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MORE’s lead personal attorney handling the investigation into Russian meddling abruptly resigned on Thursday. John Dowd, a prominent white-collar attorney who joined Trump’s legal team last summer, will step down after breaking with the president on key elements surrounding the probe, including whether Trump should sit for an interview with MORE. “I love the President and I wish him well,” Dowd said in a written statement to The Hill. Dowd’s exit comes as the president seeks to shake up his legal team amid frustrations within the White House

During his maiden speech as Speaker in 2015, MORE vowed to change the way the House does business. The lower chamber, the Wisconsin Republican said, would “return to regular order” under his leadership. Individual lawmakers would have a greater say in the process. And bills wouldn't be jammed through the chamber at the last minute.     “We do not echo the people; we are supposed to represent the people.

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Congress is on the verge of passing a $1.3 trillion omnibus that would fund the government through September and provide the biggest federal spending increase in years. The bill is loaded with provisions given its likely standing as the last legislative train leaving the station before the midterms, and members have been scrambling to compete for a slice of the funding pie. Here are the winners and losers of the spending bill fight. WINNERS Defense hawks The bill is a victory for defense hawks who have balked at the series of stopgap funding bills this year t

The Senate rushed to approve a $1.3 trillion government funding bill early Friday morning, sending the mammoth legislation to MORE's desk less than 24 hours before a deadline to avert another government shutdown. Senators voted 65-32 on the measure, well over the simple majority needed to approve it, despite late drama after the bill easily cleared the House on Thursday afternoon. It now goes to the White House where Trump is expected to sign it. The vote early Friday morning came after conservatives, including libertarian-minded GOP Sen.

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Republican-affiliated campaigns, committees and outside groups have spent more than $3 million at various Trump properties since just after the 2016 election through last month, with roughly $924,000 coming from the Federal Election Commission reports. The Trump campaign accounts for about $1.46 million of the money paid to Trump properties. Just last month alone, the Republican National Committee spent more than $271,000 at several properties and venues owned by

More than a week after the polls closed, Republican Rick Saccone has conceded Pennsylvania's special election to his Democratic rival, Conor Lamb. On Wednesday night Lamb tweeted that Saccone called him with the news. Lamb held a lead of 668 votes as of Monday. The March 13 special election has not been officially certified and it’s unclear when Lamb will be sworn into the House of Representatives. Republicans had been asking voters to send in reports of irregularities.

The war of words between President Joe Biden continued Thursday, with the president calling Biden “weak, both mentally and physically” on Twitter. “Crazy Joe Biden is trying to act like a tough guy. Actually, he is weak, both mentally and physically, and yet he threatens me, for the second time, with physical assault. He doesn’t know me, but he would go down fast and hard, crying all the way.