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Coming on the heels of a spate of mass shootings, the vote gave Democrats another opportunity to draw a sharp distinction with Republicans before the midterm elections....Read More

Kate Bedingfield, who announced this month that she was stepping down, abruptly changed her mind and said on Friday that she had decided to remain at the White House....Read More

Democrats may leave dozens of federal judicial vacancies unfilled this year, prompting concern among liberal groups about a blockade should Republicans win the Senate....Read More

The winner of the Aug. 2 primary, which has been in turmoil since May, will take on Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, this fall....Read More

While Congress argued over whether and how to support American chip makers and research in other technologies, China was surging ahead....Read More

The West Virginia Democrat said he had relented and agreed to sign on to a climate, energy and tax package after returning to negotiations to draft a version that would combat inflation....Read More

With reformulated shots from Pfizer and Moderna on the horizon, the F.D.A. has decided that Americans under 50 should wait to receive second boosters....Read More

The negotiations raise questions about what, if any, standards should apply when the United States agrees to trade prisoners....Read More

White House officials characterized the call, which lasted two hours and 17 minutes, as a relationship-tending mission....Read More

Experts are still assessing how China apparently leapfrogged ahead in its effort to manufacture a semiconductor that rivals those made in Taiwan, which supplies both China and the West....Read More