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The Senate will return to business in Washington next week, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Monday, promising modified procedures to keep lawmakers and staff safe while they get back to work amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Kentucky Republican said doctors, nurses, truck drivers, grocery store workers and others are still on the job — and…
The former vice president’s emergence is part of a larger shift in prospects that has become clear in states such as Arizona, Colorado, North Carolina and even Montana and Georgia, as a surge in Democratic fundraising, along with President Trump’s struggles to manage the coronavirus pandemic, have led independent analysts to upgrade Democrats’ chances.Even in…
“Senator Catherine Cortez Masto is a trailblazer who has the legislative and executive experience needed to serve our country during these times of crisis,” argued Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.). “I cannot think of anyone better to become the first female vice president of the United States of America.” Biden served alongside Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota;…
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo tore into Sen. Mitch McConnell on Thursday over the Senate Republican leader's support for letting states declare bankruptcy as they grapple with the coronavirus pandemic."This is one of the really dumb ideas of all time," Cuomo, a Democrat, said during a press conference in Albany. "You will see a collapse of…
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…