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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said many in his party would prefer to deal with the issue "on a state level."

WASHINGTON — States would be free to develop energy resources on federal lands within their borders, a series of Trump-era regulations would be set into law and a West Virginia pipeline would be approved under a Republican permitting bill that adds a wrinkle to Democrats’ internal squabble over the same…

Navigating the evenly divided Senate to get 60 votes to advance the bill will likely require talks on pandemic funding and other issues.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he is canceling $10,000 in student debt for individuals earning less than $125,000 annually and extending a pause on loan repayments for all borrowers through the end of the year.

President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that his administration will cancel up to $20,000 in student loan debt for eligible borrowers.

Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney will be leaving Congress after losing a Democratic primary to Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler.

WASHINGTON — A federal permitting deal between Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., is facing pushback from environmentalists and would be difficult to get through the House, lawmakers said.

A federal permitting deal between Schumer and Manchin would be difficult to get through the House, lawmakers said.

WASHINGTON — At a moment when American democracy looks increasingly vulnerable, President Joe Biden and Democrats pointed to their third landmark bill as evidence that American government is working once again.