Why the US might be tough to recognize after your summer vacation abroad
An American Airlines flight made the usual bumpy landing at Reagan National Airport on a recent Friday around 1 p.m., as the pilot slammed the brakes on the short runway.
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Permitting overhaul: Before or after debt ceiling talks?
When lawmakers will act — as part of the debt ceiling negotiations or through separate talks — is emerging as a big question as the June 1 deadline nears for raising the debt limit.
New debt limit forecast crashes into Capitol Hill
"After reviewing recent federal tax receipts, our best estimate is that we will be unable to continue to satisfy all of the government’s obligations by early June, and potentially as early as June 1, if
With US fossil fuel production up, GOP would step on the gas
The chamber is slated to vote next week on the legislation, labeled HR 1 to reflect its importance to GOP leadership — a compilation of energy, permitting, environmental and construction measures.
Policy · 118th Congress
Spending law presents challenges for environmental regulators
As whales migrate along the Eastern Seaboard, they may move through about 1 million vertical ropes, Kessler said.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
How the battleground states have shifted over the past decade
Republicans have the advantage in Georgia (R+4.5 points), North Carolina (R+2.9) and Arizona (R+1.8), while Democrats have the edge in Wisconsin (D+1), Nevada (D+1.7), New Hampshire (D+2.1), Pennsylvania
Congress · 117th Congress
Aid bill for 9/11 families exposes rift with former Iran hostages
Annual fund deposits reached a peak of over $1 billion in fiscal 2019, capping years of steady growth.
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate reconciliation keeps farms, forests in climate formula
In the latest proposal, $1 billion would be authorized for technical assistance to property owners through the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Climate protesters will risk arrest at Congressional Baseball Game
His players have been working out since March 1, arriving for practice as early as 5:30 a.m. “The baseball game is a big deal. I mean, it’s been played for 115 years,” he said.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Party leaders pick favorites in Nevada primary, but will long shots come in?
In the redrawn 3rd District, Las Vegas lawyer April Becker has raised more than $1 million in her effort to take on Lee and has key endorsements, including from McCarthy.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
New debate over gun laws will test the gun lobby’s influence
By more than 3-to-1, gun rights groups — including the best-known National Rifle Association, which has filed for bankruptcy and may no longer be the political behemoth it once was — have outspent
Congress · 117th Congress
Army searches for ‘sweet spot’ between current, future needs
Fewer than 1 million soldiers Senior committee Republicans — including ranking member Mike D. Rogers of Alabama, Michael R.
Opinion · 117th Congress
The worst pandemic in a century has outlasted our attention span
This is the month when the death toll from the coronavirus in America is estimated to have hit the 1 million mark.
Opinion · 117th Congress
‘Defund the police’ still haunts Democrats
These views extend across party, ideology, age and region, making a concept like defunding the police totally out of tune with most voters who oppose it by a 3-to-1 margin.
Congress · 117th Congress
Former Utah Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, who helped shape health and tax policy, dead at 88
In 2000, he ran for president, but dropped out of the race after winning only 1 percent of the vote in the Iowa caucuses. Then-Sen.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Redistricting shuffle makes race to succeed Nunes a low-key affair
Nunes resigned effective Jan. 1 to run a new media enterprise of former President Donald Trump.
Policy · 117th Congress
Immigrant investors on edge as EB-5 lapse enters eighth month
Investors may invest $500,000 in a project in an area of low employment, or $1 million elsewhere.
Policy · 117th Congress
Testing shortages reach nursing homes, home health agencies
The issue is raising questions about care for seniors nationwide and whether the administration’s effort to ship 1 billion tests directly to households is further undercutting supplies for providers
Congress · 117th Congress
Bipartisan debt limit patch would raise borrowing cap by $480B
Those spending caps came off starting with the fiscal year that began Oct. 1.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Biden pitch meets resistance in Michigan GOP stronghold
just under 4 points in each of her two races; by contrast, Trump narrowly won the district, which stretches from the state capitol of Lansing east through Howell to northern Oakland County, by less than 1