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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said the U.S. has gamed out responses if Russian President Vladimir Putin uses a nuclear weapon in Ukraine.

WASHINGTON — The three Republicans vying for their party’s top spot on the House Ways and Means panel in the next Congress have raised nearly $4.1 million combined this cycle from K Street lobbyists and their companies’ affiliated PACs, a CQ Roll Call analysis found.

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris is planning a visit to Metro Detroit on Saturday for a fundraiser for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and other events, a White House official said Tuesday.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court justices sounded wary Tuesday of California’s animal welfare law and its protections for breeding pigs, warning it could set off a wave of state laws that put a wide array of restrictions on products moving nationwide.

WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice urged the Supreme Court in a filing Tuesday not to weigh in on an ongoing fight with former President Donald Trump over classified documents, arguing that Trump “has not even attempted to explain” how he is harmed by an appellate court decision not to…

Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., the House committee chair investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, received a threatening letter at his office in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, ahead of the next scheduled panel hearing on Oct. 13.

WASHINGTON — The White House on Tuesday called for Nury Martinez to resign from the Los Angeles City Council over racist remarks she is heard making on leaked recordings that were made public this week

Riyadh says oil production curbs are ‘purely economic’ as critics in Washington accuse it of empowering Moscow.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force on Tuesday recommended that children and teens be screened for anxiety and depression — the first time the advisory panel has issued such a recommendation.