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"All we do is win, win, win," President Trump said last week after special elections in Georgia and South Carolina. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump winning as president, not as deal-maker with Congress

President Trump scored a major win in the courts this week, saw some of the air go out of the Russian collusion narrative that dogged him for months, and proved he is not a major electoral liability for Republican candidates at the polls — but he is still struggling for his first major legislative win on Capitol Hill.

June 27, 2017
"It's a complicated subject," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, told reporters Tuesday about delaying a vote on his plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act of 2010. He was joined by Sen. John Barrasso (left), Wyoming Republican. (Associated Press)

Mitch McConnell delays health care vote in face of GOP defections

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell shelved plans for the Senate to vote this week on the Republicans' proposed Obamacare repeal, suffering an embarrassing setback Tuesday as he acknowledged the bill he wrote failed to win over enough troops in his own party.

June 27, 2017
Lobbyists who represent the health care industry argue that leaving them out of the bill-writing process is bad for America. (Associated Press/File)

Health care lobbyists locked out of Republican process

The health care bill was drafted behind closed doors by Senate Republican leaders, drawing howls from Democrats who said they were shut out of the process. Also left outside, however, was the army of health care industry lobbyists who helped draft Obamacare in 2009 and 2010 but didn't get a say this time.

June 22, 2017
President Trump has begun reorganizing the White House communications team in an effort to get his agenda on track. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump’s isolation cripples agenda

President Trump won the White House by running against the establishment and now suffers the consequences of having virtually no support in Washington, abandoned by his party leaders on Capitol Hill and drowning in a torrent of leaks from inside the government apparatus.

June 20, 2017