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The bill passed 252-175 Wednesday with 35 Republicans supporting it, but its chances of clearing the Senate dimmed after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) came out against the bill earlier in the day.
President Biden for days had been reluctant to publicly pressure Israel on the violence in Gaza. But the prolonged fighting, and a growing outcry from Democrats, has prompted a tougher stand, with uncertain results.
House Foreign Affairs Committee members are expected to meet as soon as Thursday with an administration official, as some Democrats decry a pending arms sale to Israel.
For Palestinians and Israelis alike, war means inventing ways to protect children and ease their trauma.
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The House on May 19 debated whether to pass legislation to create an independent commission tasked with investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.), Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) speak to reporters after a meeting about police reform legislation Tuesday on Capitol Hill. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Negotiators are about to blow through a President Biden-imposed deadline of that anniversary — May 25 — and there is rising skepticism a deal is possible.
Nearly a year after video of his tense face-off with racial justice protesters went viral, Mark McCloskey announced plans to run for the Senate.
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The Minnesota Democrat suggested more was being spent on the military than health care. Actually, it's the opposite.
All of the vaccines available in the United States meet the E.U. criteria, but those currently manufactured in China and Russia do not. 
Crematorium figures, obituaries and death certificates have repeatedly indicated higher numbers of deaths than are reflected in official data.
Both in Asia and afar, China is facing a world that’s growing more wary of its reach and fearful of its ambitions.
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A House Oversight select subcommittee is investigating events at Emergent BioSolutions that led to a production shutdown now in its fifth week.
Lawyer Albert Watkins said alleged rioters deserved empathy, arguing that they were subjected to what he described as “propaganda” not seen since Adolf Hitler.
Draganfly is developing a drone to deliver vaccines to hard-to-reach places in the United States. (Draganfly)
Drone startups say they are set up to handle temperature-controlled medicines and vaccines in the U.S. amid the ongoing pandemic.
Jared Paul Stanga, 30, was arrested Tuesday in Pensacola, Fla., and charged with attempted kidnapping in an incident captured on video footage as a girl waited for her schoolbus.
Kansas is among six states with century-old laws allowing citizens to pursue indictments on their own.
The windfalls are the last thing fiscal planners anticipated a year ago. Local leaders credit federal stimulus money with driving a quicker-than-expected economic turnaround.
Kevin Quinn has led the state’s transit unit since 2017, including the salvaging of the plan’s public-private partnership after the lead contractor quit over delays and cost disputes. 
From left, acting U.S. attorney Channing Phillips, D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine and D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D). (Jabin Botsford/The Post)
Former federal prosecutors are asking Attorney General Merrick Garland and the acting U.S. Attorney in Washington to abandon a Trump-era policy of charging certain gun crimes in federal court amid concerns about long prison sentences that disproportionately affect Black residents.
Mark Reigelman’s ‘Groundswell’ evokes the Potomac’s rising water levels.
Chicago Tribune appoints staffers Louisa Chu and Nick Kindelsperger as food critics to replace the retired Phil Vettel.
At Bubbie's Plant Burgers, Margaux Riccio and Shaun Sharkey have become more than a great working team. They're innovators in plant-based dining.
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Bitcoin, the most popular and valuable token, fell by more than 20 percent in early trading before recovering some of its losses.
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