Truce over: U.S. Congress heads to partisan battle on coronavirus aid for states
After passing $3 trillion of coronavirus relief in a rare seven-week run of bipartisanship, the U.S. Congress is headed back to its normal state of...
Biden campaign’s outside economic advisers include Larry Summers
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, an academic and longtime economic aide to Democratic presidents, is among the people now advising Joe Biden’s presidential campaign,...
Tearful Maxine Waters says sister dying ‘at this moment’
Democratic California Congresswoman Maxine Waters on Thursday dedicated new legislation to provide supplemental funding to small businesses to her sister, who she said is dying...
U.S. House prepares to pass $500 billion coronavirus bill, approves oversight panel
The U.S. House of Representatives was poised on Thursday to pass a $484 billion coronavirus relief bill, funding small businesses and hospitals and pushing the...
U.S. House creates panel to probe federal coronavirus response
The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved the creation of a special investigative panel to examine the federal government’s response to the coronavirus...
NY Gov. Cuomo slams McConnell’s ‘ugly’ bankruptcy proposal
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday called Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s suggestion that states could file for bankruptcy “one of the really dumb...
New York’s Cuomo to McConnell on state bankruptcy: Watch the market tank
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday derided Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell’s suggestion that states whose finances are depleted by the coronavirus epidemic could...
On ‘very, very sad day,’ U.S. House to pass coronavirus aid as unemployment soars
The U.S. House of Representatives returned to Washington on Thursday to pass a $484 billion coronavirus relief bill, funding small businesses and hospitals and pushing...
Pompeo says U.S. may never restore WHO funds; Democrats insist it must
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said a fundamental reform of the World Health Organization was needed following its handling of the coronavirus pandemic and...
U.S. Democrats back ‘scapegoat’ WHO, as Trump administration keeps up attacks
U.S. House of Representatives Democrats accused the Trump administration of trying to “scapegoat” the World Health Organization to distract from its handling of the coronavirus...