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The bill, which passed the Senate on Thursday, now heads to President Biden’s desk for his signature.

The legislation, which would fund the government through September, would significantly increase federal spending.

A bill passed Wednesday would require officials to remove a statue of Justice Roger Brooke Taney, who wrote the racist Dred Scott decision, from its place on the Senate side of the Capitol.

Readers respond to Mayor Eric Adams’s plan. Also: Advice for President Biden; blaming Republicans; guns in public; many kinds of love.

The president’s milestone birthday has brought new attention to the gerontocracy that has led both parties for years and raised questions about when a new generation will come forth.

Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi (82) announced from the House floor on Thursday she will no longer be a part of the Democratic leadership.

The majority leader’s announcement that the House would not vote this week on a bill to curb trading by members of Congress punted the issue until after the midterm elections and reflected a rough road ahead.

Weeks before the midterm elections, the House minority leader presented a platform of neutral-sounding ideas that he said would guide a Republican majority. The hard right was there to cheer him on.

President Biden asked Congress on June 22 to suspend federal fuel taxes, unchanged since 1993, for three months to provide motorists 'relief' at the pump. Additionally, he asked states to follow suit and for oil companies to increase refining.

The subpoenas for five G.O.P. members of Congress, including the House minority leader, sent a shock wave through a divided Capitol and left lawmakers wondering what’s next.