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Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, attends a Senate Budget Committee hearing to discuss President Joe Biden's budget request for FY 2022 on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

‘Why give them a win?’: New infrastructure talks spur GOP fears of a Biden double-cross

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks about the COVID-19 vaccination program, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Wednesday, June 2, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden abandons infrastructure talks after Senate GOP refuses to back tax hikes

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco is followed by FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate as she arrives to announce the recovery of millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency from the Colonial Pipeline Co. ransomware attacks at the Justice Department in Washington, Monday, June 7, 2021. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP)

Intel says Putin supports ransomware attacks on U.S.; Biden admin. caught flat-footed

By Ryan Lovelace and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

U.S. Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen, left, and Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe share a light moment as finance ministers from across the G7 nations meet at Lancaster House, in London, Saturday, June 5, 2021, ahead of the G7 leaders' summit. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, Pool) **FILE**

Biden will seek ‘action plan’ on ransomware attacks at G-7, NATO summits: White House

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this file photo, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-WVa., speaks during a hearing to examine the nomination of former Gov. Jennifer Granholm, D-Mich., as she testifies before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee during a hearing to examine her nomination to be Secretary of Energy, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Jim Watson/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

White House woos Manchin, fossil fuel workers with promises of climate-change jobs

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

A sign for hiring is dipslayed on a door as patrons walk into Yours Truly restaurant, Thursday, June 3, 2021, in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week for a fifth straight week to a new pandemic low, the latest evidence that the U.S. job market is regaining its health as the economy further reopens. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

White House: States have ‘every right’ to end supercharged unemployment benefits

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Former White House counsel Don McGahn departs after appearing for questioning behind closed doors by the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, June 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Jerrold Nadler: Trump counsel ‘shed new light on several troubling events’ in 8-hour interview

By Mary Clare Jalonick and Eric Tucker - Associated Press

White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Thursday, June 3, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Minimum corporate tax should be ‘completely acceptable’ to Republicans, says White House

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Tanker trucks are parked near the entrance of Colonial Pipeline Company Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in Charlotte, N.C. The operator of the nation’s largest fuel pipeline has confirmed it paid $4.4 million to a gang of hackers who broke into its computer systems. That's according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. Colonial Pipeline’s CEO Joseph Blount told the Journal that he authorized the payment after the ransomware attack because the company didn’t know the extent of the damage. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) ** FILE **

White House to companies: Do your part to prevent ransomware attacks

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks as he commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre, at the Greenwood Cultural Center, Tuesday, June 1, 2021, in Tulsa, Okla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden to highlight transatlantic ties, multilateralism in first foreign trip

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Charita McCarrol, human resources manager at Great Southern Industries, a packaging company in Jackson, Miss., left, confers with second shift production manager James Chapman, Friday, May 28, 2021. McCarrol said she has seen people abusing the $300-a-week federal supplement for people who lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as other programs that offered extended support for the unemployed. &quot;You can't get people to come to work,&quot; McCarrol said. &quot;It has been an absolute nightmare in the world of staffing agencies.&quot; (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

States to take $12 billion hit from cutting unemployment early, Democrats say

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., the GOP's lead negotiator on a counteroffer to President Joe Biden's infrastructure plan, walks with reporters as senators go to the chamber for votes ahead of the approaching Memorial Day recess, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, May 27, 2021. Senate Republicans are ready to deploy the filibuster to block a commission on the Jan. 6 insurrection, shattering chances for a bipartisan probe of the deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol and reviving pressure to do away with the procedural tactic that critics say has lost its purpose. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Biden, GOP senator have ‘constructive’ talk on infrastructure, White House says

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this March 18, 2021, photo, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on the federal coronavirus response on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) **FILE**

Fauci supported dangerous virus experiments, calling them ‘important work’: Report

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Monday, May 24, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden White House needs a reality check on ‘guns problem’

By Kelly Sadler - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks during a ceremony to present the Medal of Honor to U.S. Army Col. Ralph Puckett in the East Room of the White House, Friday, May 21, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

White House: Joe Biden directed ‘every single detail’ of latest infrastructure offer

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 1, 2020, photo, a woman walks past a personal finance loan office in Franklin, Tenn. U.S. consumer borrowing rose by a strong $25.8 billion in March 2021, the second-straight sizable monthly gain. The number released Friday, May 7 by the Federal Reserve represents another indication that the U.S. economic recovery is gaining steam. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) **FILE**

GOP lawmakers accuse Biden of letting Federal Reserve pursue ‘woke’ agenda as inflation looms

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Monday, May 24, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House: Ball is in GOP’s court on infrastructure talks

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden, with first lady Jill Biden, waves as they walk from Marine One upon arrival on the Ellipse at the White House, Sunday, May 23, 2021, in Washington. Biden is returning from Camp David. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Biden’s budget trickery sows doubt as spending talks hit impasse

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

A concrete pump frames the Capitol Dome during renovations and repairs to Lower Senate Park on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 18, 2021. President Joe Biden hopes to pass a massive national infrastructure plan by this summer, but Democrats and Republicans in Congress appear divided over his proposal for $2.3 trillion in spending to upgrade the nation's crumbling infrastructure. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

White House eyes change in course amid infrastructure impasse

By David Sherfinski and Haris Alic - The Washington Times

In this image from video, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., speaks on the floor of the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Thursday, April 23, 2020. (House Television via AP) ** FILE **

Dems prod Joe Biden to nix bipartisan infrastructure deal for ‘big, bold’ spending spree

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times