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A man accused of using Craigslist to call for the assassination of election officials is the first to be charged by the Justice Department’s task force on election threats. [...]
The president said passage of a China competition bill was needed “for the sake of our economic competitiveness and our national security.” [...]
Pressure is mounting on the Justice Department to investigate bogus electors who claimed that Donald J. Trump defeated Joseph R. Biden Jr. in their states. [...]
Gov. Doug Ducey has been using federal pandemic aid to undermine school mask requirements, which Treasury said violated the law. [...]
Gov. Doug Ducey has been using federal pandemic aid to undermine school mask requirements, which Treasury said violated the law. [...]
The president said passage of a China competition bill was needed “for the sake of our economic competitiveness and our national security.” [...]
President Biden rebooted. Democrats feuded. And Republicans watched it all with glee. [...]
Pressure is mounting on the Justice Department to investigate bogus electors who claimed that Donald J. Trump defeated Joseph R. Biden Jr. in their states. [...]
But the justices rejected a request from state officials to revisit a 2020 ruling that much of eastern Oklahoma falls within an Indian reservation. [...]
A man accused of using Craigslist to call for the assassination of election officials is the first to be charged by the Justice Department’s task force on election threats. [...]
A new internal report found that Black employees felt marginalized at the Treasury agency that produces the nation’s coins. [...]
The president’s agenda — big progressive change — has placed Democratic priorities over the voters’ desire for practical help on the pandemic and inflation. [...]
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. [...]
Senator Chuck Schumer, the majority leader, chose to plunge ahead because of the importance of the issue even after the outcome became preordained. [...]
Senators Cory Booker, Tim Scott and Raphael Warnock brought vastly different perspectives to proceedings that highlighted the Senate’s striking lack of diversity. [...]
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.” [...]
The new governor is converting his education-centric campaign message into policy. Republicans are pleased. Democrats are skeptical. [...]
In dissent, the three liberal justices said the majority, by allowing a time-consuming legal detour, had created “a disaster for the rule of law.” [...]
President Biden will retreat from fruitless negotiations with lawmakers and instead emphasize his power to govern, senior White House advisers said. [...]
The Fox News host discussed with the White House press secretary how to dissuade the president from pursuing claims of voter fraud, newly disclosed documents show. [...]
The Federal Reserve issued a paper on the pros and cons of a central bank-backed digital dollar. It’s a first step, but will kick off discussion. [...]
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.” [...]
The prosecutor, Fani T. Willis of Fulton County, Ga., is investigating possible election interference by the former president and his allies. [...]
The House committee investigating the Capitol riot requested cooperation from the former president’s daughter and revealed what it has learned about what unfolded inside the White House that day. [...]
