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Miguel Cerrillo (C), the father of Miah Cerrillo a fourth-grade student at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

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 Barrett

What GOP-nominated justices said about Roe to Senate panel

By Kevin Freking and The Associated Press

Computer chip shortage

Congress seeks to pass legislation that addresses the global chip shortage

By Kevin Freking and The Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer

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

By Kevin Freking and The Associated Press

President Joe Biden

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

By Kevin Freking and The Associated Press

Speaker Pelosi Holds Weekly Press Conference

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)

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)

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

By Kevin Freking and The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 22: Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) leaves the U.S. Capitol to meet with President Biden on September 22, 2021 in Washington, DC. The Senate Republicans said they will not vote to pass the continuing resolution that was recently voted on by the House of Representatives, which would fund the government for the new fiscal year and includes an increase to the debt ceiling. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

‘Just work on it, give me a number’: Biden wades into Democrat infighting as spending bills go down to the wire

By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others

President Joe Biden attends a virtual COVID-19 summit during the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden meets with divided Democrats over $3.5 trillion budget plan

By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others

Senator Rob Portman, a Republican from Ohio, left, and Senator Kyrsten Sinema, a Democrat from Arizona, speak during a news conference in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. A bipartisan group of senators and the White House reached a tentative agreement on a $550 billion infrastructure package, a significant breakthrough in the drive to muscle through Congress a massive infusion of spending for roads, bridges and other critical projects. Photographer: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The U.S. Senate votes to begin work on a $1 trillion infrastructure plan in rare show of bipartisanship

By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington. Schumer warned his Democratic colleagues that June will “test our resolve” as senators return Monday to consider infrastructure, voting rights and other priorities. Six months into Democrats’ hold on Washington, the senators are under enormous pressure to make gains on Democrats’ campaign promises. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

The Senate is looking to pass legislation that would help the U.S. compete with China’s growing tech industry

By Kevin Freking and The Associated Press

Pete Buttigieg, U.S. secretary of transportation, wears a protective mask while speaking during a meeting on infrastructure with U.S. President Joe Biden, not pictured, and House members in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, March 4, 2021. U.S. infrastructure including roads, bridges and sewers received a mediocre grade from the American Society of Civil Engineers, an assessment that will help buttress Biden’s coming plan for a major infrastructure-spending package. Photographer: Oliver Contreras/The New York Times/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Buttigieg heads to a divided Congress to pitch a mega investment in infrastructure

By Kevin Freking, Hope Yen, and others

President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, April 15, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump prepares to unveil new coronavirus guidelines Thursday, saying U.S. is ‘past the peak’

By Zeke Miller, Aamer Madhani, and others

With the country barreling toward a likely recession ahead of November's election, Trump is eager to spur an economic revival, hoping to steady financial markets and restore some of the 16 million jobs already lost due to the pandemic.

Trump rules out Ivanka and Jared as he prepares to announce members of new panel to open U.S. economy

By Jonathan Lemire, Kevin Freking, and others