• Trump’s voice absent in nationwide discussion on racism

    Trump’s voice absent in nationwide discussion on racism

    Jun 05, 2020 09:34 PM EST

    ... of people in the U.S. do not view Floyd’s death — and the recent deaths of two other black people, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor, who was shot by police in McConnell’s home state of Kentucky — as “isolated incidents.” For many Americans, these killings are “the latest disturbing ...

  • As Minneapolis reels, protests over Floyd's death spread nationwide

    As Minneapolis reels, protests over Floyd's death spread nationwide

    May 29, 2020 10:55 PM EST

    Minnesota Governor Tim Walz acknowledged the protesters' frustration, but called for peace. Rep. Tim Walz, D-Minn.: And now generations of pain is manifesting itself in front of the world. And the world is watching. We have to restore order to our society before we can start addressing the issues ...

  • Debate flares over legal protections as businesses open up

    Debate flares over legal protections as businesses open up

    Apr 29, 2020 11:14 PM EST

    ... get unemployment benefits. Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, on Monday outlined a plan to allow the state's restaurants, retailers, movie theaters and malls to start letting customers trickle into their establishments starting Friday. He didn't address whether employees might lose their jobs if they didn't return to ...

  • Rent is due and many struggle to pay amid virus outbreak

    Rent is due and many struggle to pay amid virus outbreak

    Apr 01, 2020 01:37 PM EST

    “May she help us. May the virgin put her love over us and help us." - Regina Garcia Cano, Washington ___ Andrea Larson made $70,000 a year curating wine lists and suggesting pairings to customers at 5th & Taylor. But the popular Nashville restaurant closed its dining area, and working as ...

  • Treasury proposal: Deliver $500 billion to Americans starting April

    Treasury proposal: Deliver $500 billion to Americans starting April

    Mar 18, 2020 04:15 PM EST

    ... very leery of doing something like in 2008," said Indiana Republican Sen. Mike Braun."Right now, the plan around here is basically to just to start shoveling money out of a helicopter," said Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb. "This is a bad idea. … We don't need a policy where ...

  • Senate considers $100 billion coronavirus bill, bigger federal measure in works

    Senate considers $100 billion coronavirus bill, bigger federal measure in works

    Mar 18, 2020 03:11 PM EST

    ... very leery of doing something like in 2008," said Indiana Republican Sen. Mike Braun. "Right now, the plan around here is basically to just to start shoveling money out of a helicopter," said Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb. "This is a bad idea. … We don't need a policy where ...

  • Trump's proposed coronavirus economic package could approach $1 trillion

    Trump's proposed coronavirus economic package could approach $1 trillion

    Mar 18, 2020 12:35 PM EST

    ... very leery of doing something like in 2008," said Indiana Republican Sen. Mike Braun. "Right now, the plan around here is basically to just to start shoveling money out of a helicopter," said Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb. "This is a bad idea. … We don't need a policy where ...

  • WATCH: Mike Bloomberg drops out of presidential race, endorses Biden

    WATCH: Mike Bloomberg drops out of presidential race, endorses Biden

    Mar 04, 2020 03:17 PM EST

    ... and endorsed Biden as the moderate alternative to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders just the day before Super Tuesday. Bloomberg ran an unprecedented campaign from the start. His late entrance into the race in November prompted him to skip campaigning in the first four voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada ...

  • WATCH: Trump is acquitted of both articles of impeachment

    WATCH: Trump is acquitted of both articles of impeachment

    Feb 05, 2020 09:38 PM EST

    ... voices that "he's not worth it.'' Trump and his GOP allies in Congress argue that Democrats have been trying to undercut him from the start. But a whistleblower complaint of his conversation with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy set off alarms. The call had been placed the day after Mueller ...

  • What we learned from the 1st day of Trump's Senate impeachment trial

    What we learned from the 1st day of Trump's Senate impeachment trial

    Jan 21, 2020 11:50 PM EST

    What did we learn from the first day of substantive proceedings in President Trump’s Senate impeachment trial? Brookings Institution’s Margaret Taylor, John Hart of Mars Hill Strategies, former Democratic Secretary of the Senate Martin Paone of Prime Policy Group and former Republican Secretary of the Senate Elizabeth Chryst ...