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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., meets with reporters following a Democratic Caucus meeting, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 5, 2022. (AP Photo/J.

COVID spending bill stalls in Senate as GOP, Dems stalemate

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., meets with reporters following a Democratic Caucus meeting, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 5, 2022. (AP Photo/J.

April 7, 2022, 11:23am Politics

A compromise $10 billion measure buttressing the government’s COVID-19 defenses has stalled in the Senate and seemed all but certainly sidetracked for weeks, victim of a campaign-season fight over the incendiary issue of immigration. Read story

FILE - Rioters loyal to President Donald Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. A federal judge is set to deliver a verdict in the trial of a New Mexico man who claims a police officer waved him into the U.S. Capitol building after a riot erupted on Jan. 6, 2021. U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden didn't immediately rule on Wednesday after hearing attorneys' closing arguments in the trial of Matthew Martin. McFadden heard testimony without a jury after Martin's trial started on Tuesday. He is expected to announce a verdict on Wednesday afternoon.

Judge acquits man of misdemeanors in Capitol riot trial

FILE - Rioters loyal to President Donald Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. A federal judge is set to deliver a verdict in the trial of a New Mexico man who claims a police officer waved him into the U.S. Capitol building after a riot erupted on Jan. 6, 2021. U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden didn't immediately rule on Wednesday after hearing attorneys' closing arguments in the trial of Matthew Martin. McFadden heard testimony without a jury after Martin's trial started on Tuesday. He is expected to announce a verdict on Wednesday afternoon.

April 6, 2022, 12:19pm Politics

A federal judge on Wednesday acquitted a New Mexico man of misdemeanor charges that he illegally entered the U.S. Capitol and engaged in disorderly conduct after he walked into the building during last year’s riot. Read story

AOC hits back at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for ‘weaker sex’ attack on people who identify as transgender

April 6, 2022, 9:12am Politics

AOC is slamming Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., for the GOP lawmaker’s sexist attack on people who identify as transgender. Read story

House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chair Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 8, 2022, on worldwide threats.

Congressman Adam Schiff tests positive for COVID-19

House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chair Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 8, 2022, on worldwide threats.

April 6, 2022, 8:48am Politics

U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, D-California, announced Tuesday that he has tested positive for the coronavirus. Read story

FILE - Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, arrives to watch a speech by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy live-streamed into the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, March 16, 2022. Bipartisan Senate bargainers have agreed to a slimmed-down $10 billion package for countering COVID-19, but without any funds to help nations abroad combat the pandemic, Democrats and Republicans familiar with the talks said Monday, April 4.

Democratic, GOP Senate bargainers reach $10B COVID agreement

FILE - Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, arrives to watch a speech by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy live-streamed into the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, March 16, 2022. Bipartisan Senate bargainers have agreed to a slimmed-down $10 billion package for countering COVID-19, but without any funds to help nations abroad combat the pandemic, Democrats and Republicans familiar with the talks said Monday, April 4.

April 5, 2022, 11:55am Politics

Senate bargainers have reached agreement on a slimmed-down $10 billion package for countering COVID-19 with treatments, vaccines and other steps, but both parties' bargainers ended up dropping all funding to help nations abroad combat the pandemic. Read story

Vice President Kamala Harris reacts as President Joe Biden shakes hands with former President Barack Obama after Obama jokingly called Biden vice president in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 5, 2022.

Obama touts health care law, calls it ‘high point’ of tenure

Vice President Kamala Harris reacts as President Joe Biden shakes hands with former President Barack Obama after Obama jokingly called Biden vice president in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 5, 2022.

April 5, 2022, 11:50am Health

President Barack Obama returned to the White House on Tuesday to savor the 12th anniversary of his signature Affordable Care Act, which is now part of the fabric of the American health care system and whose reach President Joe Biden is looking to extend. Read story

How a California lawyer became a focal point of the Jan. 6 investigation

April 4, 2022, 8:02am Politics

A federal judge’s extraordinary assertion last week that former President Donald Trump likely committed felonies connected to the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection marked a milestone for the House committee investigating the attack. Read story

Democrats push House vote on legalizing recreational marijuana, but GOP opposed

April 1, 2022, 9:28am Politics

House Democrats were poised Friday to pass a bill legalizing marijuana throughout the nation, but its future remains hazy, with Republicans mostly opposed. Read story

FILE - U.S. Postal Service Postmaster General Louis DeJoy speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill, on Feb. 24, 2021, in Washington. DeJoy said Thursday, March 31, 2022, that the Justice Department has closed without criminal charges an investigation into political fundraising activity at his former business.

Postmaster General says he’s been cleared in federal probe

FILE - U.S. Postal Service Postmaster General Louis DeJoy speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill, on Feb. 24, 2021, in Washington. DeJoy said Thursday, March 31, 2022, that the Justice Department has closed without criminal charges an investigation into political fundraising activity at his former business.

March 31, 2022, 11:10am Politics

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Thursday that the Justice Department has closed without criminal charges an investigation into political fundraising activity at his former business. Read story

FILE - A house damaged by an Iranian ballistic missile attack is seen in Irbil, Iraq, March 13, 2022. Iran has claimed responsibility for a missile barrage that struck early Sunday near a sprawling U.S. consulate complex in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil, saying it was retaliation for an Israeli strike in Syria that killed two members of its Revolutionary Guard.

U.S. sanctions Iranians after missile strikes in Iraq, Gulf

FILE - A house damaged by an Iranian ballistic missile attack is seen in Irbil, Iraq, March 13, 2022. Iran has claimed responsibility for a missile barrage that struck early Sunday near a sprawling U.S. consulate complex in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil, saying it was retaliation for an Israeli strike in Syria that killed two members of its Revolutionary Guard.

March 30, 2022, 12:09pm Politics

The United States sanctioned Iranian defense companies Wednesday after a spate of ballistic missile attacks on targets in Iraq and the Gulf. Read story