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December 16, 2020 7:01 AM By Zachary Sherwood and Brandon Lee The top four congressional leaders will continue negotiating a Covid-19 relief package today that they could attach to crucial spending legislation ahead of Friday’s deadline to keep the government open. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) met for several hours last night, reporting progress in the talks but with no agreement in hand. The leaders held two rounds of extended...

Mo Brooks’ election challenge has reached ‘end of the road,’ political scientist says Updated Dec 15, 2020; Posted Dec 14, 2020 In this March 22, 2017, file photo, Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala. is interviewed on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)AP Facebook Share By Mark Niquette Bloomberg News (TNS) and Tribune Media Services Joe Biden officially clinched the presidency after the Electoral College confirmed his victory Monday, capping a tumultuous period sparked by Donald Trump’s refusal to acknowledge he lost with the help of Republic...

December 15, 2020 7:01 AM By Zachary Sherwood and Brandon Lee President-elect Joe Biden’s visit to Georgia on behalf of two Democratic Senate candidates today underscores how much his first-term agenda depends on having both chambers of Congress on his side when he takes office next month. That Biden is even welcome in Georgia reflects a change in the state’s Democratic politics, which for years tried to distance itself from the national party. But with Biden’s narrow victory there in November and Democrats aiming to turn out their base voters, candidates Jon Ossoff...

December 10, 2020 7:02 AM By Zachary Sherwood and Brandon Lee Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Speaker Nancy Pelosi have given no sign yet that they’re ready to directly engage in negotiations to sort through competing pandemic relief proposals — a step that many lawmakers say will be necessary to complete a deal this month. The Senate GOP leader is now on board with a $916 billion proposal released Tuesday by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, while the House speaker sees a rival $908 billion plan still being drafted by a bipartisan group of lawmakers as the best...