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President Donald Trump’s motorcade departs Trump International Golf Club, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020, in West Palm Beach, Fla. Trump is returning to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

House voting on Trump鈥檚 $2,000 checks as GOP balks

December 28, 2020 at 3:37 p.m.

Pandemic aid secured, Congress turned Monday to confront the White House on additional year-end priorities after President Donald Trump reluctantly signed a $2 trillion-plus COVID-19 relief and federal spending package...

President Donald Trump’s motorcade departs Trump ...

Trump reluctantly signs COVID aid, sparks fresh fight in GOP

December 28, 2020 at 1:53 p.m.

Shelving his objections, President Donald Trump has signed a $2 trillion-plus COVID-19 and annual federal spending package providing relief for millions of Americans, even as Congress returned to confront the...

Trump reluctantly signs COVID aid, sparks fresh fight in GOP

December 28, 2020 at 10:08 a.m.

Shelving his objections, President Donald Trump has signed a $2 trillion-plus COVID-19 and annual federal spending package providing relief for millions of Americans, even as Congress returns to confront the...

Trump signs massive measure funding government, COVID relief

December 27, 2020 at 8:38 p.m.

President Donald Trump signed a $900 billion pandemic relief package Sunday evening, ending days of drama over his refusal to accept the bipartisan deal that will deliver long-sought cash to...

GOP blocks $2,000 checks as Trump leaves COVID aid in chaos

December 24, 2020 at 12:59 p.m.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s sudden demand for $2,000 checks for most Americans was swiftly rejected by House Republicans on Thursday as his haphazard actions throw a massive COVID...

Biden may time confirmation votes to protect House majority

December 18, 2020 at 2:05 p.m.

President-elect Joe Biden’s decision to tap several House Democrats for administrative positions is putting Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a politically tough spot, having chiseled away at the party’s already slimming...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of ...

McConnell congratulates Joe Biden as president-elect

December 15, 2020 at 8:42 a.m.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell congratulated Democrat Joe Biden on Tuesday, calling him the president-elect and saying the Electoral College “has spoken.”

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, speaks during a news conference following a weekly meeting with the Senate Republican caucus, Tuesday, Dec. 8. 2020 at the Capitol in Washington. Americans waiting for Republicans in Congress to acknowledge Joe Biden as the president-elect may have to keep waiting until January as GOP leaders stick with President Donald Trump’s litany of legal challenges and unproven claims of fraud. (Sarah Silbiger/Pool via AP)

In a first, leading Republicans acknowledge Biden as president-elect

December 14, 2020 at 7:25 p.m.

For the first time, a groundswell of leading Republicans said Monday that Democrat Joe Biden is the winner of the presidential election, essentially abandoning President Donald Trump鈥檚 assault on the...

Congress averts shutdown, buys time for more COVID-19 talks

December 11, 2020 at 12:31 p.m.

Congress shipped a temporary government-wide funding bill to President Donald Trump on Friday, averting a government shutdown at midnight and buying time for on-again, off-again talks on COVID-19 relief.

President-elect Joe Biden speaks during an ...

Joe Biden hails historic Pentagon pick, but some Dems in a bind

December 9, 2020 at 3:35 p.m.

President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday introduced his choice for secretary of defense, calling retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin the right man for a potentially volatile moment in global security while...

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House voting on Trump鈥檚 $2,000 checks as GOP balks

Trump reluctantly signs COVID aid, sparks fresh fight in GOP

Trump reluctantly signs COVID aid, sparks fresh fight in GOP

GOP blocks $2,000 checks as Trump leaves COVID aid in chaos

Biden may time confirmation votes to protect House majority

McConnell congratulates Joe Biden as president-elect

In a first, leading Republicans acknowledge Biden as president-elect

Congress averts shutdown, buys time for more COVID-19 talks

Joe Biden hails historic Pentagon pick, but some Dems in a bind