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Oct 23, 2021
The president pushed for an expansive agenda knowing that he would most likely have to pare it back, leaving a sense of disappointment that could hurt his party at the polls.
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Oct 23, 2021
The president pushed for an expansive agenda knowing that he would most likely have to pare it back, leaving a sense of disappointment that could hurt his party at the polls.
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Oct 22, 2021
Senator Kyrsten Sinema's refusal to raise rates on high earners and major corporations has led Democrats to consider proposals once championed only by the party's most liberal flank.
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Oct 22, 2021
The president's criticism of the Senate tactic was a recognition that legislating has become nearly impossible when the filibuster is routine.
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Oct 22, 2021
Readers oppose what one calls "the trend on college campuses to censor disagreeable speakers." Also: Protest songs; Steve Bannon.
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Oct 22, 2021
Readers oppose what one calls "the trend on college campuses to censor disagreeable speakers." Also: Protest songs; Steve Bannon.
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Oct 22, 2021
The new strategy could deeply cut greenhouse gases that are heating the planet but it will still face considerable political, logistical and legal hurdles.
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Oct 21, 2021
The president said any push to "fundamentally alter" the Senate's 60-vote threshold would have to wait until after Congress passed his vast spending agenda.
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Oct 21, 2021
Ms. Warren, a Democratic Senator from Massachusetts, asked the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors to release an email sent to reserve banks.
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Oct 21, 2021
The move by the department is a sign of the complex and high-stakes nature of the sex trafficking investigation into Representative Gaetz, a close ally of Donald Trump.
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Oct 21, 2021
The message, delivered by a lobbyist close to the House minority leader, Kevin McCarthy, has already led one Republican firm to cut ties.
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Oct 21, 2021
The vote came after a bitterly partisan debate over the Capitol attack and as Republicans sought to deflect questions about Donald J. Trump's role in the violence.
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Oct 21, 2021
After weeks of fluctuations driven in part by Washington gridlock, share prices hit another high and put a dismal September in the rearview mirror.
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Oct 21, 2021
Ms. Warren, a Democratic Senator from Massachusetts, asked the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors to release an email sent to reserve banks.
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Oct 21, 2021
Readers react to an account of 90 seconds of violence at the Capitol. Also: Voting rights; Parler; the Jefferson statue; older drivers; filing cabinets.
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Oct 21, 2021
Republicans hope that concerns about critical race theory can help them in the midterm elections. The issue has torn apart one Wisconsin suburb.
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Oct 21, 2021
Ms. Warren, a Democratic Senator from Massachusetts, asked the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors to release an email sent to reserve banks.
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Oct 21, 2021
The furious members accused the Arizona Democrat of "answering to big donors rather than your own people," in the latest sign of the political pressure she faces.
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Oct 21, 2021
Democrats have made giving government the power to negotiate drug prices a central campaign theme for decades. With the power to make it happen, they may fall short yet again.
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Oct 20, 2021
The president's trip to Scranton, Pa., comes as Democrats close in on a deal to advance two bills carrying a scaled-back version of his domestic policy priorities.
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Oct 20, 2021
Responding to concerns from a key centrist, Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, the White House and leading Democrats are instead discussing a range of other taxes to pay for the plan.
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Oct 20, 2021
If the Biden agenda has a future, it depends on everyone in the caucus being on board.
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Oct 20, 2021
Backers of the legislation said they were not giving up as they shifted focus to the need to "restore" the Senate.
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Oct 20, 2021
Catherine E. Lhamon, who had held the post under the Obama administration, faced a G.O.P. wall over her views on transgender students' rights and how to address sexual assault on campus.
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Oct 20, 2021
Mr. Emanuel, nominee for United States ambassador to Japan, faced a Senate confirmation hearing where he testified that the partnership between the two countries would determine the future of American foreign policy in the region.
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Oct 20, 2021
Rahm Emanuel, a former mayor of Chicago and President Biden's nominee for United States ambassador to Japan, was asked about the murder of Laquan McDonald during his Senate confirmation hearing.
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Oct 20, 2021
The third filibuster of such a measure underscored how the legislation is unlikely to move forward without a change in Senate rules.
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Oct 20, 2021
The president's trip comes as Democrats circle in on a deal to advance two bills carrying a scaled-back version of his domestic policy priorities
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Oct 20, 2021
"Beijing proclaims that the East is rising, and the West is in decline," said R. Nicholas Burns, President Biden's nominee to be the U.S. ambassador to China. "I'm confident in our own country."
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Oct 20, 2021
A rift is forming over a plan to provide only $2 billion out of the $20 billion President Biden proposed to help level the playing field in his social spending package.
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Oct 20, 2021
As they survey a grim political landscape for their party, three senior House Democrats opt for retirement and lament the factionalism within their ranks.
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Oct 19, 2021
The committee scrutinizing the Jan. 6 Capitol riot said the former White House counselor had "multiple roles relevant to this investigation."
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Oct 19, 2021
As they worked to shrink their marquee domestic policy bill, President Biden told Democrats that a proposal to provide two years of free community college would most likely have to be dropped.
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Oct 19, 2021
Lawmakers and activists are becoming increasingly alarmed that the proposed legislation will stall and put Democrats at a disadvantage in coming elections.
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Oct 19, 2021
A new lawsuit by the ex-president and a move to hold Stephen Bannon in contempt of Congress are raising untested issues about secrecy powers.
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Oct 19, 2021
Representative Jeff Fortenberry, Republican of Nebraska, was accused of lying to F.B.I. agents investigating illegal foreign donations. He said he would fight the charges.
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Oct 19, 2021
Financial disclosures show who has the early money edge in key races, as well as the value of a Trump endorsement.
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Oct 19, 2021
A new lawsuit by the ex-president and a move to hold Stephen Bannon in contempt of Congress are raising untested issues about secrecy powers.
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Oct 19, 2021
Under the new plan, banks would only be required to provide data on accounts with total annual deposits or withdrawals worth more than $10,000, not including payroll and beneficiary deposits, rather than the $600 threshold that was initially proposed.
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Oct 18, 2021
The West Virginia Democrat could decide the fate of President Biden's top legislative priority, and he has not been shy about outlining the kinds of changes he wants to see.
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Oct 18, 2021
An initial proposal to offer workers 12 weeks of paid leave could be whittled down as Democrats try to trim their $3.5 trillion social policy bill.
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Oct 18, 2021
The case raises novel constitutional questions about the scope of an ex-president's executive privilege powers if the current president disagrees.
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Oct 18, 2021
The I.R.S. needs more resources. But it also needs to protect taxpayer rights.
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Oct 18, 2021
Sometimes a dress is just a dress. Sometimes it's a strategy.
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Oct 18, 2021
The I.R.S. needs more resources. But it also needs to protect taxpayer rights.
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Oct 18, 2021
When Texas Republicans revealed their new congressional map last month, our reporters and graphics editors used maps and data to examine the effects.
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Oct 17, 2021
As the senator thwarts Democrats' major push to reduce warming, new data shows West Virginia is more exposed to worsening floods than anywhere else in the country.
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Oct 17, 2021
This season of oppression is very likely the beginning of an era of oppression — unless Congress intervenes.
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Oct 17, 2021
Low pay, a high cost of living and an insulated culture make it hard for Black aides to build a career in Congress.
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Oct 17, 2021
Sampling the responses to Ezra Klein's column. Also: Children who've lost caregivers to Covid; an exercise ethic.
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Oct 16, 2021
Faced with the likely demise of a central pillar of President Biden's agenda, the White House and outraged lawmakers are scrambling to find alternatives.
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Oct 16, 2021
As President Biden and his allies in Congress work to whittle down the size of their ambitious domestic plans, Democrats must sell a bill without knowing precisely what will be in it.
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Oct 16, 2021
In the infrastructure negotiations, the leader of the House progressive caucus has shown a willingness to play hardball.
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Oct 16, 2021
The main House war chests for both Democrats and Republicans have a combined $128 million in the bank — more than double the sum at this point in 2020.
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Oct 16, 2021
The president needs to make the case for a big expansion of government spending.
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Oct 16, 2021
A federal voucher program is at risk of being sharply scaled back as the White House seeks to slash its social policy package to appease two centrist senators.
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Oct 15, 2021
The West Virginia Democrat told the White House he is firmly against a clean electricity program that is the muscle behind the president's plan to battle climate change.
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Oct 15, 2021
Among other things, Adam Laxalt, a U.S. Senate candidate in Nevada, described his suspicions about a donation to his run for governor in 2018.
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Oct 15, 2021
The districts would be among the most gerrymandered in the country. The Republican-friendly seat held by Representative Adam Kinzinger, a Trump antagonist, would be eliminated.
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Oct 15, 2021
The Arizona senator is, at heart, a Democrat of convenience and expediency. She could well break up with the party — before it breaks up with her.
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Oct 14, 2021
The House select committee investigating the Capitol riot will vote next week to recommend a criminal contempt of Congress charge against Stephen K. Bannon after he defied a subpoena.
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Oct 14, 2021
The House select committee investigating the Capitol riot will vote next week to recommend a criminal contempt of Congress charge against Stephen K. Bannon after he defied a subpoena.
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Oct 14, 2021
Senator Chuck Schumer, the top Democrat, announced he would force another vote next week to bring legislation to the floor despite a Republican blockade.
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Oct 13, 2021
With the Senate out of session, Ms. Sinema, the Democratic senator from Arizona, has been in Europe on a fund-raising trip.
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Oct 13, 2021
The committee asked for testimony and documents from the little-known former official who pressed his colleagues to pursue Donald J. Trump's election fraud claims.
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Oct 13, 2021
Democratic leaders are considering a long-shot proposal intended to get around political and procedural roadblocks to provide temporary legal status to millions of undocumented immigrants.
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Oct 13, 2021
We asked 18 academics what they would choose if they could pick only one, as Senator Manchin has reportedly advised.
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Oct 13, 2021
Readers discuss how to combat Trumpism. Also: The F.D.A. decision on e-cigarettes; the port crisis; parents and teenagers; decluttering responsibly.
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Oct 13, 2021
We asked 18 academics what they would choose if they could pick only one, as Senator Manchin has reportedly advised.
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Oct 12, 2021
The House voted 219 to 206 on Tuesday to raise the federal borrowing limit by $480 billion, which the Treasury Department has estimated is enough to last until at least Dec. 3.
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Oct 12, 2021
Democrats are staring down a decade of powerlessness, and some strategists think shutting up about racial injustice and immigration could save them.
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Oct 12, 2021
Mr. Yarmuth, the lone Democrat in his state's congressional delegation and a key proponent of President Biden's domestic agenda, said he would not seek re-election.
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Oct 11, 2021
To help fund its new initiatives, the Biden administration wants banks to report more customer information. Account holders aren't happy.
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Oct 11, 2021
President Biden had an ambitious agenda to remake the economy. But under the duress of negotiations and Senate rules, he has shelved a series of proposals, some of them indefinitely.
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Oct 11, 2021
Members of Congress who helped evacuate Afghans who worked with U.S. forces turn their focus to their stranded relatives.
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Oct 11, 2021
Maneuvering over the debt; Indigenous Peoples' Day; China's economy; border crisis; a course in the Beatles; a quieter SoHo; advice, wanted or not.
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Oct 11, 2021
The Senate is in a tizzy. Education is in a tizzy. Also, Democratic strategists.
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Oct 10, 2021
Legislation aimed at infrastructure and social programs also includes big changes in energy, transportation and disaster preparation. They would amount to the most significant climate action ever taken by the United States.
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Oct 10, 2021
With the president's agenda stalled in Congress, many Democratic voters are growing impatient and disillusioned.
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Oct 09, 2021
How the conservative Democrat should be negotiating with his party.
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Oct 09, 2021
In the fight over the debt ceiling, both political parties are behaving badly, albeit in very different ways.
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Oct 09, 2021
If what faces Big Tech is anything like what happened to Big Tobacco, the road ahead is likely to be a yearslong battle over proposed rules and regulations.
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Oct 08, 2021
A day after agreeing to allow a short-term increase in the federal debt limit to move forward, the Republican leader said Democrats should not expect such cooperation in December.
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Oct 08, 2021
As Democrats ponder cutting a $3.5 trillion social safety net bill down to perhaps $2 trillion, a proposal to limit programs to the poor has rekindled a debate on the meaning of government itself.
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Oct 08, 2021
The Arizona senator, who started in politics as an environmentalist, is one of two centrist Democrats who could make or break a spending bill at the center of President Biden's legislative agenda.
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Oct 08, 2021
After Stephen K. Bannon refused to comply with a subpoena, the committee investigating the Capitol riot said it would consider recommending contempt of Congress charges.
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Oct 08, 2021
The refusal of the former adviser to President Donald J. Trump to comply with a subpoena raises the prospect of a legal battle for evidence in the inquiry.
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Oct 08, 2021
Lawmakers almost never act until they absolutely must — and even then, they usually punt.
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Oct 08, 2021
The refusal of the former adviser to President Donald J. Trump to comply with a subpoena raises the prospect of a legal battle for evidence in the inquiry.
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Oct 08, 2021
In the deep-blue Seattle district represented by Pramila Jayapal, a leading progressive in Congress, voters see the Democrats' left wing as ascendant and want it to play hardball against moderates.
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Oct 08, 2021
His forecasting model shows a looming disaster for Senate Democrats. Are they going to do anything about it?
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Oct 08, 2021
Progressive activists have adopted more aggressive tactics against Senator Kyrsten Sinema and other centrist holdouts as she declined to answer questions and the stakes for President Biden's agenda have risen.
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Oct 07, 2021
In a 50-to-48 vote, the Senate passed legislation to raise the debt ceiling through early December. The House is expected to take up the bill on Tuesday.
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Oct 07, 2021
An agreement struck on Thursday allows the government to cover its expenses through early December, but does little to address the crux of the partisan stalemate.
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Oct 07, 2021
An agreement struck on Thursday allows the government to cover its expenses through early December, but does little to address the crux of the partisan stalemate.
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Oct 07, 2021
The select committee also sent subpoenas to two "Stop the Steal" organizers and a group affiliated with the event that preceded the mob violence.
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Oct 07, 2021
The committee is seeking information from two "Stop the Steal" organizers and a group affiliated with the event that preceded the mob violence.
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Oct 07, 2021
The agreement avoids catastrophic consequences of a default by the federal government, but runs only through early December.
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Oct 07, 2021
Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the majority leader, announced that he reached an agreement with Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the minority leader, to raise the federal borrowing limit through early December.
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Oct 07, 2021
The 14th Amendment offers a way out.
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