United States Senate
The domestic terrorism caseload has more than doubled, partly due to the Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol.
Jennifer Sung signed a 2018 letter making that claim about the then-Supreme Court nominee. She wouldn’t disavow it in her Senate confirmation hearing.
The West Virginia moderate is urging his party to "hit the pause button" on its ambitious package of spending on climate, health care, immigration and more.
Long used to anointing candidates, the party has contested primaries in three key states.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Now that a Democrat is in the White House, the GOP is raising alarms about deficits after years of looking the other way under Trump.
Texas Democrats who fled their state want Senate leaders to work through the August recess and speed up efforts to pass federal voting rights legislation.
President Joe Biden vowed not to sign any infrastructure bill unless Congress passes a separate multitrillion-dollar bill stuffed with other Democratic priorities.
Five months in, the president has quietly hit a milestone in filling lifetime seats on federal courts.
The West Virginia Democrat again expressed hope that "there’s enough good Republicans" who will support a bipartisan outcome on federal voting changes.
A week after saying he opposed the For the People Act, the West Virginia Democrat revealed what parts of the bill he would support.