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Gun violence is up across the country. It’s changing mayoral politics.
Kasim Reed wasn’t planning on running for another term as mayor of Atlanta. But rising crime and the problems that have come with it —…
Biden’s talk of vaccine mandates sends labor into disarray
As the Biden White House weighs vaccine mandates for businesses and the federal workforce, some of its firmest outside allies are bristling at the idea….
Can Rob Portman seal the big bipartisan deal?
If you called central casting for a senator to cut a bipartisan infrastructure deal, you’d get Rob Portman. The Ohio Republican, a former White House…
DOJ says federal law doesn’t bar businesses, agencies from mandating Covid vaccines
Justice Department lawyers say that federal law doesn’t stop private businesses or public agencies from mandating Covid vaccines, an opinion released on Monday just hours…
CDC set to recommend vaccinated Americans wear masks indoors again
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will recommend Tuesday that Americans wear masks indoors again, particularly in crowded indoor settings, according to three people…
Sinema meets with Biden as bipartisan talks teeter
President Joe Biden is getting directly involved in the bipartisan infrastructure negotiations, meeting with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, the lead Democratic negotiator on the discussions, at…
Biden expected to visit NYC’s 9/11 memorial site for 20th anniversary of attacks
President Joe Biden is expected to attend the 9/11 memorial in New York City to mark the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks, four sources…
How Jim Jordan went from ‘legislative terrorist’ to inside operator
Jim Jordan was working out in the House gym in late November 2018 when Kevin McCarthy called him with a peace offering in the wake…
‘Sellout’: Anti-vax conservatives come for DeSantis
TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s Covid crisis has wedged Gov. Ron DeSantis between two competing forces: public health experts who urge him to do more and anti-vaxxers…
Premier: Iraq doesn’t need U.S. combat troops
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s prime minister says his country no longer requires American combat troops to fight the Islamic State group, but a formal time frame…
Virus resurgence menaces economy just as rescue programs unravel
The resurgence of the coronavirus is threatening to undercut the U.S. economic recovery and upend Americans’ plans to return to work just as the sweeping…
House Freedom Caucus asks McCarthy to try to remove Pelosi as speaker
The conservative House Freedom Caucus is urging Kevin McCarthy to try to boot Nancy Pelosi from her position as speaker, a sign of further escalating…
Alabama governor says ‘it’s time to start blaming the unvaccinated folks’ as pandemic worsens
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey issued an impassioned plea for residents of her state to get vaccinated against Covid-19, arguing it was “time to start blaming…
Democrats embrace ‘cook-the-books’ tactic they bashed under Republican reign
When Republicans have used dynamic scoring in the past, Bernie Sanders called it a “gimmick” and a way to “cook the books.” Now Democrats are…
Biden to announce sanctions on Cuban officials
MIAMI — President Joe Biden on Thursday plans to slap targeted individual sanctions on Cuba regime officials, bucking the progressive voices in his own party…
These lobbyists cashed in on Trump. Now, business is down by millions.
When Donald Trump took office in 2017, the handful of Washington lobbyists who could boast ties to him were inundated with calls from potential clients….
Judge halts West Virginia law targeting transgender athletes
A federal judge decided Wednesday to temporarily block a West Virginia law that bars transgender women and girls from participating on school sports teams that…
U.S. jobless claims rise to 419,000 from a pandemic low
WASHINGTON — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits rose last week from the lowest point of the pandemic, even as the job market appears…
Biden: ‘Nothing at all will get done’ if filibuster abolished
President Joe Biden said Wednesday that scrapping the filibuster would “throw the entire Congress into chaos” and that “nothing at all will get done.” During…
It’s not just voting rights. Republicans are going after ballot campaigns.
The Republicans who lead Idaho’s Legislature spent more than two years smarting over the passage of a 2018 ballot initiative that forced the state to…
Dems flood primary to face Ron Johnson in Wisconsin
Flipping Wisconsin is a top Democratic priority to bolster their razor-thin Senate majority. But before the party gets a shot at GOP Sen. Ron Johnson,…
Senate negotiators race to finish infrastructure bill as failed vote looms
The Senate’s bipartisan infrastructure negotiators are hustling to finish their bill even as hope for a breakthrough dims ahead of an Wednesday test vote that’s…
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