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They’re backpedaling fast, because the picture isn’t pretty.

Plus: Congress votes on health care subsidies, war powers and funding bills.

Trump — and by extension Ukraine — now hold all the cards.

Nine House Republicans voted on Wednesday to compel the lower chamber to vote on a Democratic bill to revive ObamaCare subsidies after they expired at the start of the new year. Republican Reps. Mike Lawler (N.Y.), Nicolas LaLota (N.Y.) Robert Bresnahan (Penn.), Brian Fitzpatrick (Penn.), Ryan Mackenzie (Penn.), María Elvira Salazar (Fla.), Max Miller (Ohio),...

Lauren probably won't get his vote.

The State Department announced on Wednesday that it has paused all U.S. assistance to the Somali government, citing an alleged incident where officials in the country destroyed a World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse and seized 76 metric tons of food aid meant for vulnerable Somalis. “The Trump Administration has a zero-tolerance policy for waste, theft,...

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is ceasing operations on May 3, it announced Wednesday, following a series of legal losses that capped off a years-long labor strike. Block Communications Inc., the Post-Gazette’s parent company, said it has lost more than $350 million operating the paper over the last two decades. The company said that the realities facing...

Democratic strategist James Carville poked fun at Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Tuesday, calling him "always good for a good laugh" when weighing in on Graham's changing political views. Carville appeared Tuesday on MS NOW's "The Beat with Ari Melber" and watched clips of Graham criticizing Trump's foreign policy proposals during the 2016 Republican primary...

President Trump called on Congress to increase to the U.S. defense budget from $1 trillion to $1.5 trillion, arguing it will allow the country to build its “dream military.”  “After long and difficult negotiations with Senators, Congressmen, Secretaries, and other Political Representatives, I have determined that, for the Good of our Country, especially in these...

The cryptocurrency industry has descended on Washington, D.C., over the past year, becoming a key political force with allies at the highest rungs of the Trump administration after years of being spurned by major policymakers. With the inauguration of President Trump, the crypto world was welcomed into D.C. with open arms, where it found purchase with Republican leaders — and...

Senate Democrats say they have concerns about some of the parameters of an emerging plan to extend enhanced ObamaCare subsidies that expired Jan. 1, even as at least one of the Republican negotiators said draft legislation could come next week. One of the main sticking points for Democrats appears to be the elimination of $0 premium plans, which Republicans insist is needed to combat fraud. Under the emerging deal, according to Sen. Bernie Moreno...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) sent a letter to President Trump on Wednesday inviting him to deliver his State of the Union address to Congress on Feb. 24. This will be Trump's first time delivering a State of the Union address in his second term. He delivered remarks to a joint session of Congress in March...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) said that he has issued a "warning order" to prepare the Minnesota National Guard after a woman was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in Minneapolis on Wednesday morning.  “Donald Trump and his administration may not care much about Minnesota — that’s been pretty evident —...

President Trump on Wednesday said he “will not permit” defense companies to issue dividends or buy back their own stock until they invest more in military equipment production and address several other of his complaints. In a lengthy post to Truth Social, Trump said that “massive” shareholder dividends and buybacks were taking place “at the expense...