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President Joe Biden is signing a flurry of executive orders, actions and memorandums aimed at rapidly addressing the coronavirus pandemic and dismantling many of President Donald Trump’s policies. The 30 executive actions Biden is taking in the first days of his administration include halting funding for the construction of Trump’s border wall, reversing Trump’s travel

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said that the House’s article of impeachment will be delivered to the Senate on Monday, triggering the start of the Senate’s impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. “I have spoken to Speaker Pelosi who informed me that the articles will be delivered to the Senate on Monday,” Schumer said

Senate Democrats are laying the groundwork now to use a rare procedural tactic known as reconciliation to pass major parts of President Joe Biden’s Covid-19 relief package if Republicans stand in the way, according to multiple Democratic aides. While leadership has yet to give the go ahead publicly and negotiations with Republicans are still getting

President Joe Biden is expected to sign two more executive orders on Friday — one focused on expanding assistance to Americans in need and the other on raising the minimum wage to $15 for the federal workforce — as he continues his swift efforts to overturn his predecessor’s policies. The first executive order seeks to

Dr. Anthony Fauci said Friday that the lack of truthfulness from the Trump administration regarding the Covid-19 pandemic “very likely” cost American lives. “Particularly when you’re in the situation of almost being in a crisis with the number of cases and hospitalizations and deaths that we have — when you start talking about things that

A Senate stalled. That’s how we start the day and end the week. The talks of bipartisanship are quickly getting ensnared by must-move Senate business, not the least of which is getting an agreement on how the Senate will be run over the next two years. It seems simple, but it’s a big deal and

Congress has approved trillions in relief funds for Americans suffering because of the pandemic recession, but President Joe Biden thinks the country needs even more. Last week, he unveiled a $1.9 trillion economic stimulus plan that he wants to push through Congress, and on Wednesday — his first day in office — he signed executive

President Joe Biden is expected to sign two more executive orders on Friday — one focused on raising the minimum wage to $15 for the federal workforce and the other on expanding assistance for Americans in need — as he continues his swift efforts to overturn his predecessor’s policies. One is geared toward improving the

The Senate will hold a confirmation vote on Friday for President Joe Biden’s defense secretary pick retired Gen. Lloyd Austin. Austin, who retired in 2016 and would be the first African American to run the department, had to be granted a waiver from a law requiring a defense secretary to wait seven years after active-duty

As President Joe Biden takes steps to try to ramp up vaccine production, experts say the biggest boon to his administration’s vaccine strategy could simply be good timing. The President on Thursday directed federal agencies to use “all available legal authorities, including the Defense Production Act” to boost vaccine supply, but experts tell CNN that

The Justice Department inspector general is investigating the sudden departure of former Atlanta US Attorney Byung “BJay” Pak, who then-President Donald Trump replaced at the same time that Pak and the state of Georgia had become a focus for Trump in his attempt to overturn the state’s certified presidential election results, The Washington Post reported