Dec 28 Trump signs massive pandemic relief package after criticizing deal By Associated Press President Donald Trump signed a $900 billion pandemic relief package Sunday, ending days of drama over his refusal to accept the bipartisan deal. Continue reading
Dec 26 Unemployment benefits for millions in limbo as Trump rages By Alexandra Olson, Jill Colvin, Associated Press Unemployment benefits for millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet were set to lapse at midnight Saturday unless President Donald Trump signed an end-of-year COVID relief and spending bill that had been considered a done deal before his sudden… Continue reading
Dec 25 Watch 8:09 The power of presidential pardons The ability to pardon criminals is a unique power of a president, one that can be politically motivated and often draws criticism But as Reveal's Michael Schiller explains, pardons can also change lives. Continue watching
Dec 25 Watch 10:56 Brooks and Tumulty on a COVID relief bill in limbo New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Karen Tumulty join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including a stalemate between Congress and the president over COVID relief, the latest pardons from President Donald Trump and… Continue watching
Dec 25 Trump golfs in Florida as COVID-19 relief hangs in the balance By Jill Colvin, Associated Press After tossing a grenade that threatens to blow up a massive COVID relief and government funding bill and force a government shutdown in the midst of a pandemic, President Donald Trump was golfing on Christmas for a second straight day. Continue reading
Dec 24 Watch 8:38 Trump continues flurry of pardons, while complicating new COVID relief This Christmas Eve has been anything but quiet in Washington after President Trump's surprise announcement that he doesn't support a new COVID relief bill. And last night, the president added 29 pardons and commutations, with many familiar names on the… Continue watching
Dec 24 Watch 16:24 How the pandemic has exposed America's deep divide 2020 has been a year unlike any within living memory, and one that exposed some of America's deepest divides. Judy Woodruff spoke with emergency medical physician Dr. Uche Blackstock, Eddie Glaude, of Princeton University, New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore,… Continue watching
Dec 24 Republicans block $2,000 virus checks despite Trump demand By Lisa Mascaro, Andrew Taylor, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Dec 23 Trump plan to curb drug costs dealt setback in court By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press A late-term maneuver by President Donald Trump to use lower drug prices paid overseas to limit some of Medicare's costs suffered has a legal setback that appears likely to keep the policy from taking effect before the president leaves office. Continue reading
Dec 23 Trump pardons former campaign chairman Paul Manafort By Eric Tucker, Associated Press President Donald Trump has issued pardons and sentence commutations for 29 people, including former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Charles Kushner, the father of his son-in-law. Continue reading