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Apr 29, 2025
The women were sent to Europe to clear a backlog of 17 million pieces of mail waiting to be sent to U.S. troops.
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Apr 28, 2025
The conservative senator from Missouri, better known for his raised fist in solidarity with Trump supporters on Jan. 6, is embracing a key rhetorical theme in the president's political ascendancy.
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Apr 28, 2025
Republican lawmakers are set to lay out specifics of their sweeping fiscal package as Congress returns for a critical month, giving Democrats an opening for fresh attacks.
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Apr 23, 2025
Senator Richard J. Durbin's departure will set off a primary for a rare open Senate seat in Illinois and open a top leadership slot. He said it was time to "face reality" and make way for someone new.
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Apr 22, 2025
Five Democrats met with Mahmoud Khalil and Rumeysa Ozturk, who face deportation by the Trump administration.
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Apr 22, 2025
The primary race in Kentucky for Mr. McConnell's seat is expected to be one of the biggest G.O.P. clashes of 2026. On Tuesday, it gained its second high-profile contender, Representative Andy Barr.
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Apr 22, 2025
The Democratic representative from suburban Detroit is likely to be seen as a centrist in the primary contest to replace Senator Gary Peters, who is retiring.
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Apr 20, 2025
"Facilitating his return means something more than doing nothing, and they are doing nothing," Senator Chris Van Hollen said after his trip to El Salvador.
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Apr 18, 2025
Senator Chris Van Hollen said that Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia,who was deported and incarcerated in El Salvador, reported having been transferred after weeks in a maximum-security prison.
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Apr 18, 2025
Lisa Murkowski, a longtime senator from Alaska and an independent voice in an increasingly tribal party, has been the rare Republican on Capitol Hill willing to criticize President Trump's actions.
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Apr 18, 2025
Plus, meat is making a comeback.
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Apr 18, 2025
Earlier in the day, armed military officials stopped Senator Chris Van Hollen from trying to visit the prison where Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia has been held for over a month.
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Apr 17, 2025
Out of power in Congress, Democrats who were slow to fight back against President Trump are increasingly finding ways to do so. But activists want much more.
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Apr 17, 2025
Plus, a capybara controversy in Argentina.
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Apr 17, 2025
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive former public health official, is joining the Democratic race to succeed Senator Gary Peters, who is retiring.
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Apr 17, 2025
Trump is disappearing people to a Salvadoran prison for terrorists. And he says he wants to send "homegrown" Americans there next.
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Apr 16, 2025
Senator Chris Van Hollen, a Democrat, said he had not yet been allowed to see Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran immigrant who was mistakenly deported by the Trump administration and imprisoned.
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Apr 16, 2025
Senator Chuck Schumer had said he would block the permanent appointment of Jay Clayton, the president's choice to head one of the nation's most prestigious prosecutor's offices.
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Apr 16, 2025
Bernie Sanders and his apparent heir, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, have drawn enormous crowds on their "Fighting Oligarchy" tour, energizing a beaten-down Democratic Party.
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Apr 16, 2025
An arcane Senate tradition effectively gives senators veto power over nominees for U.S. attorney in their home states, providing Democrats a potential opening to stop President Trump's picks.
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Apr 15, 2025
The Iowa Republican was pressed on President Trump's policies, including the case of a Salvadoran immigrant who his administration has admitted it mistakenly sent to a prison in El Salvador.
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Apr 15, 2025
Senator Chuck Grassley, Republican of Iowa, was confronted by constituents who demanded that he help secure the return of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was deported last month.
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Apr 15, 2025
Fire departments say prices for new engines have soared and orders are backlogged for years. Two senators are investigating whether investors who have disrupted the industry are the reason.
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Apr 14, 2025
The Republican former congressman, who was narrowly beaten by Elissa Slotkin in a marquee Senate matchup in 2024, hopes to fill the seat being vacated by Senator Gary Peters.
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Apr 12, 2025
The employee was a longtime counterintelligence analyst who had worked on the F.B.I.'s investigation examining Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
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Apr 11, 2025
The employee was a longtime counterintelligence analyst who had worked on the F.B.I.'s investigation examining Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
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Apr 11, 2025
Conservatives in the House say they won't back any package without deep cuts that would all but certainly affect the health program. Some Senate Republicans say they won't accept such cuts.
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Apr 11, 2025
Lt. Gen. Dan Caine will serve as the senior military adviser to President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
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Apr 10, 2025
A critical bloc of fiscal hawks dropped its opposition after a pledge from the top Senate Republican that his chamber would embrace far deeper cuts than the measure would require.
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Apr 10, 2025
House Republicans are so intent on avoiding tough votes on President Trump's tariffs that they have rewritten the calendar.
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Apr 10, 2025
The A.T.F. has been hit by the departure of key career officials, the diversion of agents from core duties to immigration enforcement and from what amounts to a campaign of indifference.
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Apr 10, 2025
A critical bloc of fiscal hawks dropped its opposition after a pledge from the top Senate Republican that his chamber would embrace far deeper cuts than the measure would require.
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Apr 10, 2025
Most Republicans welcomed the unexpected three-month pause on several of President Trump's tariffs, but some want more clarity about the president's end game and more power for Congress over trade.
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Apr 09, 2025
Jared Isaacman, a billionaire entrepreneur who has twice launched to orbit in a SpaceX vehicle, faced pointed questions from senators of both parties before the Senate on Wednesday.
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Apr 09, 2025
President Trump's next round of tariffs on major trading partners went into effect just after midnight, bringing levies on China to at least 104 percent.
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Apr 09, 2025
Jared Isaacman, a billionaire entrepreneur who has twice launched to orbit in a SpaceX vehicle, will testify before the Senate on Wednesday.
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Apr 08, 2025
The announcement by Mr. Paxton, the attorney general of Texas and a firebrand conservative, set up what is expected to be a blockbuster showdown in Texas.
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Apr 08, 2025
Jamieson Greer, the United States trade representative, and other Trump administration officials said the United States was ready to negotiate but that would not stop stiff tariffs from taking effect.
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Apr 08, 2025
Jamieson Greer, the United States trade representative, testified before senators as the Trump administration faced blowback from trading partners, businesses and investors over sweeping tariffs.
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Apr 08, 2025
Anti-spending conservatives in the House are lining up to oppose the Senate's budget blueprint because it would add too much to the nation's debt, threatening President Trump's agenda.
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Apr 08, 2025
Jamieson Greer, the United States trade representative, told senators the U.S. economy was in need of "drastic, overdue change."
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Apr 08, 2025
Jamieson Greer, the United States trade representative, will tell senators the U.S. is economy is in need of "drastic, overdue change."
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Apr 08, 2025
The former New Hampshire governor had been seen as a top Republican recruit in the liberal-leaning yet competitive state. President Trump had said on Sunday, "I hope he runs."
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Apr 06, 2025
Senate Republicans are hoping to ice Democrats out from deciding the fate of President Trump's 2017 tax cuts, a move that Democrats could eventually use against them.
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Apr 06, 2025
States that were once reluctant to expand Medicaid now have their state budgets tied to the fate of the program by constitutional amendments.
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Apr 05, 2025
Representative Rob Bresnahan Jr., who campaigned on prohibiting stock trading by members of Congress, has emerged as one of the most active stock traders in the freshman class.
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Apr 05, 2025
Republicans pushed through their blueprint for tax and spending cuts after Democrats forced them to cast politically painful votes into the early morning on every element of President Trump's agenda.
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Apr 04, 2025
With Republicans driving toward a vote on their tax and spending cut blueprint, Democrats are forcing them to cast politically painful votes on every element of President Trump's agenda.
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Apr 04, 2025
With Republicans driving toward a vote on their tax and spending cut blueprint, Democrats plan to force them to cast politically painful votes on every element of President Trump's agenda.
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Apr 04, 2025
Some Republicans are uneasy that their party is pursuing a tactic that could weaken the filibuster and backfire in the future.
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Apr 03, 2025
Mr. Pappas, a 44-year-old Democratic congressman, is the first major candidate to enter the race to succeed the retiring Senator Jeanne Shaheen.
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Apr 02, 2025
A measure to cancel some Canadian tariffs is all but certain to stall in the House. But with a handful of Republicans in favor, the vote sent a signal of opposition to the levies.
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Apr 02, 2025
G.O.P. leaders are planning to use the "nuclear option" to steer around the Senate's in-house referee and allow the use of a gimmick that makes trillions of dollars in tax cuts appear to be free.
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Apr 02, 2025
What happens to your body when you deliver a 25-hour speech without any breaks?
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Apr 02, 2025
Passage would send a strong signal of bipartisan opposition to the levies, though the measure would face long odds in the House.
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Apr 02, 2025
The 38-year-old Democratic state lawmaker says that her party needs a generational shift.
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Apr 02, 2025
Many Democrats, including in Mr. Booker's home state of New Jersey, reveled in his stamina and moxie as he assailed President Trump in the longest Senate speech on record.
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Apr 02, 2025
Plus, Val Kilmer's legacy.
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Apr 02, 2025
Plus, Val Kilmer's legacy.
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Apr 02, 2025
In an interview, the Texas attorney general attacked Senator John Cornyn as out of touch, and said he had talked to people close to President Trump about an endorsement.
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Apr 01, 2025
El senador por Nueva Jersey, Cory Booker, comenzó su discurso a las 7 p. m. del lunes, prometiendo hablar mientras fuera "físicamente capaz". El discurso duró más de 24 horas.
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Apr 01, 2025
The New Jersey senator spent much of his speech, which ended after more than 25 hours, assailing the Trump administration. He eclipsed Strom Thurmond's filibuster of a civil rights bill in 1957.
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Apr 01, 2025
The New Jersey senator began his speech on Monday night, saying the "nation is in crisis." He was still going on Tuesday afternoon.
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Apr 01, 2025
The New Jersey senator criticized the president's plans for Social Security, education, immigration and health care, saying the "nation is in crisis." He began speaking Monday night. He was still going on Tuesday afternoon.
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Apr 01, 2025
Senator Josh Hawley, a Republican, pressed Dr. Oz on transgender care and abortion, and now says he will vote for the physician's confirmation to become head of Medicare and Medicaid.
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Apr 01, 2025
The New Jersey senator criticized the president's plans for Social Security, education, immigration and health care, saying the "nation is in crisis." He began speaking Monday night and was still going on Tuesday morning.
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Apr 01, 2025
The New Jersey senator criticized the president's plans for Social Security, education and health care, saying the "nation is in crisis." He was still speaking in the predawn hours.
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Apr 01, 2025
Senator Booker, Democrat of New Jersey, spoke for hours, criticizing the Trump administration's policies on Social Security, education, health care and more.
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Mar 28, 2025
As President Trump and Elon Musk slash deeper into federal programs and the work force, G.O.P. lawmakers are leveraging their connections to try to insulate themselves and their voters.
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Mar 27, 2025
The agency's acting director told senators of the new policy after it was revealed that tracking technology had been disabled before a deadly midair collision in January.
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Mar 27, 2025
About that rule of law …
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Mar 26, 2025
Instead of clinging to power, he could step down honorably from his leadership role, setting an example for his party and the country.
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Mar 26, 2025
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene criticized PBS for featuring a drag queen named Lil Miss Hot Mess in its children's programming.
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Mar 26, 2025
A Democrat from Louisiana, he pushed for nuclear power and ending the nation's reliance on foreign oil in his four terms on Capitol Hill.
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Mar 26, 2025
Top lawmakers say the White House must provide a full accounting of actions surrounding sensitive military information shared on a text chain that included a journalist.
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Mar 25, 2025
Some Republican lawmakers have called for an investigation, but most have shied away from criticizing the Trump administration.
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Mar 25, 2025
Frank Bisignano is expected to face questions about the White House's plans for the agency, which supplies monthly benefits to 73 million people and normally moves slowly.
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Mar 25, 2025
Get live Senate results and maps from the battleground states in the 2024 election.
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Mar 24, 2025
An aging star playing to massive crowds of supporters in head-to-toe merch? It's not the Grateful Dead, it's the Fighting Oligarchy tour.
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Mar 24, 2025
Mr. Brown, the Ohio Democrat who lost his race for re-election last year, is forming the Dignity of Work Institute, which will highlight workers' struggles.
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Mar 23, 2025
Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the minority leader, said a government shutdown would have been "10 or 20 times worse" than the Republican stopgap spending bill.
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Mar 23, 2025
With Bernie Sanders unlikely to run for president again and Democratic voters fuming at party leaders, many progressives see an open lane. But who will fill it?
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Mar 22, 2025
Senator Steve Daines said in an interview that in meetings with Chinese officials, he called for talks between President Trump and China's leader, Xi Jinping.
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Mar 21, 2025
A psychiatrist and a patient respond to an article in Science Times. Also: A plea to Congress; an upside-down definition of waste, fraud and abuse.
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Mar 21, 2025
The senators asked the inspectors general to look at future job cuts as well.
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Mar 20, 2025
Judges have rarely been removed from the federal bench, and only for criminal acts. But House Republicans are intensifying efforts to oust them for decisions against President Trump.
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Mar 19, 2025
Amid a controversy over whether President Trump will abide by court rulings, Elon Musk gave the maximum to the campaigns of Republicans who back ousting judges who impede the administration.
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Mar 19, 2025
Leaders in the upper chamber of Congress occasionally have to take a political beating to protect their members in tough spots, like the showdown over government funding.
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Mar 18, 2025
Derided by the MAGA right and yelled at by the far left, the Senate Democratic leader is inhabiting a very Jewish place right now.
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Mar 18, 2025
A softball question and he was out.
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Mar 17, 2025
Responses to Senator Chuck Schumer's reversal on the stopgap spending bill. Also: A Trump threat to law firms; the risk of TB; theaters in peril.
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Mar 17, 2025
A debate over a government shutdown has exploded into an argument about the Democrats' leadership in the Trump era.
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Mar 17, 2025
If Democrats don't get a better grip on what is achievable in Congress, they will fall victim to the infighting that has long plagued Republicans.
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Mar 16, 2025
Senator Chuck Schumer, the minority leader, continued to face criticism from members of his own party after he reversed course and allowed the stopgap spending bill to come to a vote.
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Mar 16, 2025
The Senate minority leader discusses the backlash to his vote on the Republican spending bill, how he sees his role within the party and his new book.
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Mar 15, 2025
The bill was passed just hours before a midnight deadline to avoid a lapse in funding, which would have shut down the government.
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Mar 15, 2025
It is very hard to be principled, independent or any of those other bygone adjectives in today's G.O.P.
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Mar 14, 2025
The Senate approved a separate bill that allows D.C. to continue operating under its current budget, which seemed on track to pass in the House. Senator Susan Collins said it had President Trump's support.
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Mar 14, 2025
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticized Senator Chuck Schumer for siding with Republicans on a plan to avert a government shutdown. Her tough language drew talk of a primary challenge.
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Mar 14, 2025
The Senate voted to advance a bill to fund the federal government through September and avoid a shutdown on Saturday.
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