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  • Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, confers with Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., outside the chamber as lawmakers rush to complete passage of a $1.7 trillion bill to fund the government before a midnight Friday deadline or face the prospect of a partial government shutdown going into the Christmas holiday, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Politics

    Senate’s $1.7 trillion bill to keep the government open and aide Ukraine is snagged on a fight over border rules

    By Kevin Freking and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, center, speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, May 16, 2022, as Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, left, and Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan, right, listen. The Biden administration is saying the U.S. economy would face a severe economic shock if senators don’t pass legislation this week to avert a rail worker strike. Walsh and Buttigieg are meeting with Democratic senators Thursday, Dec. 1, to underscore that rail companies will begin shuttering operations well before a potential strike begins on Dec. 9. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)Politics

    Congress passes bill imposing rail contract to avert crippling railroad shutdown—but without the paid sick days unions wanted

    By Kevin Freking, Josh Funk, and others
  • Pete ButtigiegPolitics

    Do rail workers deserve sick leave? Biden’s White House wants the Senate to force a deal without one.

    By Kevin Freking, Josh Funk, and others
  • FILE – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., right, listens as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington, Nov. 29, 2022, about their meeting with President Joe Biden. Congress is moving swiftly to prevent a looming U.S. rail workers strike. Lawmakers are reluctantly intervening in a labor dispute to stop what would surely be a devastating blow to the nation’s economy if the transportation of fuel, food and other critical goods was disrupted (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)Politics

    House votes to impose rail contract with paid sick days to head off crippling railroad shutdown

    By Kevin Freking and The Associated Press
  • Paul Pelosi, left, with Nancy PelosiPolitics

    ‘Where is Nancy?’ An intruder broke into Nancy Pelosi’s home and assaulted her husband with a hammer after calling her name

    By The Associated Press, Kevin Freking, and others
  • Donald TrumpPolitics

    House committee reaches deal to get financial records from Trump’s former accounting firm

    By Kevin Freking and The Associated Press
  • Joe BidenTech

    House passes $280 billion package to boost chip production in the U.S.

    By Kevin Freking and The Associated Press
  • Miguel Cerrillo (C), the father of Miah Cerrillo a fourth-grade student at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.Politics

    House passes bill that would raise minimum age for buying semi-automatic weapons to 21

    By Kevin Freking and The Associated Press
  • Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney BarrettPolitics

    What GOP-nominated justices said about Roe to Senate panel

    By Kevin Freking and The Associated Press
  • Computer chip shortagePolitics

    Congress seeks to pass legislation that addresses the global chip shortage

    By Kevin Freking and The Associated Press
  • Senate Majority Leader Chuck SchumerPolitics

    Senate unanimously votes to suspend Russia’s trade status, enact oil ban

    By Kevin Freking and The Associated Press
  • President Joe BidenInternational

    House votes to suspend trade relations with Russia after invasion of Ukraine

    By Kevin Freking and The Associated Press
  • Speaker Pelosi Holds Weekly Press ConferencePolitics

    The $1.85 trillion Biden bill is heading toward a House vote. Here’s what made the cut

    By Josh Boak, Kevin Freking, and others
  • President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the debt ceiling during an event in the State Dining Room of the White House, Monday, Oct. 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)Politics

    Biden to GOP on debt limit: ‘get out of the way’

    By Kevin Freking, Josh Boak, and others
  • WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 29: Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) arrives at the U.S. Capitol on September 29, 2021 in Washington, DC. The Senate is considering voting on a continuing resolution that would prevent a government shutdown by providing funding until early December. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)Politics

    Congress announces path to avoid a government shutdown—until early December

    By Kevin Freking and The Associated Press