The Donald Trump Cabinet Tracker
The president went back to the Republican establishment after the failure of Andrew Puzder, picking Alexander Acosta as his new nominee for labor secretary.
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Charlie Riedel / AP Kansas Republicans Sour on Their Tax-Cut Experiment
The state legislature nearly reversed Governor Sam Brownback’s signature policy after a voter rebellion. His economic legacy, one GOP lawmaker says, “is going down in flames.”
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Alex Brandon / AP 'We Are Turning the Clock Back'
Representative Luis Gutiérrez discusses last week’s immigration raids and how these deportations under President Trump are different from the ones he protested in the early years of the Obama administration.
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Brynn Anderson / AP The Strange Revelation of the Investigation of Alabama's Governor
Robert Bentley appointed a new state attorney general, who promptly disclosed to the public what Senator Luther Strange would not: The governor is under investigation.
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Carolyn Kaster / AP Conservatives to GOP: Hurry Up and Repeal Obamacare
With progress stalled, hard-liners have a message for wavering Republicans in Congress: Buck up and get on with it.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters Did Michael Flynn Tell the FBI the Truth?
The former national security adviser learns the hard way: It’s always the cover-up that gets you.
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Carolyn Kaster / AP The Resignation of Michael Flynn
President Trump’s national security adviser quit on Monday night after acknowledging he had misled Vice President Mike Pence about his conversations with the Russian ambassador.
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John Minchillo / AP The Federal Voting Agency Republicans Want to Kill
GOP lawmakers argue the Election Assistance Commission, created in 2002, has outlived its usefulness. Democrats say that in the age of hacking, it’s needed now more than ever.
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Brynn Anderson / AP The Curious Appointment of Senator Luther Strange
The successor to Attorney General Jeff Sessions won an appointment from the Alabama governor his office might have been investigating.
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"The recent flurry in the Senate” 1906 (J.S. ... A Brief History of the Senate Rule That Silenced Elizabeth Warren
The prohibition on impugning a fellow senator dates back to a fistfight in 1902. But it’s an edict that is rarely, if ever, enforced.
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Fred Prouser / Reuters More Trouble for Andrew Puzder
President Trump’s nominee for labor secretary—already stalled in the Senate—disclosed that his family employed an undocumented immigrant.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP How Republicans Might 'Repair' Obamacare Before Repealing It
Most GOP lawmakers want to demolish the health law right away. Senator Lamar Alexander wants to rescue it first.
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Mike Segar / Reuters President Trump's Missing Labor Secretary
While other Cabinet picks move through the Senate, Andrew Puzder's nomination has stalled. Will he ever get confirmed?
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Carolyn Kaster / AP Will the Senate Block Betsy DeVos?
Two Republican senators announce their opposition to President Trump’s nominee for education secretary. If all Democrats vote no, just one more GOP defection would defeat her.
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Aaron Bernstein / Reuters How Progressives Are Forcing Senate Democrats Into Action
Lawmakers wanted to choose their battles against Trump’s Cabinet nominees carefully, but activists have a different plan: Fight them all.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP 'Regrettably, the Rollout Was Confusing'
Paul Ryan has criticized Trump's handling of his immigration order, even while defending the underlying policy.
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Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP Cracks Appear in the Trump-Republican Alliance
Senior GOP lawmakers said that the White House failed to consult them before issuing the president’s executive order on immigration Friday.
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Shakh Aivazov / AP How the Political World Is Reacting to Trump's Immigration Order
The executive order drew criticism from several prominent Republicans but support from party leaders. Democrats roundly denounced the policy.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Do Deficits Still Matter to Republicans?
Party leaders are embarking on an expensive legislative agenda—and they might wait to pay the bill.
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Matt Rourke / AP Trump's Detail-Free First Pitch to Republicans
“This Congress is going to be the busiest Congress we’ve had in decades, maybe ever,” the president told lawmakers, before leaving without taking questions.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP Congressional Republicans Suddenly Lose Interest in Executive Overreach
GOP leaders denounced Barack Obama’s reliance on unilateral orders, but they’re fine with Trump’s actions—so far.
