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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

In this Feb. 25, 2021, file photo, Katherine Tai, then the nominee for U.S. trade representative, speaks during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Capitol Hill. (Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via AP, Pool) ** FILE **

Asian Americans seek greater political power after shootings

By WILL WEISSERT and PADMANANDA RAMA - Associated Press

Susan R. Bailey

Congress should address Medicare problems due to pandemic STAT

By Susan R. Bailey, MD

A new survey finds that a majority of Americans say the total number of immigrants admitted to the U.S. each year should be 1 million or less. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Support for border wall surges as border ‘crisis’ intensifies

By Stephen Dinan and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Advocates for statehood for the District of Columbia rally near the Capitol prior to a House of Representatives hearing on creating a 51 state, in Washington, Monday, March 22, 2021. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Congress hears testimony for D.C. statehood

By Emily Zantow - The Washington Times

Bill to aid US publishers vs. Google, Facebook rises again

By TALI ARBEL - Associated Press

Rep. Nancy Mace forms ‘Single Parents’ caucus

By CAITLIN BYRD and The State - Associated Press

Louisiana holds special election Saturday for US House seats

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

House Budget Committee Chairman John Yarmuth, D-Ky., speaks meets with reporters before the House votes to pass a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., is at right. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

House votes to avert deep spending cuts, including to Medicare, resulting from $1.9T relief package

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sunday, March 14, 2021, file photo, migrant children and teenagers are processed after entering the site of a temporary holding facility south of Midland, Texas. Teenagers began arriving Sunday at a converted camp for oilfield workers where volunteers from the American Red Cross will care for them. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP, File)

Homeland Security head spars with Congress over border surge

By BEN FOX and NOMAAN MERCHANT - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, file photo, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan speaks during a news conference in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Brian Witte, File) ** FILE **

Maryland lawmakers OK college athlete endorsement bill

Associated Press

Minorities underrepresented in service academy nominations

By PAT EATON-ROBB - Associated Press

In this Dec. 8, 2020, file photo, crews construct a section of border wall in San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge in Douglas, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

‘Unlawful’: GOP demands probe into Joe Biden’s border wall halt

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this March 14, 2021, file photo, migrant children and teenagers are processed after entering the site of a temporary holding facility south of Midland, Texas. Migration flows to the U.S. from Mexico are surging for the third time in seven years under Republican and Democratic presidents — and for similar reasons. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP, File)

Alejandro Mayorkas, DHS chief, admits ‘mistakes made’ in failing to test migrants for COVID-19

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Squeezing the Big Tech Monopolies Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Congress’ misguided ‘Big Tech’ antitrust efforts are no win for consumers

By Will Hild

Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., speaks during a House Transportation Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 15, 2019, on the status of the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Democrats’ infrastructure plan promises Green New Deal-style economic overhaul

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., walks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Muslim group renews call to expel Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene over resurfaced library video

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Illustration on build back better infrastructure by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Build back better U.S. infrastructure with fair and open competition

By Ben Brubeck

In this photo released by Zou Xiaoqi, Zou Xiaoqi, a single mother turned activist in Shanghai, holds her son as they visit a beach in Sanya, southern China's Hainan province in October, 2019. Zou, who has become a source of support for single moms ever since she started publicly campaigning for her maternity benefits, said that the cultural stigma around being a single mother is still very intense. (Zou Xiaoqi via AP)

Denied benefits, Chinese single moms press for change

By HUIZHONG WU - Associated Press

Former Google executive and billionaire Eric Schmidt, who was a major donor and informal presidential adviser to Barack Obama, is heading a the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, a new panel led by Democrats. (Associated Press/File)

Congress-created commission warns of brain drain to China, pushes new artificial intelligence policy

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times