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A Senate committee will question Gina M. Raimondo, President Biden’s pick for commerce secretary, at a hearing Tuesday morning.WASHINGTON —...

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The Road to Clemency From Trump Was Closed to Most Who Sought It

Of the nearly 240 pardons and commutations he granted during his term, only 25 came through the regular Justice Department...

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The Covid Fight Gets More Challenging

Biden and the states confront a fast-morphing virus, while Republicans have already started looking to 2022. It’s Tuesday, and this...

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The Republican Party is at war with itself as it charts its post-Trump future

Some in congressional leadership have signaled their desire to move the party beyond Trump by impeaching and convicting him. Allies...

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Schumer navigates landmines from the left and the right as he assumes top Senate job

But he's already been in a staring contest with Mitch McConnell, the Senate Republican leader, over the future of the...

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Senators to be sworn in for Trump impeachment trial

On Monday, the House impeachment managers, a group of Democratic lawmakers who will act as prosecutors presenting the case against...

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3 new Democratic senators sworn in, flipping control of the Senate

January 20, 2021

Earlier this month, Georgia elected two Democrats -- the Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff -- to the US Senate,...

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They Prepare the White House for a New President. They Have 5 Hours.

January 19, 2021

Inauguration Day brings with it an awkward transition when one family moves in and another moves out, made all the...

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They Prepare the White House for a New President. They Have 5 Hours.

January 19, 2021

Inauguration Day brings with it an awkward transition when one family moves in and another moves out, made all the...

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Trump Orders Lifting of Virus Travel Ban, but Biden Aides Vow to Block Move

January 19, 2021