America’s richest senator fights against bigger COVID relief checks
Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) is running on her 100% support for Trump, but isn’t for his latest idea to help struggling Americans.
By Josh Israel - December 23, 2020Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) is running on her 100% support for Trump, but isn’t for his latest idea to help struggling Americans.
By Josh Israel - December 23, 2020Trump could stall a new spending bill — and the attached coronavirus relief package — over foreign aid money he himself asked for.
By Emily Singer - December 23, 2020Trump’s final acts include pardoning his friends and war criminals, as well as defunding the military.
By Emily Singer - December 23, 2020Senate Republicans will have to choose between supporting Trump and opposing larger relief checks.
By Emily Singer - December 23, 2020If a Tennessee county commission’s ordinance passes in January, the local board of health will no longer be able to set health-related regulations.
By Amy Lieu - December 22, 2020Ivanka Trump tagged along on the crowded campaign trail in Georgia on Monday.
By Donna Provencher - December 22, 2020Multiple polls show that most Republicans thought relief payments should be much bigger than $600.
By Amy Lieu - December 22, 2020After giving up on including a corporate liability shield in the latest COVID-19 relief bill, Sen. Mitch McConnell says he’ll work to get one next year.
By Josh Israel - December 22, 2020The bill would limit what patients can be billed for out-of-network services to a fee that’s based on in-network charges.
By Associated Press - December 22, 2020Myths persist on social media, months into the pandemic.
By Associated Press - December 21, 2020The Florida Republican cited the ‘ongoing public health emergency’ to utilize a House rule allowing another member to cast a vote for him on the House floor.
By Emily Singer - December 21, 2020The poll also found that 38% of LGBTQ households said they couldn’t access or had delayed access to medical care.
By Casey Quinlan - December 21, 2020The administration worked overtime to block scientific reports about the coronavirus that could have helped stop the spread of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.
By Emily Singer - December 21, 2020Americans will receive a second smaller round of direct payments and renters will get some assistance with evictions, among other things.
By Associated Press - December 21, 2020Trump’s aides say he will receive the vaccine ‘when the time is right,’ even as his own allies get vaccinated.
By Associated Press - December 21, 2020The Republican congressman strongly opposed allowing proxy voting in the House of Representatives, but he’s doing it himself.
By Josh Israel - December 18, 2020‘The vice president doesn’t want to go down with this ship,’ a senior administration official said.
By Donna Provencher - December 18, 2020From trying to hamstring Biden’s ability to manage the economic recovery, to saddling him with last-minute Trump nominees, Republicans want to make Biden fail.
By Emily Singer - December 18, 2020The Wisconsin Republican says $900 billion is too much to waste on pandemic relief.
By Josh Israel - December 18, 2020Sen. John Thune’s party has blocked coronavirus aid for seven months.
By Josh Israel - December 17, 2020Abby Johnson also promoted an appearance by Mike Pence at a ‘Life is Winning’ event.
By Donna Provencher - December 17, 2020Internal emails show how a Trump-appointee at Health and Human Services wanted to intentionally let everyone get infected with coronavirus.
By Amy Lieu - December 17, 2020California Gov. Gavin Newsom said the move is an attempt ‘to score cheap political points.’
By Emily Singer - December 17, 2020After months of blocking relief for millions of Americans, McConnell’s fear of losing control of the Senate brings him to the negotiating table.
By Emily Singer - December 17, 2020Masks are ‘an oppressive violation of my rights,’ Rep.-elect Marjorie Taylor Greene tweeted Tuesday.
By Donna Provencher - December 16, 2020The Republican senator from Arkansas called it ‘unconscionable and heartless’ that states and cities tried to curb the spread of the deadly virus.
By Josh Israel - December 16, 2020The secretary of state had invited more than 900 people to his holiday party, although most did not attend out of concerns about the coronavirus.
By Amy Lieu - December 16, 2020The Trump administration was, at best, a cautionary tale in how not to run a workplace during a pandemic.
By Associated Press - December 16, 2020The first lady has been inconsistent when it comes to mask-wearing.
By Amy Lieu - December 15, 2020Conservatives say that Amy Coney Barrett’s appointment to the court has made the recent rulings blocking COVID safety restrictions possible.
By Donna Provencher - December 15, 2020