Democrats press talks as showdown vote looms on funding bill
By ANDREW TAYLOR Democrats opened a last-minute push Tuesday for new talks on must-do legislation to prevent the government from shutting down this weekend, fight the Zika virus and help…
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Pro-painkiller echo chamber shaped policy amid drug epidemic
By MATTHEW PERRONE and BEN WIEDER For more than a decade, members of a little-known group called the Pain Care Forum have blanketed Washington with messages touting prescription painkillers’ vital…
House conservatives offer resolution to impeach IRS chief
By ALAN FRAM House conservatives on Tuesday formally introduced a long-shot, election-year resolution to impeach IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. Two lawmakers, backed by several of their colleagues, offered the measure…
Trump-Clinton race tests Senate race in reliably GOP Georgia
By KATHLEEN FOODY Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson insists he won’t be a “volunteer apologist” for Donald Trump or anyone else who utters something stupid, but that defiant independence is being…
Trump calls on GOP to improve African-American outreach
Trump calls on GOP to improve African-American outreach By JILL COLVIN Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Saturday that his party must do a better job appealing to African-American voters…
Trump advisers waged covert influence campaign
By JEFF HORWITZ and CHAD DAY A firm run by Donald Trump’s campaign chairman directly orchestrated a covert Washington lobbying operation on behalf of Ukraine’s then-ruling political party, attempting to…
Paul Manafort tied to undisclosed foreign lobbying
By JEFF HORWITZ and DESMOND BUTL Donald Trump’s campaign chairman Paul Manafort helped a pro-Russian governing party in Ukraine secretly route at least $2.2 million in payments to two prominent…
Trump campaign shakes up leadership in latest sign of tumult
By JILL COLVIN and JULIE PACE Donald Trump announced a shake-up of his campaign leadership Wednesday, the latest sign of tumult for his struggling White House bid less than three…