Bipartisan lawmakers make another push for remote voting

Congressional leaders still oppose the idea.

• Apr 9, 2020

2020 Daily Trail Markers: 6.6 million filed new unemployment claims

It's as if the entire adult populations of Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin filed for employment benefits, according to the Economic Policy Institute.

• Apr 9, 2020

Some abortions in Texas can continue, federal judge rules

For more than two weeks, the vast majority of abortions in Texas have been halted. It's the first time that's happened in nearly 50 years.

• Apr 10, 2020

Stocks see best week in 45 years after latest Fed rescue

S&P 500 up 12.1% in shortened trading week. Optimistic? Or oblivious? "When does America open up for business again?"

• Apr 9, 2020

Stimulus check: How much money will you get, and when?

$2 trillion stimulus bill includes payments for most Americans. Here's how to figure out how much you'll receive.

• Apr 9, 2020

U.S. expels 6,300 migrants from border under coronavirus order

The U.S. is also rapidly expelling unaccompanied migrant children. Top border official Mark Morgan said they could also pose an "absolute public health risk" to the U.S.

• Apr 9, 2020

Biden adopts parts of Sanders' policies on health care and student debt

Biden said he now favors dropping the Medicare eligibility age by five years.

• Apr 9, 2020

Medical panel says effectiveness of homemade masks is inconclusive

The limited lab testing that exists so far shows homemade masks are far less effective than medical-grade masks.

• Apr 9, 2020

Senators demand more information from Trump on ousting of intel community inspector general

It is "our responsibility to confirm that there are clear, substantial reasons for removal," bipartisan senators wrote in a letter to Trump.

• Apr 9, 2020

New York sees highest single-day death toll for third straight day

"9/11 was so devastating, so tragic, and then in many ways we lose so many more New Yorkers to this silent killer," he said.

• Apr 9, 2020

Fed vows another $2.3 trillion in "Main Street" loans

Central bank cranks up lending to help U.S. households, businesses and local governments survive coronavirus crisis.

• Apr 9, 2020

Senate Democrats block $250 billion expansion of small business loans

Democrats have called for more money for hospitals and state and local governments.

• Apr 9, 2020

Linda Tripp, key figure in Clinton impeachment, dies at 70

Tripp made secret tapes of conversations with Monica Lewinsky, who told her she had had an affair with President Clinton.

• Apr 9, 2020

Trump says he doesn't want to give a date for reopening the economy

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have started crafting additional measures to provide relief for small businesses and Americans out of work because of the crisis.

• Apr 9, 2020

Pence says Americans will begin to see checks at the end of next week

The number of deaths in the U.S. has topped 16,000, and the nation is suffering a severe economic downturn.

• Apr 9, 2020

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