Congress · 116th Congress
Is canceling $50k in student debt a good idea?
Sens. Charles Schumer and Elizabeth Warren want to help ease financial burden on student loan borrowers by canceling up to $50,000 in loan debt.
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Congress · 116th Congress
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death lines up a Supreme Court battle with just weeks to go before the 2020 presidential election.
Congress · 116th Congress
Stopgap funding talks bleed into weekend amid farm aid pushback
House and Senate negotiators reached a tentative agreement to extend federal agency funding through Dec. 11 though there were concerns over farm payments.
Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
Politics imitates comedy: Congressional Hits and Misses
Chuck Schumer joined Jerry Seinfeld for some laughs. It went as well as you’d think. Plus, Jon Stewart, Maya Rudolph and Amy Poehler joined the fray.
Congress · 116th Congress
Illinois senators split on judge votes, exposing division
A quartet of Senate votes on District Court judges this week revealed a rare fissure between home-state colleagues in Illinois.
Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
Eisenhower Memorial opens, ending 20 years of planning strife on Capitol Hill
The Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial opened to the public on the National Mall on Friday, ending more than 20 years of strife-filled planning on Capitol Hill.
White House · 116th Congress
White House announces $11.6B hurricane relief for Puerto Rico
The Trump administration announced a massive aid package for Puerto Rico on Friday, three years after two hurricanes ravaged the U.S. island territory.
Policy · 116th Congress
Trump contradicts CDC, pledging 100 million vaccines in 2020
President Donald Trump pledged 100 million coronavirus vaccine doses by the year’s end, a promise that contradicts the CDC’s most optimistic projections.
Policy · 116th Congress
U.S. bans TikTok, WeChat from app stores starting Sunday
U.S. users will lose access to WeChat starting Sunday and to TikTok on Nov. 12 amid Commerce Department allegations they collect “vast swaths” of data.
Congress · 116th Congress
House Democrats prep fallback option on stopgap funding
House Democrats on Friday were readying their own temporary funding plan that would extend current appropriations through Dec. 11.
Congress · 116th Congress
US Chamber, the nation’s biggest lobby, is cutting staff
Most of the laid off employees were tied to the operation of the group’s building, across from the White House, or to putting on in-person events.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Campaigns adjust as voters cast ballots before Election Day
More voters are set to cast ballots by mail or in person before Election Day due to concerns about crowding at polling places amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Congress · 116th Congress
Flight attendant advocate Sara Nelson fights to protect their jobs
Sara Nelson, head of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, is pushing Congress to extend the payroll support program for airline workers.
Policy · 116th Congress
Unions eye long term as pandemic weighs on members
The coronavirus is hitting organized labor hard, but unions say their efforts on behalf of workers is going to lift membership in the long term.
Podcasts · 116th Congress
‘The consulting class is going apes-t’: The Lincoln Project, explained - Roll Call
PODCAST — What's the Lincoln Project? Several disaffected Republicans who love to call out President Donald Trump with tough ads and tweets.
Congress · 116th Congress
House postpones vote to decriminalize marijuana until after election
House Democrats are postponing a vote on a bill decriminalizing marijuana until after election amid concerns from vulnerable Democrats.
Congress · 116th Congress
FBI director describes domestic extremists in homeland threats hearing
FBI director Christopher Wray describes domestic extremist groups QAnon, Antifa, Boogaloos at House hearing on worldwide threats to the nation's security.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Alaska judge halts printing of ballots that removed candidates’ independent status
Alaska Democrats are scrambling to respond to a change to the state ballot that they said created a disadvantage to nominees Al Gross and Alyse Galvin.
Congress · 116th Congress
McCarthy focused on election, not Freedom Caucus push to remove Pelosi
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Thursday dodged a question on whether he will bring a motion to vacate to remove Speaker Nancy Pelosi from her post.
Policy · 116th Congress
Southern states lagging in census amid pandemic, hurricanes
The Census Bureau has plans to deal with the problems caused by natural disasters, but little time remains before the in-person count wraps up on Sept. 30.