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Joseph Clark

Joseph Clark

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Joseph Clark covered Congress and national security for The Washington Times.

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., leaves the chamber as the final votes of the 117th Congress are cast for the $1.7 trillion spending bill that finances federal agencies and provides aid to Ukraine, at the Capitol in Washington, Dec. 23, 2022. Pelosi is stepping aside from her top leadership role in the new Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Pelosi mourns Pope Benedict XVI’s death

Outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Saturday mourned the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and praised the longtime theologian's devotion to the Catholic Church.

December 31, 2022
President Joe Biden participates in a briefing on winter storms across the United States in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

‘Nation of second chances’: Biden issues 6 pardons

President Biden on Friday granted five pardons for people convicted on drug and alcohol charges and one person convicted of murder, all of whom the White House says have shown a commitment to improving their communities.

December 30, 2022
In this image released in the final report by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022, President Donald Trump talks on the phone to Vice President Mike Pence from the Oval Office of the White House on the morning of Jan. 6, 2021. Congress has passed changes to the arcane law that controls how it ratifies the winner of a presidential election. The legislation is an effort to close loopholes that Trump and his allies tried to exploit so he could remain president after losing the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden. (House Select Committee via AP)

Trump tax returns made public: See what the former president paid — and didn’t

Democrats in Congress released six years' worth of former President Donald Trump's tax returns on Friday, the culmination of a yearslong effort to learn about the finances of a onetime business mogul who broke decades of political norms when he refused to voluntarily release the information as he sought the White House.

December 30, 2022
President Joe Biden participates in a briefing on winter storms across the United States in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden set to sign Congress’ $1.7 trillion spending bill into law

President Biden on Friday signaled he would sign into law Congress' $1.7 trillion spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies through September, praising the measure as a shining example of bipartisanship on Capitol Hill.

December 23, 2022