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Congress Passed an $858 Billion Military Bill. Here’s What’s in It.
Lawmakers approved an 8 percent overall budget increase, funding for Taiwan and Ukraine, and a slew of provisions focused on…
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House Committee Takes Step Toward Potential Release of Trump’s Tax Data
The Ways and Means Committee announced a closed-door meeting next week at which it may vote to disclose the information.
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Can Child Care Be a Big Business? Private Equity Thinks So.
Some high-end chains are surprisingly profitable, and they are trying to shape child care policy in Washington.
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Death Penalty Researchers Call 2022 ‘Year of the Botched Execution’
Even as the total number of executions remained among the lowest in a generation, several high-profile failures forced states including…
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5 Louisiana Officers Charged in 2019 Death of Black Driver
The charges in the death of Ronald Greene are the first to emerge in a case that has mobilized activists…
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Congress Inches Toward Spending Deal, Clearing a Weeklong Extension
The Senate passed legislation to avert a government shutdown this weekend as negotiators worked to finalize an agreement to provide…
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Congress Clears Military Bill Repealing Vaccine Mandate for Troops
Passage of the $858 billion bill by the Senate sends the annual military policy measure to President Biden’s desk.
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New Federal Rule Has Done Little to Stem Spread of ‘Ghost Guns’
Sellers of key components of the untraceable homemade firearms have been interpreting the rule in the narrowest possible way.
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Trump Sells a New Image as the Hero of $99 Trading Cards
Money from sales of the digital trading cards, which depict the former president as characters like a superhero and a…
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White Officer Found Guilty in Killing of Black Woman in Her Texas Home
A former Fort Worth police officer, Aaron Dean, was convicted of manslaughter in the shooting of Atatiana Jefferson. She was…