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The new governor is converting his education-centric campaign message into policy. Republicans are pleased. Democrats are skeptical. Mr. Youngkin has issued two executive orders aimed at the G.O.P. base: one…
The Republican leader’s claim about high voter turnout in previous elections wasn’t too far off base, but that doesn’t mean voting access is assured. Amid concerns about voting access, Senator…
As discussions resumed over how to whittle down the plan, Senator Joe Manchin, a key holdout, said any talks would be starting with “a clean sheet of paper.” Democrats are…
Senators Cory Booker, Tim Scott and Raphael Warnock brought vastly different perspectives to proceedings that highlighted the Senate’s striking lack of diversity. Senators Tim Scott, left, and Cory Booker argued…
Senator Chuck Schumer, the majority leader, chose to plunge ahead because of the importance of the issue even after the outcome became preordained. Senator Chuck Schumer, behind the lectern, expressed…
President Biden will retreat from fruitless negotiations with lawmakers and instead emphasize his power to govern, senior White House advisers said. President Biden arrived in the White House promising to…
President Biden will retreat from fruitless negotiations with lawmakers and instead emphasize his power to govern, senior White House advisers said. President Biden arrived in the White House promising to…
The prosecutor, Fani T. Willis of Fulton County, Ga., is conducting a criminal investigation of election interference by the former president and his allies. The investigation concerns former President Donald…
In a letter to President Biden, dozens of Democrats in Congress raised grave concerns about “repeated civilian casualties arising from secretive and unaccountable lethal operations.” “We cannot ignore the terrible…
The panel’s letter to Ms. Trump is the latest step it has taken to obtain information from the former president’s family about the Capitol riot. Ivanka Trump, the daughter of…