Andrew Taylor

Hopes fading for coronavirus deal as Congress returns

September 8, 2020 at 6:43 a.m.

Talks between top Democrats and the Trump administration broke off last month and remain off track, with the bipartisan unity that drove almost $3 trillion in COVID-19 rescue legislation into...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., ...

Last-ditch effort to revive coronavirus aid talks; Trump team heads back to Capitol

August 7, 2020 at 1:10 p.m.

Democratic leaders launched a last-ditch effort to revive collapsing Washington talks on vital COVID-19 rescue money, summoning Trump administration negotiators to the Capitol on Friday in hopes of generating progress.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin arrives for continued negotiations ahead of a meeting, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Coronavirus aid: Where things stand in high-level Washington talks

August 5, 2020 at 3:32 p.m.

After more than a week’s worth of meetings, at least some clarity is emerging in the bipartisan Washington talks on a huge COVID-19 response bill.

“A line in the sand”: Both sides dig in on coronavirus relief bill

August 4, 2020 at 7:15 a.m.

Negotiators on a huge coronavirus relief bill reported slight progress after talks resumed in the Capitol, with issues like food for the poor and aid to schools struggling to reopen...

Coronavirus relief bill remains up in air as negotiations resume

August 3, 2020 at 11:40 a.m.

Slow, grinding negotiations on a huge COVID-19 relief bill are set to resume Monday afternoon, but the path forward promises to be challenging and time is already growing short. Republicans...

Negotiators report progress in coronavirus relief talks

August 1, 2020 at 3:29 p.m.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers reported progress on a huge coronavirus relief bill Saturday, as political pressure mounts to restore an expired $600-per-week supplemental unemployment benefit and send funding to help...

President Donald Trump, Treasury Secretary Steven ...

Stakes rise for coronavirus relief talks as jobless aid lapses, GDP drops

July 30, 2020 at 2:31 p.m.

Frustrated negotiators of a massive coronavirus relief bill face heightened pressure with Thursday's brutal economic news and the rapidly approaching lapse in a $600 per-week expanded jobless benefit that has...

White House drops payroll tax cut after GOP allies object

July 23, 2020 at 10:29 a.m.

The White House reluctantly dropped its bid to cut Social Security payroll taxes Thursday as Republicans prepared to unveil a $1 trillion COVID-19 rescue package, yielding to opposition to the...

Ready or not: Election costs soar in prep for coronavirus voting

July 13, 2020 at 8:06 a.m.

The demand for mail-in ballots is surging. Election workers need training. And polling booths might have to be outfitted with protective shields during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Philonise Floyd, a brother of George ...

George Floyd鈥檚 brother pleads with Congress to 鈥渟top the pain鈥� as lawmakers consider law enforcement overhaul

June 10, 2020 at 2:53 p.m.

Philonise Floyd challenged Congress on Wednesday to “stop the pain" as lawmakers consider a sweeping law enforcement overhaul, so his brother George won't be just "another name” on a growing...

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