The approach essentially dares Republicans to follow through on their threats to oppose increasing the debt limit, by coupling it with urgently needed federal spending. By Emily Cochrane WASHINGTON — […]
Opinion | There’s a Very Good Reason ‘Washington Slept Here’
These are troubling and rancorous times. Every day there seems to be another headline about the country’s ever-widening political divide. And it’s not just Democrat versus Republican. Within each party […]
Democrats Press Biden Administration to Take On Texas Abortion Law
House Democrats urged the Justice Department to prosecute anyone who tries to sue women who seek abortions. By Michael S. Schmidt Democrats and reproductive rights activists pressed the Biden administration […]
McCarthy Threatens Technology Firms That Comply With Riot Inquiry
WASHINGTON — Representative Kevin McCarthy, the House Republican leader, has threatened to retaliate against any company that complies with the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot, after the panel […]
Biden, Needing a Win, Enters a Sprint for his Economic Agenda
WASHINGTON — President Biden, his aides and his allies in Congress face a September sprint to secure a legislative victory that could define his early presidency. Democrats are racing the […]
Two more senators have tested positive for Covid-19; both are breakthrough cases.
Senator Roger Wicker, Republican of Mississippi, and Senator Angus King, independent of Maine, said on Thursday that they had tested positive for the coronavirus, adding to the number of breakthrough […]
Democrats Eye Budget to Force Policy Changes, Testing Bounds of the Rules
WASHINGTON — Democrats in Congress plan to use their $3.5 trillion budget to try to unilaterally speed through a suite of far-reaching policy changes on immigration, labor and possibly voting […]
Biden Administration Planning to Require Foreign Travelers to Be Vaccinated
The plan is part of a new system to be put in place after the current restrictions on travel into the country are lifted, but officials have yet to determine […]
Opinion | The Supreme Court Needs to Be Cut Down to Size
By Jamelle Bouie Opinion Columnist On Tuesday, the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States sat for its third public meeting. Formed in April by executive order, […]
The West Is Burning. Covid Is Surging. U.S. Politics Are Stagnant.
The sirens have gotten pretty hard to ignore. Wildfires are raging across the Western United States and Canada, spreading smoke so widely that the sun turned red and people’s eyes […]