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President Joe Biden is due to huddle with a bipartisan group of lawmakers on Monday to discuss his proposed $ 2.3 trillion infrastructure plan, as he faces resistance from Republicans and even some Democrats. The president’s plan would pump money into transportation, water and broadband projects, and also into home- …

While most members of Congress were away from the Hill on Friday, news of a second violent incident at the Capitol complex in less than three months weighed on Washington officials, including President Joe Biden.  A Capitol Police officer was killed after a man rammed a car into two officers …

Michael Cohen, former President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, said in a newly unsealed court document that he learned about startups in prison, as he pleaded to be released early from home confinement. Cohen — who was convicted in 2018 on charges including campaign-finance violations related to a hush-money scheme …

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris expressed outrage and sympathy on Friday as they visited Atlanta to meet with Asian-American leaders in the wake of shootings that left eight people dead, including six women of Asian descent. “Hate can have no safe harbor in America,” Biden said in …

A specter stalks Democrats on Capitol Hill: the possibility of a two-year, effectively 730-day presidency for Joe Biden should Republicans win the House in 2022 and gain the power to block major legislation afterwards. Republicans have only heightened that worry early in the 117th Congress by engaging in a series …

House Democrats hope to clear President Joe Biden’s $ 1.9 trillion economic package late Friday and send it on to the Senate, where it will face some changes. While Biden and House Democrats had hoped to use the bill — which will be immune to filibuster in the Senate — …

Vladimir Tenev, co-CEO of the online broker Robinhood, will appear before the House Financial Services Committee on Thursday and defend his company’s decision in late January to temporarily restrict trading in so-called meme stocks, including GameStop Inc. He will also push back against allegations that the app’s features encourage investors …

The Senate Finance Committee voted unanimously Friday to approve Janet Yellen’s nomination to be U.S. Treasury secretary. If confirmed by by the full Senate, Yellen would be the first female Treasury Secretary. Sen. Ron Wyden, Democrat of Oregon, said he hoped the full Senate would be able to vote on …

On Jan. 3, three days before the attack on the Capitol, Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the far-right organization known as the Proud Boys, shared a cryptic post on the messaging app Telegram: “What if we invade it?” The message was sent to his more than 7,000 followers on the app, …