The Latest Breaking News from Josh Gotimer

Ultraconservatives in the House have dominated the public discussion on the US debt ceiling, but Speaker Kevin McCarthy can’t afford to ignore GOP centrists if the country is to avoid a catastrophic payments default later this year.

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, a son of Brooklyn, is expected to be elected Wednesday as the leader of the House Democrats, less than a decade after the former state lawmaker first arrived on Capitol Hill.

A deal has been struck by the progressive and centrist factions of the Democratic caucus to bring a long-awaited policing bill to the House floor just weeks before the midterm elections

A stalled Senate package to overhaul the law governing the counting of electoral votes gets a House counterpart.

The House on Friday cleared a climate, health and tax package salvaging key parts of Democrats’ domestic agenda.

Manchin remains open to a much smaller bill that focuses on deficit reduction.

Trying to modify the potential deal could scuttle the entire package.

WASHINGTON — Democrats are short on time to act on a budget package containing much of President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda before November’s midterm elections, which could spell trouble for an issue that’s animated some tight House races before: the cap on deducting state and local taxes.

Democrats who previously campaigned on addressing the cap on deducting state and local taxes are running out of time to do so.