House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. arrives on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 23, 2020, in Washington.Andrew Harnik | APThe House passed a $484 billion package Thursday to bolster small businesses and hospitals ravaged by the coronavirus crisis and expand testing desperately needed to start the return to normal life.Donning face coverings and voting in alphabetical…
The House passed the $484 billion emergency coronavirus-relief package Thursday evening, after a deal was caught between partisan goalposts for over a week. The bill passed on a 388-5 vote. Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Andy Biggs of Arizona, Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Jody Hice of Georgia and Ken Buck of Colorado voted against…
Washington — The Senate approved a relief package worth roughly $484 billion to mitigate the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, ending weeks of stalemate between Democrats and Republicans in the Senate. The bill, which passed by unanimous consent, provides an additional $310 billion to the Paycheck Protection Program, the fund that provides loans to small…
April 21, 2020 | 5:30pm Enlarge Image Chuck Schumer carries his face mask as he arrives inside the US Capitol after it was announced congressional leaders and the White House agreed on nearly $500 billion more in coronavirus relief for the US economy. REUTERS/Tom Brenner The Senate overwhelmingly passed a near half-trillion-dollar coronavirus bill on…
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. | John Shinkle/POLITICO After two weeks of stalemate and days of frenetic negotiations, the Senate approved a nearly $500 billion coronavirus aid bill on Tuesday afternoon with the House set for passage later this week. The agreement centers around providing $380 billion for small businesses and also includes $75 billion…
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…