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Seven Key Provisions in the Climate Deal

The $369 billion climate and tax bill would affect every aspect of U.S. energy production, with incentives for producers and consumers to move away...

It’s a Long Leap From Sports Team Owner to U.S. Senator

Alex Lasry, son of a majority owner of the Milwaukee Bucks, learned there’s a difference between making fans happy and appealing to voters.

Surprise Deal Would Be Most Ambitious Climate Action Undertaken by U.S.

The announcement Wednesday of an agreement in the Senate almost instantly reset the role of the United States in the global effort to fight...

Manchin, in a Reversal, Agrees to Climate and Tax Package

The West Virginia Democrat, a holdout on his party’s domestic agenda, said the package would reduce inflation, a concern he had cited in rejecting...

Assault Weapons Makers Deny Responsibility in Mass Shootings

Executives of companies that manufacture assault rifles used in some of the deadliest mass shootings in America testified before Congress that they bore no...

Senate Passes $280 Billion Industrial Policy Bill to Counter China

The lopsided bipartisan vote reflected a rare consensus in the otherwise polarized Congress in favor of investing federal resources into a broad industrial policy...

Red and Blue America Will Never Be the Same

There are long-term trends for both parties to be happy about.

Horrific Conditions, and a Cover-Up, at Federal Prison in Atlanta

The conditions at the prison, while extreme, reflect wider problems in the Bureau of Prisons’ sprawling network of 122 facilities housing about 158,000 inmates.

Senate Advances Expansive Industrial Policy Bill to Counter China

The vote indicated bipartisan support for the legislation, which had been at risk of being scaled back substantially until Republicans rallied around a more...

Democrats Aid Far-Right Candidate Against Republican Who Backed Impeachment

A new ad for John Gibbs in his primary against Representative Peter Meijer in Michigan is the latest Democratic effort to highlight candidates they...

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