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When Congress returns to Washington on Tuesday, the Republican Party - which controls the House and the Senate and will soon see GOP President-elect Donald Trump sworn into office - will move quickly to repeal President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare law. These first steps to unravel the Affordable Care Act have been years in the making, and will mark a symbolic victory for the conservative movement.
Democrats plotting a return from the political wilderness are facing their first big dilemma: how fiercely to fight President-elect Donald Trump. A new conservative era will dawn in Washington Tuesday when the next Congress, dominated by Republicans, is sworn in.
As he prepares to take office, Donald Trump has set high expectations that he can deliver quickly on his many ambitious campaign promises. No one knows better how hard that will be than his Republican allies in Congress.
The swearing-in ceremony at 2 p.m. Sunday followed the Democratic Party's sweep of every countywide office in November's general election, including closely watched contests against incumbent Republicans for DA and sheriff. The blue wave in a normally purple county where President Barack Obama won by just one-tenth of a percent in 2012 was driven largely by the unpopularity of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who polled just 42 percent in Harris County compared to Democrat Hillary Clinton's 54 percent, according to the county clerk's official election results.
Members of the 115th Congress will be sworn in at noon Tuesday, setting off an aggressive campaign by Republicans who control the House and Senate to dismantle eight years of President Barack Obama's Democratic policies. One of the biggest and most immediate targets is Obama's Affordable Care Act, which many Republicans have long sought to gut and has been blamed as a primary cause for a lackluster economic recovery.
Biden dismissed Trump's complaint on Twitter about how the Obama administration has handled the transition. The vice-president told "PBS NewsHour" in an interview that it's time for Trump "to be an adult."
For your semi-faithful correspondent, 2016 has been a 12-month exercise in humility. I apologize to you, gentle reader, for the errors - all unforced - to which I subjected you.
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's heart clearly is in the right place. But what about his head? That's a question some West Virginia legislators, along with others in our state, have been asking for several months.
When Donald Trump is inaugurated as President on January 20th, 2017, he faces a myriad of problems. Among the financial and economic dilemmas is the national debt.
It's a good thing to be king, holding court high in a gold tower. And the 45th American president, Donald Trump, reminds me of one English Tudor king, known for his reddish hair, huge body heft, six wives of various nationalities and, um, forceful personality.
The Canadian government is signalling the approach it intends to take should U.S. president-elect Donald Trump make good on his promise to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement. In a lengthy interview, Canada's ambassador to the U.S. expressed his desire to see the countries propose common-ground, common-sense ideas that improve the old agreement instead of flinging out hardball demands that could produce drama-filled bargaining.
Congressman-elect Raja Krishnamoorthi's swearing in Tuesday comes just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. Mary Ann Ahern reports.
Unfortunately, discrimination against whites and Republicans is not only tolerated, but celebrated in certain circles and Curt Schilling illustrated that perfectly. Despite being a tremendous baseball player and absolute sports legend, Schilling is sure he won't be seeing the inside of the Baseball Hall of Fame any time soon.
Trump addressed the issue Monday evening on Twitter. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hinted Sunday that his country would test an intercontinental ballistic missile in the new year.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - As California lawmakers return to Sacramento on Wednesday, liberal dreams of expanding safety-net benefits and providing health coverage to immigrants are giving way to a new vision revolving around a feverish push to protect gains racked up in the past.
Donald Trump's press spokesman, Sean Spicer, expressed doubt about assessments made by the intelligence community that suggest Russia was behind the hacks of the email system at the Democratic National Committee in an effort to throw the election in favor of the president-elect. Speaking to Alisyn Camerota on CNN's "New Day," Spicer said, "This report that everyone keeps talking about is not final."
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer , who is taking over his position from former Sen. Harry Reid , has warned Republican that they cannot expect an easy time for President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet choices. Republicans can count on delaying tactics while Democrats "aggressively target" eight nominees.
Will Bunch has worked at the Daily News for 20-plus years and is now senior writer. Since 2005, he's written the uber-opinionated, fair-but-dangerously unbalanced opinion blog "Attytood," covering a range of topics ; it's been named best blog in the state by the Associated Press Managing Editors and best blog in the city by Philadelphia Magazine.
The Post's Marc Fisher has established that President-elect Donald Trump doesn't read many books . "I have so little time," Trump said about reading a presidential biography.
Donald Trump and members of his family take part in the grand opening of the Trump International Hotel in Washington on Oct. 26. Perhaps what is fueling President-elect Donald Trump's ongoing venom toward critics and his unquenchable desire for affirmation is his awareness, at some level, that more Americans voted for Hillary Clinton - and worse, a significant majority still do not like him. As Donald Trump prepares to take the presidential oath on Jan. 20, less than half of Americans are confident in his ability to handle an international crisis , to use military force wisely or to prevent major scandals in his administration .