Pat Toomey
Alisha Hoffman-Mirilovich, right, and Claudia Glennan embrace at the Edwardsville Pierogi Festival in Edwardsville, Pa., Friday, June 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
'We need more': Democrats frustrated as agenda faces hurdles

By Steve Peoples Jun. 15, 2021 12:21 AM EDT

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito speaks at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, May 27, 2021, as from left, Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., Sen. Barrasso, R-Wy. and Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., look on. Republican senators outlined a $928 billion infrastructure proposal Thursday, a counteroffer to President Joe Biden's more sweeping plan as the two sides struggle to negotiate a bipartisan compromise and remain far apart on how to pay for the massive spending. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Biden to GOP: 'Don't get in the way' of infrastructure plan

By Lisa Mascaro And Jonathan Lemire May. 28, 2021 12:17 AM EDT

From left, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., the GOP's lead negotiator on a counteroffer to President Joe Biden's infrastructure plan, is joined by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., and Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, May 27, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Biden to GOP: 'Don't get in the way' of infrastructure plan

By Lisa Mascaro And Jonathan Lemire May. 27, 2021 12:53 PM EDT

This image from video provided by the Senate Banking Committee shows Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser testifying virtually to the Senate Banking Committee Wednesday, May 26, 2021. (Senate Banking Committee via AP)
Bank CEOs outline pandemic support; senators split on issues

By Ken Sweet And Marcy Gordon May. 26, 2021 10:27 AM EDT

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg receives a tour of an underground tunnel for the expansion of the Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport plane train tunnel at the Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Friday, May 21, 2021, in Atlanta. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
GOP senators ready $1T infrastructure counteroffer to Biden

By Lisa Mascaro And Jonathan Lemire May. 25, 2021 02:33 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2021, file photo, Rachel Levine, nominated to be an assistant secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services, testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Voting mostly along party lines, the U.S. Senate on March 24, confirmed Levine to be assistant secretary of health. She becomes the first openly transgender federal official to win Senate confirmation. (Caroline Brehman/Pool via AP, File)
A first: US Senate confirms transgender doctor for key post

By David Crary Mar. 25, 2021 12:01 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2021, file photo, Rachel Levine, nominated to be an assistant secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services, testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Voting mostly along party lines, the U.S. Senate on March 24, confirmed Levine to be assistant secretary of health. She becomes the first openly transgender federal official to win Senate confirmation. (Caroline Brehman/Pool via AP, File)
A first: US Senate confirms transgender doctor for key post

By David Crary Mar. 24, 2021 05:35 PM EDT

President Joe Biden holds his face mask as he speaks about COVID-19 vaccinations in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, March 18, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Who deserves credit? Biden leans into pandemic politics

By Steve Peoples And Zeke Miller Mar. 18, 2021 12:13 AM EDT

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency nominee Michael Regan, testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. (Caroline Brehman/Pool via AP)
Senate confirms Fudge to lead housing agency, Regan for EPA

By Mary Clare Jalonick And Matthew Daly Mar. 10, 2021 01:18 PM EST

U.S. Senate seats up for election in 2022. (AP Graphic)
GOP Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri won't seek reelection in 2022

By Summer Ballentine And Jim Salter Mar. 08, 2021 05:07 PM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2018 file photo Republican Jeff Bartos, speaks to supporters in York, Pa. Bartos is formally launching his campaign for Pennsylvania's wide-open 2022 U.S. Senate race, the highest-profile Republican candidate so far to run for the seat. (Ty Lohr/York Daily Record via AP, File)
Bartos declares candidacy for US Senate in Pennsylvania

By Marc Levy Mar. 08, 2021 08:00 AM EST

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2020 file photo, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell listens during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Federal Reserve officials were convinced last month that the U.S. economy and job growth had slowed as coronavirus cases surged across the country. They noted that the economy's outlook is heavily dependent on the course of the virus. (Al Drago/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
Fed's Powell: Recovery incomplete, high inflation unlikely

By Christopher Rugaber And Martin Crutsinger Feb. 23, 2021 10:03 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: North Carolina

By The Associated Press Feb. 17, 2021 08:20 AM EST
Recent editorials from North Carolina newspapers: ___ Feb. 16 The Greensboro Record & News and...

Democratic House impeachment managers from left, Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Colo.,walk out of the Senate Chamber in the Capitol at the end of the fifth day of the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, in Washington. The Senate has acquitted Donald Trump of inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, bringing his trial to a close and giving the former president a historic second victory in the court of impeachment. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Trump acquitted, denounced in second impeachment trial

By Lisa Mascaro, Eric Tucker And Mary Clare Jalonick Feb. 14, 2021 12:49 AM EST

Democratic House impeachment managers from left, Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Colo.,walk out of the Senate Chamber in the Capitol at the end of the fifth day of the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, in Washington. The Senate has acquitted Donald Trump of inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, bringing his trial to a close and giving the former president a historic second victory in the court of impeachment. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Trump acquitted, denounced in historic impeachment trial

By Lisa Mascaro, Eric Tucker And Mary Clare Jalonick Feb. 13, 2021 03:58 PM EST

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., with impeachment managers Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., and Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, speaks to members of the media during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, after the U.S. Senate voted not guilty, to acquit former President Donald Trump of inciting riot at U.S. Capitol, ending impeachment trial, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
The Latest: Biden says all Americans must 'defend the truth'

Feb. 13, 2021 10:31 AM EST

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo the Republican side, right, in the House chamber is seen as Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Vice President Mike Pence officiate as a joint session of the House and Senate convenes to count the Electoral College votes cast in November's election, at the Capitol in Washington. Arguments begin Tuesday, Feb. 9, in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump on allegations that he incited the violent mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool, File)
The Latest: Republicans criticize Trump lawyers' performance

Feb. 09, 2021 01:45 PM EST

On the eve of the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., one of the Democratic House impeachment managers, is escorted by security through the Rotunda after preparing for the case in the Senate, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. The trial will begin Tuesday with a debate and vote on whether it's even constitutional to prosecute the former president, an argument that could resonate with Republicans keen on voting to acquit Trump. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
What to watch as Trump's 2nd impeachment trial kicks off

By Mary Clare Jalonick Feb. 09, 2021 12:15 AM EST

In this image from video, House impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., speaks during the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. (Senate Television via AP)
Trump's historic 2nd trial opens with jarring video of siege

By Lisa Mascaro, Eric Tucker, Mary Clare Jalonick And Jill Colvin Feb. 09, 2021 12:13 AM EST

Similarities and differences between the two impeachment trials of Donald Trump. (AP Graphic)
Trump's trial starting: 'Grievous crime' or just 'theater'?

By Lisa Mascaro, Eric Tucker, Mary Clare Jalonick And Jill Colvin Feb. 08, 2021 01:24 PM EST