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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced a coronavirus relief proposal on Monday that did not include any provisions to extend legal deadlines for the national head count as the Census Bureau has requested. Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg via Getty Images Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced…

Senate Republicans on Monday unveiled a coronavirus relief package that reduces the size of enhanced unemployment benefits — in the short term to an extra $200 per week, from the current $600. Their proposals also include COVID-19 liability protections for businesses so they “can spend their next months actually reopening rather than fighting for their…

“I’ll believe it when I see it,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), a Judiciary Committee member, said in a brief interview. “I have seen nothing since that leads me to think [Graham] is actually going to call Mueller.” Despite the public bipartisan agreement, there are real obstacles and risks to securing Mueller’s testimony. For Republicans, a…

Every day, new polls come out that show Republicans in dire straits for the 2020 election. And it's no surprise — the economy is collapsing and the country is ravaged by a devastating pandemic, events that President Donald Trump is in no small part to blame for. But the stress of impending doom isn't focusing…

WASHINGTON — Amid a stalled fight in Congress over the future of a $1 trillion coronavirus aid package, a parallel battle has been coming into focus: a struggle for the future of the Republican Party.Behind closed doors in both the House and Senate this week, Republican lawmakers saw their ire focused not on Democrats, but…