Inside Washington

These are troubling times at the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission. That means troubling and dangerous times for the miners of this country as well.

"The hawks in Washington want to jack up the military budget and use Ukraine as an excuse," warned one analyst.

Longtime Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg refused a similar number of questions, citing his right to not self-incriminate.

The Senate majority leader also plans to take up voting rights legislation in January.

Senate GOP campaign chief Rick Scott went to bat for Republicans who take credit for popular bills they voted against.

"Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema's efforts to scale back Build Back Better can only leave working families worse off."

"President Biden has the power to remake the postal governing board and remove DeJoy. He must act."

"Chip Roy says what we all already know: there is no intent of working across the aisle. It's all posturing."

Mississippi Rep. Steven Palazzo spent more than $61,000 on payments to a Mississippi-based law firm.

"The argument that we need to make here," the New York Democrat said of bipartisanship's dead end, "is that it's worth going it alone if we can do more for working people in this country."