Politics Dec 30 WATCH: GOP-led Senate rejects vote on Trump’s push for $2,000 checks The showdown between the outgoing president and his own Republican Party over the $2,000 checks has thrown Congress into a chaotic year-end session just days before new lawmakers are set to be sworn into office.
Politics Dec 29 WATCH: Trump’s $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks stalled in Senate as GOP blocks vote Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has blocked Democrats' push to immediately bring President Donald Trump's demand for bigger $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks up for a vote.
Politics Dec 28 WATCH: House debates $2,000 COVID-19 stimulus checks, defense bill President Donald Trump signed a $2 trillion-plus COVID-19 and annual federal spending package into law. But Congress returns Monday to confront the White House on remaining priorities in a rare end-of-session showdown.
Politics Dec 24 Republicans block $2,000 virus checks despite Trump demand House Republicans shot down a Democratic bid on Thursday to pass President Donald Trump's longshot, end-of-session demand for $2,000 direct payments to most Americans before signing a long-overdue COVID-19 relief bill.
Politics Dec 18 Transition stumbles test Biden’s bond with Capitol Hill President-elect Joe Biden brings more Capitol Hill experience than any president in decades, but his transition has stumbled in ways large and small, exposing the challenges of navigating a Congress that is a different place than when he last served…
Politics Dec 15 McConnell congratulates Biden as president-elect Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell congratulated Democrat Joe Biden on Tuesday, calling him the president-elect and saying the Electoral College "has spoken."…
Politics Dec 11 Trump, Congress avert shutdown, buy time for COVID-19 talks President Donald Trump has signed a temporary government-wide funding bill into law, averting a federal shutdown at midnight and buying Congress time for on-again, off-again talks on COVID-19 aid.
Politics Nov 09 After Biden win, McConnell says Trump ‘within his rights’ to fight election Control of the Senate likely won’t be decided until a January runoff in Georgia, even after Democrat Joe Biden won the White House on Saturday.
Politics Nov 07 Fight for Senate control awaits in Georgia after Biden’s win While Democrat Joe Biden has won the White House, control of the U.S. Senate likely won’t be decided until January.
Politics Nov 05 House Democrats cast blame after losses Democrats are coming to grips with the fact that whether President Donald Trump is e-elected or defeated by rival Joe Biden Biden, they still have problems understanding, and winning over, Trump voters.