MARCH 6, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Democrats passed President Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package Saturday by the slimmest of margins, following an intraparty standoff over unemployment benefits.
The Senate approved the package along party lines, 50-49, after deliberating all of Friday and into Saturday morning. The package now heads back to the House, which must approve the Senate-revised legislation...
MARCH 5, 2021
Reporters reach out to Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., as he arrives for votes on President Biden's cabinet nominees, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. Manchin, chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said today he will vote in favor of New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland to serve as interior secretary, clearing...
MARCH 3, 2021
The United States Capitol Police seal appears on the side of a bus parked near the federal law enforcement agency's headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 19, 2021. - Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
U.S. Capitol Police officials said Wednesday they have "obtained intelligence that shows a possible plot to breach the Capitol by an identified militia group on Thursday,...
MARCH 2, 2021
Neera Tanden, nominee for director of the Office and Management and Budget, has been accused of abrasive and overly partisan rhetoric. - Pool, Getty Images
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Neera Tanden, President Joe Biden's controversial pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget, withdrew herself from consideration Tuesday after her confirmation collapsed last week, dealing Biden his first major...
MARCH 2, 2021
Over 5 million people signed up and close to 150,000 people from the general public received coronavirus vaccines on Monday, the first day the drive was opened up beyond health care and frontline workers, leading to a rush of registrations and crowds of hopeful recipients at hospitals across the country.
The Union health ministry said nearly 3 million...
MARCH 1, 2021
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Feb. 26. - Photographer: Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg
Senate Democrats are jettisoning a proposal to use the tax code to penalize corporations that don’t raise the minimum wage for their lowest-paid workers in an effort to keep President Joe Biden’s broader stimulus plan on track for quick passage, according to two people familiar with...
FEBRUARY 27, 2021
Texas flags fly near an electrical substation in Houston. Millions of Texans lost their power when a winter storm hit the state and knocked out unprepared power plants. - Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
As millions of Texans went days without heat, light or water, as store shelves were emptied, as deaths blamed on the cold began to add up,...
FEBRUARY 26, 2021
The Coronavirus is spreading like a wildfire in states including Maharashtra, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Punjab. The new variant of COVID-19 and mutations has beenCoronavirus Strain: Beware of These Strange And Uncommon Symptoms of COVID-19 reported which has left the medical experts in a tizzy. B.1.1.7, also known as UK Kent Variation is fueling fears across...
FEBRUARY 26, 2021
Axar Patel took 11 wickets in the match BCCI
Brief Scorecard: India 145 (Rohit 66, Root 5-8) and 49 for 0 (Rohit 25*) beat England 112 (Crawley 53, Patel 6-38) and 81 (Patel 5-32) by 10 wickets
England made their lowest Test score in India on the way to a ten-wicket defeat
AHMEDABAD, INDIA - Manic, manic, manic. The speed...
FEBRUARY 26, 2021
House Democrats are slightly modifying language in a provision on the child tax credit in their coronavirus relief package, in an effort to prevent the Senate parliamentarian from ruling against the provision.
The original version of the relief package directs the Treasury Department to make advance payments of the child tax credit on a monthly basis. A manager's...
