Oct 01 WATCH: House Minority Leader McCarthy slams Pelosi on COVID-19 relief By Associated Press The White House is backing a $400 per week pandemic jobless benefit and is dangling the possibility of a COVID-19 relief bill of $1.6 trillion as last-ditch, pre-election negotiations hit a critical phase Thursday. Continue reading
Sep 22 Romney OKs voting on Supreme Court nominee By Lisa Mascaro, Zeke Miller, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press "If the nominee reaches the Senate floor, I intend to vote based upon their qualifications,” the senator said. Continue reading
Sep 16 WATCH: Any coronavirus vaccine this year likely in ‘very limited supply,’ CDC director says By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Matthew Perrone, Associated Press The shot wouldn’t be broadly available until the spring or summer of 2021, he estimated. Continue reading
Sep 02 Markey defeats Kennedy III in Massachusetts’ Senate primary By Associated Press U.S. Sen. Edward Markey harnessed support from progressive leaders to overcome a challenge from U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III, a younger rival who is a member of America’s most famous political family. Continue reading
Aug 13 Talk of Harris successor in Senate sets off California guessing game By Michael R. Blood, Associated Press When a reporter asked whether any would-be candidates have begun lobbying him, Newsom quipped: "Well you may be the only one that hasn't, unless you just did. And that is only slight exaggeration."… Continue reading
Jul 26 New battlegrounds emerge 100 days before elections By Jeff Greenfield A hundred days from now, Americans will vote for the next president. The latest polls show that President Trump is trailing former Vice President Joe Biden, the Senate is up for grabs and the pandemic will play a major role… Continue reading
Jul 24 Watch 5:59 As Trump’s poll numbers fall, these Senate races have become more competitive With President Trump trailing former Vice President Joe Biden in nearly every major national poll, Democrats see November’s election as a major opportunity. But the contentious political contests extend beyond the White House to the Senate. Jessica Taylor, senior editor… Continue watching
Jun 17 WATCH: Senate GOP holds news conference about ‘Justice Act’ on police changes By Lisa Mascaro, Jim Mustian, Associated Press The “Justice Act” is the most ambitious GOP policing proposal in years, a direct response to the massive public protests over the death of George Floyd and other black Americans. Continue reading
May 21 GOP weighs jobless aid cuts to urge Americans back to work By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell huddled Thursday at the White House as Republicans stake out new plans to phase out coronavirus-related unemployment benefit. Continue reading
May 12 U.S. virus ‘testing czar’ says up to 50 million tests could be performed per month by September By Associated Press That would work out to between 1.3 million to 1.7 million tests per day, and Harvard researchers say the United States must be doing 900,000 by this Friday in order to safely reopen. Continue reading