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"In past years, the budget has only been a vision, but now, with the Republican Congress and a Republican White House, this budget is a plan for action," said Rep. Diane Black, Tennessee Republican. (Associated Press/File)

House budget blueprint boosts military, cuts benefits

House Republicans unveiled a budget road map Tuesday that lays the groundwork for a tax code rewrite, shifting focus from the Senate's stalled effort to repeal and replace Obamacare and setting up another intraparty battle with conservative lawmakers.

July 18, 2017
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg says he is on a fact-finding mission to look into the lives of his customers, but politicos say the visits look like the sort of activity of someone preparing for a presidential run. (Associated Press/File)

Mark Zuckerberg travels path of presidential candidates

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has stood in the pews at the Mother Emanuel AME Church in South Carolina, where in 2015 a deranged teenager with an affinity for white nationalism killed nine people, sparking a national debate over gun control and Confederate symbols.

July 10, 2017
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is shown Thursday, March 3, 2016, outside the state Capitol in Charleston, W.Va. (AP Photo/John Raby) ** FILE **

Patrick Morrisey announces U.S. Senate bid in West Virginia

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced via video Monday he is running to unseat Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin in the 2018 election, casting himself as the true conservative in the race and vowing to help President Trump "drain the swamp" in Washington, D.C.

July 10, 2017
Democratic activists looking for new blood said it shouldn't be seen as a slap at their elders but instead as a recognition of political realities. (Associated Press/File)

Democrats look to next generation for president

Some Democratic ranks increasingly think it's time to look beyond the party's current crop of liberal firebrands such as Sens. Bernard Sanders and Elizabeth Warren and turn to the next generation to find leadership for the 2020 presidential election.

July 6, 2017
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi fiercely defended her tenure last week. Fervor against her dissipated when it became clear that no one else was ready to take over. (Associated Press/File)

Nancy Pelosi stays, but Democrats look for successor

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has weathered yet another round of calls for her ouster, but fellow House Democrats are beginning to look beyond her tenure and cast about for a list of successors.

June 28, 2017
"I'm a master legislator, I am a strategic, politically astute leader, my leadership is recognized by many around the country, and that is why I'm able to attract the support that I do, which is essential to our election, sad to say," said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. (Associated Press/File)

Nancy Pelosi says she’s staying: ‘I think I’m worth the trouble’

Defiant House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she's not going anywhere, brushing back complaints from rank-and-file Democrats that she has led them to political oblivion and insisting that whatever the election losses she has overseen, she is "worth the trouble."

June 22, 2017
Jan Yanes and other backers of House Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff had red-state blues Tuesday night in Atlanta. (Associated Press)

Jon Ossoff’s defeat puts Democrats at loss

After losing another special election that party leaders had hoped would signal a rebuke of the Trump presidency, Democrats on Wednesday cast about for someone or something to blame: from Nancy Pelosi, the leader of the House Democrats, to ill-managed campaigns to candidates who were too liberal — or not liberal enough.

June 21, 2017