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Will Senate Republicans ever stop trying to indemnify employers against Covid-19 lawsuits as the price for a Covid stimulus deal? On Tuesday it seemed that they might, but on inspection that turned out to be a feint. Meanwhile, there were signs that Democrats were starting to go wobbly.The battle over…

The recent good news on the coronavirus front—the vaccines are on their way—hasn’t negated the bad. Deaths and hospitalizations are on the rise, and the economic situation remains extraordinarily dire. We learned in last week’s job report that unemployment only dipped slightly last month as job growth slowed and hundreds…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration proposed a $916 billion coronavirus relief package on Tuesday, after congressional Democrats shot down a suggestion for a pared-down plan from the Senate’s leading Republican, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he presented the administration’s $916 billion plan in a conversation with…

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro at a military exercise in Charallave, Venezuela, February 10, 2019. Miraflores Palace/Handout via REUTERS Iran and Venezuela have grown closer in recent years, as both countries seek to counter the intense pressure campaign that the US has mounted against them. US officials have said that Iran's…

Posted December 4, 2020 at 2:59pm After a year that saw a national reckoning with the country’s deeply rooted racism, a new exhibit in the House honors and commemorates 150 years of Black representation in the chamber, starting with Joseph Rainey, who blazed a trail for generations of Black House…

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Joseph Curl, Just the News November 23, 2020 Members of California's Democratic elected elite — including Governor Gavin Newsom, Sen. Dianne Feinstein and House Speaker of the Nancy Pelosi — have been caught flouting the very restrictions they urge for others.Read Full Article » Related Topics: California, Democrats Comment Show…

About two years ago, before the Sunrise Movement became a household name, the activist group staged a sit-in at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office. They were joined by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, in one of her first days on the Hill, who proposed her colleagues in Congress develop a plan for…

House lawmakers left Washington on Friday for Thanksgiving recess with no sign of progress on a new coronavirus relief package.Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and President-elect Joe Biden were meeting in Wilmington, Del., later Friday to talk about their agenda. Publicly, their position has been that Republicans…

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and former UN ambassador Nikki Haley clashed on Twitter over government funding for struggling Americans amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Ocasio-Cortez tweeted earlier Thursday, suggesting that, in order to get the recent COVID-19 surges "under control, we need to pay people to stay home." Haley, a former…