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Congress Honors Officers Who Responded to Jan. 6 Riot

WASHINGTON — Congress moved on Tuesday to honor police officers who responded to the Capitol attack, clearing a bill to give them the Congressional Gold Medal just days after word emerged that two more officers who were there on Jan. 6 had taken their own lives. The unanimous vote of the Senate, which cleared the […] More

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Whistle-blower Advocates Want Aide on Jan. 6 Panel Removed

The lawyers who represented the C.I.A. whistle-blower whose complaints led to the first impeachment of Donald J. Trump are pushing leaders of the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot to remove the panel’s top staff official over allegations that he once retaliated against a whistle-blower. At least one outside group, the Project on […] More

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D.N.C. Staff to Join Union, in a Milestone for Labor

Staff members at the Democratic National Committee are set to be represented by a union, the first time a national party organization will have a unionized work force, committee officials said on Tuesday. Roughly 150 employees at the committee will join the Service Employees International Union Local 500, a group that represents public-sector workers in […] More

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Pelosi and Yellen to Discuss Rental Assistance as Eviction Crisis Looms

Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen will brief Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats on Tuesday morning about the struggling emergency rental assistance program as the Biden administration scrambles to keep people in their homes following the expiration of a temporary eviction moratorium. The meeting comes as the White House is facing an uproar from progressive […] More

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Big Economic Challenges Await Biden and the Fed This Fall

Mr. Powell said at his news conference last week that “we’re some way away from having had substantial further progress toward the maximum employment goal.” “I would want to see some strong job numbers,” he added. In the text of a speech on Friday, Lael Brainard, an influential Fed governor, said she wanted to see […] More

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Ohio House Races: What to Watch For

But who wins, and her margin of victory, could tell us a little about what Democratic voters are thinking as the party tries to capitalize on its narrow control of Washington and prepares for a tough 2022 midterms challenge. If Ms. Turner wins, especially if she does so with ease, it would be a sign […] More

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Conservative Group, Seizing on Crime as an Issue, Seeks Recall of Prosecutors

WASHINGTON — A Republican-linked group said on Monday that it was beginning a recall campaign backed by undisclosed donors to brand Democrats and their allies as soft on crime by targeting progressive prosecutors. The initial focus is three prosecutors who were elected in the affluent Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington in 2019 amid a national […] More

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$1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill Pours Money Into Long-Delayed Needs

WASHINGTON — Amtrak would see its biggest infusion of money since its inception a half-century ago. Climate resilience programs would receive their largest burst of government spending ever. The nation’s power grid would be upgraded to the tune of $73 billion. The sprawling, $1 trillion bill that the Senate took up on Monday — a […] More

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Administration Seeks to Blunt Effects From End of Eviction Moratorium

Some lawyers said they are not necessarily expecting a deluge of new cases to hit at once, but predicted a steady uptick as the weeks go by — with wide variations based on the state, or even the county, where a renter lives. “I was in court in Mecklenburg County this morning, and the judges […] More

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Administration Seeks to Blunt Impact From End of Eviction Moratorium

WASHINGTON — With the federal moratorium on evictions having expired over the weekend, the White House on Monday sought to limit the impact, demanding that states speed up disbursement of billions of dollars in bottled-up rental aid while pleading with local governments to enact their own extensions. President Biden — under fire from the left […] More

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Biden Administration Will Keep Using Covid Rule to Limit Border Immigration

WASHINGTON — With the number of migrants crossing the southern border surging and the pandemic proving to be far from over, the Biden administration has decided to leave in place for now the public health rule that has allowed it to turn away hundreds of thousands of migrants, officials said. The decision, confirmed by the […] More

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Americans Suffer Pandemic Whiplash as Leaders Struggle With Changing Virus

WASHINGTON — A week of public health reversals from the White House and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has left Americans with pandemic whiplash, sowing confusion about coronavirus vaccines and mask-wearing as the Delta variant upends what people thought they knew about how to stay safe. Vaccines remain effective and highly protective against […] More

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