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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) walked from his office to the Senate floor at the US Capitol on June 21, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

GOP ready to block elections bill in Senate showdown

The Democrats’ expansive elections and voting bill is all but certain to be rejected in a key test vote in the Senate, providing a dramatic example of Republicans’ use of the filibuster to block legislation and forcing hard questions for Democrats over next steps.

White House says it will fall short of July 4 vaccine goal

More than 70 percent of Americans age 30 or older have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine even as President Biden is set to fall short of reaching his goal of giving a shot to the same percentage of all American adults by Independence Day.

Daniel Ellsberg, an icon and Pentagon Papers leaker, still seeks justice’s light

Ellsberg is one of the most celebrated leakers of top-secret documents in American history, a man who 50 years ago this month was the secret hand behind The New York Times’ publication of the so-called Pentagon Papers.

What Bostonians need to know about the NYC mayoral election

Tuesday’s primary election for New York City mayor is underway. Here's a primer on the race.
MIT research associate Daniel Ellsberg appeared before microphones, surrounded by reporters at the Federal Building, in 1971.

Daniel Ellsberg, an icon and Pentagon Papers leaker, still seeks justice’s light

New York City mayoral candidate Kathryn Garcia handed out campaign information while walking with Assembly Member Danny O’Donnell.

What Bostonians need to know about the NYC mayoral election

Sharone Vaughn cast her ballot in Harlem on June 12.

Last votes being cast in New York City mayoral primaries

President Biden spoke in the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 20, 2021.

Democrats unite behind voting rights bill as it faces a Senate roadblock

Senator Joe Manchin, Democrat of West Virginia, a key infrastructure negotiator, paused for reporters after working behind closed doors with other Democrats in a basement room at the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday.

In Senate vote, Biden sees ‘step forward’ for elections bill

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Sharone Vaughn cast her ballot in Harlem on June 12.

Last votes being cast in New York City mayoral primaries

New York's pandemic-era expansion of mail-in voting is still in effect, and many absentee ballots won't be counted until a week after the election.

President Biden spoke in the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 20, 2021.

Democrats unite behind voting rights bill as it faces a Senate roadblock

A push by Democrats to enact the most expansive voting rights legislation in generations is set to collapse in the Senate on Tuesday, when Republicans are expected to use a filibuster to block a measure that President Biden and his allies in Congress have called a vital step to protect democracy.

The Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.

Supreme Court rules NCAA can’t enforce limits on certain benefits for college athletes

In a ruling that could help push changes in college athletics, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the NCAA can’t enforce certain rules limiting the education-related benefits — things like computers and graduate scholarships — that colleges offer athletes.

Senator Joe Manchin, Democrat of West Virginia, a key infrastructure negotiator, paused for reporters after working behind closed doors with other Democrats in a basement room at the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday.

In Senate vote, Biden sees ‘step forward’ for elections bill

The White House said Monday it views the Senate’s work on an elections bill overhaul and changes being offered by Senator Joe Manchin as a “step forward,” even though the Democrats’ priority legislation is expected to be blocked by a Republican filibuster.

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Police officers at the scene of a homicide in Manhattan.

Trump is out of D.C. The pandemic is fading. And the newest issue driving the American political discourse is quickly emerging

Donald Trump has left the White House. The pandemic is entering the rearview mirror. And suddenly the next issue that drives American political discourse is emerging: crime.

President Biden spoke about COVID-19 on June 18.

Biden outlines COVID-19 vaccine plan, set to miss global-sharing goal

President Biden is expected to fall short of his commitment to shipping 80 million COVID-19 vaccine doses abroad by the end of June.

Construction is ongoing on the Corpus Christi Harbor Bridge and ramps that will connect to Interstate 37 in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Lindsey Graham tells Biden trillion-dollar infrastructure deal ‘there for the taking’

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said a $579 billion bipartisan accord on infrastructure is on the table and he challenged President Joe Biden to decide whether he wants to pursue it.

Secretary of Veterans Affairs nominee Denis McDonough.

VA moves to offer gender confirmation surgery to vets

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough said in prepared remarks that the move was “the right thing to do,” and that it was part of an effort to overcome a “dark history” of discrimination against LGBTQ service members.