Congress

8:27am May 18, 2022

Politics & Government Politics & Government

Key state and local results from Tuesday's primary

by Paul Garber

Delayed contests and crowded fields made for an unusually busy primary season in this midterm election. Here's a look at some of the key results.
Chris Delmas / AFP via Getty Images

5:22pm Mar 19, 2022

National National Politics & Government

The U.S. tried permanent daylight saving time in the 1970s — then quickly rejected it

by Susan Davis

The Senate this week voted with unanimous consent to adopt permanent daylight saving time hours to eliminate the need to change clocks twice a year.
J. Scott Applewhite/Pool / AP

8:40am Mar 19, 2022

World News World News National

Zelenskyy's plea to Congress recalls Churchill and others who fought for democracy

by Ron Elving

Other addresses to Congress by foreign leaders have paled compared to Winston Churchill welding with his words the alliance that overcame Adolph Hitler, until Volodymyr Zelenskyy's this week.
Spencer Platt / Getty Images

6:33pm Mar 15, 2022

Politics & Government Politics & Government Health & Safety

The White House says it's running out of money to cover COVID tests and vaccines

by Tamara Keith

The White House asked for more money from Congress to keep its COVID response going. But that hasn't happened, so some things need to be wound down.
7:29pm Mar 08, 2022

National National Politics & Government

Congress passes bill to shore up the Postal Service without cutting back on delivery

by The Associated Press

Congress mustered rare bipartisan support for the Postal Service package, dropping some of the more controversial proposals to settle on core ways to save the service and ensure its future operations.
J. Scott Applewhite / AP

7:22am Mar 08, 2022

National National Politics & Government

Senate passes anti-lynching bill and sends federal hate crime legislation to Biden

by Peter Granitz

The Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act, which sets prison terms of up to 30 years, has been more than a century in the making.
4:59pm Feb 23, 2022

Politics & Government Politics & Government

NC judges uphold legislative maps, change Congress lines

by Associated Press

A panel of trial judges made additional changes to North Carolina's congressional district map Wednesday, declaring that the latest U.S.
Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images

6:56pm Feb 17, 2022

Politics & Government Politics & Government

The Senate avoids a government shutdown, punting a spending deadline into March

by Kelsey Snell

Lawmakers hope to finalize a longer-term spending bill before the new shutdown deadline on March 11.
Andrew Cabellero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images

11:02am Oct 26, 2021

National National Politics & Government

Transportation planners wait for money as the infrastructure plan stalls in Congress

by David Schaper

Democrats say they're close to a deal on the broad reconciliation bill, but transportation planners are anxious because a short-term extension on federal highway and transit programs runs out Sunday.
AP

6:00am Oct 10, 2021

Politics & Government Politics & Government

Democrats are having a unity problem. That's familiar territory for them

by Ron Elving

At their historic high tides, Democrats were not really more united than they are now. They may have been less so. The difference was they had enough votes to abide their disunity and still prevail.
Drew Angerer / Getty Images

1:28pm Oct 05, 2021

Politics & Government Politics & Government

Whistleblower tells Congress that Facebook products harm kids and democracy

by Shannon Bond

A former Facebook employee compared the social network to Big Tobacco at a Senate hearing on Tuesday, saying the company has hidden what it knows about the problems its products cause.
J. Scott Applewhite / AP

6:38pm Sep 28, 2021

Politics & Government Politics & Government

The Debt Limit And The Senate's Cloture Share A History. Both Were Born With A War

by Ron Elving

As the U.S. entered World War I, Congress created a limit on aggregate federal debt and also a cloture rule to end filibusters. The two are linked again in the current battles on Capitol Hill.

Congress

Key state and local results from Tuesday's primary

The U.S. tried permanent daylight saving time in the 1970s — then quickly rejected it

Zelenskyy's plea to Congress recalls Churchill and others who fought for democracy

The White House says it's running out of money to cover COVID tests and vaccines

Congress passes bill to shore up the Postal Service without cutting back on delivery

Senate passes anti-lynching bill and sends federal hate crime legislation to Biden

NC judges uphold legislative maps, change Congress lines

The Senate avoids a government shutdown, punting a spending deadline into March

Transportation planners wait for money as the infrastructure plan stalls in Congress

Democrats are having a unity problem. That's familiar territory for them

Whistleblower tells Congress that Facebook products harm kids and democracy

The Debt Limit And The Senate's Cloture Share A History. Both Were Born With A War

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