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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California and other Democrats are struggling to deal with donations from the owners of Backpage, a classified-ad website that is a hub for sex trafficking and prostitution. (Associated Press/File)

Nancy Pelosi’s super PAC keeps donations from Backpage owners

After California's then-Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced felony pimping charges last year against the two owners of Backpage.com — a classified-ad website that is a hub for sex trafficking and prostitution, one of the men cut a $10,000 check to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's super PAC.

December 17, 2017
Senate Armed Services Chairman John McCain, R-Ariz., arrives for votes on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday evening, Nov. 27, 2017. President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans are scrambling to change a Republican tax bill in an effort to win over holdout GOP senators and pass a tax package by the end of the year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

John McCain returns to Arizona after cancer treatment

President Trump said Sunday that Sen. John McCain, who is battling brain cancer, would return to vote for tax reform this week if needed to pass the bill, though the senator's office later forecasted a January return to Washington.

December 17, 2017
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., updates reporters on the GOP tax bill following their weekly policy meeting, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Paul Ryan shoots down reports of retirement plans

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan shot down reports Thursday that he plans to retire from Congress, with his spokeswoman saying he's not going anywhere "soon" and the White House saying President Trump begged him to stay another seven years.

December 14, 2017
Former presidential strategist Steve Bannon is going forward after Roy Moore's loss in Alabama and is promoting Republican primary candidates in Senate races in Arizona, Nevada, Montana, Virginia and Wisconsin. (Associated Press/File)

Steve Bannon blamed for Roy Moore’s loss in Alabama Senate election

There was plenty of blame to go around as the Republican Party attempted to reconcile Tuesday's painful election loss in deeply conservative Alabama, but most of the finger-pointing was directed at former White House chief political strategist Steve Bannon.

December 13, 2017
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders tries to quiet one reporter while answering another, during a press briefing at the White House, Monday, Dec. 11, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

White House clashes with reporters over ‘fake news’

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders clashed with reporters Monday over a recent rash of inaccurate news stories that cast President Trump in a negative light, as reporters defended their actions as "honest mistakes."

December 11, 2017
President Trump may have to swallow hard before signing the tax cut bill when it reaches his desk, but whether he will accept more generous child tax credits for illegal immigrants is a big question. (Associated Press)

Child tax credit rise for illegal immigrants included in bills

President Trump has been willing to accept almost anything to close the deal on his giant tax cut bill before Christmas, including staying mum about a measure that would allow illegal immigrants to pocket the more generous child tax credit included in the package.

December 10, 2017
President Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Pensacola, Fla., Friday, Dec. 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman)

President Trump boosts Roy Moore at campaign rally

President Trump gave embattled Senate candidate Roy Moore a boost Friday, telling a campaign rally that he needed the Republican to help him build a border wall, get tough on crime and build up the military.

December 8, 2017