As leaders in government prepare to craft the fifth Covid-19 $1 trillion aid bill, Democrats in the Senate make plans to provide relief to African Americans and other people of color during the pandemic and beyond. Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York said moving $350 billion of the untapped $500 billion previously approved for Treasury […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday rejected the suggestion that he temporarily reopen government while negotiations continue on his proposed border wall, signaling no speedy resolution to the partial government shutdown now into a fourth week. Leaving the White House for a trip to New Orleans, Trump said he had dismissed the proposal […]
Everyone is talking about the meltdown that President 45 had at the White House, including Reverend Al Sharpton. “Donald Trump tried to do a rerun of the apprentice but Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer” were not having it, he said. Sharpton believes that the country is tired of his drama and is ready to see […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators from both parties started a fresh search Wednesday for compromise immigration legislation, but leaders conceded that the effort won’t be easy and were already accusing each other of blame should the effort falter. Around three dozen senators, evenly divided among Republicans and Democrats, planned to meet late Wednesday in what No. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House’s tax-writing committee is expressing confidence that chamber won’t go along with the Senate’s proposal to eliminate the deduction for property taxes, setting up a major flashpoint as Republicans aim to put a tax cut bill on President Donald Trump’s desk before Christmas. The GOP is moving urgently […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is finalizing an executive order that would expand health plans offered by associations to allow individuals to pool together and buy insurance outside their states, a unilateral move that follows failed efforts by Congress to overhaul the health care system. President Donald Trump has long asserted that selling insurance […]
