From universal pre-K to dental benefits to college aid, President Biden is laying down specifics as tight deadlines converge and time grows short.
The vote was 49 to 51; 60 were needed for it to advance. The new bill, written to satisfy concerns raised by Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.), was a scaled-down version of a proposal that Republicans blocked earlier this year.
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Jonathan and Diana Toebbe could face life in prison for allegedly trying to sell secrets about advanced nuclear submarines. They have a court hearing Wednesday. Who were the Annapolis couple before their arrest?
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Laundrie was reported missing shortly before the remains of his fiancee, Gabby Petito, were found in Wyoming on Sept. 19.
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Jonathan Toebbe and his wife Diana could face life in prison on charges that they tried to sell secrets about the Navy's most advanced nuclear submarines. Who were the Annapolis couple before their arrest?
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Louisville police went to Taylor's apartment on the night of the fatal raid on suspicion that she was connected to ex-boyfriend Jamarcus Glover's alleged drug activity.
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Border Patrol agents process migrants in Roma, Tex., on Oct. 1. (Reuters)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection data obtained by The Post shows authorities took more than 1.7 million migrants into custody near the U.S.-Mexico border during the 2021 fiscal year. That leaves the Biden administration in an awkward position as it increasingly relies on Mexico to tighten enforcement.
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Lobbyists from industry associations and unions, as well as some private anti-vaccine individuals, are lining up to take meetings with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), which is in the process of finalizing the rule that will apply to some 80 million workers.
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The company has long tried to change the subject to distract the world from its problems. Now it is reportedly planning to rebrand itself with a name change, according to a report in the Verge.
The District of Columbia suit was filed in 2018 and stems from the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
The bipartisan commission nearly gave up on drawing a congressional map on Wednesday after coming to blunt terms with reality: Partisanship is the motivating factor — even on a board created expressly to avoid it.
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Remote learning was a disaster for hundreds of thousands of students in danger of dropping out. Now Corey Byrd and others like him are struggling to get back on track.
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The D.C. quartet is performing at Pie Shop on Oct. 23.
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Lucy Dacus, Morta Skuld, Yves Tumor, Arlo Parks and Quicksand perform this week.
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The creep toward robot umps often appears inevitable, especially after a dizzying, draining night of high-stakes baseball like Tuesday.
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Hopkins holds franchise records for highest field-goal percentage (84.0 percent) and most field goals from 50 or more yards (14). Blewitt has never appeared in an NFL regular season game.
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