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Kavanaugh Gave Private Assurances. Collins Says He ‘Misled’ Her.
“I am a don’t-rock-the-boat kind of judge,” the justice told the senator in a discussion on...
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Bipartisan Gun Bill Clears Initial Vote in Senate
The 64-to-34 vote came just hours after Republicans and Democrats released the text of the legislation,...
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Opinion | Who Is Financing Trump’s ‘Big Lie’ Caucus? Corporations You Know.
The flow of corporate money to politicians who voted to overturn the 2020 election is helping...
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Senators Reach Bipartisan Deal on Gun Safety
The agreement, which falls short of the sprawling changes championed by Democrats, is a significant step...
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As Survivors Demand Action, House Passes Gun Bill Doomed in the Senate
On a day of wrenching testimony from victims of the school shooting in Uvalde, Democrats pushed...
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Opinion | It’s Not Looking Too Good for Government of the People, by the People and for the People
The filibuster is only one part of the larger problem of the capture of America’s political...
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Opinion | The War in Ukraine Is Getting Complicated, and America Isn’t Ready
U.S. support for the war is not guaranteed.
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Group Seeks Disbarment of Ted Cruz Over Efforts to Overturn 2020 Election
A group trying to hold lawyers accountable for their efforts to keep Donald Trump in power...
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McConnell and other Republican senators make a secret visit to Ukraine.
The visit by the Senate minority leader included a meeting with the Ukrainian president in Kyiv.
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Senate Democrats Warn of G.O.P. Effort to Restrict Abortion Nationwide
The alarms came after Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, called such a ban “possible” if...
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As Feinstein Declines, Democrats Struggle to Manage an Open Secret
Democrats have quietly accepted the California senator’s memory issues as the status quo, even as her...
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Coronavirus cases leave Senate Democrats temporarily without the votes they need to get some business done.
In an evenly divided Senate, neither party can afford to be without a single member.
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Vice President Harris Tests Positive for Coronavirus
While Kamala Harris had not seen President Biden for eight days, her positive test renewed concerns...
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Orrin Hatch, Seven-Term Senator and a Republican Force, Dies at 88
Overcoming poverty and representing Utah, he became a powerful figure in Washington, helping to build a...
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‘I’ve Had It With This Guy’: G.O.P. Leaders Privately Blasted Trump After Jan. 6
In the days after the attack, Representative Kevin McCarthy planned to tell Mr. Trump to resign....
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Opinion | Elizabeth Warren: Democrats Can Avoid Disaster in November
More must be done to enact President Biden’s agenda before the midterm elections.
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Jackson Vote Poses a Political Dilemma for Murkowski
The Alaska Republican is facing a difficult re-election race in which she is under attack by...
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Collins to Back Jackson for Supreme Court, Giving Her a G.O.P. Vote
Senator Susan Collins, a centrist from Maine, said a second meeting with Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson...
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Senator Joe Manchin’s Conflict of Interest
How the West Virginia lawmaker intervened on behalf of a coal plant, and earned millions along...
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Ted Cruz’s Daughters Attend a Private School That Is ‘Antiracist’
The Texas senator aggressively questioned Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson this week for serving on the board...
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Meeting with Congress, Zelensky asks for more jets and a no-fly zone.
The meeting, conducted via Zoom, was the first time President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine had addressed...