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Manchin says he’s still weighing presidential bid against Biden

Sen. Joe Manchin III on Wednesday said running for president against Joe Biden was still on the table, marking the first time the West Virginia Democrat has confessed as much since announcing last week he won't seek reelection next year.

November 15, 2023

McConnell says it’s ‘difficult to control the behavior’ of senators after Republican’s near-brawl

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared surprised Tuesday to learn that one a Republican senator challenged a labor leader to a fight at a committee hearing.

November 14, 2023

Senate Democrats advance measure to circumvent Sen. Tuberville’s military holds

A Senate panel on Tuesday a p proved a rule change to allow the Democratic-led chamber to confirm hundreds of military promotions at once, an unprecedented step taken to end Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville's confirmation blockade to challenge the Pentagon's abortion policies.

November 14, 2023

Joe Manchin refuses to rule out Biden challenge

Sen. Joe Manchin III declined to entertain reporters' questions Monday about whether he is still weighing a third-party independent presidential run against President Biden.

November 13, 2023

Government shutdown fears ease as Dems signal support of Speaker Mike Johnson’s stopgap bill

A two-step government funding proposal from House Republicans faced nominal resistance Monday from both sides of the aisle, raising hopes that Congress will beat the Friday midnight deadline to avert a shutdown.

November 13, 2023

Speaker Johnson struggles to sell ‘laddered’ stopgap spending bill as Congress careens to shutdown

The House and Senate are on pace to approve their own versions of stopgap spending measures as lawmakers continue work on the annual budget, which is more than a month past its original Oct. 1 due date.

November 12, 2023

RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel claps back at Vivek Ramaswamy’s call to resign

Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel accused GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy of doing nothing more than seeking the media spotlight in his call for her to resign during last week's televised primary debate.

November 12, 2023

RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel pins election losses on candidates

Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel was on defense Sunday in the wake of criticism for losses in several state elections last week.

November 12, 2023

House Democrat running against president says ‘Bidenomics is not working’

Rep. Dean Phillips, the Minnesota Democrat running against President Biden, says the incumbent's economic policies aren't working for Americans.

November 12, 2023

Maryland governor rips Manchin as ‘foolish’ for considering Biden challenge

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore gave unsolicited advice Sunday to Sen. Joe Manchin III, saying the retiring West Virginia Democrat would be "foolish" to run against President Biden.

November 12, 2023

Senate Democrat says he’s ‘not terribly worried’ about retiring Joe Manchin challenging Biden

Sen. Joe Manchin's announcement that he would not run for reelection did not rule out a third-party run against President Biden, an idea with which he has long flirted.

November 12, 2023

Manchin declines reelection bid, puts Senate Democrats in a bind

Sen. Joe Manchin III revealed Thursday he will not seek reelection, a retirement by the conservative West Virginia Democrat that will likely cede control of his seat to Republicans in their bid to retake the upper chamber.

November 9, 2023

Congress tees up Biden veto as Senate Democrats side with GOP to scuttle EV charging plan

A Biden administration rule governing the production of electric vehicle chargers made from domestic materials is in jeopardy after the Senate voted Wednesday to repeal it.

November 8, 2023

Republicans burned by abortion restrictions at ballot box, can’t shake ‘ban’ rhetoric from Dems

Some pundits tried to pin the latest Republican election losses on former President Donald Trump, but the GOP's Tuesday trouncing was more likely tied to the party's stance on limiting abortion, which they have struggled to define for more than a year since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

November 8, 2023

Schumer takes victory lap, jabs ‘MAGA extremism’ after abortion issue boosts Dems in elections

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer on Wednesday cheered his Democrats' big wins in this week's off-year elections.

November 8, 2023

Senate Republicans scramble for solution to Tuberville military blockade ahead of key vote

Republican senators emerged from a closed-door meeting Tuesday night still searching for an answer to end Sen. Tommy Tuberville's hold over hundreds of military promotions in protest of a Pentagon abortion policy.

November 7, 2023

Man with gun arrested near Senate office buildings, police say no ongoing threat

A man with a gun was arrested Tuesday afternoon by the U.S. Capitol Police in a park near Union Station and the Russell Senate Office Building.

November 7, 2023

Schumer torpedoes GOP’s border security plan as ‘total non-starter’ in war aid package

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer didn't hold back Tuesday in trashing GOP senators' border security plan that they want to couple with war aid to Ukraine and Israel.

November 7, 2023

Biden repeats debunked Amtrak conductor story

President Biden on Monday repeated twice within an hour a debunked tale of an Amtrak conductor that he's told on several past occasions since his 2020 presidential campaign.

November 6, 2023

Republicans whack anti-Trump GOP candidate Peter Meijer’s run for Senate

Peter Meijer's campaign launch on Monday for a Senate seat in Michigan was met with swift opposition from his Republican Party and criticism that the ex-congressman was out of step with GOP voters.

November 6, 2023