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Updated: Aug. 7, 2020 at 8:38 PM EDT
|By ANDREW TAYLOR
A breakdown in the talks would put at risk more than $100 billion to help reopen schools, a fresh round of $1,200 direct payments to most people and hundreds of billions of dollars for state and local governments to help them avoid furloughing workers and cutting services as tax revenues shrivel.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2020 at 4:16 PM EDT
|By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
The United States added 1.8 million jobs in July, a pullback from the gains of May and June and evidence that the resurgent coronavirus is weakening hiring and the economic rebound.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2020 at 7:55 PM EDT
|By Kyle Midura
States struggle to balance books with primary revenue streams running dry. Congress is split on whether to bail them out.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2020 at 2:20 PM EDT
|By Kristin Kasper
While republicans work to flip Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District, incumbent Rep. Ron Kind faces a challenger on the left. Dr. Mark Neumann says he differs from Kind on policy and the way he chooses to finance his campaign.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2020 at 4:14 PM EDT
|By Kristin Kasper
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) discusses the next phase of coronavirus relief
Updated: Aug. 6, 2020 at 4:06 PM EDT
|By Peter Zampa
Senator Doug Jones is in a tough reelection battle to maintain his Senate seat, but he says his focus right now is on coronavirus relief funding.
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Updated: Aug. 9, 2020 at 12:00 AM EDT
|New York clears all schools to hold in-person classes as health officials raise concerns.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2020 at 1:26 PM EDT
Updated: Aug. 7, 2020 at 1:14 PM EDT
Updated: Aug. 6, 2020 at 4:06 PM EDT
|By Peter Zampa
Senator Doug Jones is in a tough reelection battle to maintain his Senate seat, but he says his focus right now is on coronavirus relief funding.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2020 at 9:50 PM EDT
|By Associated Press
Both sides have set a goal of reaching a deal by week’s end.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 5:09 PM EDT
|By Kyle Midura
President Donald Trump will visit a Whirlpool factory in Clyde, Ohio Thursday. There, he'll propose new steps to bring American jobs back on-shore, and tout his record revitalizing manufacturing during.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 4:35 PM EDT
|By Alana Austin
Sen. Rick Scott discusses the latest COVID-19 issues.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 4:12 PM EDT
|By Jillian Angeline and Tyler Smith
The Arizona governor will also be meeting with the Council of Governors and other health officials during his visit to Washington.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 10:45 AM EDT
|By Jillian Angeline
Two military veterans are fighting to represent Arizona-how they are reaching out to voters amid the pandemic.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 9:59 PM EDT
|By ANDREW TAYLOR
After more than a week’s worth of meetings, at least some clarity is emerging in the bipartisan Washington talks on a huge COVID-19 response bill.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2020 at 9:08 PM EDT
|By Jacqueline Policastro
In a broadcast exclusive, the president says he wants to extend the $600 weekly benefit to unemployed Americans.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2020 at 8:28 PM EDT
|By Jacqueline Policastro
The state plans to allow all active voters to vote by mail.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 12:36 PM EDT
|By BILL BARROW
Joe Biden will not travel to Milwaukee to accept the Democratic presidential nomination because of concerns over the coronavirus, party officials said Wednesday, signaling a move to a convention that essentially has become entirely virtual.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2020 at 4:13 PM EDT
Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-NC) and Dr. Greg Murphy (R-NC), as well as U.S. Senate Candidate Cal Cunningham discuss what North Carolina needs from D.C. after Hurricane Isaias leave a trail of death in destruction behind.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2020 at 1:12 PM EDT
|By Peter Zampa
Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) says he wants to pay every American in a new round of stimulus, saying college kids and families with children were left behind in the last round.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2020 at 1:06 PM EDT
|By Natalie Grim
The Georgia senator introduced three new bills to address violent crime, as well as violent protests and the movement to defund police.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2020 at 12:36 PM EDT
|By MIKE SCHNEIDER
The U.S. Census Bureau is cutting its schedule for data collection for the 2020 census a month short as legislation that would have extended the national head count’s deadlines stalls in the U.S. Senate.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 12:21 AM EDT
|By ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says the two sides set a goal of reaching an agreement by the end of the week to permit a vote next week.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2020 at 6:06 PM EDT
|By Peter Zampa
The Tennessee Valley Authority is under scrutiny at the White House.
Updated: Aug. 2, 2020 at 3:08 PM EDT
The vote to renominate President Donald Trump is set to be conducted in private later this month, without members of the press present, a spokeswoman for the Republican National Convention said, citing the coronavirus.
Updated: Aug. 1, 2020 at 4:27 PM EDT
|By Jillian Angeline
A spokesperson for Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) says the congressman was informed Friday that he tested positive.
Updated: Aug. 1, 2020 at 2:52 PM EDT
|By ANTHONY TAYLOR and LISA MASCARO
The White House and its GOP allies appear to be retreating from their opposition to a $600-per-week supplemental unemployment benefit that has propped up both the economy and family budgets but expired Friday.
Updated: Aug. 1, 2020 at 1:26 PM EDT
|By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press
The leading contenders include California Sen. Kamala Harris, California Rep. Karen Bass and Obama national security adviser Susan Rice.
Updated: Jul. 31, 2020 at 7:37 PM EDT
|By Jillian Angeline
Jillian Angeline talks with Sen. Ted Cruz about issues, including his concerns about the Chinese social media service TikTok.
Updated: Jul. 31, 2020 at 4:03 PM EDT
|By ANDREW TAYLOR and LISA MASCARO
After late-night talks failed to produce a breakthrough, the two sides took their case to the media Friday morning, with White House chief of staff Mark Meadows appearing before reporters on short notice at the exact moment House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appeared at her weekly news conference.