Coronavirus emerges as major threat to U.S. election process
U.S. election officials looking to construct a safe voting system in a worsening coronavirus pandemic are confronting a grim reality: there may not be enough time, money or political will to make it happen by the November election.
U.S. House approves $2.2 trillion coronavirus bill, sends to Trump
The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday approved a $2.2 trillion aid package – the largest in American history – to help individuals and companies cope with an economic downturn caused by the coronavirus outbreak and provide hospitals with urgently…
Factbox: ‘Mr. No’: Meet the U.S. congressman asking for a vote that could delay the coronavirus bill
U.S. Representative Thomas Massie enraged President Donald Trump as he has leaders of Congress trying to delay a planned Friday voice vote on a $2.2 trillion coronavirus economic rescue plan, drawing calls from the White House to throw him out of the R…
Trump, Michigan governor trade jabs as state’s virus cases mount
President Donald Trump and Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan took fresh swipes at each other over the spread of the coronavirus, escalating a war of words as the state braces to become one of the hardest hit by the pandemic.
House aims to push through $2 trillion coronavirus bill as holdout insists on formal vote
The U.S. House was poised on Friday to pass a $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief package, with Democratic and Republican aides saying enough members had flocked to the Capitol to override a holdout Republican lawmaker who threatened to delay passage.
House aims to push through $2 trillion coronavirus bill as Trump targets holdout
Armed with hand sanitizer and discouraged from using elevators, members of the U.S. House of Representatives convened on Friday to quickly pass a sweeping $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill as President Donald Trump criticized a Republican lawmake…
House takes up $2.2 trillion coronavirus bill, as Trump blasts holdout congressman
Armed with hand sanitizer and discouraged from using elevators, members of the U.S. House of Representatives convened on Friday to quickly pass a sweeping $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill as President Donald Trump criticized a Republican lawmake…
Pelosi says House to approve coronavirus bill on Friday
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday the House of Representatives will approve the coronavirus economic relief bill on Friday, likely after a three hour debate.
‘Mr. No’: Meet the U.S. congressman who might delay the coronavirus bill
U.S. Representative Thomas Massie enraged President Donald Trump as he has leaders of Congress worried he will delay a planned Friday voice vote on a $2.2 trillion coronavirus economic rescue plan, drawing calls from the White House to throw him out of…
Trump attacks Republican lawmaker threatening delay of economic stimulus
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday criticized a Republican congressman who is considering tactics to delay a House of Representatives vote on a massive coronavirus stimulus bill, calling Representative Thomas Massie a “third-rate grandstander.”
