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Zelensky Will Meet With Biden in Washington and Address Congress, Officials Say

WASHINGTON — President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine will meet with President Biden at the White House on Wednesday and later deliver a prime-time address...

Jan. 6 Panel to Cap 18-Month Inquiry With Final Public Session

“I think the president has violated multiple criminal laws,” Representative Adam B. Schiff, Democrat of California and a member of the committee, said on...

Bill to Protect Same-Sex Marriage Rights Clears Congress

On the House floor on Thursday, a parade of Democrats — some of them gay, many of speaking about their own same-sex marriages —...

House Passes $858 Billion Defense Bill Repealing Vaccine Mandate for Troops

WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday overwhelmingly passed an $858 billion defense policy bill that would rescind the Pentagon’s mandate that troops receive the...

Meet the House Republicans Who Will Wield Power in the New Congress

WASHINGTON — Republicans may have won control of the House by only the slimmest of margins, but in a chamber that operates purely by...

Mary Peltola Wins Bid to Serve Full Term in the House for Alaska

Representative Mary Peltola, Democrat of Alaska and the first Alaska Native woman to serve in Congress, on Wednesday won a full term in the...

Biden Celebrates Beating the Odds, but He Faces a New Challenge

WASHINGTON — President Biden on Wednesday celebrated avoiding the “giant red wave” that many had anticipated in this week’s midterm elections and reaffirmed that...

Will Democrats Lose the House Because of Open Seats?

If Democrats lose the House next week, it won’t necessarily be because their members of Congress lost their seats.It will primarily be because they...

Biden’s Agenda Hangs in the Balance if Republicans Take Congress

The measure he signed this summer included $370 billion in incentives for electric utilities to increase their reliance on low-emission energy sources like solar...

How Private Equity Lobbying Watered Down the Corporate Minimum Tax

WASHINGTON — An hour after Democrats released the text of their climate and tax legislation, Washington lobbyists for the private equity industry sprang into...

Jackie Walorski, Indiana Congresswoman, Is Killed in Car Crash

WASHINGTON — Representative Jackie Walorski, Republican of Indiana, was killed in a car accident in her district on Wednesday, according to her office. She...

China Has Leapfrogged the U.S. in Key Technologies. Can a New Law Help?

In the weeks before the House and the Senate ended 13 months of arguments and passed the $280 billion CHIPS and Science Act, China’s...

Trigger Warning: It’s My Brother’s Turn Again

I have gotten emails asking me not to run my brother Kevin’s annual column this past year. And I have gotten emails asking me...

Greene and Clyde Rack Up Fines for Defying House’s Mask Mandate

WASHINGTON — During a recent marathon session in the House, two Republican lawmakers from Georgia sat in full view of television cameras. Neither was...

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