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A third round of stimulus payments is expected to be on the way later this month. The payments are included in a sweeping $1.9 trillion Covid relief…

Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton, a Republican, is attacking Democrats for passing a pandemic relief bill that will send money to prisoners. “Dzhokhar…

The House is scheduled to vote Tuesday on the Senate version of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill, a timeline that could…

It’s International Women’s Day, and CNN asked women around the world what they’ve learned during the pandemic. Here’s what…

The White House coronavirus task force coordinator on Sunday wouldn’t set a timeline on when Americans can expect to be vaccinated following…

Senate passage of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill on Saturday brought the massive legislation one step closer to law. But…

Democrats muscled past unified Republican opposition, resolved their own last-minute identity crisis and are on the cusp of delivering a massive…

President Joe Biden opposes ending the legislative filibuster despite a slim Democratic majority in the Senate, White House communications director…

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin on Sunday defended his role in stalling the Senate’s passage of President Joe Biden’s massive stimulus plan…

President Joe Biden and fellow Democrats are racing to prove a counterintuitive lesson: with congressional majorities, sometimes less can be more.…

The Senate passed President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid relief plan on Saturday, after an all-night “vote-a-rama” and a 12-hour…

President Joe Biden is on the cusp of a major legislative victory. If all goes according to plan and the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan is signed…

Hours after 13 undocumented migrants were killed in a collision on a desolate stretch of California’s Imperial Valley, Hugo Castro said a…

The honeymoon is over for President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats, whose unified front was thrown into doubt during the final stages of negotiations…

The honeymoon is over for President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats, whose unified front has been thrown into doubt during the final stages of…

Jobless Americans would get a smaller weekly boost to unemployment benefits but receive those payments for a little longer under the Senate’s…

The Biden administration is facing an increasing number of unaccompanied migrant children crossing into the United States, placing added strain on a…

An American flag blew in the South Texas wind as Father Roy Snipes prepared to welcome 100 migrants to the school close to his church. He set the…

The Senate dealt progressives a blow they have been trying to prevent but knew was coming by voting down an amendment to include a $15 minimum wage…

The Biden administration has notified facilities caring for migrant children that they can open back up to pre-Covid-19 levels, acknowledging…

A former Trump State Department political appointee appeared in Washington, DC, federal court Friday after…

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin stalled the passage of the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill for hours on Friday, as Republicans urged…

Jobless Americans would get a smaller weekly boost to unemployment benefits but receive those payments for an additional month under a last-minute…

Charlotte Bennett, the second woman to go public with sexual harassment allegations against Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, says she thought…

I took a walk on a frozen lake recently, worried less about thin ice and more about defrosting people, but I’m happy to report I was wrong. In…

Senators who vehemently defend the Senate’s 60-vote threshold for legislation are nonetheless about to accept a simple majority of 51 votes…

Alabama’s statewide mask mandate to curb the coronavirus is being extended to April 9 — but it won’t be extended after that, Gov.…

Sen. Ron Johnson seems to be relishing his place at the center of the controversies dominating Washington. For two months, the Wisconsin Republican…

The Senate is negotiating how much to adjust the Democrats’ massive coronavirus relief package that passed the House last week. While the final…

Federal law enforcement is on high alert Thursday in the wake of an intelligence bulletin issued earlier this week about a group of violent militia…

Much of the Republican Party — despite the deaths of more than half a million Americans — still acts as though the pandemic is more a…

The Pentagon inspector general tells us that many who worked with Ronny Jackson — the former Trump White House physician and now a member of…

During his time as the White House physician for the last two presidents, Ronny Jackson allegedly behaved in an inappropriate way toward…

President Joe Biden sharply criticized states such as Texas and Mississippi for lifting Covid-19 restrictions against pleas from the US Centers for…

In an opinion article published on Wednesday, former Vice President Mike Pence did something he used to do in office: echo a lie from former…

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo emerged on Wednesday after more than a week away from the cameras to apologize for his behavior after…

President Joe Biden has agreed to a compromise with moderate Democrats to narrow the income eligibility for the next round of $1,400…

Former Vice President Mike Pence is seizing on a Democratic-led initiative to streamline election standards to again push false claims of voting…

New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday apologized for his behavior toward several women who have accused him of making unwanted advances…

As more US Covid-19 vaccine sites begin offering one-dose Johnson & Johnson shots Wednesday, more states are easing coronavirus restrictions…

Brittany Smart has spent months tending to the Covid-19 patients who poured into Texas hospitals as the virus raged across the state — and the…

The Department of Defense inspector general has issued a scathing review of Rep. Ronny Jackson during his time serving as the top White House…

Standing onstage in December at the Queen Theater in Wilmington, Delaware, Joe Biden described his freshly nominated pick to run the White House…

March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb, or at least that’s what they say. Wait, why do they say that? Here’s what you need…

The House is expected to vote Wednesday on HR 1, a sweeping government, ethics and election bill that Democrats have made a signature legislative…

President Joe Biden is barreling into his first science-vs.-politics showdown with powerful Southern Republican governors, one that could define the…

The White House on Tuesday pulled Neera Tanden’s nomination to lead the Office of Management and Budget amid opposition from key senators,…

Two big projects originally slated to be part of the Covid-19 relief bill but criticized as being unrelated to coronavirus relief will be pulled from…

The historic winter storm that crippled Texas during the third week of February spotlighted the Lone Star State’s pervasive history of…