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Jun 14, 2025
The senator from Alaska reflects on her many years in Washington and what is happening in the country right now.
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Jun 13, 2025
Some Republican senators are voicing concern over the House-passed bill that would rescind $9 billion that Congress already approved, including money for NPR and PBS stations in their states.
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Jun 13, 2025
El demócrata por California fue sacado a empujones de una sala y esposado tras intentar interrogar a la secretaria de Seguridad Nacional de EE. UU. durante una rueda de prensa.
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Jun 13, 2025
The senator is known on Capitol Hill for being kind and nerdy. His forcible removal from a news conference resonated as a call to action among Democrats.
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Jun 13, 2025
Senator Alex Padilla, Democrat of California, was forced to the floor, handcuffed and removed by federal agents after interrupting a news conference by the homeland security secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday.
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Jun 13, 2025
Plus, Friday's news quiz.
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Jun 12, 2025
The provision, long advocated by Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri, would revive and broaden a law for compensating those who developed serious illnesses from government-caused nuclear contamination.
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Jun 12, 2025
Alex Padilla, Democrat of California, was shoved out of a room and handcuffed after he disrupted Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, during a news conference.
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Jun 12, 2025
The legislation, requested by the White House, would codify spending cuts pursued by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.
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Jun 12, 2025
House members approved the cuts by a vote of 214 to 212.
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Jun 12, 2025
The legislation, requested by the White House, would codify spending cuts pursued by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.
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Jun 12, 2025
Republicans whose constituents rely on nutritional assistance worry that cuts to those programs approved by the House will saddle their states with huge costs and harm low-income children.
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Jun 12, 2025
Mr. Padilla, Democrat of California, was shoved out of a room and handcuffed after he disrupted Kristi Noem, the Homeland Security secretary, during a news conference.
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Jun 12, 2025
Amid unrest in California, Republicans pressed the governors of other blue states on their immigration policies, including on limiting cooperation with federal enforcement efforts.
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Jun 12, 2025
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found that the richer Americans were, the more they would benefit from the measure carrying President Trump's agenda. And the poorest would lose out altogether.
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Jun 12, 2025
Amid unrest in California, Republicans plan to press the governors of other blue states on their immigration policies, including on limiting cooperation with federal enforcement efforts.
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Jun 12, 2025
How did Thomas Crooks, who tried to kill Donald J. Trump at a rally last July, go from engineering student to gunman? Times reporters investigated.
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Jun 11, 2025
G.O.P. senators are considering whether to further curb the president's favorite tax cuts as they rewrite key portions of the sprawling domestic agenda bill passed by the House.
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Jun 11, 2025
Colleagues and friends say Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton, the District of Columbia's 87-year-old nonvoting delegate and a veteran of fights over home rule, is struggling to do her job.
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Jun 11, 2025
Federal tax breaks have fueled a boom. The House bill would end that immediately.
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Jun 11, 2025
Colleagues and friends say the District of Columbia's 87-year-old nonvoting delegate, a civil-rights leader and veteran of fights over home rule, is struggling to do her job.
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Jun 11, 2025
Colleagues and friends say the District of Columbia's 87-year-old nonvoting delegate, a civil-rights leader and veteran of fights over home rule, is struggling to do her job.
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Jun 10, 2025
The House passed bills imposing voting and policing policies on the District of Columbia, but the G.O.P. has refused to consider a measure to restore hundreds of millions of dollars of its funding.
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Jun 10, 2025
Senators criticized the head of the National Institutes of Health for not taking responsibility for Trump administration cuts to research funding.
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Jun 10, 2025
A youth movement in Iowa is aiming to appeal to voters who have abandoned Democrats in the Trump era. There are pitfalls for people who grew up sharing everything online.
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Jun 09, 2025
En el Congreso de EE. UU., con una mayoría republicana que se ha mostrado reacia a oponerse a Trump, el representante por Nebraska es uno de los últimos de una especie en vías de extinción.
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Jun 09, 2025
A rare mid-decade redistricting push has unnerved some Texas Republicans, who worry a drive to harm Democrats could end up endangering G.O.P. incumbents in 2026.
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Jun 09, 2025
Representative Elise Stefanik made a rare visit to Albany, N.Y., on Monday to outline a vision for New York that may form the basics of a Republican campaign platform next year.
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Jun 09, 2025
There's an undercurrent of Democratic support for elements of President Trump's tax agenda, a dynamic that Republicans are trying to exploit as they make the case for enactment of their sprawling domestic legislation.
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Jun 09, 2025
The members of Congress say they were turned away when they tried to inspect buildings where people were detained in connection with immigration raids and the protests against the raids.
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Jun 08, 2025
Representatives Adriano Espaillat and Nydia Velázquez were turned away when seeking to inspect a migrant detention area inside a Manhattan federal building.
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Jun 08, 2025
The Nebraska Republican's dissent makes him one of a disappearing breed in the G.O.P. — and suggests he may head for the exit.
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Jun 07, 2025
Before they can run in 2028, numerous top Democrats will first face re-election in 2026. And for everyone, the midterms will serve as a new political proving ground.
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Jun 07, 2025
Critics say proposals to restrict or even ban Chinese student visas take a "sledgehammer to a problem that needs highly targeted tools."
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Jun 06, 2025
A bill introduced Friday would classify forecasters and other staff as critical public safety roles. It comes after the Weather Service lost nearly 600 people to DOGE cuts.
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Jun 06, 2025
Once a seemingly offhand remark at a campaign rally, President Trump's pledge to not tax overtime could become federal law.
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Jun 06, 2025
The senator said that the GENIUS Act, as it's written, should be struck down, fearing that it would be a "huge giveaway to Big Tech."
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Jun 05, 2025
The domestic policy bill passed by the House raises the maximum child tax credit to $2,500. But about a third of children would not receive the full credit because their parents have low wages or lack jobs.
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Jun 05, 2025
El empresario está furioso con ellos por votar a favor de un proyecto de ley que apoya la agenda de política interior de Trump.
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Jun 05, 2025
Evangelical Christianity has taken a wrong turn.
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Jun 05, 2025
Readers respond to articles about the G.O.P. bill and some House Republicans' regrets. Also: Restricting Covid vaccines; a decline in values.
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Jun 05, 2025
President Trump's flagship legislation, projected to add $2.4 trillion to the national debt, is raising questions among Republicans about the true purpose of Trumpism.
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Jun 05, 2025
At the highest level, the U.S. government looks like a gerontocracy, with average ages around 60 in both the House and the Senate.
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Jun 04, 2025
Republicans in the chamber are bending over backward to appease the world's richest man, who is furious at them for voting for a bill to deliver President Trump's domestic policy agenda.
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Jun 04, 2025
The estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office is all but certain to inflame an already intense debate inside the G.O.P. about the fiscal consequences of its bill to enact President Trump's agenda.
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Jun 04, 2025
President Trump and his allies have united around a new foe: the economists and budget experts who have warned about the costs of Republicans' tax ambitions.
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Jun 04, 2025
El empresario tecnológico criticó la propuesta legislativa del presidente en una serie de publicaciones en X el martes, lo cual evidencia una creciente desavenencia con los republicanos.
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Jun 03, 2025
The sprawling legislation carrying President Trump's domestic agenda squeaked through the House with one vote to spare, but some Republicans now say they didn't realize what they voted for.
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Jun 03, 2025
The tech executive criticized the president's legislation in a series of posts on Tuesday, signaling a widening rift with Republicans.
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Jun 03, 2025
The president is pressing Republicans in the Senate to unite quickly behind sprawling legislation that carries his domestic agenda, but the measure's opponents have a powerful new ally: Elon Musk.
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Jun 03, 2025
The president has been pressing Republicans in the Senate to move quickly to embrace sprawling legislation that carries his domestic agenda, including by savaging opponents online.
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Jun 02, 2025
J.D. Scholten, a state representative who is also a minor-league baseball pitcher, said he had felt compelled to take on Senator Joni Ernst, a Republican, after her defense of Medicaid cuts.
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Jun 02, 2025
Huge deficits are already making bond investors nervous. Economists warn that could make it harder to respond to future crises.
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Jun 02, 2025
President Trump has sought to assuage some lawmakers' concerns over the bill's price tag and cuts to Medicaid with inaccurate claims.
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Jun 02, 2025
Senate Republicans understand that energy abundance is essential for the economy, national security and the country's well-being. Now they must act.
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Jun 02, 2025
When the Trump administration slashed a successful food aid program, Austin Flamm set out to put politics aside. "Everybody needs a meal,'' he said.
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May 31, 2025
Jared Isaacman was a close associate of Elon Musk, whose SpaceX company has multiple contracts with NASA.
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May 30, 2025
The president has grown increasingly angry at court rulings blocking parts of his agenda, including by judges he appointed.
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May 30, 2025
An Oval Office news conference signaled an end to a remarkable period of upheaval across the federal bureaucracy, supervised by Mr. Musk and his cost-cutting initiative.
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May 30, 2025
A bipartisan duo met with the Ukrainian president and made the case for Congress to impose harsh economic penalties on Moscow for its continuing offensive.
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May 30, 2025
Senator Joni Ernst's flip response in an exchange with constituents about the effects of Trump's domestic policy bill spread quickly online.
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May 30, 2025
The speaker waited more than four months to constitute the Office of Congressional Conduct, preventing it from investigating lawmakers. He has yet to name enough members to allow it to operate at full strength.
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May 30, 2025
Down in initial polls of the race, Senator John Cornyn of Texas said he would make charges of corruption against his challenger, the state's attorney general, stick.
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May 29, 2025
We explore how the parliamentary maneuver is changing.
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May 29, 2025
The 47-year-old Democrat is facing another younger colleague and two septuagenarians in a contest next month to lead their party on the Oversight Committee.
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May 29, 2025
In a recent pair of focus groups, voters loyal to President Trump judged members of Congress almost entirely according to whether they backed him — and rejected lawmakers who dared to dissent.
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May 29, 2025
The Senate skirting the filibuster to strike down California's plan to phase out gas-powered vehicles was the latest wound to a tactic in decline.
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May 28, 2025
Michael G. Grimm, a Republican, represented Staten Island and part of Brooklyn from 2011 until he resigned in 2015.
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May 28, 2025
Elon Musk also said the Republican bill, which passed the House last week, would undermine the work of his DOGE group.
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May 28, 2025
Readers respond to an article about gene editing and object to cuts in research funding. Also: The Covid vaccine; Senator John Fetterman.
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May 28, 2025
Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan and David Leonhardt on the fundamental question Democrats need to answer.
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May 27, 2025
The first Black chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, he was a political force for decades, only to be tarnished by an ethics violation.
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May 27, 2025
A group of G.O.P. senators has grown more vocal about urging penalties on Russia for its aggression against Ukraine, offering a counterpoint to President Trump's hands-off stance.
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May 27, 2025
The Alabama Republican is the latest federal lawmaker to seek elected office back at home.
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May 27, 2025
The Trump administration's efforts and the G.O.P.'s tax bill aim to restrict benefits for families that include immigrants without permanent legal status.
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May 27, 2025
Plus, Disney's unexpected "rebel" star.
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May 27, 2025
Representative LaMonica McIver faces assault charges after a clash outside a migrant detention center in Newark, the city where she rose to political power.
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May 27, 2025
Plus, Disney's unexpected "rebel" star.
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May 26, 2025
The congressman from Harlem was a force on Capitol Hill — and a familiar presence on the streets he represented for decades.
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May 26, 2025
As the dean of New York's delegation and the first Black chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, he was a powerful political force for decades.
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May 26, 2025
Representative LaMonica McIver faces assault charges after a clash outside a migrant detention center in Newark, the city where she rose to political power.
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May 25, 2025
Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky both indicated that they would seek major changes to the bill that passed the House.
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May 25, 2025
Democrats need to figure out how to elevate new voices.
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May 24, 2025
The Republican tax and benefit cuts are two sides of the same coin.
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May 24, 2025
After serving as chief of staff when Carter was governor of Georgia, he followed him to Washington, where both men encountered a hostile political establishment.
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May 24, 2025
The Republican tax and benefit cuts are two sides of the same coin.
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May 24, 2025
The first-term Pennsylvania Democrat said his openness about his mental health issues has been "weaponized" against him, prompting him to start showing up for votes and hearings he considers useless.
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May 23, 2025
The Republican tax bill would take health insurance from millions of lower-income Americans and give the savings to the wealthiest Americans.
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May 23, 2025
Three G.O.P. members of Congress whose families fled Cuba are objecting to the Trump administration's move to strip hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans of deportation protections.
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May 23, 2025
The court rejected a religious charter school, but conservatives may get much of what they want in a school voucher program that passed the House this week.
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May 23, 2025
The measure, passed by the House, would roll back incentives for people to buy electric vehicles and for automakers to make them in the U.S.
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May 23, 2025
The measure, passed by the House, would roll back incentives for people to buy electric vehicles and for automakers to make them in the U.S.
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May 22, 2025
Others could see their monthly benefits reduced if the bill were to become law, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
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May 22, 2025
Senate Republicans say changes are coming for the sprawling domestic policy bill carrying President Trump's agenda. Their colleagues who took political risks to push it through the House might not like them.
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May 22, 2025
In 50 years, California's authority to set environmental rules that are tougher than national standards had never been challenged by Congress. Until now.
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May 22, 2025
The victory for Republicans came after Speaker Mike Johnson made concessions to holdouts in several factions and President Trump pressured the party to fall in line.
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May 22, 2025
Some napped, others pulled all-nighters, and most were bleary-eyed as they slogged to the end of a marathon House debate over President Trump's signature domestic policy legislation.
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May 22, 2025
The victory for Republicans came after Speaker Mike Johnson made concessions to holdouts in several factions and President Trump pressured the party to fall in line.
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May 22, 2025
The House voted 215 to 214 to pass the domestic policy bill that will deliver President Trump's domestic agenda.
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May 22, 2025
After Joe Biden's cancer diagnosis and Representative Gerry Connolly's death, some in the party want more elected officials, as one Democrat put it, to seek an earlier "escape hatch from politics."
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