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A White House proposal to allow the billionaire Dan Gertler to sell off his assets in the Democratic Republic of Congo sparks a bipartisan rebuke.

The State Department says the monthslong blockade has damaged U.S. national security. Several Republican senators have objected to advancing the slate of nominees.

Democrats are clashing with each other and the Biden administration over whether to attach conditions, including measures to avoid civilian casualties, to a major infusion of security assistance.

The vote reflected deep partisan divisions over Jacob Lew’s nomination, which nearly all Senate Republicans voted against.

The indictment of the Democratic senator from New Jersey comes at a politically opportune moment for the besieged Justice Department.

A decades-old program created by President George W. Bush to combat AIDS around the world is at risk of being sucked into a partisan dispute over abortion, with some Republicans threatening to block its renewal.

Representative David Trone, who is in his third term, is expected to pour tens of millions of dollars of his personal fortune into what is likely to be a hotly contested primary.

Senate Republicans objected to Democrats’ request to temporarily replace the ailing Californian on the Judiciary Committee, intensifying questions about how the chamber will function without her.

President Biden is focused on selling his legislative accomplishments after the new House Republican majority had vowed to block his agenda for the remainder of his term.

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