Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida heads to Washington looking to strengthen his country’s alliance with the US while sidestepping issues that cast their ties in an unfavorable light — including the planned takeover of US Steel.
BY Brandon Lee, Jeannie Baumann and Giuseppe Macri
Congress returns this week with a lot on its agenda this year, including bipartisan tax cuts that would benefit US companies with large capital expenditures and legislation to force TikTok’s Chinese parent company to sell its popular social video network.
Senate Republicans are poised to sink a $78 billion tax-cut package, gambling that they’ll win the majority in November and can push then for bigger breaks for business.
For the 2024 election, Arizona officials didn’t want a repeat of two years ago, when masked and armed people intimidated voters. So, the state barred groups from monitoring drop boxes and polling locations.
The Biden administration has dismissed a deal with Speaker Mike Johnson to tie Ukraine aid to lifting the Biden administration’s pause of new liquefied natural gas export licenses.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) wants new Ukraine funds approved “right away,” but is still grappling to soften opposition from hard-liners, leaving doubts about whether billions of dollars in assistance will reach front lines in time to make a difference.
The full-time influence industry had another record year as lawmakers started laying the groundwork for future measures on taxation and AI — despite few new bills becoming law in the chaotic Congress of 2023.
Workers at Milwaukee’s Master Lock factory stood to make $100,000 or more a year just a decade ago as they helped churn out the padlocks that secure America’s school lockers and backyard sheds.
Former Rep. Mike Rogers remembers working in a car factory to put himself through college. This year, the longtime Republican is leaning into his ability to connect with historically Democratic unionized autoworkers in a competitive Senate race in Michigan.
President Joe Biden assailed Donald Trump for his role in overturning federal abortion rights as he took his electoral pitch to North Carolina, a state that twice backed his Republican rival.
