Catie Edmondson
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At the Kennedy Center, an Ode to the Arts, and a Gentle Jab at Biden’s Age
Billy Crystal, Renée Fleming, Queen Latifah, Barry Gibb and Dionne Warwick are honored; Robert De Niro joked that Crystal is just a few years younger...
How to Enforce a Debt Deal: Through ‘Meat-Ax’ Cuts Nobody Wants
The debt-limit legislation includes a provision meant to force both sides to pass additional bills following through on their deal: the threat of automatic cuts...
Republicans Report Progress in Debt Limit Talks as Negotiations Continue
Negotiators reconvened on Thursday after working through the night to strike a deal, as hard-right Republicans and some Democrats expressed concerns about the shape of...
House G.O.P. Unveils Debt Limit Bill Lifting Borrowing Cap for One Year
The proposal would impose work requirements on food stamp and Medicaid recipients and repeal funding to beef up tax enforcement.
Senate Passes $280 Billion Industrial Policy Bill to Counter China
The bipartisan vote reflected a rare consensus in the otherwise polarized Congress in favor of investing federal resources into a broad industrial policy to counter...
The Senate advances a bill to bolster U.S. competitiveness with China.
A bipartisan group of senators supported a $52 billion package of subsidies for semiconductor makers, lending momentum to an effort to enact a major industrial...
House Votes to Suspend Normal Trade Relations With Russia
The bill, which still needs Senate approval, is the latest in a series of measures that lawmakers have passed to support Ukraine and punish Russia...
Democrats Renew Push for Industrial Policy Bill Aimed at China
A major competitiveness bill passed the Senate last year with bipartisan support, only to stall. Democrats hope to revive it in the House, but first...
Congress Passes Ban on Goods From China's Xinjiang Region
President Biden is expected to sign the bill, which drew a fierce corporate lobbying campaign against it.