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Why does the Senate affirm Trump’s picks for key posts — and the way? A authorized scholar explains the affirmation course of and the...

Since Election Day, President-elect Donald Trump has moved rapidly to call his picks for key cupboard posts akin to legal...

Incoming Senate chairs anticipated to rein in infrastructure {dollars}

WASHINGTON — Republicans’ incoming Senate majority may stall a repeat effort to spice up transportation and infrastructure spending, which had been hiked by billions...

Senate, Home Republicans gear up for inner elections this week

WASHINGTON — Contests for Senate majority chief and the abruptly open Home Republican convention chair place headline GOP management elections on Capitol Hill this...

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...

Two Decades After 9/11 Inquiry, a Similar Plan for Covid Stalls in Congress

Any investigation of the pandemic would necessarily be vast and complex, encompassing topics such as better detection of new pathogens, improvements to the public...

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 —...

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...

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...

Manchin, in Reversal, Agrees to Quick Action on Climate and Tax Plan

WASHINGTON — Senator Joe Manchin III of West Virginia, a key centrist Democrat, announced on Wednesday that he had agreed to include hundreds of...

Biden to Endorse Changing Filibuster to Pass Voting Rights Laws

WASHINGTON — President Biden endorsed changing Senate rules to pass new voting rights legislation during a speech in Atlanta on Tuesday, warning of a...

Harry Reid’s Memorial Draws Tributes From Biden and Obama

WASHINGTON — President Biden and former President Barack Obama honored Harry M. Reid on Saturday as a loyal son of Nevada who rose to...

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...

U.S. Effort to Combat Forced Labor Targets Corporate China Ties

A far-reaching bill aimed at barring products made with forced labor in China became law after President Biden signed the bill on Thursday.But the...

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