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Poll of the Day: A Pandemic-Driven Pickup in Support for ‘Medicare for All’

As the coronavirus sweeps across the country and ravages the U.S. economy, support for “Medicare for All” has risen to 55% of registered voters, its highest level in about nine months, according to a...
The Scramble Is On to Send Millions of Coronavirus Checks

Congress last week approved legislation to send millions of Americans coronavirus relief payments and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Sunday that the money would start arriving “within three...
About That Infrastructure Package ...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that the next phase of coronavirus stimulus legislation should include at least $760 billion over five years for water projects, broadband and transportation...

Chart of the Day: The Massive Response to the Coronavirus

The world has never seen anything like the current fiscal and monetary response to the coronavirus epidemic, says Gavyn Davies of the Financial Times, and the U.S. taking some of the most aggressive...
What’s After the $2 Trillion Rescue? Pelosi Plans a Big Stimulus

President Trump signed a $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill into law on Friday — the largest such package in U.S. history. Now, officials are already looking ahead to the next phase of emergency...
What Takes So Long? A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Steps Involved in Covid-19 Testing

After a slow start, testing for COVID-19 has ramped up in recent weeks, with giant commercial labs jumping into the effort, drive-up testing sites established in some places and new types of tests...
Trump Orders GM to Produce Ventilators

President Trump invoked the Defense Production Act Friday to force General Motors to start producing ventilators. In a presidential memorandum directed at just one company, Trump authorized the...
After Late Drama, House Passes — and Trump Signs — $2 Trillion Coronavirus Bill

The House of Representatives approved a massive, $2 trillion coronavirus relief package and President Trump signed it into law Friday afternoon, but not without some late drama that threatened to...