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Sun shines on the U.S. Capitol dome, Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

Congress freezes its pay in spending bill

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2020 file photo, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stands with Sudanese Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, the head of the ruling sovereign council, in Khartoum, Sudan. On Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, Sudan’s Justice Ministry said the U.S. Congress has moved forward on Washington’s promise to end the African country’s pariah status. The ministry said that Congress passed legislation that restored to Sudan what is known as sovereign immunity, a measure that would effectively stop future compensation claims from being filed against it in U.S. courts. (Sudanese Cabinet via AP, File)

Sudan says US Congress moves ahead on ending pariah status

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's support among voters. A majority in a poll said they oppose Mrs. Pelosi staying on as speaker. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: ‘Majority wants Pelosi out as House speaker’

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks after awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor, to Olympic gold medalist and former University of Iowa wrestling coach Dan Gable in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Donald Trump: ‘Amend’ COVID-19 relief package

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

The Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Associated Press)

Legislation targeting illegal streaming websites included in spending bill set to be signed

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, photo, candidate for U.S. Senate Sen. David Perdue speaks during a campaign rally, in Cumming, Ga. Perdue is hoping years spent as one of Donald Trump's biggest defenders pays off in Georgia, a state the president lost in last month's election. Perdue and Georgia's other senator, Republican Kelly Loeffler, are both campaigning for Jan. 5 runoff elections that will decide control of the Senate. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) **FILE**

Perdue seeks payoff from Trump loyalty in Georgia runoff

By RUSS BYNUM - Associated Press

Illustration on bipartisanship by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Latest legislative initiative to end surprise billing will do more harm than good

By Janet Trautwein

This photo from Thursday, July 30, 2020, shows a demonstrator holding a sign that reads "Defund the police" during a protest march in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) **FILE**

‘Defund police’ falters as Congress moves to keep money flowing

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, before boarding Marine One. Trump is en route to the Army-Navy Game at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Donald Trump appeals to Supreme Court, House Republicans to overturn ‘rigged’ election

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree is seen at the U.S. Capitol at night after negotiators sealed a deal for COVID relief Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020, in Washington. Top Capitol Hill negotiators sealed a deal Sunday on an almost $1 trillion COVID-19 economic relief package, finally delivering long-overdue help to businesses and individuals and providing money to deliver vaccines to a nation eager for them. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana.

$900B COVID relief bill passed by Congress, sent to Trump

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

Problem Solvers Caucus co-chairs Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y., center, and Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., right, speak to the media with members of their caucus about the expected passage of the emergency COVID-19 relief bill, Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Congressional leaders have hashed out a massive, year-end catchall bill that combines $900 billion in COVID-19 aid with a $1.4 trillion spending bill and reams of other unfinished legislation on taxes, energy, education and health care. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Spending bill to restore federal college grants for inmates

By COLLIN BINKLEY - Associated Press

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Illustration on Chinese spy infiltration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

China’s relentless spying on Mr. Swalwell’s neighborhood

By Jed Babbin

Boxes containing the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are prepared in Olive Branch, Mississippi, on Sunday. The first boxes are set to arrive Monday. (Associated Press)

Steve Daines: COVID-19 vaccine ‘early Christmas present’ for Americans

By David Sherfinski and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE—A sign for the Big Moose Inn is seen Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, near Millinocket, Maine. The inn was the setting for an Aug. 7 wedding reception that has since been linked to numerous cases of the coronavirus, and several deaths. Plans for a lawsuit against the Maine venue that hosted what became a &quot;super spreader&quot; wedding reception underscore the liability risks to small businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic and an uphill push by Republicans in Congress to give such outfits legal immunity. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Businesses, lacking legal immunity, fear COVID-19 lawsuits

By DAVID SHARP - Associated Press

In this file photo, the U.S. Capitol in Washington is shrouded in mist, Friday night, Dec. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Congress stuck on Federal Reserve fight as COVID-19 relief deal stalls

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 17, 2020, file photo, House Majority Whip James Clyburn, of S.C., speaks during a news conference about COVID-19, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Transition stumbles test Biden’s bond with Capitol Hill

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

In this Monday, July 27, 2020, file photo, Nurse Kathe Olmstead, right, gives volunteer Melissa Harting, of Harpursville, N.Y., an injection of a possible COVID-19 vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., in Binghamton, N.Y. The U.S. is poised to give the green light as early as Friday, Dec. 18, to a second COVID-19 vaccine, a critical new weapon against the surging coronavirus. Doses of the vaccine developed by Moderna Inc. and the National Institutes of Health will give a much-needed boost to supplies as the biggest vaccination effort in the nation’s history continues.(AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)

Moderna COVID vaccine cleared by U.S.

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., removes his face mask as he arrives for a news conference with other Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. (Tom Brenner/Pool via AP)

Pelosi, McConnell get COVID-19 vaccine, urge others to do so

By MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., listens as John Thune, R-S.D., speaks during a news conference with other Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. (Rod Lamkey/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Congress eyes another stopgap spending bill as talks drag on

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times