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State law bars impeached Attorney General Ken Paxton from serving while the Senate debates whether to expel him from the office.          more
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu will decide "in the next week or two" if he wants to mount a bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. more
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) would get the gas pipeline he wants. The IRS would get a steeper than expected cut. And future executive actions would face new (but easily waived) fiscal handcuffs. more
A failure to compromise on school choice, border security and, for now, property taxes all but assures the governor will call lawmakers back for a special session. more
The House and Senate agreed on a version of the bill that could still ensnare LGBTQ performers. more
As the session wound down, lawmakers worked to get bills pushed through and sent to Gov. Abbott. more
The bill now heads to Gov. Greg Abbott for approval. If it becomes law, Texas will become the second state in the country to ban DEI offices at public universities. more
Support from both parties will be needed to win congressional approval before a projected June 5 government default on U.S. debts.          more
The debt ceiling deal has come with just days to spare before a potential first-ever government default. On Sunday, President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached a final agreement and … more
The debt ceiling deal has come with just days to spare before a potential first-ever government default. On Sunday, President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached a final agreement and … more
The debt ceiling deal has come with just days to spare before a potential first-ever government default. On Sunday, President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached a final agreement and … more
The debt ceiling deal has come with just days to spare before a potential first-ever government default. more
The debt ceiling deal has come with just days to spare before a potential first-ever government default. On Sunday, President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached a final agreement and … more
The details of the deal between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are out. The 99-page bill produced from their agreement Sunday would avoid a federal default while limiting … more
Biden and McCarthy have reached a debt ceiling bill: What's in it and when does it need to pass to prevent a default? more
Washington leaders responded on Sunday to the bipartisan Fiscal Responsibility Act, a deal reached between House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and President Biden to evade defaulting on the … more
Trying to predict a president’s performance based on qualifications and record is a sketchy business. more
President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have reached a much-awaited budget detail, averting a potentially catastrophic U.S. default just days ahead of a June 5 deadline. Both sides are … more
The day after the deal the social media accounts of Massachusetts' House Democrats remained silent on the matter, and none of the lawmakers issued a statement on the debt ceiling or responded to … more
Though details remain sparse, the deal which has emerged after weeks of seemingly stalled negotiations seems to include very little of what Republicans were asking after, though perhaps more than … more
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