Lawmakers have yet to vote on the Afghan Adjustment Act, which would provide those who left the country amid our chaotic military withdrawal with a pathway to permanent residency.

Now that Manchin’s bill has failed to win enough support, there’s space for a better debate about how to streamline the approval process for new energy projects.

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is the single largest recipient of campaign funds from NextEra energy, whose pipeline project could get fast-tracked with the deal Schumer recently brokered.

The side deal that Chuck Schumer and Joe Manchin cut to pass the Inflation Reduction Act now threatens to be the proximate cause of a government shutdown.

Whether the outcome will be good or bad for the climate remains unclear. The process, though, was terrible.

House Democrats on Wednesday passed their reform of the Electoral Count Act. The Senate has a different reform bill in mind. Only one can win.

Details on the permitting reform demanded by Senator Manchin remain scant. Many fear it could prove a giveaway to fossil fuel companies.

The South Carolina senator’s proposed ban can’t be squared with either the medical consensus or the lives of those who most often have to seek the procedure late in their pregnancies.

Demanding E.V. parts be made domestically could slow down the energy transition—or, alternatively, fall afoul of free trade policies the United States has worked hard to enact.

The Maryland congressman talks about what’s next for Washington’s most unlikely friendship now that Wyoming Republicans have voted Cheney out of office.

Yes, Build Back Better eventually became Build Back Manchin, but for Democrats, it’s better than nothing.

After months of delay, a bipartisan group of senators has introduced a measure that would end the paralyzing uncertainty faced by those we promised to find a new home.

Passing any climate policy through this Senate is a massive achievement. But environmentalists are right to be wary of the drilling concessions Democrats had to give away to get there.

Could the Senate—gasp!—actually pass legislation to reform the obscure law that nearly enabled Trump's plot to overturn the 2020 election?

The Inflation Reduction Act doesn’t curb fossil fuels. In fact, it boosts them.

Embracing the Senate minority leader’s bare knuckle tactics gets results.

The January 6 committee wraps up its summer hearings by airing unseen video outtakes of Trump flubbing his response to the Capitol attack.

Joe Manchin’s ability to sink climate legislation is getting less attention than the January 6 hearings. But it’s just as dire a sign for democracy.

Democrats and Republicans alike are finally putting the screws to kleptocrats—and their American enablers.

The president has had a lot thrown at him. The Middle East, oddly, has been comparatively quiet. That may be about to change.