Politics Mar 17

President Donald Trump is asking Congress to unleash a torrent of emergency economic aid to help people through the financial storm of the coronavirus crisis. Sizable checks directly to Americans are part of the deal he wants.

Politics Mar 17

The White House is proposing a roughly $850 billion economic rescue package Tuesday amid the coronavirus outbreak, a sweeping stimulus for businesses and taxpayers amid unseen since the Great Recession of 2008.

Nation Mar 13

Trump says the emergency will open up nearly $50 billion for state and local governments to respond to the outbreak.

Politics Mar 11

Taking dramatic action, President Donald Trump announced he is sharply restricting passenger travel from 26 European nations to the U.S. and moving to ease the economic cost of a viral pandemic that is roiling global financial markets and disrupting the…

Health Mar 11

Testifying on Capitol Hill, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, warned that the outbreak in the U.S. is going to get worse.

Economy Mar 10

Trump's economic team joined in presenting the economic stimulus package privately to wary Senate Republicans. They've been cool to additional spending at this stage.

Politics Mar 07

Nearly two years after suburbanites helped drive a Democratic surge, there are clear signs these voters are engaged and primed to vote Democratic again.

Health Mar 03

The hope is to clear the measure through Congress by week's end.

Politics Mar 01

Joe Biden fought to unite the Democratic Party's moderate wing behind his candidacy after scoring a comeback victory in South Carolina’s Democratic primary that forced leading moderate rival Pete Buttigieg out of the race on Sunday.

Politics Feb 26

"This has to be about unity, unity, unity,” she said.