Budget Battles
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What Biden’s Pick of Yellen Means for the Economy and Stimulus
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Trump Threatens Veto of Defense Bill
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Virus Surge Could Wallop the Economy Again
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Mnuchin Pulls Plug on Emergency Covid-Relief Programs
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250,000 Dead. Where Are Trump, Pelosi and McConnell?
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Top CEOs Call for Covid Relief, Mask Mandate
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Biden Warns 'More People May Die' if Trump Refuses to Coordinate
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250,000 Dead. Where Are Trump and Congress?
President Trump had no public events scheduled for Wednesday. It was the same on Tuesday, when The Washington Post’s Philip Bump noted that the president’s public calendar has been empty for 10 of...
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Fauci Urges Covid Response Sharply Different From Trump's
The United States reported 166,045 new Covid-19 cases and 995 more virus-related deaths on Monday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The nation has now seen more than 100,000 new...
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Angry at Vaccine Makers, Trump Pushes Plan to Lower Drug Prices
By Michael RaineyPresident Trump is angry that Pfizer and Moderna announced promising results for their Covid-19 vaccines after the election, The Washington Post’s Paige Winfield Cunningham reports , and is now...
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Biden Warns 'More People May Die' if Trump Refuses to Coordinate
By Michael RaineyPresident-elect Joe Biden on Monday called for greater cooperation from the Trump White House in the effort to plan the distribution of vaccines for Covid-19 in the coming weeks and months. “They say...
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Moderna’s Covid-19 Vaccine Nearly 95% Effective, Trials Show
Biotech company Moderna announced Monday that its experimental coronavirus vaccine was 94.5% effective, according to preliminary trial data. It’s the second announcement of a promising vaccine...
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Trump Touts Covid Response as Cases Surge to New Highs
President Donald Trump on Friday broke a week-long public silence, appearing in the White House Rose Garden to tout his administration’s pandemic response even as the coronavirus rages across the...
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With Trump on Sidelines, It's Now Pelosi vs. McConnell on Coronavirus Stimulus
The players in the coronavirus stimulus negotiations may be changing, but the stalemate remains the same. The Trump administration is reportedly stepping back from the talks, leaving it to Senate...
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We’re Entering ‘Covid Hell’
The Covid-19 pandemic is raging across the United States, and the numbers are simply staggering: New cases have topped 100,000 a day for seven straight days as of Tuesday, with an average of 119,000...
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Supreme Court Signals Support for the ACA
By Michael RaineyThe Supreme Court heard arguments in a Republican challenge to the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act Tuesday, and while we won’t know the court’s ruling until next spring, most observers...
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Biden Warns of ‘Dark Winter,’ Urges Americans to Wear Masks as Covid Cases Top 10 Million
President-elect Joe Biden made clear Monday what he sees as Job. 1: addressing the coronavirus pandemic that just reached a new milestone, topping 10 million confirmed cases. After a victory speech...
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Trump’s Drug Discount Cards for Seniors Get Pushed Back
By Michael RaineyThe Trump administration plans to send $200 discount cards for prescription drugs to more than 30 million Medicare beneficiaries, but the White House is abandoning an effort to have them shipped out...
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Pelosi Says Help Is On the Way, but When?
Help is on the way, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said in an interview with MSNBC on Wednesday, referring to the coronavirus relief package she’s been negotiating with the White House. But she...
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Two New Polls Find Trouble for Trump on the Economy
As the Trump administration and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) scramble to see if they can reach a roughly $2 trillion stimulus deal — while Senate Republicans look to vote on a smaller, $500...
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Most Americans Don’t Want Protections for Pre-Existing Conditions Overturned
By Michael RaineyPresident Trump insists that he has a plan to protect people with pre-existing conditions if the Supreme Court invalidates the Affordable Care Act – something that could happen just after the...
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Pelosi Cites Progress, but Warns of Poison Pills in Stimulus Deal
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said after a nearly 90-minute negotiating session Thursday that they had made some progress toward a coronavirus relief package...