Bipartisan policing deal unlikely this week in blow to talks
WASHINGTON — Congressional bargainers are likely to miss their deadline for completing a bipartisan deal on overhauling police practices, people familiar with the talks...
Election bill defeat revives fight over Senate rules
WASHINGTON — The filibuster is here to stay, for now.
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A snapshot of the bipartisan infrastructure agreement
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and a bipartisan group of senators have reached an agreement to significantly boost infrastructure spending, though considerable hurdles remain...
From Biden to Congress, Big Tech is under mounting pressure
WASHINGTON — Without speaking a word or scratching a pen across paper, President Joe Biden drove up the pressure on Big Tech companies already...
EXPLAINER: What’s next now that GOP has blocked voting bill?
Senate Republicans have blocked debate of a sweeping overhaul of how elections are run in the U.S. The bill was pushed by congressional Democrats...
Biden anti-crime effort takes on law-breaking gun dealers
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is announcing new efforts to stem a rising national tide of violent crime as administration officials brace for what...
Calls grow to evacuate Afghans to Guam as US troops leave
SAN DIEGO — In the chaotic, final hours of the Vietnam War, the U.S. evacuated thousands of South Vietnamese who supported the American mission...
Yellen: Failure to raise debt limit would be ‘catastrophic’
WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told a congressional panel Wednesday that failing to raise the federal debt ceiling would have “catastrophic consequences” that...
One building, two worlds: Bridging stubborn gap in Congress
WASHINGTON — Joe Lieberman was back on Capitol Hill on Tuesday testifying in support of the Democratic push for Washington, D.C., statehood. Then he...
In break with Trump, House GOP forms group on climate change
WASHINGTON — Utah Rep. John Curtis says he's tired of hearing that Republicans — his party colleagues — don't care about climate change or...