WASHINGTON – New coronavirus infections could increase to 100,000 a day if the nation doesn’t get its surge of cases under control, Dr. Anthony Fauci told Congress Tuesday. "We’ve really got to do something about that and we…
Congress and the country need answers now: Pelosi…
WASHINGTON – The White House briefed a select group of lawmakers Monday on intelligence reports that Russia offered bounties to Taliban militants for killing American troops in Afghanistan, amid growing questions in Congress about the administration's apparent inaction on…
Fauci to testify before Congress on state of…
WASHINGTON – Dr. Anthony Fauci and other top health officials will testify before Congress Tuesday on the state of the coronavirus pandemic, two days after Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar warned that the "window is closing" for the…
3 Congressional Races To Watch In New Yorks…
New York primary voters head to the polls on Tuesday, and the hottest contests are once again on the Democratic side. A host of Democratic congressional primaries in and around New York City will test…
Even if Congress bans chokeholds and no-knock warrants,…
WASHINGTON – The national outcry over the deaths of George Floyd, Rayshard Brooks, Breonna Taylor and other Black Americans at the hands of police has Congress moving with unusual speed to debate sweeping reforms such…
As Congress debates police reform, qualified immunity emerges…
WASHINGTON – As Congress wrestles with how to address policing reforms that hundreds of thousands of protesters across the nation are demanding, one issue has emerged as a potential hurdle with both sides appearing to dig in their…
Who is that money helping?: Congress asks why…
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan congressional panel is questioning why the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve have loaned out little of the $500 billion designated in a recent spending bill for economic relief from the…
Whistleblower Rick Bright tells Congress he warned of…
WASHINGTON – Dr. Rick Bright, a government immunologist, says he will never forget the email he received from a medical supply company earlier this year warning that the nation’s supply of N95 respirator masks was…
More checks? A payroll tax cut? Trump and…
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump and congressional leaders have pitched a number of proposals they argue are essential to a new coronavirus relief plan to combat the effects of the coronavirus. The result: A grab bag of ideas without a deal. Trump…