March 2nd, 20210WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Democratic party has effectively abandoned a push to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour as part of President Biden’s coronavirus relief legislation, despite wide popularity of the measure among Americans.
Democratic leadership, including Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, said the...
February 22nd, 20210NEW YORK — Donald Trump suffered a major setback on Monday in his long quest to conceal details of his finances as the U.S. Supreme Court paved the way for a New York City prosecutor to obtain the former president's tax returns and other records as part of an accelerating criminal investigation.
The justices without comment rebuffed...
February 10th, 20210WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Democrats prosecuting Donald Trump’s impeachment trial for inciting the deadly siege of the Capitol highlighted through video on Wednesday how members of the pro-Trump mob searched the building for his vice president, chanting: “Hang Mike Pence!”
Previously unseen security videos showed the view from...
February 8th, 20210WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a preview of what could be expected during the second impeachment trial of former President Trump, House impeachment mangers said there was “overwhelming” evidence of misconduct by Trump that led the deadly events at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
"The evidence of President Trump's conduct is overwhelming,"...
February 3rd, 20210WASHINGTON, D.C. — As House Democrats sought to strip Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) of her committee assignments over a series of racist remarks and promotion of wild conspiracy theories, some Republicans decided to retaliate.
House Republican lawmakers attempted to strip U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) from her committee...
January 20th, 20210WASHINGTON, D.C. — Democrats took control of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday when Vice President Kamala Harris swore in three new members to give the party a narrow grip on both houses of Congress as well as the White House for the first time in a decade.
Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff of Georgia and Alex Padilla of...
January 13th, 20210WASHINGTON D.C. — As the U.S. House of Representatives moved on Wednesday toward a vote on impeaching President Trump, Republican leaders in the Senate weighed whether to launch a trial on Friday on whether to remove him from office, a source familiar with the deliberations said, though no final decision was reached.
With only a...
January 8th, 20210WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Democrats are planning to introduce articles of impeachment against outgoing President Trump on Monday, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters news agency.
The move comes after a violent crowd of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. One woman was shot by Capitol Police that day as she tried...
January 5th, 20210ATLANTA — Early vote totals suggested close contests were unfolding in two U.S. Senate races in Georgia that will decide which party controls the chamber and the possible fate of Democratic President-elect Biden’s legislative agenda.
Republican incumbents David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler faced Democratic challengers Jon Ossoff, a...
December 28th, 20200FLORIDA — President Trump, who has been at his golf course while a stalemate ensued over a $2.3 trillion combined stimulus and spending package, has now signed the bill into law.
The law will release $900 billion in stimulus funds as soon as possible, including those $600 stimulus checks Trump earlier wanted increased. Republicans...
December 25th, 20200WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump’s surprise opposition to emergency coronavirus aid and annual government funding passed by Congress has left Americans and global financial markets wondering whether Washington will iron out its differences or descend into chaos in the coming days.
Trump has not yet said whether he will veto the...
December 1st, 20200WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Tuesday, a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers unveiled a $908 billion COVID-19 relief bill aimed at breaking a months-long deadlock between Democrats and Republicans over new emergency assistance for small businesses, unemployed people, airlines and other industries during the pandemic.
The measure has not yet...
October 29th, 20200WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than 80 million Americans have cast ballots in the U.S. presidential election, according to a tally on Thursday from the U.S. Elections Project at the University of Florida, setting the stage for the highest participation rate in more than a century.
The record-breaking pace, more than 58 percent of the total...
October 27th, 20200WASHINGTON, D.C. — Newly confirmed conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett faces a barrage of politically fraught cases in her first days on the job, as the court weighs election disputes and prepares to hear a challenge to the Obamacare healthcare law.
On Monday, the Republican-controlled Senate pushed through...
October 16th, 20200MIAMI/PHILADELPHIA — On Thursday, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden criticized what he called President Trump’s “panicked” response to the coronavirus pandemic, while Trump defended his handling of a crisis that has killed more than 216,000 Americans.
The rivals spoke in simultaneous town halls broadcast on separate...
October 13th, 20200WASHINGTON, D.C. (REUTERS) — President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, said on Tuesday at her U.S. Senate confirmation hearing she is not hostile to the Obamacare law, as Democrats have suggested, and declined to specify whether she believes landmark rulings legalizing abortion and gay marriage were properly...
October 8th, 20200WASHINGTON (REUTERS) — President Trump said on Thursday he would not participate in a virtual debate, throwing into doubt the second presidential debate between Trump and his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, scheduled for Oct. 15.
His words came moments after the commission that oversees the debates said the event would be conducted...
October 6th, 20200WASHINGTON, D.C. — After being treated for COVID-19 himself, President Trump downplayed the virus over social media and announced he was breaking off talks with Democrats on an economic aid package that could provide relief to millions of Americans in a pandemic-hit economy.
Trump was discharged from Walter Reed National Medical...
October 4th, 20201When it comes to choosing between Joe Biden or Donald Trump, and their approaches to the American Muslim community, it’s not even close.
The Biden campaign has demonstrated a strong commitment to American Muslim communities, causes, and concerns. The vice president and Dr. Jill Biden have spoken to our audiences and institutions,...
September 23rd, 20200The polarized nature of American politics often makes it difficult to address fundamental differences between the country’s two main political rivals, Republicans and Democrats. As each side is intent on discrediting the other at every opportunity, unbiased information regarding the two parties’ actual stances on internal and...
August 24th, 20200
WASHINGTON, D.C. (REUTERS) — More than two-dozen former Republican U.S. lawmakers, including former Senator Jeff Flake, endorsed Democrat Joe Biden for president on Monday, the first day of the Republican National Convention, in the latest rebuke of President Trump by members of his own party.
The 27 former members...
August 20th, 20200NEW YORK (REUTERS) — Donald Trump cannot block a prosecutor’s subpoena for eight years of his tax returns, a federal judge ruled on Thursday, in the latest setback in the U.S. president’s longstanding effort to keep his finances under wraps.
U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero in Manhattan rejected Trump’s claims that the...
August 17th, 20200WASHINGTON, D.C. (REUTERS) — On Monday President Trump denied trying to undermine the Postal Service’s ability to handle a flood of mail-in ballots ahead of the November election, as Democrats prepared to move against changes his administration has set in motion.
“No, we’re not tampering,” Trump said in an interview with...
August 4th, 20200WASHINGTON — White House negotiators vowed on Tuesday to work “around the clock” with congressional Democrats to try to reach a deal on coronavirus relief by the end of this week, as the pandemic takes a heavy toll on American life.
Following an afternoon meeting of the four main negotiators, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin...
August 2nd, 20200
WASHINGTON, D.C. (REUTERS) — The top Democrats in Congress are not close to a deal with the White House to pump more money into the U.S. economy to ease the coronavirus’ heavy toll, both sides said on Saturday, after an essential lifeline for millions of unemployed Americans expired.
“This was...
July 28th, 20200WASHINGTON, D.C. (REUTERS) — U.S. Republicans and Democrats faced difficult talks on Tuesday on how best to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, after Republicans unveiled a relief proposal days before millions of Americans lose federal unemployment benefits.
Senate Republicans announced on Monday a $1 trillion coronavirus aid...
May 28th, 20200
WASHINGTON D.C. — President Trump said he will introduce legislation that may scrap or weaken a law that has long protected Internet companies, including Twitter and Facebook, an extraordinary attempt to intervene in the media that experts said was unlikely to survive legal scrutiny.
Trump...
March 16th, 20200DETROIT — On Monday, Michigan United (MU), a Michigan based advocacy non-profit, organized a teleconference with community leaders from the state to discuss responses, legislation and outcomes relating to the COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S.
The teleconference featured critical information about current bills and future legislation in...
