House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday that Democrats are weighing about $1 trillion in state and local government needs for the next coronavirus spending bill, a much larger figure than previously discussed that would represent an enormous federal commitment to bailing out hammered state and local budgets.Pelosi’s comments set up an intense clash with…
House Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiGOP lawmakers slam proposals for guaranteed income amid pandemic 10 things to know about coronavirus for today Black Caucus moves to front and center in COVID fight MORE (D-Calif.) told a reporter that she doesn't "need a lecture or a speech" comparing the treatment of sexual assault allegations against former Vice…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., doubled down on her support for Joe Biden on Thursday in the face of a sexual assault allegation against him and had continuous exchanges with reporters who questioned her endorsement of the former vice president.During her Capitol…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said she was “satisfied” with how presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has responded to sexual assault allegations made against him by a former staffer -- even as new revelations have emerged that appear to bolster the accuser’s claims.“Well, I have great sympathy for any women who brings forth an…
Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiMcConnell draws 'red line' on coronavirus bill: It won't pass without 'liability protection' House reverses, but Senate to return despite COVID threat The Memo: Will Clinton's endorsement help Biden? MORE (D-Calif.) said Wednesday that Democrats will not support the business liability protections that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellTrump suggests…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…