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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...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of ...

White House team on Capitol Hill as virus aid talks deepen

July 21, 2020 at 10:17 a.m.

President Donald Trump's negotiators fanned out on Capitol Hill Tuesday over a new COVID-19 aid package as divisions between the White House and Senate Republicans pushed talks into House Speaker...

FILE – In this May 22, 2020, file photo the Dome of the U.S. Capitol Building is visible through heavy fog in Washington. With COVID-19 cases hitting alarming new highs and a grim rising death toll, the pandemic’s devastating cycle is happening all over again, leaving Congress little choice but to engineer another costly rescue. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Trump, Congress square off over coronavirus aid as crisis worsens

July 20, 2020 at 6:50 p.m.

President Donald Trump acknowledged Monday a “big flare up” of COVID-19 cases, but divisions between the White House and Senate Republicans and differences with Democrats posed fresh challenges for a...

Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., left, talks ...

Senate GOP proposes policing changes in “Justice Act”

June 17, 2020 at 10:24 a.m.

Senate Republicans unveiled proposed changes to police procedures and accountability Wednesday, countering Democratic policing legislation with a bill that stays clear of federal mandates.

President Donald Trump speaks during an ...

Trump signs executive order on police reform

June 16, 2020 at 1:39 p.m.

Following weeks of national protests since the death of George Floyd, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on policing Tuesday that would encourage better police practices and establish a...

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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Democrats unveil police overhaul, kneel at Capitol

June 8, 2020 at 10:33 a.m.

Democrats proposed a sweeping overhaul of police oversight and procedures Monday, an ambitious legislative response to the mass protests denouncing the deaths of black Americans at the hands of law...

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters ...

President Trump urges Senate Republicans to “be tough” on Democrats

May 19, 2020 at 7:38 p.m.

WASHINGTON 鈥� President Donald Trump arrived on Capitol Hill on Tuesday for perhaps one of the larger social gatherings still happening in Washington amid the coronavirus 鈥� the weekly Senate...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., ...

Dems’ $3T new virus bill boosts state aid, essential workers

May 12, 2020 at 12:35 p.m.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled a more than $3 trillion聽coronavirus聽aid package Tuesday, providing nearly $1 trillion for states and cities, 鈥渉azard pay鈥� for essential workers and a new round of...

As Trump pulls back from coronavirus, Congress races to fill void from lack of federal planning

May 10, 2020 at 9:48 a.m.

As President Donald Trump tries to move on from the coronavirus, Congress is rushing to fill the void and prepare the country for the long fight ahead.

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