex Pappas · June 27, 2017 3:44 pm

Spicer said the president spoke with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and Wisconsin Rep. Ron Johnson. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump talked ‘extensively’ with Republican lawmakers over weekend about healthcare bill

Alex Pappas · June 26, 2017 7:07 pm

"The presidentâs going to speak today in the Rose Garden. I want the president's voice to carry the day," Spicer said. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Spicer on cameras in briefing: ‘Some days we’ll have them, some days we won’t’

Alex Pappas · June 26, 2017 6:59 pm

The comments follow speculation that Justice Anthony Kennedy could step retire and the president could appoint another justice. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Spicer: Trump could add new names to his list of potential Supreme Court justices

Alex Pappas · June 26, 2017 6:48 pm

White House press secretary Sean Spicer said the Supreme Court's decision to reinstate President Trump's travel ban is a positive thing. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Spicer: Supreme Court’s travel ban ruling is ‘a positive step forward’

Alex Pappas · June 26, 2017 6:43 pm

The fact that the decision was 9-0 pleased him. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

Trump celebrates Supreme Court decision to reinstate travel ban

Alex Pappas · June 26, 2017 4:18 pm

The more public role for Kushner comes as Democrats target him and his security clearance. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner embrace more public roles in White House

Alex Pappas · June 24, 2017 4:01 am

President Trump doesn't regret his tweet from last month suggesting he may have secretly recorded former FBI Director James Comey, according to White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

White House: Trump has no regrets for his Comey ‘tapes’ tweet

Alex Pappas · June 22, 2017 6:20 pm

"With the recent and tragic shooting at the congressional baseball game practice last week, it is more important than ever that we spend time together not as politicians, but as colleagues and friends," the first lady said in a statement. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Scalise shooting casts shadow over White House congressional picnic

Alex Pappas · June 22, 2017 5:24 pm