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The vice president acknowledged that President Donald Trump's more controversial Cabinet nominees face tight votes but ...

The framers of the Constitution imagined Congress as the preeminent branch of government. But many Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill seem content to play second fiddle.

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President Donald Trump has begun his second administration with a series of controversial moves and decisions.