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Senate appropriators are facing what could be a major shake-up in subcommittee leadership after the upcoming elections.

This week, there’s a certain irony to our newsletter being called “At the Races.” And no, it’s not because Pete Rose, Major League Baseball’s all-time hits leader who was banned from baseball for betting on the Cincinnati Reds, died​ Monday at age 83. Betting on the outcome of the congressional…

A bipartisan group of senators is expressing concern over the USDA's decision to use a single contractor to distribute food to Indian Reservations

Climate goals and Gaza ceasefire top the list of expectations for millions of young and progressive voters

Democratic leaders face questions about Biden's candidacy; lawmakers express varying views on the matter.

A long-stalled southern Oregon casino project pitting competing Native American tribes against each other has caught lawmakers' attention.

January 6 rioter Brandon Fellows, who served one of the toughest prison sentences yet for the insurrection, was sitting behind the former chief medical adviser to the president

Biden administration says ‘too many civilians’ killed in Gaza but reasserts commitment to supporting Israel in war.

Two Senate panels tackled election security ahead of November, with Democrats spotlighting threats to poll workers and voting rights.