Biden to sign Inflation Reduction Act into law
President Joe Biden will sign a sweeping $750 billion health care, tax and climate bill into law at the White House on Tuesday — marking a major…
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U.S. delegation to visit Taiwan Parliament on Monday
A group of U.S. Congress members are visiting Taiwan’s parliament Monday in an effort to show continuing support among American lawmakers for the…
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House Republicans issue scathing report criticizing Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal
At the height of the United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan there were only 36 State Department officials on the ground at the Kabul airport to…
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White House declines to answer on FBI’s search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home
The White House on Tuesday largely declined to answer questions on the FBI’s search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, instead…
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Dems change some tax provisions as they ready economic bill
Democrats pared part of their proposed minimum tax on huge corporations and made other changes in their giant economic bill, Senate Majority Leader…
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Democrats say they’ve reached agreement on economic package
Senate Democrats have agreed to eleventh-hour changes to their marquee economic legislation, they announced late Thursday, clearing the major…
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After Supreme Court ruling, it’s open season on US gun laws
The Supreme Court ruling expanding gun rights threatens to upend firearms restrictions across the country as activists wage court battles over…
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Primaries bring big losses for incumbent GOP state lawmakers
As Wisconsin’s longest-serving Assembly speaker, Republican Robin Vos has presided over efforts to restrict abortions, weaken unions, expand gun…
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Biden to sign executive order to safeguard abortion
The Biden administration is taking another step toward protecting abortion rights for women in the…
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White House selects FEMA and CDC officials to coordinate monkeypox response
President Joe Biden on Tuesday formally named Robert Fenton as the White House’s national monkeypox response…
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Top economists say Democrats’ health care and climate package will put ‘downward pressure on inflation’
Congressional Democrats’ climate and health care package is getting a boost from a group of top economists, who wrote in a new letter that the…
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House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump face primaries
Three Republican U.S. House members who voted to impeach Donald Trump over the Jan. 6 insurrection are being challenged in Tuesday’s primary…
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Latest primaries feature deniers for state election posts
Republican primary voters in Arizona and Kansas on Tuesday are deciding whether to elevate loyalists to former President Donald Trump who…
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Harris to announce $1B to states for floods, extreme heat
Vice President Kamala Harris called climate change an “immediate” and “urgent” crisis Monday as she detailed Biden administration efforts to…
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VIDEO: Arizona primary elections
Arizona’s Tuesday primary election could indicate the direction of the GOP heading into the midterms as several Trump-backed candidates rally for…
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VIDEO: Burn pit bill protest
Protesters gathered again today at the U.S. Capitol to call on Congress to pass the PACT Act to help provide for health care for veterans exposed to…
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Here come the discounts at Walmart, Best Buy and Gap
A glimmer of relief is emerging at the checkout aisle: the return of…
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Top election official races feature deniers of 2020 results
An Arizona lawmaker endorsed by former President Donald Trump who attended the Jan. 6, 2021, rally that preceded the violent assault on the U.S.…
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House to vote on assault-style weapons ban Friday
The House will vote on a ban of assault-style weapons Friday, separating packages on gun control and policing laws that had been entwined, House…
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Justices worry about the future of the Supreme Court and point fingers as to who’s to blame
Limping away from one of the most significant terms in decades, justices are sending out flares expressing concern not only for the future of…
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