Mar 05 WATCH: Senate leaders, Manchin strike deal on COVID-19 relief bill By Alan Fram, Associated Press Senate leaders and moderate Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin struck a deal late Friday over emergency jobless benefits, breaking a nine-hour logjam that had stalled the party's showpiece $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. Continue reading
Mar 04 House passes George Floyd Act as Democrats avoid ‘defund the police’ clash By Will Weissert, Padmananda Rama, Associated Press Some Republicans argue that the proposed legislation would slash police force budgets. It doesn't do that. The bill will have a more difficult path in the Senate. Continue reading
Mar 04 Watch 5:33 News Wrap: Capitol Police ask the National Guard to remain deployed for two more months In our news wrap Thursday, Capitol Police asked for National Guard troops to remain deployed there for two more months, U.S. Senate begins debate on President Biden's COVID relief package, the U.S is now vaccinating more than 2 million people… Continue watching
Mar 04 Watch 6:24 Sen. John Thune on COVID relief: ‘this is a big, wasteful, bloated bill’ As the U.S. Senate moves toward floor debate on this next round of stimulus, we get the perspective of South Dakota Republican Sen. John Thune. He joins Judy Woodruff to discuss some of the components of the legislation and other… Continue watching
Mar 04 Watch 6:42 Sen. Bernie Sanders: COVID relief bill ‘addresses the crises facing working families’ For an opposing perspective on COVID relief and the congressional agenda we turn to Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who chairs the Senate's budget committee. He joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the minimum wage, the Republican response to President… Continue watching
Mar 04 Watch 6:04 Georgia’s new election legislation highlights stark divide on voting access By Lisa Desjardins, Leah Nagy, Maea Lenei Buhre Republican state legislatures across the country are moving rapidly to pass new voting laws, amid former President Donald Trump's continued false claims of election fraud. Lisa Desjardins takes us to the battleground state of Georgia and explains the raging debate. Continue watching
Mar 04 WATCH: U.S. urges China to help with Myanmar violence By Associated Press State Department Spokesperson Ned Price says the U.S. is "saddened" by the latest brutal crackdown in Myanmar and is calling on China to join in helping to stop the violence. Continue reading
Mar 04 Watch 5:49 House Democrats pass sweeping elections bill and major legislation on overhauling police By Lisa Desjardins House Democrats passed a landmark bill Wednesday that would expand voting rights and another key piece of legislation on police reform through the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act -- something Democrats have been pushing for since the death of… Continue watching
Mar 04 WATCH: Biden lauds NASA team for giving U.S. ‘dose of confidence’ By Alexandra Jaffe, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press The NASA rover traveled some 300 million miles in nearly seven months, as part of an ongoing quest to study whether there was once life on the planet. Continue reading
Mar 04 Supreme Court decision makes it harder for some immigrants to avoid deportation By Associated Press Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the opinion Thursday for a 5-3 conservative majority that ruled against a Mexican citizen who entered the U.S. illegally and has lived in the country for 25 years. Continue reading