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Self-driving cars are racing self-driving regulations to the streets

By Molly Wood

December 07, 2018

Waymo self-driving vehicles are displayed at the Google I/O 2018 Conference at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California, in May. — Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Who will win the race?

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Can Congress fix the broken process that governs government spending?

By Kimberly Adams

November 29, 2018

The U.S. Capitol is seen in Washington, DC on Jan. 22, 2018 after the U.S. Senate reached a deal to reopen the federal government, with Democrats accepting a compromise spending bill. — MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images

A bipartisan committee has spent nearly a year trying to come up with a better way to do things

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What business investment says about our economy's future

By Justin Ho

November 28, 2018

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How the midterm elections could shape tech policy

By Molly Wood

November 09, 2018

Tennessee Republican Marsha Blackburn, who won a Senate seat in Tuesday's election, has ties to the telecom industry. — Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images

Congress is changing. And so is its attitude toward tech.

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Paying lip service to the deficit

By Nancy Marshall-Genzer

November 08, 2018

“Washington needs to find a way to spend less,” Mitch McConnell said in 2011, back when the Kentucky Republican was Senate minority leader. Above, he addresses the Value Voters Summit in Washington, D.C., in September. — Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Politicians have been pretty quiet lately about the $800 billion budget deficit. That's about to change.

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Can a divided Congress find any common ground?

By David Brancaccio

November 07, 2018

Senators Joe Manchin and Susan Collins lead a group of bipartisan Senators as they speak to reporters after the Senate passed a procedural vote for a continuing resolution to fund the federal government, Capitol Hill, January 22, 2018 in Washington, DC. — Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Economics experts from the last two administrations share their thoughts on bipartisanship

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With midterm elections just days away, candidates focus on health care

By Kimberly Adams

October 24, 2018

The ads tell the story as Democrats and Republicans work to ease voters' fears about pre-existing conditions.

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Brett Kavanaugh and the missing women on the Senate Judiciary Committee

By Danielle Chiriguayo

September 26, 2018

Judge Brett Kavanaugh is sworn in by Chuck Grassley, rear, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, during his confirmation hearing to be an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court on Sept. 4. — BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images

Fundamental questions about workplace diversity and privilege are playing out in Congress as the Judiciary Committee meets to consider the Supreme Court nomination.