Congress · 117th Congress
Defense spending deal bristles with weapons Biden didn’t seek
The $782.5 billion figure was some $42 billion above fiscal 2021 spending, or nearly 6 percent.
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Congress · 117th Congress
Russian energy ban passed by House
That sum trailed imports from Canada (61 percent of oil imports), Mexico (10 percent) and Saudi Arabia (6 percent).
Policy · 117th Congress
Backlogs force Ukrainians to face long visa waits
Andrey Plaksin, a Ukrainian-born immigration lawyer based in Miami, wakes up each morning by 6 a.m. and turns on the news in preparation for another long day of fielding calls and emails from potential
Congress · 117th Congress
Biden warns of higher pump prices as he bans Russian energy
Of the rest, 61 percent came from Canada, 10 percent from Mexico and 6 percent from Saudi Arabia.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Biden’s State of the Union: a swing and a miss
The world will hold you personally responsible for the death of a 6-year-old girl in Mariupol, killed by your merciless shelling. Count on it.”
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Donald Trump is ignoring Lindsey Graham’s warnings about 2020 election obsession
“Is the Unselect Committee still talking about January 6 when a bigger scandal than Watergate has just been unearthed?”
Congress · 117th Congress
Far reaches of right and left call for de-escalation with Russia
Mike Braun, R-Ind., and Josh Hawley, R-Mo., one of the GOP ringleaders of the Jan. 6 effort to oppose the certification of President Joe Biden’s legitimate Electoral College win.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Midterm voters have a way of reminding presidents what to focus on
This was also the redistricting election, and Republicans gained 6 governorships and more than 700 state legislative seats, giving the GOP a massive advantage in terms of redistricting.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Joe Biden and the dangers of inbred optimism
Bush’s ill-fated “Mission Accomplished” sentiments about Iraq, Biden said on July 6, “The virus is on the run, and America is coming back.”
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
What to read (and gift) now: Capitol Hill insiders share their picks for 2021
“Then Jan. 6 happened,” said Dick. “Then I started reading the William Gibson ‘Jackpot’ books, about a dystopian future.” Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
High court appears poised to hand Trump another 2024 attack line with Roe on ropes
Most observers predicted that the 6-3 rightward tilt of the court once Barrett was confirmed by the Senate would likely deliver just what Trump floated on his one-time favorite cable news show.
Opinion · 117th Congress
In game of congressional limbo, how low can the GOP go?
Even if the nation staggers through December with its credit unsullied and its diplomatic corps replenished, there is the sad-eyed Jan. 6 anniversary to worry about.
Policy · 117th Congress
Ethiopia violence stokes alarm in Washington about civil war
Some 1 million people in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray area are experiencing famine-like conditions, and an estimated 5.2 million of the region’s 6 million people need some form of humanitarian aid,
Policy · 117th Congress
House hearing on Afghanistan withdrawal descends into partisan mudslinging
who raised his profile this year as one of the few House Republicans willing to criticize his party’s embrace of Trump’s efforts to undermine public faith in the 2020 election and to excuse the Jan. 6
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Take Five: Sara Jacobs
But you’ve led calls for holding Republicans accountable for endorsing lies that led to the Jan. 6 attack, so it feels like those cross-aisle friend crushes were star-crossed from the start.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
RIP, rally ’round the flag
Jan. 6 fallout Even when a rioter beat a Capitol police officer with an American flag, the country couldn’t unify in opposition. In an earlier time, an attack on the U.S.
Policy · 117th Congress
Supreme Court denies Biden’s attempt to end ‘Remain in Mexico’
The court denied, 6-3, the Biden administration’s application to block an Aug. 13 order by a Texas federal judge to reinstate the policy, formally known as Migrant Protection Protocols, or MPP, which
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate’s internet access plan rests on better broadband maps
“I’ve got lots of 6-year-olds at home with no internet,” said Jim Stritzinger, who directs the broadband office at the South Carolina Office of Regulatory Staff.
Congress · 117th Congress
‘Most extreme example’: Cruz further slows administration’s sluggish ambassador pace
On Jan. 6, Cruz led a group of GOP senators in voting against certifying the results of President Joe Biden’s legitimate electoral win, an action that has had far-reaching and ongoing consequences for
White House · 117th Congress
Biden takes voting rights push to Philadelphia as Texas Democrats make Capitol Hill rounds
That included some who supported the certification of 2020 Electoral College votes of Pennsylvania and other states that supporters of former President Donald Trump sought to contest on Jan. 6, the day