From coronavirus relief talks to Biden's executive orders, catch up on the week in politics from NBC News.
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WASHINGTON — Democrats considering a maneuver to forgo bipartisan support to pass Covid-19 relief are confronting an unintended consequence: Doing so could automatically cut Medicare. Many Democrats want to pass President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief proposal, which includes $1,400 …
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden held a two-hour meeting Monday with a group of 10 Republican senators who proposed a slimmed-down coronavirus relief plan that they say can win bipartisan support. The Republicans' proposed package is estimated to cost $618 billion, about one-third the size of …
WASHINGTON — Most Democrats have a simple answer for Republicans who don't want to go along with President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief plan: Screw 'em. But the substance, process and politics of legislating aren't that simple. Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, articulated the heavy-handed …
WASHINGTON — House impeachment managers filed their memorandum Tuesday for the Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, laying out in the clearest terms yet why they believe Trump committed impeachable offenses and must be barred from running for federal office again. In the brief …
Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., could “feel the weight of history” on his shoulders as the freshman member of Congress entered the House floor for the first time Jan. 3. The office where Rep. John F. Kennedy once sat now has Torres’ name on it. “It was surreal for me to go to my office for the first …
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., compared calls to "move on" after the Capitol riots to the tactics of abusers in an emotional Instagram live on Monday where she also revealed that she is a survivor of sexual assault. Ocasio-Cortez also described how she hid in the bathroom in her office as a …
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is considering former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel for a high-profile ambassadorship, potentially to China, three people with knowledge of the discussions said. Becoming the U.S. ambassador to Japan is another option that Biden administration officials have discussed …
President Joe Biden signed three major executive orders Tuesday aimed at reversing former President Donald Trump's hard-line immigration practices. One executive order will create a task force to reunite children who were separated from their parents under Trump's "zero tolerance" policy, which an …
In his first days in office, President Joe Biden moved to dismantle a slew of Trump-era regulations and make sweeping measures to bolster the nation’s Covid-19 response. The new president also ordered the establishment a variety of environmental protections and changes to immigration policy. As he …
President Joe Biden hit his goal 200 million vaccinations in his first 100 days Thursday. It wasn't a stretch: The country hit the goal with seven days to spare, and according to an NBC News analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention figures, from the day Biden announced his new 200 …
