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Articles by Stephen Dinan

This April 18, 2019, photo shows the dome of the Capitol at sunrise in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) **FILE**

Senate GOP approves permanent earmark ban

Senate Republicans voted Thursday to adopt a permanent ban on earmarks, a move that signals that as long as the GOP controls the chamber the practice of pork-barrel spending won't return.

May 23, 2019
President Donald Trump delivers a statement in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, May 22, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

New York moves to expose Trump taxes

New York's legislature approved a bill Wednesday that would give Congress access to President Trump's state tax returns, setting up a backdoor method for Democrats to get hold of information Mr. Trump has refused to release.

May 22, 2019
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., center, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., right, and other congressional leaders, react to a failed meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House on infrastructure, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2019.  From left are House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chair Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., Pelosi, House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., and Schumer. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Nancy Pelosi: ‘I pray’ for Donald Trump

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday she is praying for President Trump after she accused him of covering up wrongdoing, and he retaliated by shutting down a meeting with her.

May 22, 2019
This April 18, 2019, file photo shows the dome of the U.S. Capitol in Washington.  (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Congress nears two-year spending deal, debt increase

The White House and bipartisan leaders on Capitol Hill are nearing a two-year deal to raise the spending caps, paving the way for a cleaner spending process but doing so at the expense of taxpayers.

May 21, 2019