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Supporters of President Donald Trump pause in prayer at a rally outside the Maricopa County Recorder's Office, Friday, Nov. 6, 2020, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Arizona Supreme Court allows release of 2020 election audit records

By Bob Christie - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters as work continues on the Democrats' Build Back Better Act, massive legislation that is a cornerstone of President Joe Biden's domestic agenda, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

‘We all must come together now’: Senate Dems struggle for unity to finish $3.5 trillion bill

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y. arrives as the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package is expected to be voted on by the Senate this morning on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Democrats maneuver behind the scenes to secure amnesty provisions in Biden’s $3.5T spending bill

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters to discuss President Joe Biden's domestic agenda including passing a bipartisan infrastructure bill and pushing through a Democrats-only expansion of the social safety net, the at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pelosi says ‘negotiations’ could trim Biden’s $3.5T spending bill

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks with reporters, Thursday, June 17, 2021, as she arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slams Biden pick of Rahm Emanuel as Japan envoy: ‘Deeply shameful’

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this May 6, 2021, file photo, Maricopa County ballots cast in the 2020 general election are examined and recounted by contractors working for Florida-based company, Cyber Ninjas at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York, Pool, File)

Arizona Senate releases more records of 2020 election review

By Bob Christie - Associated Press

In this Aug. 5, 2021, file photo, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., prepares to chair a hearing in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

AFL-CIO open to backing primaries against pro-filibuster moderate Senate Democrats

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, violent protesters, loyal to President Donald Trump, storm the Capitol in Washington. Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz on Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, fired the two Seattle police officers who violated the law while attending events in Washington D.C. during the Jan. 6 insurrection. Diaz said he fired Caitlin and Alexander Everett, the two officers who are married, effective immediately. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

West Virginia woman pleads guilty to entering US Capitol

By John Raby - Associated Press

A shopper guides a cart past a line of gigantic boxes of breakfast cereals in a Costco warehouse on Thursday, June 17, 2021, in Lone Tree, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) ** FILE **

Inflation emerges as 2022 campaign issue; GOP blames Dems’ big spending for soaring prices

By Kery Murakami - The Washington Times

In this May 6, 2021, file photo, Maricopa County ballots cast in the 2020 general election are examined and recounted by contractors working for Florida-based company, Cyber Ninjas, at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York, Pool, File)

Maricopa County must comply with 2020 election subpoena, Arizona AG says

By Bob Christie - Associated Press

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., leaves the chamber after urging advancement of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, named for the late Georgia congressman who made the issue a defining one of his career, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House advances Biden’s $3.5 trillion liberal wish list; Pelosi beats moderate Dems in power play

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., speaks during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on proposed changes to police practices and accountability on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, June 10, 2020, in Washington. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP)

‘Almost a religious experience’: House Democrats pass voting bill, likely DOA in Senate

By Kery Murakami - The Washington Times

In this May 6, 2021, file photo, Maricopa County ballots cast in the 2020 general election are examined and recounted by contractors working for Florida-based company, Cyber Ninjas, at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York, Pool, File)

Court orders Arizona Senate to release 2020 election audit records

By Bob Christie - Associated Press

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., puts her mask back on after a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Pelosi moves to pacify moderate Democrats’ rebellion against spending bills

By S.A. Miller and Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Illustration on the recent Senate infrastructure vote by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

GOP senators that voted for infrastructure bill need to be held accountable

By Michael McKenna

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks at a press event regarding the Emergency Rental Assistance program in San Francisco, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021. The program makes federal funding available to assist pandemic-affected rental households with rent, back-rent, and utility payments. (AP Photo/Nick Otto) **FILE**

Moderate Dems push Pelosi for vote on infrastructure before $3.5T liberal package

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden removes his face mask as he arrives to speak in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Liberal groups turn up heat on Biden to press for ending filibuster on voting bill

By Kery Murakami - The Washington Times

In this June 15, 2021, photo, a Border Patrol agent watches as a group of migrants walk across the Rio Grande on their way to turning themselves in upon crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in Del Rio, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) **FILE**

Senate votes to back transportation ban of COVID-19 positive migrants

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., meets with reporters after a marathon &quot;vote-a-rama&quot; to advance President Joe Biden's federal priorities, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Top Dem sees tough pathway for $3.5T social, climate plans

By Alan Fram - Associated Press

Democratic Texas State Rep. Ron Reynolds from Missouri City speaks during a voting rights rally on the steps of the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. A year after his passing, the brothers and niece of the late Congressman John Lewis join Barbara Arnwine with the Transformative Justice Coalition and others to demand Congress and President Joe Biden do whatever it takes to pass the For the People Act and the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Runaway Dems left in D.C. limbo as Congress exits, Texas threatens arrests

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times