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Trump May Run in 2024. So Might They. It’s Getting Awkward.
October 10, 2021
Trump May Run in 2024. So Might They. It’s Getting Awkward.
Sign up here to get On Politics in your inbox every Tuesday and Thursday. With all the subtlety of a…
52 Years in 11 Days: A Son, Facing Death, Finds His Father
October 9, 2021
52 Years in 11 Days: A Son, Facing Death, Finds His Father
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Three weeks before he died, Sam Anthony, 52, mailed his last wishes to a man he…
Biden Signs Legislation to Compensate Victims of Mysterious ‘Havana Syndrome’
October 9, 2021
Biden Signs Legislation to Compensate Victims of Mysterious ‘Havana Syndrome’
President Biden signed into law on Friday a new government program to compensate C.I.A. officers, State Department diplomats and other…
Benefits for All or Just the Needy? Manchin’s Demand Focuses Debate
October 9, 2021
Benefits for All or Just the Needy? Manchin’s Demand Focuses Debate
WASHINGTON — Senator Joe Manchin III of West Virginia has a ready retort to fellow Democrats who say shrinking the…
McConnell Warns Biden He Won’t Help Raise the Debt Ceiling Next Time
October 9, 2021
McConnell Warns Biden He Won’t Help Raise the Debt Ceiling Next Time
WASHINGTON — A day after dropping his party’s blockade and allowing action to temporarily increase the federal debt ceiling, Senator…
Jan. 6 Panel Threatens to Pursue Charges Against Bannon
October 8, 2021
Jan. 6 Panel Threatens to Pursue Charges Against Bannon
WASHINGTON — The select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot threatened on Friday to pursue criminal charges against Stephen…
Lurching From Crisis to Crisis, Congress Is Addicted to Cliffs
October 8, 2021
Lurching From Crisis to Crisis, Congress Is Addicted to Cliffs
WASHINGTON — Congress disposed of a looming global economic catastrophe this week by doing what it does best: Not much.…
After Denying Care to Black Natives, Indian Health Service Reverses Policy
October 8, 2021
After Denying Care to Black Natives, Indian Health Service Reverses Policy
The Indian Health Service announced this week that Black Native Americans in the Seminole Nation, known as the Freedmen, will…
With Biden Agenda at Stake, Activists Target Sinema, Dividing Democrats
October 8, 2021
With Biden Agenda at Stake, Activists Target Sinema, Dividing Democrats
WASHINGTON — In the days after cellphone camera-toting protesters trailed Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona into a university restroom to…
‘Long Overdue’: Liberal Voters Hold Firm to Biden’s Stronger Safety Net
October 8, 2021
‘Long Overdue’: Liberal Voters Hold Firm to Biden’s Stronger Safety Net
SEATTLE — In the bluest congressional district in the Pacific Northwest, Democrats range from liberal to even more liberal. So…