Airline workers brace for mass layoffs
About 40,000 workers in the airline industry are facing layoffs on Thursday unless Congress comes up with another aid package. Many are worried about how they'll pay for rents, mortgages and food, or for health insurance.
Hopes fading for coronavirus deal as Congress returns
The legislation was supposed to deliver another round of $1,200 direct payments to most Americans, help schools and local governments and restore more generous unemployment benefits. Now all of that is at risk.
White House, GOP at odds over jobless aid in virus bill
Negotiations over the next COVID-19 rescue bill are in flux.
Congress passes sprawling plan to boost conservation, parks
Supporters say the measure, known as the Great American Outdoors Act, would be the most significant conservation legislation enacted in nearly 50 years.
For a moment, Congress appeared poised to act on a policing overhaul. Those efforts have stalled and now seem unlikely to be revived in an election year.
It's a day that's shaping up as one for the history books on Capitol Hill. For the first time, House lawmakers intend to vote by proxy.
President Donald Trump is trying to move on from the coronavirus, and Congress is rushing to fill the void. The lack of comprehensive federal planning as states begin to reopen has jolted lawmakers of both parties. And now they're jumping…
Some senators now say they'd like lawmakers to be tested for the coronavirus. Their comments come days after congressional leaders declined an offer of 1,000 virus tests from the Trump White House.
Top congressional and White House officials emerged from grueling negotiations at the Capitol over the nearly $2 trillion coronavirus rescue package saying they expected to reach a deal Tuesday.
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