Stock Trades by Senator Perdue Said to Have Prompted Justice Dept. Inquiry
WASHINGTON — Early this year, Senator David Perdue, Republican of Georgia, sold more than $1 million worth of stock in the financial company Cardlytics, where...
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Biden Team, Pushing Quick Stimulus Deal, Prepares for Renewed Recession
WASHINGTON — Advisers to President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. are planning for the increasing likelihood that the United States economy is headed for a “double-dip”...
Senator Kelly Loeffler of Georgia is in isolation after testing positive for the virus.
Senator Kelly Loeffler of Georgia, a Republican who is campaigning in a high-stakes runoff election that could determine control of the Senate, is isolating after...
Republicans in Congress Stay Largely in Line Behind Trump
Nearly two weeks after President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. was declared the winner of the election, leading congressional Republicans remain unwilling to recognize his victory,...
Republican Resistance Looms in the Senate for Biden’s Nominees
WASHINGTON — Senator Bernie Sanders, the progressive Vermont independent, has emerged as a contender for labor secretary in President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s administration, a...
With Senate Control Hanging in Balance, ‘Crazytown’ Cash Floods Georgia
The two Georgia runoff elections that will determine control of the Senate, and much of President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s ability to enact a Democratic...
Trump’s Confederate Base Veto Threat Imperils Defense Bill
WASHINGTON — When the top lawmakers who oversee the Defense Department met privately this week to discuss a year-end effort to pass the annual military...
With All Eyes on Senate Runoff in Georgia, Here’s How Residents Can Vote
With control of the Senate at stake, the Jan. 5 runoff for Georgia’s two Senate seats has become the political focal point of the nation....
Largely Out of Sight in Washington, Kamala Harris Preps for White House
WASHINGTON — At a chic cafe in the West End neighborhood here, a young waiter knew that the incoming vice president lived “upstairs,” as he noted...
Economic Demands Test Biden Even Before Inauguration
President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s first economic test is coming months before Inauguration Day, as a slowing recovery and accelerating coronavirus infections give new urgency...