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Vice President Kamala Harris meets with Democrats from the Texas state legislature at the American Federation of Teachers, Tuesday, July 13, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Runaway Texas Democrats toasted on left, roasted on right

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks with members of the media after leaving a meeting with fellow Democrats at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 14, 2021, to discuss the latest progress on his infrastructure agenda. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden lobbies Democrats to unite behind $3.5 trillion ‘human infrastructure’ package

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 12, 2021. Congressional Democrats and immigration advocates are staring at their best chance in years to overcome Republican opposition and give millions of people in the U.S. without legal authorization a way to become citizens. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Dems need unity but split on huge social-welfare spending bill, risk scuttling Biden plans

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Trader Richard Brophy works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, July 13, 2021. Stocks wobbled between small gains and losses in early trading Tuesday as investors weigh the latest quarterly earnings reports from big U.S. companies and concerns about inflation. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

A new inflation number, a new headache for Biden

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Monday, July 12, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden to lay out ‘moral case’ for opposing GOP voting laws, Psaki says

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden, right, listens as California Gov. Gavin Newsom, on screen, speaks during an event in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington, Wednesday, June 30, 2021, with cabinet officials and governors from Western states to discuss drought and wildfires. Others a the table are, from left, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks, National Climate Adviser Gina McCarthy, White House chief of staff Ron Klain, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Progressives raise pressure on moderate Democrats to back party-line climate measure

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

This June 30, 2021, photo shows the halls of the Capitol outside the Senate in Washington. The U.S. Capitol is still closed to most public visitors. It's the longest stretch ever that the building has been off-limits in its 200-plus year history. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Closed US Capitol is somber backdrop this Independence Day

By Lisa Mascaro - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2020 file photo, Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Franklin, speaks to supporters of President Donald Trump as they demonstrate outside the Pennsylvania State Capitol, in Harrisburg, Pa., after Democrat Joe Biden defeated Trump to become 46th president of the United States. Mastriano, a rising force in Pennsylvania's ultra-conservative circles who has talked of his desire to bring an Arizona-style audit to Pennsylvania, led a private briefing Wednesday, June 30, 2021, for Republican senators on his plan. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Trump ally pushes plan for 2020 election audit in Pennsylvania

By Marc Levy and Mark Scolforo - Associated Press

Congresswoman Maxine Waters waves in her car during a car parade to mark Juneteenth on Saturday, June 19, 2021, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Biden encourages Maxine Waters to run for Senate: ‘You think I’m kidding. I’m not’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., walks back to her office after the House voted to create a select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

House, in party-line vote, approves select committee to probe Jan. 6 riot

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talks at a news conference as the House prepares to vote on the creation of a select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 30, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House votes to launch new probe of Jan. 6 insurrection

By Mary Clare Jalonick - Associated Press

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. Maricopa County officials on Friday, May 21, directed the Arizona Senate and the auditors it hired to review the county's 2020 election count to preserve documents for a possible lawsuit. (AP Photo/Matt York, Pool, File)

‘Grave concerns’: Maricopa County to ditch subpoenaed voting machines

By Jonathan J. Cooper - Associated Press

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., does a cable news interview before the start of a two-week recess, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 23, 2021. Earlier, President Joe Biden announced a bipartisan agreement on a pared-down infrastructure plan that would make a start on his top legislative priority and validate his efforts to reach across the political aisle. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

McConnell urges Biden to rebuke Dems for holding infrastructure ‘hostage’

By Haris Alic and Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee holds a hearing with Ranking Member Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., right, on infrastructure needs of the U.S. energy sector, western water and public lands, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 23, 2021. Manchin and other Senate infrastructure negotiators are meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House later today. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Barrasso: Republicans more hesitant on infrastructure deal despite Biden’s walkback of veto threat

By Dave Boyer and Haris Alic - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks during an event to commemorate Pride Month, in the East Room of the White House, Friday, June 25, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

GOP lawmakers irate over Biden’s double-cross on infrastructure

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden listens as Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during an event in the State Dining room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 23, 2021, to discuss gun crime prevention strategy. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden agenda stalls amid Dem discord: ‘Nothing Democrats love more than to fight amongst ourselves’

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a media availability at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 24, 2021. Pelosi announced on Thursday that she's creating a special committee to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, saying it is "imperative that we seek the truth." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Pelosi creates committee to probe Jan. 6 riot, links to ‘white supremacy,’ ‘Islamophobia’

By Kery Murakami - The Washington Times

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California departs after speaking during a media availability at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 24, 2021. Pelosi announced on Thursday that she's creating a special committee to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, saying it is "imperative that we seek the truth." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Pelosi: No infrastructure deal unless Senate passes bill of liberal priorities

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

In this June 8, 2021, file photo, Tracy Stone-Manning listens during a confirmation hearing for her to be the director of the Bureau of Land Management, during a hearing of the Senate Energy and National Resources Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. She is facing pressure to withdraw over her ties to environmental activists convicted of spiking trees to sabotage a national forest timber sale more than 30 years ago. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Biden administration stands by Stone-Manning despite furor over tree-spiking case

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., meets with reporters before a key test vote on the For the People Act, a sweeping bill that would overhaul the election system and voting rights, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 22, 2021. The bill is a top priority for Democrats seeking to ensure access to the polls and mail in ballots, but it is opposed by Republicans as a federal overreach. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats’ massive rewrite of America’s election laws dies in GOP filibuster

By Kery Murakami - The Washington Times