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FILE - In this May 19, 2010 file photo, Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fla., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Florida Congressman Alcee Hastings says he has pancreatic cancer but plans to remain in office as he fights the disease. The 82-year-old Democrat said in a statement Monday, Jan. 14, 2019, that he is optimistic about his chances for survival and for being able to perform his duties.(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Alcee Hastings, longtime U.S. congressman, dies at 84; entered Congress after impeachment as judge

By Matt Sedensky and Terry Spencer - Associated Press

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., listens to a reporters question during a press conference at a COVID vaccination site in Lexington, Ky., Monday, April 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

McConnell warns biz off political speech, says it’s ‘stupid’

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

Illustration on construction jobs in America by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Why Congress must ‘cancel’ the Davis-Bacon Act

By Rachel Greszler

FILE - This April 2, 2021, file photo shows bridges spanning the Allegheny River in downtown Pittsburgh. Republicans in Congress are making the politically brazen bet that it’s more advantageous to oppose President Joe Biden’s ambitious rebuild America agenda than to lend support for the costly $2.3 trillion undertaking for roads, bridges and other infrastructure investments. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Biden’s big infrastructure plan hits McConnell-GOP blockade

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

Top Republican lawmakers are accusing President Biden of enacting a far-left agenda. One senator said he sees Sen. Bernard Sanders’ “fingerprints” on Mr. Biden’s policies. (Associated Press)

Bill Hagerty: Joe Biden is Trojan horse for Bernie Sanders, AOC

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this March 15, 2020, file photo, people wait in line to enter a gun store in Culver City, Calif. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File) **FILE**

FBI gun checks in March break all-time record

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2020, file photo, NCAA President Mark Emmert testifies during a Senate Commerce subcommittee hearing on intercollegiate athlete compensation on Capitol Hill in Washington. Emmert says the inequity issues between the men’s and women’s tournaments are the result of a lack of communication between the tourneys’ basketball committees and their focus on trying to get both events off to safe starts. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Players hear ‘a lot of talk’ from Emmert about Title IX, NIL

By HOWARD FENDRICH - Associated Press

President Joe Biden speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, April 1, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden’s ‘Jobs Cabinet’ to sell infrastructure as GOP resists

By JOSH BOAK and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

President Joe Biden delivers a speech on infrastructure spending at Carpenters Pittsburgh Training Center, Wednesday, March 31, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Joe Biden rolls out $2.25 trillion spending plan for infrastructure, caregiving, manufacturing

By David Sherfinski and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks during an event on COVID-19 vaccinations and the response to the pandemic, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Monday, March 29, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden wants infrastructure package approved over summer

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and LISA MASCARO and JOSH BOAK - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York holds a news conference Thursday, March 25, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Voting rights, hate crimes on Senate’s ‘big, bold’ agenda

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 7, 2021, file photo, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public rally ahead of West Bengal state elections in Kolkata, India. Modi and his Hindu nationalist party are making a serious bid for electoral victories in three states that have sizeable minority Muslim population. (AP Photo/Bikas Das, File)

India’s PM Modi faces big electoral test in Muslim areas

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York holds a news conference Thursday, March 25, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Voting rights, hate crimes on Senate’s ‘big, bold’ agenda

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2012 file photo, the haul of Red Snapper and Triggerfish from the fishing boat Waterproof hang on the rack at the Critter Fleet in Ponce Inlet, Fla. A new study estimates there are three times the number of red snapper previously thought to swim in the Gulf of Mexico. Congress appropriated $9.5 million for the study in 2016, as arguments grew heated between recreational anglers and federal regulators. (David Massey/The Daytona Beach News-Journal via AP)

3 times as many red snapper doesn’t mean tripled quotas

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY - Associated Press

This combination of 2018-2020 photos shows, from left, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The CEOs of social media giants Facebook, Twitter and Google face a new grilling by Congress, Thursday, March 25, 2021, one focused on their efforts to prevent their platforms from spreading falsehoods and inciting violence. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, LM Otero, Jens Meyer)

Lawmakers press Big Tech CEOs on speech responsibility

By MARCY GORDON and BARBARA ORTUTAY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 1988 file photo, Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets, poses with Kermit the Frog. This first episode of “Sesame Street” aired in the fall of 1969. (AP Photo/File)

Library of Congress inducts new selection of recordings to national registry

By Shen Wu Tan - The Washington Times

This combination of 2018-2020 photos shows, from left, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, LM Otero, Jens Meyer) ** FILE **

Tech CEOs disagree on censoring online misinformation

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, the ranking member, left, and Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, confer as their panel examines constitutional and common sense steps to reduce gun violence, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 23, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Republicans dismiss Democrats’ demand for military-style rifle ban after latest shootings

By Jeff Mordock, Jeff Murdock and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 10, 2020, file photo, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf speaks at a news conference in Oakland, Calif. Mayor Schaaf on Tuesday, March 23, 2021, announced a privately funded program that will give low-income families of color $500 per month with no rules on how they can spend it. The program in Oakland is the latest example of &quot;guaranteed income,&quot; an idea that giving poor people a set amount of money each month will ease the stresses of poverty that contribute to poor health and hinder their ability to find full-time work. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Oakland launches guaranteed pay plan for low-income people

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

President Joe Biden speaks during a tour of the James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, Tuesday on the campus of The Ohio State University Tuesday, March 23, 2021, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

‘Lightning in a bottle’: Congress poised to curb White House war powers

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times