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Big infrastructure bill in peril; GOP threatens filibuster

By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The bipartisan infrastructure deal senators brokered with ... Read more

Business

Biden wants spending to boost economy, but GOP to block vote

By JOSH BOAK and ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Monday that his ... Read more

Business

Top Senate Dem sets infrastructure vote, pressures lawmakers

By KEVIN FREKING and ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is pressuring ... Read more

Business

Top Senate Dem sets infrastructure vote, pressures lawmakers

By KEVIN FREKING and ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer pressured lawmakers ... Read more

Business

Biden pitches huge budget, says Dems will ‘get a lot done’

By ALAN FRAM and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden made a quick foray ... Read more

Business

Senate Democrats reach $3.5 trillion budget agreement

By ALAN FRAM and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats announced late Tuesday that they’d ... Read more

Business

In hunt for infrastructure deal, every Dem has leverage

By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a crucial moment for Democrats, party leaders are hunting ... Read more

Obituaries

Mike Gravel, former US senator for Alaska, dies at 91

SEASIDE, Calif. (AP) — Mike Gravel, a former U.S. senator from Alaska who read the Pentagon Papers into ... Read more

Crime

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ——— March 17 The ... Read more

Business

Biden urges Senate Dems to rally behind $1.9T virus bill

By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden urged Senate Democrats on Tuesday to rally ... Read more

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