The Phillie Phanatic, the big green dress-up mascot for Philadelphia’s pro baseball team, is world famous. D.C. has its racing presidents. But did the Border Patrol really need its own dress-up mascot ...

The focal point of Tuesday's meeting was the hotly contested race to succeed Phelan, a Beaumont Republican who had lost the confidence of the House GOP Caucus. In a closed-door meeting last month, ...