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Capitol Ink | Congress Falls

By Robert Matson
Posted December 3, 2020 at 8:30am
The capital's Metro system announced drastic service cuts as ridership and revenue fell because of the coronavirus.

As recovery bills languish, transit systems cut service

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted December 2, 2020 at 6:00am
In Janet Yellen, above, Joe Biden would have a Treasury secretary nominee who has received bipartisan Senate confirmation for previous posts at the Fed.

Biden said to pick Janet Yellen for Treasury amid deep economic slump

By Jim Saksa
Posted November 23, 2020 at 6:03pm
Judy Shelton stirred controversy with unorthodox views about monetary policy.

With two Republicans in quarantine, Senate lacks votes to advance Fed nominee

By Jim Saksa, Ellyn Ferguson and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 17, 2020 at 4:06pm
Medical personnel helped load passengers onto buses as they disembarked from the Grand Princess cruise ship in Oakland, California earlier this year.

Democrat seeks accounting of CDC’s ‘no-sail’ order for cruises

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted October 20, 2020 at 6:00am
American Airlines furloughed 19,000 employees.

Airlines furlough tens of thousands as payroll support expires

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted October 1, 2020 at 1:36pm
Carriers including American Airlines have said they will have no choice but to furlough employees if the aid is not renewed.

Democrats propose billions for airlines, transit in virus relief bill

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted September 29, 2020 at 8:39am
Raheem Austin gives Lita Griffin a cut at Mason's Barber Shop in May, shortly after Washington, D.C. lifted a stay-at-home order placed amid the pandemic.

COVID-19 hits Latino, Black and Native American wallets harder

By Jim Saksa and Michael Macagnone
Posted September 16, 2020 at 9:21am

Capitol Ink | Sinking feeling

By Robert Matson
Posted September 16, 2020 at 7:00am
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer is among the resolution's co-sponsors.

Democrats link race, jobs, climate in election-year resolution

By Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted September 10, 2020 at 12:36pm