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President Donald Trump signed legislation Tuesday adding human exploration of Mars to NASA's mission. Could sending Congress into space be next? Flanked at an Oval Office bill-signing ceremony by astronauts and lawmakers, Trump observed that being an astronaut is a "pretty tough job."
From left, Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., the ranking member on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., the ranking member on the House Ways and Means Committee, House Ways and Means Chairman Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden, R-Ore., and Budget Committee Chair Diane Black, R-Tenn., gather in the House Rules Committee to shape the final version of the Republican health care bill before it goes to the floor for debate and a vote, Wednesday, March 22, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Jayce Gerngross clutches wool as his sheep launches from the chute during Mutton Busting Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014, at the West Texas Fair & Rodeo in Abilene, Texas.
Neil Gorsuch testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during a hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on March 21, 2017. "I think my children still have PTSD from mutton busting.
Protesters gathered outside the Omni Dallas Hotel as Sen. Ted Cruz and Donald Trump Jr. spoke at a Dallas County Republicans event.Trump's son thanked those in attendance for their support during his father's historic campaign. President Donald Trump's eldest son and Sen. Ted Cruz rallied Dallas County Republicans on Saturday evening at a fundraiser held at the Omni Dallas Hotel.
Donald Trump Jr. made his first political public appearance since his father's inauguration, taking an election victory lap and growing nostalgic for the campaign trail. "I thought I was out of politics after election day," Trump said Saturday, speaking at the Dallas County Republican Party's Reagan Day Dinner, where he recalled his father's unpredictable path to the presidency.
FRIEND ME: President Trump, seen yesterday at a meeting with leaders of small community banks, is trying to forge alliances with former campaign opponents. President Trump has launched a charm offensive to rope in erstwhile rivals whose help he needs as he focuses on governing and passing legislation.
" After spending months rehashing the brutal GOP primary campaign and bragging about his victory, President Donald Trump has quietly launched a charm offensive, reaching out to former rivals whose help he now needs. The latest on his list: Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, who has said he has significant concerns about the GOP health care bill Trump is pushing for passage.
Thousands of women in Warsaw showed Poland's conservative government red cards and made noise with kitchenware to demand full birth control rights, respect and higher pay.
Last weekend, President Donald Trump accused former President Barack Obama - without any evidence - of ordering Trump's phones to be wiretapped during last year's presidential campaign. It was only the most recent in a bewildering number of conspiracy theories the president and his circle have embraced over the past year.
It's a topic that generates a huge amount of feedback and interest, and we want to publish every credible point of view on the issue. First, if you think that the new administration has plans to get the alcohol out of your gas, think again.
President Trump has dismissed the constituent backlash against Republican lawmakers at recent town halls as "planned out by liberal activists." But with policy items GOP lawmakers have been pushing for years - namely, the repeal of Obamacare - hanging in the balance, conservative groups say they know better.
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas got it wrong when speaking on palliative care on CNN recently with Sen. Bernie Sanders. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas got it wrong when speaking on palliative care on CNN recently with Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Rep. Paul Ryan's secretive trip to the border, President Donald Trump 's moves on Obamacare and Steve Bannon's media victory - those stories and more fill out this week's Inside Politics forecast. Rep. Paul Ryan is headed to the US-Mexico border this week.
Someone please tell me this is fake news. [See update below] The Hollywood Reporter: The Washington gathering, known as CPAC, is the premiere event for established conservatives.
Controversial Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos will speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference just south of Washington, D.C., next week. Matt Schlapp, the chairman of the American Conservative Union, tweeted Saturday: "We think free speech includes hearing Milo's important perspective."
Back in 2014 when I was still fairly new to Washington as The News' business correspondent, I took part in a call between Sen. John Cornyn and Texas reporters, something the senator, to his credit, does regularly. I came away from that talk disheartened over the issue of climate change, and said so in a blog post that afternoon.
National Review writer Alexandra Desanctis on Wednesday published a piece purporting to explain how recent conservative efforts to defend "religious freedom" aren't really about discriminating against LGBT Americans. Since she used a Salon piece written a day earlier by a former colleague of mine, Nico Lang, to illustrate how liberals are "maliciously mischaracteriz[ing] FADA and other religious-freedom protections," it seems only fair to issue a point-by-point response to the specious claims made in the National Review.
The tab for Americans' prescription drugs is rising. High drug prices have not escaped notice by politicians, from Bernie Sanders to Senator Ted Cruz -- including President Trump.
Sen. Bernie Sanders is known for his disheveled hair, but he likely won't be calling LaRonda Hunter's salons in Fort Worth, Texas, for a shampoo appointment anytime soon. Hunter, a small-businesswoman who owns five Fantastic Sam's Salons in Fort Worth, questioned Sanders during Tuesday night's Obamacare debate with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, a 90-minute-long substantive discussion by the two runners-up in the presidential primaries.