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    U.S. President Joe Biden, center, speaks during a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. Biden will unveil a sweeping $1.8 trillion plan to expand educational opportunities and child care for families, funded in part by the largest tax increases on wealthy Americans in decades, the centerpiece of his first address to a joint session of Congress tonight. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post/Bloomberg /Getty Images)

    Kamala Harris and Nancy Pelosi make Biden’s address a historic moment

    Image of the Week: For the first time, women occupied both key seats of power during a joint session of the United States Congress

    What to expect when Trump and Pelosi are squabbling like toddlers

    Allen Abel asks the experts

    What made Nancy Pelosi go on a tear

    Image of the Week: The Speaker’s much-discussed gesture achieved what she seemed to intend, eclipsing the speech itself

    Nancy Pelosi’s funeral for congressional sanity

    Image of the Week: The Speaker of the House admonished her flock for cheering Trump’s impeachment. Republicans went on about the Salem witch trials. The U.S. Constitution managed to survive.

    Just like that, the ‘Do Nothing Dems’ pass the USMCA

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    Allen Abel in Washington: It really was the best of times and the worst of times for the U.S. president on Tuesday

    ‘We must act;’ Democrats unveil Trump impeachment charges

    Voting is expected in a matter of days in the Judiciary Committee and by Christmas in the full House

    Impeachment vote is a ‘sad day’ the Democrats can’t help celebrating

    Donald Trump’s foes in the Capitol would rather strike him out with the whole world watching than let him skulk off the field

    Donald Trump is sinking

    Scott Gilmore: An impeachment trial will present Trump’s endless scandals as parts of a larger message that the public cannot ignore: the president is unfit

    The Democrats put the i-word—impeachment—back on the table

    Donald Trump’s near-certain acquittal in the Senate no longer discourages his foes in the House

    The one royal who knows how to trump Trump

    The U.S. president seems intimidated by the widely respected Queen Elizabeth II

    What happens if U.S. Congress fails to pass the new NAFTA deal?

    The consequences for Canada could be bad—very bad, say experts. But not every scenario is bleak.

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