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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives at a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House, Senate vote to begin budget debate

Both the House and Senate kicked off their debates over a new budget resolution Tuesday, blazing a path that could lead to them trying to push through a COVID-19 relief package without earning any Republican support.

February 2, 2021
President Joe Biden delivers remarks on immigration, in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden signs order easing immigrants’ access to welfare

President Biden moved Tuesday to wipe away more of the Trump immigration infrastructure, signing orders easing legal immigrants' access to welfare and revoking his predecessor's get-tough border policies.

February 2, 2021
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, meet with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Pelosi, Schumer announce bill to circumvent GOP on coronavirus

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer revealed their 2021 budget on Monday, triggering the process that could allow them to pass President Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill without any Republican support.

February 1, 2021
A sale sign is displayed near the entrance of a Hallmark store Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. Retail sales fell for a third straight month, as a surge in virus cases kept people away from stores and restaurants during the holiday shopping season. The report released Friday is yet another sign that the pandemic is slowing the U.S. economy. Last month, the country lost jobs for the first time since the spring.(AP Photo/John Raoux)

CBO: Faster vaccinations means faster recovery

The economy is surging back better than expected from its pandemic-induced malaise, the Congressional Budget Office said Monday, though it said the overall growth won't mask lingering pain in a job market that could take years to return to normal.

February 1, 2021
Smoke fills the walkway outside the Senate Chamber as supporters of President Donald Trump are confronted by U.S. Capitol Police officers inside the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Tipsters in Capitol attack aid FBI in most arrests

The Washington Times analyzed 160 criminal cases filed from the assault as of this weekend, and more than 100 of them included the help of a tipster or cooperating witness. In most instances, the tipster was the one who put the FBI on the trail.

January 31, 2021
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., listens as President Joe Biden delivers his inaugural address after being sworn in at the 46th president of the United State during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Lip service: Democrats plan end run of GOP despite calls for unity

Congressional Democrats say they are still committed to President Biden's calls for unity, but they made clear this week that unity will be on their own terms as they laid the groundwork to circumvent Republicans in pursuit of a liberal agenda.

January 31, 2021
Syrian refugees walk through a camp for displaced muddied by recent rains near the village of Kafr Aruq , in Idlib province, Syria, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

DHS grants new deportation amnesty to Syrians

Homeland Security announced a new deportation amnesty Friday for Syrians living in the U.S., renewing the status of about 6,700 people already protected, and extending it to cover about 1,800 more Syrians who are currently in the country illegally.

January 29, 2021
President Donald Trump gives a thumbs-up as he walks to board Air Force One, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Trump is en route to Iowa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Senate GOP signals acquittal looming for Trump

Senators voted Tuesday to proceed with an impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump -- though more than a third of them dissented, in a vote that Republicans said shows Mr. Trump will ultimately be acquitted.

January 26, 2021