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Sen. Joe Manchin refused to back Biden's social spending bill without a detailed analysis of its impacts, delaying Democrats' plans to pass both bills.

In a long-awaited report, the President's Working Group on Financial Markets found, when regulated, stablecoins could transform payments.

The Biden administration will publish in the coming days a rule requiring businesses to ensure their employees are vaccinated against Covid.

Some of the justices who had previously rejected a bid to block the Texas law signaled they were concerned about the way it was written.

Under the new guidance, federal contractors will have leeway to determine how they enforce the vaccination requirements for workers who refuse to be vaccinated.

Several Democratic donors have warned leaders that they may hold back on donations for next year's midterm elections unless the party can get some big wins.

Early voting hit a record high in Virginia's dead heat governor's race between former Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin. 

Barclays CEO Jes Staley will stand down following an investigation into his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, the bank said in a statement Monday.

The world's supply chain is bearing the brunt of surging consumer demand, labor shortages and overseas manufacturing delays, all amid a relentless pandemic.

Biden will convene a supply chain meeting with world leaders while in Rome in hopes of alleviating pressure points in the global trading system.

Polls show Terry McAuliffe and Glenn Youngkin remain neck-and-neck ahead of next week's Virginia governor's race, but Democrats lead in early voting.

The Biden administration announced its second attempt to terminate a Trump-era border policy that forces asylum seekers to stay in Mexico until their U.S. immigration court date.

The AFL-CIO and about two dozen other major unions spoke with the administration in an Oct. 18 teleconference call with OMB officials.

Lawyers for a Capitol police officer accused of covering up another man's role in the Jan. 6 riot by Trump supporters said he behaved heroically that day.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned after a probe overseen by Attorney General Letitia James. She also has led a an investigation of the Trump Organization.

Rep. Adam Kinzinger, an outspoken critic of former President Donald Trump and one of two Republicans on the Jan. 6 House select committee, will not seek reelection next year. 

Abortion and guns are front and center as the Supreme Court heads back to the bench to hear oral arguments in some of the term's highest-profile cases.

A multilateral approach to sanctions enhances their efficacy, write Wally Adeyemo and Wendy Sherman.

That is a political reality President Joe Biden and Democrats need to acknowledge as they try to advance his agenda, writes Heidi Heitkamp.

President Biden unveiled a $1.75 trillion framework for his social spending bill. But it still may not be enough to win over key congressional holdouts.