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Federal stimulus checks are prepared for printing at the Philadelphia Financial Center. Jeff Fusco | Getty Images News | Getty Images Some Americans will receive new coronavirus stimulus checks as soon as this weekend, the White House said Thursday. The news from White House press secretary Jen Psaki came minutes after President Joe Biden signed

President Joe Biden wears a protective mask during an event in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Joe Biden will sign the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package Thursday afternoon as Washington moves to send fresh aid this month. He

Attorney General nominee Merrick Garland testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Washington, DC, February 22, 2021. Drew Angerer | Pool | Reuters The Senate on Wednesday voted to confirm Merrick Garland as attorney general, placing the longtime federal appeals court judge and onetime Supreme Court pick at the helm of an

Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about modernizing infrastructure and his plans for tackling climate change during a campaign event in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., July 14, 2020. Leah Millis | Reuters With President Joe Biden’s Covid-19 stimulus package just a signature away from becoming law, the White House now turns

Former U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) held in the Hyatt Regency on February 28, 2021 in Orlando, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Former President Donald Trump is competing with the GOP’s fundraising operation and lashing out at its members, further complicating his status as a Republican Party leader.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during a daily briefing following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manhattan in New York City, New York, July 13, 2020. Mike Segar | Reuters A woman who currently works on the staff of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has accused him of inappropriately touching her in

New York’s attorney general on Monday appointed a former top federal prosecutor and a leading employment lawyer to head the investigation into claims that Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed several women. Also Monday, a spokesman for New York Assembly Minority Leader William Barclay told media outlets that a Republican-sponsored resolution seeking to begin impeachment proceedings

Investment firms, incluing Cerberus Capital Management and the Carlyle Group, and an organization that advocates for the private equity industry have recently hired lobbyists as lawmakers take aim at tax loopholes. Democrats in Congress are looking to close the carried interest loophole, for instance. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr., D-N.J., a member of the tax-writing House

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo Chris Hondros | Getty Images The top Democrat in New York’s Senate on Sunday urged Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign, saying that the scandals roiling Cuomo’s administration are hindering the function of government. The call from New York State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins came hours after the Democratic

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo dismissed calls Sunday for his resignation in the wake of new allegations of inappropriate workplace conduct, but will sign a bill stripping his emergency powers to fight the Covid-19 pandemic as he faces growing political pressure from his own party. The Democratic governor, grappling with waves of criticism and calls

U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the first day of the Republican National Convention after he delegates voted to confirm him as the Republican 2020 presidential nominee for re-election in Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S., August 24, 2020. Carlos Barria | Reuters Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers sent cease-and-desist letters to three of the largest GOP fundraising

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) walk following a press conference on an agreement of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) aid package on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S. December 20, 2020. Ken Cedeno | Reuters The Senate passed a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package on Saturday as

A woman waits in line as food is distributed at the Ebenezer Seventh-day Adventist church on July 22, 2020 in Brooklyn, New York. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Friday’s employment report pointed to further signs of a recovery in the U.S. economy, with 379,000 net jobs added and the unemployment rate falling to 6.2%. But

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 10, 2021. Al Drago | Reuters Senate Democrats have agreed to cut the weekly unemployment insurance supplement in their $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill but extend it for a longer period of time, CNBC confirmed

Police run towards protesters to disperse a demonstration being held against the military coup in Yangon on March 3, 2021. STR | AFP | Getty Images The United States imposed trade sanctions against the military regime in Myanmar on Thursday, a day after security forces killed dozens of people in the deadliest day of violence

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry speaks at a press briefing at the White House in Washington, January 27, 2021. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters John Kerry, the U.S. special envoy for climate, is holding discussions with leaders in the financial sector about how to mobilize capital for green technology and clean energy, as President Joe Biden

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday refused to resign, even as he said he was “sorry for whatever pain I caused” three women who allege that he sexually harassed them. An emotional Cuomo also asked the public to reserve judgment as New York Attorney General Letitia James oversees an investigation of the allegations by