WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) — The United States has, so far, issued 90 million stimulus checks as part of President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan. The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service say the first batch of payments totaled $242 ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – As the house prepares to vote to revive the “Violence Against Women Act,” one congresswoman made a personal plea for its passage Wednesday. Michigan Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) recalled her families suffering from the abuse of ...
ALAMEDA, Calif. (NBC) – California Governor Gavin Newsom is acknowledging a recall effort will likely have enough signatures by Wednesday’s deadline to force an election. Recall organizers must submit just short of 1.5 million valid signatures, or 12% of the ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNN) – Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued a threat Tuesday to Democrats over the fate of the filibuster. The filibuster allows senators to extend debate indefinitely and effectively gives the minority party the ability to block ...
TIJUANA, Mexico (NBC) – Federal authorities are struggling to deal with a surge of migrants at the U.S. border. Tuesday the U.S. government said it plans to house 3,000 immigrant teens at a convention center in downtown Dallas. U.S. border ...
Republicans insist they’re just trying to eliminate voter fraud, inspired in part, by President Trump false claims that the election was stolen. ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC News) — President Biden and top Congressional Democrats on Friday celebrated the passage of the $1.9 trillion “American Rescue Plan” with a ceremony in the White House Rose Garden. “To every American watching, help is here and ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House has passed a massive $1.9 trillion dollar COVID relief bill. It’s a bill that includes $1,400 direct payments for adults who qualify as well as jobless benefits and money for schools. The American Rescue Plan ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – Congressional Republicans are unifying around criticism of the Biden administration’s management of the southern border as America sees an influx of migrants, including children. A record number of unaccompanied migrant children are in Border Patrol custody, ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – The Supreme Court disposed of the former president’s appeal of a lower court ruling that upheld Wisconsin’s handling of mail-in ballots. The court announced the rejection without comment in a one-line order, which is its normal ...