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PowerPost The last stand of Congress's Never Trump brigade The moves amount to a last gasp from a wing of the GOP that has been unable steer the party away from Trump during the first two years of his presidency. By Sean Sullivan  •  Read more » Monkey Cage • Analysis Republicans' hard-line stance on immigration may alienate millennials for years On every measure, millennials are more pro-immigration than other voters. By Stella M. Rouse  •  Read more »   Power Up: Hill Republicans preside over a pretty lame lame duck The border wall, Yemen and Mueller are thorny problems. By Jacqueline Alemany  •  Read more »   Analysis The president's misleading statements on Trump Tower Moscow: A timeline President Trump has repeatedly claimed no one close to him had contacts with Russia — or at least that he knew about. By Meg Kelly  •  Read more »   'Honorable, gracious and decent': In death, Bush becomes a yardstick for President Trump For Trump, the Bush funeral means an uncomfortable encounter with official Washington and his predecessors. By Greg Jaffe  •  Read more »   Supreme Court to consider case that could affect potential Manafort prosecutions The case involves a felon convicted of gun possession in state and federal court who alleges the prosecutions violate the constitutional prohibition on double jeopardy. By Robert Barnes  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT 'Just a lot of alarmism': Trump's skepticism of climate science is echoed across GOP The Republican Party, whose leaders once largely accepted the reality of climate change, is increasingly following the lead of a doubtful president. By Matt Viser  •  Read more »   Analysis The Trailer: Georgia's high-stakes, low-profile runoff is Tuesday. Do Democrats care? In this edition: The battle for Georgia's elections, a race to watch in Little Rock, and the North Carolina election that may be too tainted to resolve. By David Weigel  •  Read more »   'Twists but no plot': Trump's diminishing foreign travel reflects a president scaling back foreign ambition In contrast to predecessors, the president has cut back on international trips amid mounting political concerns in Washington By David Nakamura and John Hudson  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Kamala Harris to decide on 2020 White House bid 'over the holiday' Harris, a Democratic senator from California, said she will make the decision with her family before the end of the year. By Felicia Sonmez  •  Read more »   Cohen's guilty plea suggests Russia has 'leverage' over Trump, top Democrat says "Does the Kremlin have a hold on him over other things?" Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) said in an appearance on NBC News. By Felicia Sonmez and Paige Winfield Cunningham  •  Read more »   George H.W. Bush was the accidental catalyst that built the new Republican Party His broken tax pledge in 1990 empowered anti-government conservatives and moved the GOP ever further to the right. The party has never been the same since. By Dan Balz  •  Read more »   Lawmakers wary of Trump's threat to cancel NAFTA Sen. Sherrod Brown said the threat was "not helpful," while Sen. John Barrasso said Congress should approve a new deal first. By Paige Winfield Cunningham  •  Read more »   'The most kind and considerate person I've ever known': George H.W. Bush remembered by former presidents and other officials Barack Obama, George W. Bush, James Baker and others shared their memories of the late president on Sunday. By Felicia Sonmez and Paige Winfield Cunningham  •  Read more »   Recommended for you     Get the Technlogy 202 newsletter Your daily guide to the intersection of technology and politics. Sign Up  »

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