Mar 17 Watch 7:52 Sen. John Barrasso on the border crisis, COVID aid and vaccinations Economic aid from the new COVID relief law is already flowing to Americans, but the political debate continues. Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso, a doctor and the third-ranking Republican in the Senate, joins Judy Woodruff to discuss COVID aid, Medicaid expansion,… Continue watching
Mar 17 Watch 6:42 How billions of dollars in COVID aid will help schools reopen By William Brangham, David Coles Living through a full year of closed schools and distance learning has taken a heavy toll on students, parents, teachers and school administrators. The new stimulus bill sets aside roughly $125 billion to help K-12 schools reopen. Laura Meckler, a… Continue watching
Mar 16 Watch 4:27 With a stop in Pennsylvania, Biden begins his pitch to Americans on new COVID relief law By Yamiche Alcindor, Geoffrey Lou Guray President Biden is on the road, aiming to sell his COVID relief law to the American public. His first stop Tuesday was in Pennsylvania with a visit to a Black-owned flooring business near Philadelphia, highlighting the aid that his administration… Continue watching
Mar 16 Watch 6:26 How the economic relief law narrows the equity gap for farmers of color By Lisa Desjardins The COVID relief and economic package is a massive bill that has a far-reaching impact in ways that many Americans don't know about yet. One provision calls for debt relief for Black farmers, who have long been denied access to… Continue watching
Mar 16 Biden to join promotion of pandemic relief plan with visit to Pennsylvania By Darlene Superville, Jonathan Lemire, Zeke Miller, Associated Press President Joe Biden is joining top messengers already crisscrossing the country to highlight the benefits of his massive COVID-19 rescue plan. Continue reading
Mar 15 WATCH: Biden delivers remarks on American Rescue relief package By Associated Press Declaring "help is here," President Joe Biden kicked off his administration's ambitious push to highlight the benefits of his $1.9 trillion plan to defeat the coronavirus and boost the economy. Continue reading
Mar 12 WATCH: Biden, Harris give remarks on $1.9 trillion relief package By Associated Press President Joe Biden said Friday the COVID relief bill he signed into law Thursday changes "the paradigm" and builds an economy that "puts working people first."… Continue reading
Mar 11 WATCH: Biden signs $1.9 trillion relief bill before speech to nation By Zeke Miller, Associated Press Marking a year of loss and disruption, President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law the $1.9 trillion relief package that he said will help the U.S. defeat the coronavirus and nurse the economy back to health. Continue reading
Mar 11 Politics still drives how Americans feel about COVID response, one year in By Laura Santhanam How people think the country should approach the pandemic, and what it should prioritize, continues to fall along deep political lines, according to the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll. Continue reading
Mar 09 Child tax credit expansion sets up showdown with GOP By Alexandra Jaffe, Josh Boak, Associated Press The massive coronavirus relief plan making its way to President Joe Biden’s desk includes a plan to temporarily raise the child tax credit that could end up permanently changing the way the country deals with child poverty. Continue reading