With Covid relief and stimulus checks in sight, Biden asks for faith in US democracy
Democrats muscled past unified Republican opposition, resolved their own last-minute identity crisis and are on the cusp of delivering a massive…
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Biden opposes gutting filibuster despite tough path for some legislative priorities in Senate
President Joe Biden opposes ending the legislative filibuster despite a slim Democratic majority in the Senate, White House communications director…
Continue Reading Manchin defends effort to stall Democrats’ stimulus plan
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin on Sunday defended his role in stalling the Senate’s passage of President Joe Biden’s massive stimulus plan…
Continue Reading How Democrats miscalculated Manchin and later won him back
It was Friday afternoon, and President Joe Biden was on the phone with Sen. Joe Manchin, the conservative West Virginia Democrat who felt blindsided…
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Infamous tent camp on U.S.-Mexico border drawn down as Biden ends Trump policy
MATAMOROS, Mexico — A tent camp in Matamoros, Mexico, where hundreds of migrants stayed in deplorable conditions after being subject to a…
Continue Reading Why Biden’s next legislative push might be much harder than Covid relief
President Joe Biden and fellow Democrats are racing to prove a counterintuitive lesson: with congressional majorities, sometimes less can be more.…
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Some struggling Americans aren’t getting the stimulus payment they were promised. Here’s why
Some financially struggling Americans who owe back taxes will miss out on stimulus payments unless the Internal Revenue Service decides to change its…
Continue Reading Biden to sign executive order expanding voting access
President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order Sunday expanding voting access in what the White House calls “an initial step in…
Continue Reading Wall Street Journal: Third female former staffer accuses New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of inappropriate conduct
A third female former staffer has come forward with accusations of inappropriate conduct by embattled New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, according to…
Continue Reading Top Biden advisers tell staff there’s ‘no room for complacency’ as Covid relief bill nears completion
The message to White House senior staff as President Joe Biden’s cornerstone legislative proposal nears completion is simple, if blunt: there…
Continue Reading ‘Dripping in the blood of Jim Crow’: Voting rights groups say GOP-backed bills in Georgia target Black voters
Voting rights groups led bus tours, knocked on 1 million doors and gave out food at community events to achieve an unprecedented Black voter turnout…
Continue Reading Trump says he’ll campaign against Murkowski in Alaska next year
Former President Donald Trump said Saturday he plans to campaign against GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski in Alaska next year when she’s up for…
Continue Reading US Chamber of Commerce won’t pull support for lawmakers who objected to election results on January 6
The US Chamber of Commerce will not suspend financial contributions to members of Congress who voted to overturn the 2020 presidential election,…
Continue Reading Georgia district attorney investigating Trump hires lawyer with expertise in racketeering cases
A lawyer with deep expertise in racketeering cases has been retained by the Atlanta-area district attorney’s office investigating former…
Continue Reading Trump wants top Republican fundraising organizations to stop using his likeness
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump sent out cease-and-desist letters Friday to the Republican National Committee, the National Republican…
Continue Reading Biden administration expected to form task force to deal with Microsoft hack linked to China
The Biden administration is expected to put together a task force to deal with major cyber intrusions that Microsoft said this week were linked to…
Continue Reading Here’s what’s in the Senate stimulus plan
The Senate on Saturday passed its version of the Democrats’ massive coronavirus relief package, after the House passed its package last week.…
Continue Reading Obama congratulates Biden on Senate passage of his Covid relief bill
Former President Barack Obama on Saturday congratulated President Joe Biden on the successful passage of the Covid-19 relief bill through the Senate,…
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Senate passes Biden’s relief bill, including $1,400 checks
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Senate on Saturday narrowly passed President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package after a floor vote. Biden…
Continue Reading Federal judge says deadline to ratify ERA ‘expired long ago’ in setback to advocates’ efforts
A federal district judge on Friday dealt a blow to advocates of the Equal Rights Amendment in ruling that the deadline to ratify the ERA…
Continue Reading Senate passes Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid relief plan after all-night votes
The Senate passed President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid relief plan on Saturday, after an all-night “vote-a-rama” and a 12-hour…
Continue Reading Biden’s historic victory for America — no thanks to GOP
President Joe Biden is on the cusp of a major legislative victory. If all goes according to plan and the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan is signed…
Continue Reading White House warns of ‘active threat’ from Microsoft email hackers
The Biden administration is increasingly sounding the alarm over a series of newly discovered cyber intrusions that Microsoft said this week were…
Continue Reading Democratic divides sharpen even as Biden’s Covid-19 relief package passes the Senate
The honeymoon is over for President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats, whose unified front was thrown into doubt during the final stages of negotiations…
Continue Reading Democratic divides sharpen even as Biden’s Covid-19 relief package moves forward
The honeymoon is over for President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats, whose unified front has been thrown into doubt during the final stages of…
Continue Reading There’s a race to pass the stimulus by March 14. Here’s what’s at stake
Millions of Americans will start running out of pandemic unemployment benefits in just two weeks, putting increased pressure on the House to quickly…
Continue Reading A guide to what you can expect to get from the $1.9 trillion Senate stimulus
The $1.9 trillion coronavirus package passed by the Senate contains a wide range of proposals to help Americans still struggling with the economic…
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Biden, Democrats prevail as divided Senate approves $1.9T virus aid bill, House on track for final passage next week
WASHINGTON, DC — An exhausted Senate has narrowly approved a $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill. The vote means that President Joe Biden and his…
Continue Reading Senate slogs through overnight series of votes to push Biden’s Covid relief plan
The Senate is voting Saturday morning on a series of amendments to the $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill, following a nearly 12-hour struggle to get…
Continue Reading 70 years later, a US Army chaplain’s remains are found
Seventy years after renowned Army Chaplain Capt. Emil Kapaun died as a prisoner in the Korean War, his remains have been identified by the Defense…
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