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Senators voted to kill a resolution that would have ordered the administration to assess whether Israel has violated human rights. But the debate highlighted Democratic resistance to providing unfettered aid.

President Biden’s request for more than $110 billion in assistance for Ukraine, Israel and the border, has been held up by a dispute with Republicans on Capitol Hill.

Another Republican resignation and medical absences are cutting into the party’s already shaky hold on the chamber.

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Senator Robert Menendez and his wife both face federal charges of accepting bribes, including gold bars. Now their marriage is central to a new dispute in the case.

A $78 billion package to revive an expansion of the child tax credit and expired business breaks has drawn bipartisan support in the House and Senate.

Inspired by her own experience, Representative Anna Paulina Luna of Florida has broken with her party to call for proxy voting for female members of Congress for six weeks after giving birth.

It might as well be “Frozen III” in Des Moines. And what a cast of characters.