Tag: Mitch McConnell

President Donald Trump talks with reporters as he reviews border wall prototypes, Tuesday, March 13, 2018, in San Diego.

Beltway Confidential

White House opposes trading 3-year DACA extension for 3 years of border wall money

Sarah Bedford · March 14, 2018 6:33 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington.

Mitch McConnell: We won’t block Trump’s tariffs

Susan Ferrechio · March 13, 2018 8:50 pm

People walk into the south portal of Yucca Mountain during a congressional tour of the proposed radioactive waste dump near Mercury, Nev. Nevada's Board of Examiners has approved a $5.1 million contract with an outside legal team to help fight President Trump's proposal to restart the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Energy and Environment

The quiet fight to finally send nuclear waste to Yucca Mountain

Susan Ferrechio · March 13, 2018 5:01 am

Sen. Elizabeth Warren questions why Equifax did not disclose an investigation into insider-trading claims involving an executive indicted this week when it announced, last fall, that four others had been cleared.

Senate moves into endgame on bipartisan bill to ease banking rules

Joseph Lawler · March 12, 2018 11:13 pm

President Trump is expected to announce a 25 percent tariff on steel and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum this week. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

Republicans will let tariffs ruin the economy, because they are afraid of angering Trump

Philip Wegmann · March 8, 2018 6:46 pm

Some in the Republican Party see State Sen. Chris McDaniel, R-Ellisville, as a candidate in the mold of Roy Moore, Todd Akin, and Richard Mourdock. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Republicans fear Roy Moore, Todd Akin repeat in Chris McDaniel

Al Weaver · March 8, 2018 5:01 am

Supporters of two Obamacare stabilization bills are looking into adding protections that prevent the money from funding abortions into a must-pass, two-year spending bill Congress is expected to take up this month. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., said, "Hyde language needs to be in whatever we do." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

House Republicans seek anti-abortion protections in Obamacare stabilization bills

Robert King · March 8, 2018 12:27 am

"While gun control is not the answer, the best and most effective path forward, I believe, is one that safeguards our schools from becoming "soft targets," or areas with little to stand in the way of someone with bad intentions," said Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Mark Meadows proposes $1.5B to boost school safety after Florida shooting

Anna Giaritelli · March 7, 2018 6:52 pm

President Trump's recently announced tariffs are proving remarkably unpopular with most Americans. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Republicans cope with Trump unpredictability ahead of midterms

David M. Drucker · March 7, 2018 5:01 am

President Trump has said he would impose 25 percent tariffs on all steel imports and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum, both in the name of national security. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

Steel tariff sparks GOP talk about stripping Trump’s trade powers

Susan Ferrechio · March 6, 2018 10:00 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., praised President Trump for his "long-overdue" recognition "that Israel's true capital is Jerusalem," and for stepping up the fight against Islamic terrorists. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Mitch McConnell: Trump, Congress ‘have charted new course’ in Middle East

Susan Ferrechio · March 6, 2018 2:48 pm

The European Union is getting ready to hit goods like jeans, bourbon, motorcycles, and a range of agricultural goods, in case the Trump administration goes forward with hits plan to impose its steel tariff, according to Bloomberg. (AP Photo/Ivan Moreno)

Europe to retaliate against US steel tariffs by hitting US jeans, bourbon, motorcycles: Report

Pete Kasperowicz · March 6, 2018 12:23 pm