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Karoun Demirjian
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U.S. Support for Ukraine Aid Starts to Fray After Debt Limit Deal
Spending caps set by the debt limit bill have empowered critics of U.S. aid to Ukraine, threatening the bipartisan coalition that has kept military assistance…
House Resolution Calls on Russia to Free Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan
The measure urging Moscow to release Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter arrested on assignment, and Paul Whelan, a former Marine, earned the unanimous…
House Passes Bill to Make Penalties Permanent for Fentanyl-Related Drugs
The legislation earned quiet endorsement from the Biden administration and a solid group of Democratic votes, but exposed divisions over how to tackle the country’s…
Before Title 42, Congress Failed Repeatedly to Overhaul Immigration Policy
Legislative initiatives to overhaul immigration policy have fallen flat as partisan differences and other rifts have scuttled attempts at compromise.
Asylum Debate Snarls Efforts to Forge an Immigration Deal in Congress
Despite hopes among some Democrats and Republicans that the expiration of strict pandemic-era border rules would force a compromise, bipartisan talks have sputtered.
House Approves Stringent G.O.P. Border Bill, Attacking Biden on Immigration
The legislation, which seeks to revive, codify and stiffen a series of border policies pursued by the Trump administration, was timed to be considered on…
House G.O.P., Divided Over Immigration, Advances Border Crackdown Plan
Republicans are eyeing a vote next month on legislation that would reinstate Trump-era policies, after feuding that led leaders to drop some of the plan’s…
Republican Senator Blocks Military Promotions Over Abortion Policy
Senator Tommy Tuberville is holding up scores of Defense Department appointments in protest of a new Pentagon policy to ensure that military personnel can obtain…
Decades Later, Senate Votes to Repeal Iraq Military Authorizations
The bipartisan action to roll back resolutions from 1991 and 2002 was a major advancement in a long-running bid by Congress to claw back war…
Targeting Mayorkas, G.O.P. Takes Its Immigration Message to the Border
Republicans have been making regular trips to the border with Mexico in hopes of dramatizing the United States’ immigration challenges. But they rarely account for…