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(Bloomberg Opinion) -- The success or failure of President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda could depend on a single senator from a mountainous state who has idiosyncratic views and is not especially popular in his own party. That’s right: Biden’s future may lie in the hands of Mitt Romney.

While the success or failure of Build Back Better has important consequences for the nation, it will likely have limited direct effects on midterm or presidential elections.

The U.S. president's biggest policy promise during the 2020 campaign was perhaps his vow to attack COVID-19 in a professional and competent way.

The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to hold former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress. The vote went mostly along party lines, with just two Republicans — Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, both on the Jan. 6 select committee — voting with the Democrats. Here are a few key takeaways:

Joe Manchin is firing back at the White House after a giant rift opened between them over the weekend . In an interview on West Virginia radio Monday, the Democratic senator...

Rep. Devin Nunes announcer last week he was retiring from Congress says volumes about the way the institution is losing its power.

People are far more interested in the candidates than they are in policy and they’re most interested in the candidates who are already well known, whether or not they’re serious contenders.

The House of Representatives voted Tuesday night to hold former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress. The vote went mostly along party lines, with just

They continue to search for a reason to hold meetings at all.

Claremont Council is ignoring the pandemicMy dismay with the Claremont City Council continues. The council has eliminated any mention of the COVID-19 pandemic at council meetings. At the Dec. 8 meeting, Councilor Jonathan Stone asked to have the...