List of U.S. Congress articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Puerto Rico’s Financial Pain Is Only Getting Worse From Here
Puerto Rico defaulted on what amounts to a drop in the bucket of what it ultimately owes.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Plot Against Puerto Rico
Washington set the small island up to fail. And now that the territory is on the verge of financial collapse, Congress is washing its hands of the blame.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Puerto Rico Is on the Brink of Default
Puerto Rico is about to miss payment on $422 million it owes creditors.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Supreme Court Widens FBI Hacking Powers
A new version of Rule 41 will allow judges to issue warrants for computers outside their district in some cases.
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Asteroid_image1 The Asteroid Miner’s Guide to the Galaxy
U.S. companies are preparing to tap the solar system’s riches. But will they share the trillion-dollar deep-space market with hungry foreign competitors?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Lawmakers to White House: Get Tough With Beijing Over South China Sea
With Obama due to travel to Southeast Asia next month, senators call on the U.S. administration to counter China’s assertive moves in the region's disputed waters.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Democrat’s Latest Pro-Israel Appeal Draws Friendly Fire
Ever since his vote last September for the Iran nuclear deal, Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) has bent over backwards to demonstrate his fervent support for the state of Israel through a variety of press releases, public speeches, personal meetings with Israeli leaders, and direct overtures to pro-Israel lobbyists.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Lindsey Graham Pushes Compromise on Saudi 9/11 Bill
Looking to unite the White House with a divided Congress while still protecting the U.S. against foreign lawsuits, a key Republican senator is proposing a new compromise on legislation to help give justice to survivors of terror attacks on American soil.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Top Republicans Are Uneasy About Saudi 9/11 Bill
A handful of top Republicans in Congress expressed skepticism Tuesday about a Senate bill that would let U.S. citizens sue Saudi Arabia over the 9/11 attacks -- a positive sign for White House efforts to derail the legislation ahead of President Barack Obama’s trip to Riyadh this week.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Supreme Court Could Hand Obama Stinging Immigration Loss
The Supreme Court seems primed to strike down Obama's executive action on immigration.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Paul Ryan: ‘I’m Not a Neocon’
The GOP’s young leader tries to chart a path between his party’s neoconservative wing and the views of Trump and Cruz.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Long-Awaited Senate Plan Would Require Companies Be Able to Decrypt On Demand
A bill written by the top senators on the Intelligence Committee escalates Washington's war with Silicon Valley over encryption.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Senators Slam NATO ‘Free-Riders’ in Closed-Door Meeting With Secretary General
Donald Trump has spent much of his campaign deriding NATO allies for “ripping off” the American taxpayer and failing to contribute to the world’s most powerful military alliance. But on Wednesday, his fellow Republicans joined the chorus during a closed-door meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Capitol Hill, according to sources inside the room.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Top GOP Lawmaker: Some Administration Officials Are Too Close to Tehran
Senate Republicans launched a new attack on the White House’s nuclear deal with Iran on Tuesday and pledged to pass legislation authorizing fresh sanctions against the Islamic Republic. But the Obama administration punched back hard, saying the landmark agreement forged nine months ago “is working” and is the best method for preventing Iran from becoming a nuclear power.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How I Accidentally Became a Lobbyist for Azerbaijan
The small oil-rich country spends millions sweet-talking Congress. Here’s how I got fooled into helping.
