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Freight train cars sit in a Norfolk Southern rail yard on Sept. 14, 2022, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Danny Karnik, File)

Senate approves bill to avert rail strike by imposing labor deal on workers

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

A syringe is prepared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic at the Keystone First Wellness Center in Chester, Pa., Dec. 15, 2021. A federal appeals court is being asked Monday, May 23, 2022, to reconsider its decision allowing the Biden administration to require federal employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Senate Republicans threaten to derail crucial defense policy bill over Biden’s vaccine mandate

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

FILE - U.S. Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind., speaks to reporters Feb., 2, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Braun said Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022 that the long list of possible 2024 Republican candidates for governor will not sway his decision on whether to enter that race. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Republican Sen. Mike Braun files paperwork to run for Indiana governor

By Tom Davies - Associated Press

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters following a closed-door policy meeting, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

GOP senators urge McConnell to resist long-term funding deal ahead of mid-December deadline

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden waves as he boards Air Force One with his son Hunter Biden at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. The President is traveling to Kiawah Island, S.C., for vacation. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

Hunter Biden’s dubious business dealings raise specter of a ‘compromised’ president

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Hunter Biden walks along the South Lawn before the pardoning ceremony for the national Thanksgiving turkeys at the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Hunter Biden’s highly suspicious, profitable overseas deals entangle ‘the big guy’ in GOP inquiry

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

This combination of photos shows, Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Aug. 3, 2021, left, and Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker speaking in Perry, Ga., Sept. 25, 2021. Republican groups have filed an appeal with Georgia’s highest court in an attempt to prohibit early voting this Saturday in the U.S. Senate runoff election between Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker. (AP Photo)

Saturday voting gives Senate edge to Warnock in ruling on Georgia runoff

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Illustration on the Arizona election system by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

After Maricopa voting debacle, Arizona must reform its election laws

By Peter Parisi

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., gestures after being reelected as Republican leader, quashing a challenge from Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., in the Senate Republican leadership elections on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

McConnell at 80 defies exodus of Capitol’s oldest leaders while discontent simmers in GOP base

By Susan Ferrechio and Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp campaigns alongside Senate candidate Herschel Walker on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022 in Smyrna, Ga. (AP Photo/Bill Barrow)

Walker, Kemp campaign in Ga. together for the 1st time

By Bill Barrow - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., talks to reporters about Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., just after she addressed Congress to say she will step down as House Democratic leader but will remain in Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate puts off same-sex marriage bill until after Thanksgiving break

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

This combination of photos shows, Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Aug. 3, 2021, left, and Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker speaking in Perry, Ga., Sept. 25, 2021. (AP Photo) ** FILE **

Warnock sees Trump as anchor around Walker’s neck in Georgia runoff race

By Seth McLaughlin and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives as Senate Republicans gather in the historic Old Senate Chamber for debate as they choose their leadership, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., an ally of former President Donald Trump, is challenging longtime GOP leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell reelected Senate GOP leader; Scott’s bid rejected

By Lisa Mascaro, Brian Slodysko and Mary Clare Jalonick - Associated Press

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., gestures after being reelected as Republican leader, quashing a challenge from Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., in the Senate Republican leadership elections on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

McConnell thwarts Scott’s long-shot challenge for Senate GOP leadership

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks with reporters before Senate Democrats move ahead with legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriage, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

With help from GOP, same-sex marriage is one step closer to becoming law of the land

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Illustration on Biden's reckless spending by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Biden doesn’t get it; America voted against him on Election Day

By Joseph Curl

Ronna McDaniel, RNC chairwoman, speaks at a campaign event for Mehmet Oz, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, in Malvern, Pa., Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Laurence Kesterson) **FILE**

GOP considers new national leadership after string of election losses

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 10, 2020, file photo Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., left, speaks to reporters briefly following a closed-door meeting where the Republican Conference held leadership elections, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Rick Scott launches long-shot bid to unseat Mitch McConnell as Senate GOP leader

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

The U.S. Capitol is seen on a sunrise in Washington, Friday, Nov. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

Congress faces busy lame-duck session as it returns to Washington

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference on the sidelines of the G20 summit meeting, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, in Bali, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Biden says his hands are tied on abortion following midterms

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times