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In this 2017 photo, President Trump arrives to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Trump is set to speak again at this year's CPAC, but some of his initiatives are unpopular among the movement conservatives who dominate CPAC. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Is Trump conservative enough, and does CPAC care?

W. James Antle III · February 20, 2018 5:01 am

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House conservatives threaten to upend leadership over immigration

Susan Ferrechio · February 14, 2018 1:06 pm

Senate Majority Whip Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, has maintained the Republican Party is committed to bringing down the national debt, but timing is everything. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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John Cornyn: GOP hasn’t given up on reducing deficits and debt

Al Weaver · February 13, 2018 5:01 am

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Can the ‘Supercommittee II’ fix Congress’ dysfunction?

Susan Ferrechio · February 12, 2018 5:01 am

Freshman Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., has become a favorite of the media for his vocal defense of President Trump in the Russia investigation. (Alex Wroblewski/Bloomberg)

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Matt Gaetz: The boy politician making the most of his Trump moment

Philip Wegmann · February 9, 2018 10:59 pm

The Army would grow the most under a Heritage Foundation plan, adding 8,500 active-duty soldiers for a total strength of 492,000. Another 1,000 soldiers would be added to the Guard and Reserve. (iStock)

National Security

Heritage, Trump’s favorite think tank, calls for $17 billion defense boost and 26,500 more troops in 2019

Travis J. Tritten · February 9, 2018 12:00 pm

House Republicans, led by Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, need political cover from President Trump, an immigration hawk beloved by the GOP base, if they're to risk crossing their most committed voters and supporting legislation that could provide amnesty to around 2 million people. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Paul Ryan, cornered on immigration, defers to Trump

David M. Drucker · February 9, 2018 5:01 am

On Thursday, leaders from the House and Senate were on track to reaching a spending deal that would fund the government continuously for two years. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress on track for Thursday vote to avoid government shutdown, lay groundwork for budget deal

Susan Ferrechio · February 8, 2018 6:36 pm

Republican leaders said Wednesday they support the deal as a way to ensure more defense spending, and note it would also create a bipartisan committee that will try to recommend new budgeting reforms. (iStock photo)

Conservatives accuse GOP of ditching fiscal restraint with new spending deal

Pete Kasperowicz · February 8, 2018 12:54 pm

The Heritage Foundation's new No. 2 in command previously served as acting senior vice president for research, overseeing all four of the think tank's research institutes. (AP Photo/HO)

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Heritage Foundation names new No. 2

Philip Wegmann · February 7, 2018 2:20 am

President Trump adopted two-thirds, or about 64 percent, of the Heritage agenda, meaning that the administration copied and pasted 334 of the think tank's unique policy proposals. (AP)

Beltway Confidential

Heritage says Trump has surpassed Reagan. But does that make him the most conservative?

Philip Wegmann · January 30, 2018 6:02 pm

Leonard Leo, an executive vice president of the Federalist Society, has become a staple of Washington with an expansive network in the legal world.

Inside the mind of Leonard Leo, Trump’s Supreme Court right-hand man

Melissa Quinn · January 28, 2018 5:01 am