Mike Dorning
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Washington Suffers as Federal Employees Work From Home
Quiet streets in downtown Washington, DC, have the city's Democratic mayor joining Republicans in a call to end teleworking. → Read More
US Will Ask Mexico for Formal Talks, Escalating Fight Over GMO Corn
The Biden administration plans to escalate its conflict with Mexico over genetically modified US corn with a request for formal consultations under their free-trade agreement, people familiar with the matter said. → Read More
House GOP Leaders Consider Extending Debt Limit to Sept. 30
House Republican leaders are considering proposing a short-term extension of the federal debt ceiling to delay the risk of a default until Sept. 30, according a person familiar with their deliberations, a step that would allow more time to resolve an impasse with Democrats. → Read More
Trump Urges Republicans to Use Debt Ceiling as Bargaining Chip
Donald Trump told congressional Republicans to play “tough” on raising the federal debt limit later this year, stoking sentiment in the GOP for a potentially market-rattling showdown in order to pressure Democrats on spending cuts. → Read More
McCarthy Starts Out With Agenda Already Hemmed In by Dissidents
Newly elected House Speaker Kevin McCarthy sought to rally Republicans with pledges to champion federal spending cuts, strengthen border security and counter “woke indoctrination,” hinting at his dependence on a small group of populist conservatives over the next two years. → Read More
Trump Candidacy Will Complicate, But Not End, DOJ Investigations of Him
Donald Trump’s entry into the 2024 White House race adds a new degree of difficulty for federal prosecutors who’ve struggled for months to shield their investigations of the former president from accusations of political impropriety. → Read More
McConnell Is Re-Elected to Lead Senate GOP, Overcoming Party Revolt
Mitch McConnell overcame an eleventh-hour challenge and a revolt by some Republicans frustrated with the GOP’s unexpectedly poor showing in the midterms to win reelection as his party’s leader in the US Senate. → Read More
US Senate Control Comes Down to Who Wins Two of Last Three Races
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GOP’s Gain Is Short of Wave as Biden Dodges Worst-Case
The Republican wave that was supposed to undo Joe Biden’s presidency failed to arrive. → Read More
GOP Makes Gains in House While Senate Fight Is Too Close to Call
Republicans made gains in their drive to take control of Congress in a US election that was shaped by voters’ concerns on inflation and that laid bare the nation’s divisions on cultural and social issues. As polls closed in the eastern half of the US, Florida continued making the turn from swing state to Republican stronghold as GOP Governor Ron DeSantis and Senator Marco Rubio handily won… → Read More
Democrats Prepare for Loss of Congress as Voters Break Late to GOP
Democrats’ prospects for holding onto Congress are fading a week before the US election as voters focus on economic concerns rather than the rollback of abortion rights, bolstering Republicans who have made inflation a central issue in the race. → Read More
Klobuchar Says Tech Firms Should Be Liable for ‘Amplifying’ Hate
Senator Amy Klobuchar, a leading Democratic voice on tech regulation, said she doesn’t trust Elon Musk to run Twitter and called for legislation stripping tech companies of legal immunity when they “amplify” hate speech or election falsehoods. → Read More
Trump Subpoena Is Issued, Setting Up Showdown With Jan. 6 Panel
The House committee investigating last year’s attack on the Capitol issued a subpoena to Donald Trump, demanding the former president account for his actions under oath and initiating a legal showdown that could test the persistence of presidential prerogatives after leaving office. → Read More
Secret Service Minimized Threats Before Jan. 6, Documents Show
A Secret Service unit responsible for identifying threats repeatedly downplayed advance warnings of potential violence on Jan. 6, 2021, newly released documents show, a lapse that is now part of the House investigation into the attack on the US Capitol. → Read More
What to Watch for During Jan. 6 Committee’s Return to Television
The House Committee investigating last year’s attack on the US Capitol makes what might be its final return to live television Thursday, in a two-hour push to discuss new evidence, underscore main findings and air unused video footage and testimony. → Read More
Your 401(k) Is the Next Midterm Battleground for Republicans
Republicans are opening a new line of attack on President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats as US stocks head for their worst year since 2008, sapping Americans’ retirement accounts in the run-up to the midterm elections. → Read More
To Charge Or Not To Charge Trump? Garland Has Nothing But Hard Choices
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Women’s Voter Sign-Ups Surge After Roe Ruling, Buoying Democrats
The number of women signing up to vote has jumped in key midterm battleground states since the Supreme Court struck down a national right to abortion, with Democrats benefiting as the issue pushes to the forefront in campaigns. → Read More
How Trump Pressured Pence Is Focus as Jan. 6 Hearings Resume
The House committee investigating the 2021 insurrection of the US Capitol will focus Thursday on Donald Trump’s efforts to pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence into using his role as the Senate’s presiding officer to block congressional certification of Joe Biden’s presidential election win. → Read More
Jan. 6 Hearings Need to Deliver Additional Viral Moments to Reach Americans
The Jan. 6 hearings opened with a shocking portrayal in prime time of how then-President Donald Trump’s efforts to subvert his election loss touched off a deadly riot at the US Capitol. → Read More