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From left, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy stand on the East steps of Capitol Hill in this Dec. 2021 photo.

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Congress faces familiar backlash over gun control

Susan Ferrechio · August 9, 2019 3:00 am

Businesses and economists contend a carbon tax is the simplest and most efficient way to address greenhouse gas emissions by applying a per-ton fee for large emitters like power plants and refineries.

Beltway Confidential

There is no conservative momentum for a carbon tax

Mike Palicz · August 8, 2019 7:08 pm

Candlelight vigil participants, from left, Lucia Lopez, Laura Lopez, Richard Lopez and Iliana Leyva, lock arms as a they sing along during an event honoring the victims of Tuesday's terrorist attacks Sunday Sept. 16, 2001, at Bayfront Park in downtown Miami. Over 500 South Floridians gathered at the park for the service.

Beltway Confidential

Americans don’t know how to mourn in unity anymore

Kimberly Ross · August 8, 2019 5:51 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., addresses the audience gathered at the Fancy Farm Picnic in Fancy Farm, Ky., Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019.

Senate GOP cuts off Twitter advertising after social media giant locks McConnell campaign account

Tim Pearce · August 8, 2019 4:08 pm

An inmate walks through the yard at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego, California, U.S., on Wednesday, March 26, 2014. California is under a federal court order to lower the population of its prisons to 137.5 percent of their designed capacity after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a ruling that inmate health care was so bad it amounted to cruel and unusual punishment.

We need to reform the nation’s justice system

Timothy Head · August 8, 2019 11:48 am

In this Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018, photo a supporter holds up a sign for Gil Cisneros, a candidate who is running for a U.S. House seat in the 39th District in California, at a rally on the Cal State Fullerton campus in Fullerton, Calif. For decades, Orange County, California, was known as a Republican stronghold but times have changed.

Democrats outnumber Republicans in longtime GOP stronghold Orange County

Caitlin Yilek · August 7, 2019 1:15 pm

Sen. Joni Ernst will welcome Republican presidential candidates to her "Roast and Ride" in Iowa this weekend. (Getty Image)

Democratic dark money targets Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst

David M. Drucker · August 7, 2019 4:06 am

Rep. Doug Collins, R-Georgia, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, objects to the actions of Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-New York.

Top House Republican: Nadler investigation into Kavanaugh ‘harassment’

Susan Ferrechio · August 6, 2019 9:43 pm

Democratic candidates stand around before a debate.

Never Trump quandary: When you want Trump to lose but can’t bear his Democratic opponents

Byron York · August 6, 2019 5:55 pm

Gun World salesman Alfred Ozga, right, talks with a customer at the sparse display of handguns available at the store on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 in Harrisville, Pa. President Barack Obama urged Congress Wednesday to require background checks for all gun sales and ban military-style weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines, contentious measures aimed at curbing gun violence in America. Ozga said he didn't think the ban on assault guns would work and that although the idea of a universal background check appears to be a good idea, he would not support it, seeing that as another infringement on constitutional rights.

‘Peril’: GOP believes Democrats risk Rust Belt wipeout over gun control

David M. Drucker · August 6, 2019 4:20 pm

Pictured is Candice Keller.

Ohio GOP chairwoman calls for resignation of lawmaker who blamed weekend shootings on ‘drag queen advocates’

Zach Halaschak · August 6, 2019 4:15 pm

Economist Paul Krugman poses before a conversation at the 92nd Street Y on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018, in New York.

Beltway Confidential

Paul Krugman goes off the rails

Brad Polumbo · August 6, 2019 3:19 pm