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Republican Sen. Tom Cotton says Senate may have to "vote to have the sergeant at arms track them [Senators] down, haul them to work." (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

Tom Cotton suggests ordering sergeant at arms to force Dems to vote on nominations

Joseph Lawler · January 31, 2017 6:54 pm

Minority Leader invokes Watergate in criticizing firing of the acting attorney general. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Schumer: Trump carried out a ‘Monday night massacre’

Susan Crabtree · January 31, 2017 6:35 pm

White House press secretary Sean Spicer defended its decision to remove acting Attorney General Sally Yates after she instructed her agency not to defend an executive order. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

White House defends firing Yates after ‘bewildering’ actions

Sarah Bedford · January 31, 2017 6:31 pm

"My staff had no control of the language contained in the president's executive order," Goodlatte said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Goodlatte defends staff work on Trump immigration order

Kelly Cohen · January 31, 2017 6:17 pm

"Travelers will be assessed at our border based on the passport they present, not any dual national status," Kevin McAleenan, the acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, said. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

Homeland Security: Dual nationals from allies exempt from Trump’s order

Joel Gehrke · January 31, 2017 6:13 pm

Rep. Adam Smith called Trump's civilian hiring freeze and pledge to rebuild the military a "bait-and-switch." (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

National Security

Top Democrat says Trump’s hiring freeze hurts military maintenance, cyber

Jacqueline Klimas · January 31, 2017 6:09 pm

Hoyer said the past ten days of the Trump presidency have been "authoritarian" in nature. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Democrats: Trump’s immigration order makes him a ‘coward’

Al Weaver · January 31, 2017 6:05 pm

Protesters at an immigrants' rights rally hold signs while listening to speakers Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, in Battery Park in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Beltway Confidential

Demonstrating for tolerance, protesters switch from ‘F—k Trump’ to ‘F—k Paul Ryan’

Philip Wegmann · January 31, 2017 4:20 pm

The executive order directs agency heads to tighten their cybersecurity infrastructure. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Trump delays executive order to bolster federal cybersecurity

Gabby Morrongiello · January 31, 2017 4:15 pm

PredictIt gives Gorsuch a 49 percent chance of earning the Supreme Court nomination as of Tuesday morning. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Here is who prediction markets favor for Trump’s Supreme Court pick

Ryan Lovelace · January 31, 2017 4:09 pm

Democrats "boycotted" a scheduled Senate Finance Committee vote on Tuesday to advance the nominations of Steven Mnuchin and Rep. Tom Price and Steven Mnuchin, President Trump's picks for the health and human services and treasury departments. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Mnuchin, Price nominations stalled after Democrats boycott vote

Joseph Lawler · January 31, 2017 3:38 pm

Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier listens as President Trump speaks during a meeting with pharmaceutical industry leaders. "You folks have done a tremendous job, but we have to get prices down," Trump said. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump meets with pharmaceutical execs, vows to cut drug prices

Sarah Bedford · January 31, 2017 3:23 pm