President Joe Biden on Wednesday said Shalanda D. Young would be his nominee for White House budget director, solidifying a role she’s been filling in an acting capacity for months.Young, a former Democratic staff director for the House Appropriations Committee, has served as acting director of the Office of Management and Budget since the Senate confirmed her as deputy director in March on a 63-37 vote.

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A former Capitol Police officer who was in charge of K-9 training filed a lawsuit on Monday against the force, alleging there was a culture of discrimination that has gone on for years.



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Former Capitol Police officer alleges discrimination in department's K-9 unit

Rep. Ruben Gallego’s new book, “They Called Us ‘Lucky’: The Life and Afterlife of the Iraq War’s Hardest Hit Unit,” isn’t your typical political memoir. It’s earthy, candid and, in the words of CQ Roll Call’s own Jim Saksa, a “warts-and-all account of war.”On this episode of the Political Theater podcast, Saksa sits down with the Arizona Democrat to talk about the book and the stories behind it.

Ruben Gallego’s ‘warts and all’ account of life and death

As the U.S. braces for a busy holiday travel period, the Biden administration’s decision Tuesday to sell 50 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve should lower gasoline prices in the short term, analysts said.In an effort coordinated with other nations, the U.S.

Small gas-price impact seen from petroleum reserve sale

Alabama recently approved a new congressional map that preserved the state’s historically Black district but it immediately faced allegations it still discriminated against minority communities.It’s a pattern playing out in other states, too.

States create few new minority districts in redistricting so far

Congress is considering a bill that would require critical infrastructure operators and federal agencies to report any cyber breaches and attacks to the top federal cyber agency, but the FBI wants to be in the reporting loop as well.

FBI wants to be in the loop as Congress mulls cyber reporting law

Timothy Antoine, governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, shares how the monetary authority launched one of the world’s first central bank digital currencies.

D-Cash: How the Eastern Caribbean created one of the first CBDCs

After touring a medical campus in Cleveland on Monday, Ohio Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan stressed the importance of getting one of President Joe Biden’s signature policy achievements across the finish line. “There’s a variety of things in here that are going to be very, very helpful,” Ryan, who is running for Senate, said at a press conference.

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Republican Sean Parnell, who was endorsed by former president Donald Trump in a closely watched Pennsylvania Senate race, said Monday he will not continue with his campaign, hours after it was made public that a judge had granted his estranged wife primary custody of the couple’s three children.



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