Susan Ferrechio

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Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, pleaded with senators and President Trump to end the partisan fighting that has led to fights in the upper chamber this week. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Hatch pleads with GOP, Democrats, Trump to end ‘two-bit fights’

Susan Ferrechio · February 9, 2017 4:12 pm

Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange has been named Thursday to the U.S. Senate seat left empty by Jeff Sessions. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)

Alabama AG picked to take Sessions’ seat in the Senate

Susan Ferrechio, Pete Kasperowicz · February 9, 2017 1:27 pm

Political analysts are predicting Alabama's Republican attorney general, Luther Strange will fill the U.S. Senate seat that will be left vacant after Sen. Jeff Sessions is confirmed as attorney general Wednesday evening. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

Alabama attorney general favored to succeed Sessions

Susan Ferrechio · February 8, 2017 10:45 pm

Republicans have set a cooling off period of sorts for Andy Puzder. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

GOP scrambles to save Trump’s labor nominee

Susan Ferrechio · February 8, 2017 5:01 am

Democrats have demonstrated they are willing to stay in all night, but to fight Trump's nominees. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP threatens weekend work to confirm Trump’s Cabinet

Susan Ferrechio · February 7, 2017 8:03 pm

"Look, I know he's an unconventional president and he gets frustrated with judges, but he's respecting the process and I think that's what counts at the end of the day," Ryan said of Trump. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Ryan: Trump ‘not the first president’ frustrated by courts

Susan Ferrechio · February 7, 2017 4:08 pm

Democrats are refusing to yield back time to Republicans and will talk for hours against DeVos. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Democrats will talk all night to oppose DeVos

Susan Ferrechio · February 6, 2017 8:03 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., called on the GOP to "put country over party" and defy President Donald Trump on his cabinet nominees, immigration policy and his relationship with Russia. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Schumer calls on GOP to abandon Trump

Susan Ferrechio · February 6, 2017 6:23 pm

"Eventually, we have to do something about him," Rep. Waters said of President Trump. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Democrats already mulling impeachment against Trump

Susan Ferrechio · February 6, 2017 5:21 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., joined by Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., criticizes President Trump's pro-Wall Street policies during a news conference. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Democrats’ plan to protect Dodd-Frank: ‘Take it to the public’

Susan Ferrechio · February 6, 2017 4:52 pm

Women demonstrate across the street from the New York City residence of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer during the second in a series of "Resist Trump Tuesdays." (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Supreme Court fight over Gorsuch puts Schumer in a bind

Susan Ferrechio · February 6, 2017 5:01 am

The Senate next week plans to move rapidly to confirm another wave of Trump administration appointments: Sen. Jeff Sessions for attorney general; Betsy DeVos for education secretary; Rep. Tom Price for HHS secretary and Steve Mnuchin for treasury secretary. (AP Photos)

Senate pushes to confirm DeVos, Sessions, Price, Mnuchin next week

Susan Ferrechio · February 5, 2017 5:01 am