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A long-shot Democratic effort to force a debt-limit increase to the floor hinges on at least five G.O.P. defections. These House Republicans are considered the likeliest....Read More

Gov. Ron DeSantis usually gets what he wants from the State Legislature. But on high-profile defamation bills it was right-wing news media, not the Republican governor, that flexed its muscle....Read More

A memo by the union’s president underscores how some of President Biden’s moves to fight climate change could weaken some of his political support....Read More

In a rebuke to the Biden administration, the Senate approved a measure to reinstate tariffs on solar panels found to violate U.S. trade rules....Read More

As the government heads toward a possible default on its debt as soon as next month, officials are entertaining a legal theory that previous administrations ruled out....Read More

Justice John Paul Stevens’s files on thousands of cases, including landmark decisions on abortion and the 2000 election, have been made public, opening a window on the Supreme Court....Read More

Some Biden administration officials believe a constitutional clause prevents the United States from failing to make payments even if it means breaching the debt limit....Read More

House Democratic leaders who have been quietly planning a strategy to force a debt ceiling increase to avert default began taking steps on Tuesday to deploy their secret weapon....Read More

The law includes a sweeping retroactive clause that would block the release of many records of trips already taken....Read More

President Biden said he would meet with lawmakers on May 9 to discuss ways to avoid a default....Read More