Biden watched three presidents fail to end a war he saw as distracting from bigger threats like China and Russia. Now he’s pulling the plug.
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On Capitol Hill, a House committee is expected to vote to advance legislation that would create a commission to study whether to pay reparations to descendants of slaves.
Some states will gain seats after the census, while others such as Rhode Island will likely lose them. And even after the changes, House members from some states will still represent a starkly different number of people than others.
The pause in distribution of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine could feed into the anxieties of segments of the population who are already wary of receiving a coronavirus vaccine.
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The announcement U.S troops will leave Afghanistan is yet another goal Trump talked about but never made happen on his watch.
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Biden’s overture to Republicans comes at a time when there seems to be little space or political will for negotiation or agreement in the Senate.
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Audio of the speech reveals how Trump went after his foes and revised electoral history, even lodging a suggestive attack involving former first lady Michelle Obama’s appearance.
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Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) have offered dubious claims and faulty numbers to attack Biden’s infrastructure plan.
Their goal was to protect the public and be transparent, but critics worry they overreacted and might undermine vaccine confidence.
Capitol Police officer William “Billy” F. Evans, who served for 18 years on the force, will lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday.
In Oval Office meeting, the Congressional Black Caucus leadership raised police shootings, voting rights and diversity in the president’s appointments.
The bill would establish a 13-person commission that would study the effects of slavery and racial discrimination and suggest “appropriate remedies.”
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It's a recurring question that so far lacks a solid answer.
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Joe Biden’s political invisibility, Donald Trump’s 10:30 p.m. mind-set, and John Boehner’s retirement love letter to the GOP.
Democrats and Republicans alike signaled their willingness to merge a few different proposals, though they cautioned that the tentative framework still could fall apart.
Defense attorney Eric Nelson faces the complex and delicate task of cross-examining a deceased man’s drug abuse.
Follow the president-elect’s progress filling nearly 800 positions, among the 1,200 that require Senate confirmation, in this tracker from The Washington Post and the Partnership for Public Service.
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A look at his dishonest, dangerous rhetoric.
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What it means to have a one-in-a-million chance of a complication.
The president is seeking to bolster support for a sweeping $2 trillion plan that includes spending on roads, bridges, public transit, housing, broadband, waterlines, schools and more.
