Pelosi Announces Vote on $1 Trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill

Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California said that the House would take up the $1 trillion bill on Thursday, hours before government funding is scheduled to lapse.

America’s Need to Pay Its Bills Has Spawned a Political Game

Republicans and Democrats have long sparred over raising the debt ceiling. But this time, the odds are growing that the U.S. could default.

Opinion | Republicans Are Playing a Dangerous Game With Debt

They know the borrowing limit must be raised, one way or another.

Opinion | The Mendacity of Joe Biden

No White House fact sheet about other policies that benefited Black people can hide the fact that Haitian migrants at the southern border were treated like animals.

For Schumer and Pelosi, the Challenge of a Career With No Margin for Error

The top two Democrats in Congress face a daunting pile of legislative imperatives. With President Biden’s agenda hanging in the balance and few votes to spare, can they get it done?

George Washington Slept Here? Then So Will Nathaniel Philbrick.

In “Travels With George,” a book that’s part history and part travelogue, Philbrick retraces Washington’s steps in an effort to understand America’s problems then and now.

Opinion | The World Lost a Great Philosopher This Week

A tribute to Charles W. Mills.

Opinion | Can Joe Biden Recover?

Biden can definitely float his way back up. Clawing his way up might be a different story. 

Democrats’ Spending Fight Carries High Stakes for Their Candidates

Failure of moderates and progressives to reach a deal would fuel Republican attacks on their competence — with consequences as soon as November in Virginia, and in the midterms next year.

Opinion | Should the U.S. Expand the Social Safety Net?

Readers disagree with a guest essay that argued that America cannot afford the $3.5 trillion bill now before Congress.

Anita Hill Has Some Perspective to Offer

Thirty years after she testified before the Senate, the law professor talks about the experience, sexual harassment and her growing impatience with the slow pace of change.

Among Those Who Marched Into the Capitol on Jan. 6: An F.B.I. Informant

A member of the far-right Proud Boys texted his F.B.I. handler during the assault, but maintained the group had no plan in advance to enter the Capitol and disrupt the election certification.

States Begin a Complex Booster Shot Rollout for Pfizer Recipients

Health officials were preparing on Friday to start giving booster shots to older and at-risk Americans, trying to make sense of new and broad eligibility guidelines.

Ocasio-Cortez apologizes for her ‘present’ vote on Iron Dome funding.

In a letter to constituents, the New York congresswoman suggested she had changed her “no” vote because she had been subjected to “hateful targeting” for opposing the aid.

‘Stop the Steal’ Movement Races Forward, Ignoring Arizona Humiliation

As a Republican review of 2020 votes in Arizona sputtered to a close, Donald Trump and his allies signaled that their attack on the election, and their drive to reshape future elections, were far from over.

Opinion | This Is How America’s Richest Families Stay That Way

The longer we fail to constrain inherited wealth, the sooner the dream of a democratic society dies.

Biden Promised to Follow the Science. But Sometimes, He Gets Ahead of the Experts.

White House officials dismiss criticism that President Biden’s comments on booster shots amount to undue pressure on public health experts.

States Begin a Complex Booster Shot Rollout for Pfizer Recipients

Health officials were preparing on Friday to start giving booster shots to older and at-risk Americans, trying to make sense of new and broad eligibility guidelines.

How Democrats Could Shrink Their $3.5 Trillion Budget Bill

Here are three options to shrink down the Democrats’ climate change and social welfare bill as moderates demand less spending and smaller tax hikes to pay for it.

Biden Promised to Follow the Science. But Sometimes, He Gets Ahead of the Experts.

White House officials dismiss criticism that President Biden’s comments on booster shots amount to undue pressure on public health experts.