President Donald Trump wants $2,000 stimulus checks. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) – GETTY IMAGES President Donald Trump wants you to get a $2,000 stimulus check. Here’s what you need to know. Stimulus Checks In a speech today from The White House, Trump … Read More
Our lawmakers seek to change centuries-old societies while their constituents fight to survive. After tense negotiations and multiple rounds of televised theatrics, Congress has passed a spending bill. It’s 5,593 pages long and allocates $2.3 trillion, including more than $900 billion in COVID … Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Friday signed into law a two-day stopgap extension of existing federal funds passed by Congress to avoid a midnight government shutdown, as lawmakers negotiate a $900 billion pandemic aid bill and as part … Read More
A growing call to invoke the Insurrection Act shows how hard-edged MAGA ideology has become in the wake of Trump’s election loss. The Insurrection Act has gained popularity among the far-right fringes, mainly as a way for President Donald Trump … Read More
The president-elect said he will be able to look past personal attacks on his son while in office. President-elect Joe Biden defended his son Hunter Biden amid an ongoing investigation into the younger Biden’s taxes. During an interview with Stephen Colbert that is … Read More
Doc says an already ‘difficult situation’ means it can’t ‘be business as usual this Christmas’ Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, said this week that he and his wife will not be seeing his three adult children … Read More
Many of the major policies that former Vice President Joe Biden is proposing are already in place in California to some degree. Credit: Illustration by Dan Hubig for CalMatters – California has become a laboratory for progressive policies CALIFORNIA, USA … Read More
Supporters encourage Trump to keep up the fight. Backers of President Trump descended on Washington, D.C. Saturday in another sign of support for the president, who has come up short in his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Supporters with … Read More
EPA The US Supreme Court has rejected an unprecedented attempt to throw out election results in four battleground states that was backed by President Donald Trump. The lawsuit, filed this week by the state of Texas, sought to invalidate results … Read More
Those who have known President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. for decades say they expect him to move carefully, providing reassurance with a few big symbolic acts. President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. said he wanted to bring an end to a … Read More