California, which has the unique ability to set vehicle standards, has set ambitious rules requiring all new cars to be zero-emission by 2035. The fate of those rules is now up to the Senate.
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Sen. Dick Durbin, a top Senate Democrat, says he will not seek reelection
The Illinois Democrat has announced he will retire at the end of his term next year after nearly three decades in the Senate. His departure creates a key opening in Democratic leadership.
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The next AOC? Young Democrats are aiming to topple incumbents inside their own party
Frustrated with their party’s response to President Trump, a wave of young Democrats are challenging incumbents in safe blue districts, hoping to mirror Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s upset win in 2018.
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Top House Democrat says DOGE data access at NLRB may be ‘technological malfeasance’
A top House Democrat is asking independent agency watchdogs to investigate after NPR reporting revealed DOGE may have taken sensitive data from the National Labor Relations Board.
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Senate GOP passes budget plan, setting up a critical next phase for Trump agenda
The vote brings Republicans a step closer to finalizing a sweeping plan to address defense, energy, immigration and tax policy. But a number of potential wildcards must still be sorted out.
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Word of the Week: The swashbuckling origins and evolution of ‘filibuster’
Sen. Cory Booker’s record-breaking Senate speech wasn’t technically a filibuster, but it still put the word in focus. Here’s what to know about its history, from the swashbuckling to the stonewalling.
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Sen. Cory Booker on his marathon, 25-hour speech on the Senate floor
Sen. Cory Booker, a Democrat from New Jersey, told NPR’s Juana Summers he stopped eating and drinking before his record-breaking speech.
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2 mothers bring the House to a halt over push to allow proxy voting for new parents
GOP leaders tried to block a bipartisan measure to allow proxy voting, but nine Republicans joined with Democrats to overcome it.
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Intelligence leaders will testify before Congress, fresh off the group chat fiasco
Some of the nation’s top intelligence officials are due to appear before Congress in a pair of hearings this week. Two were participants in a widely-criticized war plans group chat on Signal.
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Senate advances plan to avert shutdown, in vote that exposes Democratic rifts
The Senate voted to advance a spending bill to fund the government through Sept. 30, narrowly avoiding a government shutdown. The vote exposed a deep rift among Democrats.
