Representative Rob Bresnahan Jr., who campaigned on prohibiting stock trading by members of Congress, has emerged as one of the most active stock traders in the freshman class.

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The disgraced former congressman is set to be sentenced on April 25. His lawyers asked for a penalty of two years, the minimum allowed.

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A law student in Florida has a lucrative side gig: fund-raising consultant. His firm earns a 25 percent cut of “profit” from donations, and critics have begun to pile up after two special elections.

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The president’s comment was a rare instance in which he and House Speaker Mike Johnson were not on the same side of an issue.

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What on earth are Republican leaders thinking in trying to stop a Republican proposal to make it easier for new parents to vote in Congress?

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Trump is taking the law into his own hands.

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