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Judge questions Trump push to block records from Jan. 6 panel
A federal judge sounded skeptical about halting Jan. 6 panel’s request for Trump-era records about the causes of the Capitol attack.
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A federal judge sounded skeptical about halting Jan. 6 panel’s request for Trump-era records about the causes of the Capitol attack.
House Democratic leaders moved toward setting votes on a massive social spending package, but moderates said they still lack the needed votes.
Questions about the role of government in abortion policy, including the new Texas law, arose during a House Judiciary hearing Thursday.
Senate Appropriations Chairman Patrick Leahy accused Republicans of refusing to negotiate fiscal 2022 spending levels for defense programs.
The new version of the nearly $2 trillion bill would add slimmed-down paid leave benefits and other items dropped from the previous version.
Senate GOPers are blocking a nominee for an SBA post over Planned Parenthood loans, but also his ties to a Muslim get-out-the-vote group.
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry is arguing he should not be charged in California in a case alleging he lied to federal agents.
Democrats weighed the reasons for surprise losses in elections as the GOP sees more House members as vulnerable in 2022.
The House Rules Committee finds itself in the spotlight this year as the fulcrum for the bulk of Democrats' congressional agenda.
U.S. outrage at the Taliban risks clouding policymakers’ judgment when cold-blooded calculations are needed about U.S. national interests.
House Democrats unveiled a compromise on state and local tax deductions for the reconciliation package but once again faced Senate opposition.
The Supreme Court appeared ready Wednesday to strike down New York’s regime for licensing gun owners to carry a concealed weapons in public.
Progressives and moderates continue to debate immigration policies that could be added to the Biden budget package.
ANALYSIS — Recent contempt votes, such as the one that found Bannon in criminal contempt of Congress, have been decidedly partisan affairs.
House Democrats will include four weeks of paid family and medical leave in a social spending package – but it faces opposition in the Senate.
Sen. Sanders' opposition cast doubt on prospects for the latest compromise on "SALT," which has bedeviled Democratic leaders for months.
Republicans complain that Democrats in the Senate aren't paying sufficient attention to national security needs.
As President Biden and other Democratic leaders struggled to pass his agenda, Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal wielded her new power.
Democrats could release revised text of their social spending and climate change mitigation package as soon as Tuesday night.
The Supreme Court will have to wrestle with how a major gun rights case could clash with local laws that ban guns from certain places.