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House Republicans voted Monday night to weaken an outside ethics watchdog
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Two of the ethics advocates are allies of senior Trump adviser Stephen Bannon
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When President-elect Donald Trump takes office, it’ll be the first time in a decade the GOP is in charge of both houses of Congress and the White House
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President Obama is scheduled to huddle with congressional Democrats Wednesday to discuss how to protect the healthcare law
Trump spotlights N. Korea nuclear program, chides China in tweets
Comments angered Beijing, but it wasn't totally clear what president-elect was saying about Pyongyang
House GOP votes to gut independent ethics office
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Marching band at historically black college to perform at inauguration
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