Senate Sends Trump a Bill to Punish Chinese Officials Over Hong Kong
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday unanimously passed legislation to impose sanctions on Chinese officials trying to stamp out political dissent in Hong Kong, sending...
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Immigration Officers Face Furloughs as Visa Applications Plunge
WASHINGTON — Three years of restrictive and sometimes draconian immigration policies have left families separated, applicants for visas stranded and would-be immigrants looking for alternative...
Congress Eyes More Spending as Virus Surges and Economy Struggles
WASHINGTON — There is a growing recognition across party lines that Congress will need to spend more money, soon, to continue to prop up the...
Supreme Court to Hear Case on Release of Full Mueller Report
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court announced on Thursday that it would decide whether Congress may see parts of the report prepared by Robert S. Mueller...
Slotkin, Former Intelligence Briefer, Presses White House on Russia Reports
WASHINGTON — From the moment President Trump publicly denied knowledge of intelligence that suggested that Russia had offered bounties for killing American troops in Afghanistan,...
Congress Extends Small Business Loan Program for 5 Weeks
WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday agreed to extend for five weeks a popular pandemic relief loan program for small businesses, sending President Trump legislation...
Lauren Boebert, Gun-Rights Activist, Upsets House G.O.P. Incumbent in Colorado
Lauren Boebert, a political novice and gun-rights activist who has spoken approvingly of the pro-Trump conspiracy theory QAnon, claimed an upset primary victory on Tuesday...
Trump Got Written Briefing in February on Possible Russian Bounties, Officials Say
American officials provided a written briefing in late February to President Trump laying out their conclusion that a Russian military intelligence unit offered and paid...
Lawmakers Press for Answers on Russian Bounty Offers to Taliban to Kill U.S. Troops
Democrats and Republicans in Congress demanded on Monday that American intelligence agencies promptly share with lawmakers what they know about a suspected Russian plot to...
House Fails to Override Trump’s Veto Limiting Student Loan Debt Relief
WASHINGTON — The House tried and failed on Friday to invalidate stringent rules imposed by the Trump administration on student loan forgiveness, falling short of...