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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee confirmation hearing for Shalanda Young, President Biden's nominee for Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022 in Washington. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via AP)

Senate begins make-or-break week for Biden’s domestic, climate agendas as Manchin courts Sinema

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump gestures to the audience after speaking at an America First Policy Institute agenda summit at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, Tuesday, July 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Trump towers over Tuesday’s GOP primary races as he tests his political reach

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

An Afghan National Army pickup truck passes parked U.S. armored military vehicles, as smoke rises from a fire in a trash burn pit at Forward Operating Base Caferetta Nawzad, Helmand province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, April 28, 2011. The House has approved a significant expansion of health care and disability benefits for millions of veterans who were exposed to toxic burn pits while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Simon Klingert, File)

Veterans refuse to decamp from Capitol Hill until Senate passes Republican-blocked toxins bill

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., pay their respects as the flag-draped casket bearing the remains of Hershel W. &quot;Woody&quot; Williams, lies in honor in the U.S. Capitol, Thursday, July 14, 2022 in Washington. On Thursday Manchin said he wants to delay sweeping environmental legislation that Democrats have pushed as central to achieving President Joe Biden's ambitious climate goals. (Tom Williams/Pool photo via AP, File)

Manchin not ready to endorse Biden 2024 reelection bid

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

FILE - People walk outside the U.S Capitol building in Washington, June 9, 2022. A Democratic economic package focused on climate and health care faces hurdles but seems headed toward party-line passage by Congress next month. Approval would let President Joe Biden and his party claim a triumph on top priorities just as November’s elections approach. . (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Dems seem headed for climate, health win after ups and downs

By Alan Fram - Associated Press

Abortion-rights supporters and anti-abortion supporters gathered to protest during a special session, Monday, July 25, 2022, at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis. (Michelle Pemberton/The Indianapolis Star via AP)

Indiana Senate narrowly passes near-total abortion ban

By Arleigh Rodgers and Rick Callahan - Associated Press

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich speaks during his Thursday, June 2, 2022 visit to the Yuma Sun in Yuma, Ariz. Donald Trump on Thursday endorsed investor Blake Masters in the crowded Republican Senate primary in Arizona, siding with another acolyte of tech investor Peter Thiel after the former president's support helped “Hillbilly Elegy” author JD Vance secure the GOP nomination in Ohio. Trump, in a statement announcing his decision, called Masters a “great modern-day thinker” and slammed Masters' chief rival, Brnovich, for doing too little to promote Trump’s lies about the 2020 White House election he lost. (Randy Hoeft/The Yuma Sun via AP)

Arizona AG Mark Brnovich elbowed out in GOP Senate race, looks for come-from-behind finish

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks to reporters outside the hearing room where he chairs the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, at the Capitol in Washington, July 19, 2022. Manchin announced Wednesday, July 27, that he had reached an expansive agreement with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer which had eluded them for months on health care costs, energy and climate issues, taxing higher earners and large corporations and reducing federal debt. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Joe Manchin defends tax increases in party-line spending bill, criticizes GOP opposition

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

In this file photo, Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks during an Oct. 13, 2020, hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) ** FILE **

Senate Republicans introduce bill to beef up penalties for violent crimes

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Republicans Closing the 2022 Midterm Deal Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Why Republicans are having trouble closing the deal with the 2022 midterms

By Michael McKenna

In this Monday, Sept. 3, 2018, file photo, a U.S. flag flies on the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Senate passes stalled $52 billion semiconductor windfall as part of behemoth tech spending bill

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, speaks to reporters after a luncheon with Senate Republicans at the Capitol in Washington, on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades) ** FILE **

Senate investigation reveals China’s effort to infiltrate Federal Reserve

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden attends an event to support legislation that would encourage domestic manufacturing and strengthen supply chains for computer chips in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, March 9, 2022, in Washington. A bill to boost semiconductor production in the United States is making its way through the Senate and is a top priority of the Biden administration. It would subsidize computer chip manufacturers through grants and tax breaks when they build or expand chip plants in the U.S. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Senate advances $52 billion bill to seed U.S. semiconductor manufacturing

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this June 26, 2015, file photo, a man holds a U.S. and a rainbow flag outside the Supreme Court in Washington after the court legalized gay marriage nationwide. A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the Supreme Court can keep protesters off its marble plaza without violating their constitutional right to free speech. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said that First Amendment rights stop at the sidewalk in front of the majestic courthouse and do not extend to the plaza. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Democrats aim to codify same-sex marriage with GOP’s help

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Drug prescription costs Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Build Back Better 2.0 is no gift to seniors

By Saul Anuzis

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin listens to a question during a media briefing at the Pentagon, Wednesday, July 20, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Defense bill directs Pentagon to end costly search for extremism in military ranks

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

The inside of a computer is seen on Feb 23, 2019, in Jersey City, N.J. A global computer chip shortage has made it harder for consumers to get their hands on cars, computers and other modern-day necessities, so Congress is looking to boost chip manufacturing and research in the United States with billions of dollars from the federal government. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Taxpayer cash infusion for the semiconductor industry survives crucial test vote in Senate

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., joined at right by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., takes a question during a news conference following a closed-door policy lunch, at the Capitol in Washington, May 24, 2022. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says plans by Democrats to curb drug prices would place socialist price controls between Americans and the treatments they need. Durbin says his party's push is about inflation and public health.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Partisan lines form over Dem drug price curbs, economic plan

By Alan Fram - Associated Press

With the U.S. Capitol in the background, a person waves a rainbow flag as they participate in a rally in support of the LGBTQIA+ community at Freedom Plaza, Saturday, June 12, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

House Dems pass same-sex marriage protection bill, shore up messaging for midterm campaigns

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., with Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., at right, pauses as they speak to reporters about the political battle for confirmation of President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, following a closed-door Democratic policy meeting, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Democrats turn to marijuana after failure on Biden’s agenda

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times