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Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., talks during the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett before the Senate Judiciary Committee
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Income Inequality
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Democrats and some Republicans push to add stimulus checks to COVID-19 relief bill

Bipartisan negotiators are still trying to finalize a COVID deal with money for states, unemployed Americans, and vaccine distribution, but some want more direct payments.

5 years ago

President-elect Joe Biden speaks during an event at The Queen theater
Government Accountability
Public Health

Biden calls for action on virus as he introduces health team

President-elect Joe Biden's choices for his health care team point to a stronger federal role in the nation’s COVID-19 strategy.

5 years ago

President Trump participates in a video teleconference call with members of the military on Thanksgiving at the White House.
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Elections

Reforming the presidency

Jack Goldsmith and Bob Bauer discuss their book, "After Trump" which lays out 50 ways to fix the presidency, check executive power, and safeguard democracy.

Air Date: December 8, 2020 10:00 am

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EPA declines to strengthen soot standard

The federal agency went against the advice of its own scientists who said the standard needed to be lowered.

5 years ago

In this Sept. 16, 2015, photo, U.S. Central Command Commander Gen. Lloyd Austin III, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Biden will nominate retired four-star Army general Lloyd J. Austin to be secretary of defense. That's according to three people familiar with the decision who spoke on condition of anonymity because the selection hadn't been formally announced. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
Government Accountability
Military

Biden picks Lloyd Austin as secretary of defense

If confirmed by the Senate, Austin would be the first Black leader of the Pentagon.

5 years ago

An angry supporter of President Donald Trump shouts at crowds of celebrating demonstrators after the 2020 presidential election is called for President-elect Joe Biden, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in Philadelphia.
Elections
Pennsylvania

Trump campaign appeals another ballot case in Pennsylvania

The appeal, filed Friday, is one of at least four pending cases in which Trump or Republicans are trying to throw out certain ballots or trying to upend the entire election.

5 years ago

Gabe Perlow at PurePenn's manufacturing facility
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WESA

Cannabis proving to be a boon to Pa., but state and federal constraints remain

In just three years, the state’s medical marijuana industry has exploded.

5 years ago

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra speaks during a press conference at the California State Capitol
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Medicine
Public Health

Biden names health secretary, COVID czar, other key members to health team

President-elect Joe Biden has said addressing the coronavirus pandemic is his top priority. Here are some of the people he is putting in charge of that big task.

5 years ago

Rudy Giuliani looks on during an appearance before the Michigan House Oversight Committee
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Public Health

Rudy Giuliani tests positive for coronavirus, Trump says

Giuliani has spent the last several weeks leading failed legal challenges to try to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

5 years ago

Supporters of President Trump attend pro-Trump marches outside the Supreme Court building in Washington on Nov. 14.
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Elections
Law
National

Trump’s legal losses come fast and furious

The Trump campaign and allied Republicans had sought to overturn results in six states. "We don't need courts," Rudy Giuliani told Fox News.

5 years ago

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020, before boarding Marine One for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Elections
National

Trump presses Georgia governor to help subvert election

According to a tweet from the Georgia governor, Trump also asked him to order an audit of signatures on absentee ballot envelopes from the presidential race in his state.

5 years ago

Signs promoting the 2020 census hang on a fence in Reading, Pa., in September. The Census Bureau has found irregularities in this year's census responses that could affect the counting of millions of people. (Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images)
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National

Millions of census records may be flawed, jeopardizing Trump’s bid to alter count

The number of 2020 census records requiring quality checks has ballooned into the millions. That may stop Trump from getting control of a key count before leaving office.

5 years ago

The Pennsylvania state Capitol
Economy
Public Health

Pa. Senate Dems offer $4 billion pandemic relief plan

Pennsylvania Senate Democrats proposed a plan to provide financial aid to restaurants, hospitals and other sectors that are expected to continue struggling.

5 years ago

President-elect Joe Biden speaks about jobs at The Queen theater, Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Elections

Biden officially secures enough electors to become president

California certified its presidential election Friday and appointed 55 electors pledged to vote for Joe Biden, officially handing him the Electoral College majority.

5 years ago

A supporter of President-elect Joe Biden holds up his mobile phone to display the electoral college map outside the Philadelphia Convention Center
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Politics

Pa. GOP leaders urge Congress to ‘object’ to Electoral College vote — Dems call it ‘desperation’

A group of Pa. Republican lawmakers are urging Congress to take an extreme, last-ditch, and likely ineffective step to overturn President-Elect Joe Biden’s victory.

5 years ago

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