Politics

Tom Williams | CQ Roll Call | Getty Images From left, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., Rep. Neal Dunn, R-Fla., House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., conduct a news conference after a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the …

Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump delivers remarks to reporters at the start of a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 20, 2017. The president called it “above all else a jobs bill,” contending that changes to the business tax structure would encourage more companies …

Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump excuses reporters after his remarks to them at the start of a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 20, 2017. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson led President Donald Trump and members of his Cabinet in a prayer …

Samuel Corum | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Andrew McCabe, Acting Director of the FBI after President Trump fired James Comey, speaks during a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing in Washington, on May 11, 2017. Two top Republicans are calling for FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe to sit for …

Erik McGregor | Pacific Press | LightRocket | Getty Images Hundreds of New Yorkers gathered outside Cipriani at 42nd Street in Midtown Manhattan on December 2, 2017. Get ready to lose a handful of your favorite tax breaks, thanks to the Republican tax bill. The legislation, known as the “Tax …

Tom Williams | CQ Roll Call | Getty Images Former Rep. Scott Garrett, R-N.J., nominee to be president of the Export-Import Bank, testifies during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in Dirksen Building on Export-Import Bank nominations on November 1, 2017. A Senate panel has rejected President …

AP File photo of students at the Mangyongdae Revolutionary School, in Pyongyang, North Korea, work on computers. The Trump administration has publicly blamed North Korea for unleashing the so-called WannaCry cyberattack that crippled hospitals, banks and other companies across the globe earlier this year. “The attack was widespread and cost …

Ronen Tivony | NurPhoto | Getty Images A protester dressed as Santa during a demonstration against the Republican tax bill in Los Angeles, California on December 4, 2017. Nearly half of Americans disapprove of the sweeping tax proposal Republicans aim to pass in the coming days, according to a new …

Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Gen. Michael Flynn(C), former national security adviser to US President Donald Trump, leaves Federal Court in Washington, DC, December 1, 2017. President Donald Trump said Friday he does not want to discuss pardons for his former national security advisor Michael Flynn — “yet.” …

Timothy D. Easley | AP In this Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, file photo, Kentucky State Rep. Republican Dan Johnson addresses the public from his church regarding sexual assault allegations in Louisville, Ky. Johnson died Wednesday night, Dec. 13, 2017. Kentucky state Representative Dan Johnson, who was facing sexual assault accusations, …