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Byline: Emily Cadei It's difficult for any lawyer to represent someone prone to impulsive decisions, self-incriminating statements and potentially corrupt entanglements. But when that someone is the president, your legal [...]

Byline: Emily Cadei Corrected | Standing in her parents' pastel-hued living room, the low hum of a neighbor's hedge trimmer buzzing behind her, Hannah Risheq launched her campaign for the [...]

Byline: Emily Cadei Once again, an impulsive White House decision has shocked Washington and left congressional Republicans at risk of losing their jobs. Instead of talking health care or tax [...]

Byline: Emily Cadei In his remarkable run for the White House last year, Donald Trump talked a lot about 'winning.' But in his administration's initial interactions with China, it's Beijing [...]

Byline: Emily Cadei Paul Ryan was fresh off one of the most humbling defeats of his career. It was days after the collapse of his party's seven-year quest to repeal [...]

Byline: Emily Cadei Doug Todd had never organized a political event, and before February, he had never even been to a protest. But several weeks ago, he helped pack 200 [...]

Byline: Emily Cadei Al Mottur admits to not only counting his chickens before they hatched but putting out all the fixings for a fried chicken feast. The veteran Democratic lobbyist [...]

Byline: Emily Cadei Jeff Sessions, the man slated to become the next U.S. attorney general, has a complicated history with the war on drugs. Just ask Stephanie Nodd. Though she [...]

Byline: Emily Cadei Packed into a cramped Senate hearing room, the crowd erupted into prolonged whistles and cheers. Bernie Sanders had just joined a 'Hands Off Medicare' rally-cum-press conference on [...]

Byline: Emily Cadei Midmorning on a Monday is not peak time for door-to-door politicking, and in the leafy Philadelphia suburb of King of Prussia, most doors are locked and windows [...]

Byline: Emily Cadei The men Donald Trump has been warning us about are sitting in a classroom in Baltimore. 'When you look at that migration, you see so many young, [...]

Byline: Emily Cadei California Governor Pete Wilson wasn't backing down. After speaking at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative Washington, D.C., think tank, on November 19, 1994, he was immediately pressed [...]

Byline: Emily Cadei The sun was setting over the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C., as Bernie Sanders wrapped up a rambling stem-winder before hundreds of die-hard supporters on June 9. [...]

Byline: Emily Cadei Almost a year into his surreal campaign for president, the American political class still doesn't know what to make of Donald Trump. The billionaire mogul's defiance of [...]

Byline: Emily Cadei The financial system was in a meltdown, and Bernie Sanders was on the Senate floor inveighing against the financial bailout known as the Troubled Asset Relief Program, [...]

Byline: Emily Cadei When Florida Senator Marco Rubio voted against a transportation funding bill in December, he said one of his main objections was that it 'preserves Washington's power in [...]

Byline: Emily Cadei 'Always in political campaigns there's this emphasis on new,' New Jersey Governor Chris Christie lamented in a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations on November 24. [...]

Byline: Emily Cadei 'Now it's not my intention to offend anyone,' renowned neurosurgeon Ben Carson told a crowd of dignitaries assembled at the Washington Hilton Hotel in 2013. A devout [...]

Byline: Emily Cadei The East Las Vegas neighborhood of Southridge is less than a 10-minute drive from the Strip but has none of its glitz. Blocks of modest ranch-style homes [...]

Byline: Emily Cadei The debate over America's Iraq War legacy has already cropped up on the 2016 campaign trail, burning candidates like former Governor Jeb Bush. But that's just a [...]

Byline: Emily Cadei On the 2016 campaign trail, immigration has been a flash point unlike any other. But as Donald Trump pushes his scheme to build a wall across America's [...]

Byline: Emily Cadei Governor Scott Walker likes to brag that he defunded Wisconsin's Planned Parenthood, the reproductive health organization once again in Republicans' crosshairs, back in his very first state [...]

Byline: Emily Cadei On July 10, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans heard legal arguments over President Barack Obama's controversial November executive order to delay the [...]

Byline: Emily Cadei A little less than four years ago, 70 businesses and professional organizations made a dramatic stand on one of the country's most divisive social issues. In November [...]

Byline: Emily Cadei The headline on the front page of The Washington Post's September 15, 1999, late edition was startlingly politically incorrect: 'White Man Gets Mayoral Nomination in Baltimore.' Martin [...]

Labor unions are showing an interest in advocacy rules and are hoping for a majority in the House the Senate and the White House. If achieved through election of a Democratic government it will ensure a secure future following eight years of Republican rule.

The strategies used by big donors and fundraisers to use huge amounts in campaign spending in the 2008 congressional elections, but still stay trouble-free are discussed. The interest groups take on the designations of nonprofit organizations to avoid problems from campaign finance regulators.

Both the 2008 Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and the Republican hopeful John McCain are not using the public financing system for their campaigns, although they have advocated its use to fund election campaigns. The scenario presents an opportunity to check out the restrictions of the public financing system and its feasibility when compared to private funding of campaigns.

Presidential candidate Barack Obama claims to have transformed presidential campaign financing with his broad base of small-money and online donors who represent contemporary America. However, while the Internet has changed presidential campaign funding to some extent, traditional big-money donor transactions have remained largely unchanged.

The author comments on the likelihood of White House legal counsel Don McGahn to save U.S. President Donald Trump from Russian probe. The topics discussed include his efforts in cleaning up Trump's first travel ban and the decision of Trump to fire the Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey for investigating the alleged collusion of Russia and Trump's presidential campaign.

The article offers information on U.S. politician Hannah Risheq who is a candidate for Virginia House of Delegates in 2017. It mentions Republicans in U.S. has taken over state governments shifting the U.S. to the right on key issues such as taxes which has been noticed by U.S. democrats; and millennials trying to save democratic party under U.S. President Donald Trump's administration. It presents views of Amanda Litman, founder of Run for Something, on interaction of candidates with voters.

The article offers information on the plan of Republicans to repeal Obamacare and restructure Medicaid. Topics discussed include its impact on opioid addiction treatment programs run by Deborah Agus; access to the program by poor people through Obamacare which made them eligible for Medicaid; and plan of Republicans to decrease marketplace that insurers cover addiction treatment and related health services.

The article focuses on U.S. President Donald Trump's policy on China along with views of U.S. secretary of state Rex Tillerson on the U.S.-China relationship. Topics include meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Trump; views of U.S. ambassador Derek Mitchell on Trump's China policy; and Trump's promise to cut 45 percent tariff on Chinese imports.

The article discusses the division in the U.S. Republican Party and its impact on the party's political agenda and speakership of U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan following the collapse of the party's effort to repeal Obamacare. Topics include the support showed by Republicans during the March 28, 2017 convention amid report calls for Ryan to step down, the support of U.S. President Donald Trump for Ryan, and the confidence among Republicans that President Trump will have his own tax reform plan.

The article discusses issues concerning changes implemented under the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. It reflects on criticism faced by U.S. Representative Tom McClintock; and issues on intense sensitivity of Trump towards public opinion. It reflects on issues related to plans to repeal Obamacare, building a wall on the border with Mexico, and carving out exemptions in discrimination laws for religious organizations that oppose gay marriage.

The article offers information on executive orders of U.S. president Donald Trump on extending lobbying ban on executive branch officials, as of February 2017. It also presents the views of Sheila Krumholz, executive director of the Center for Responsive Politics, on shrinking of lobbying activities in the country.

The article provides information on U.S. politician Jeff Sessions and his historical connection with drug related crimes and jurisdiction. Topics discussed include disparities with 1986 drug law along with powder cocaine traffickers, nomination of Sessions to become next U.S. Attorney General, and variability of racial discrimination and efforts for anti-migration.

The article focuses on the U.S. senator Bernie Sanders and Chuck Schumer heading the Democratic Party during the presidency of Donald Trump. It talks about senators like Sanders and Elizabeth Warren being the public face of the party. It speaks about Sanders heading the campaign against the changes to be made in the Medicare legislation by the President elect Donald Trump. It tells about the Republican Party refusing to extend the healthcare benefits for coal miners.