WASHINGTON (AP) — Momentum built among Democrats on Saturday for a fresh and fast push to impeach President Donald Trump, even as the House speaker accused his backers who violently invaded the Capitol of choosing “their whiteness over democracy.” Nancy Pelosi’s remark came as Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., one of […]
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Overnight Health Care: US shatters single day COVID record with over 100,000 cases | Pelosi announces COVID-19 testing expansion for House | Two states to require masks in public at all times
Welcome to Thursday’s Overnight Health Care. We still don’t know who won the presidential election, but one thing we know for sure is that coronavirus cases are surging. The pandemic is becoming increasingly difficult to handle, and will be even if there’s a new president. We’ll start with numbers: A […]
Pelosi: White House made ‘unacceptable changes’ to testing language during negotiations on coronavirus stimulus
Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiLatest Mnuchin-Pelosi call produces ‘encouraging news on testing’ for stimulus package McConnell details 0 billion COVID-19 bill set for Wednesday vote Graham: Congress should go ‘big and smart’ on COVID-19 package MORE (D-Calif.) accused White House officials of making “unacceptable changes” to language concerning funding for COVID-19 testing […]
White House hints at new airline bailout; Pelosi, experts call new CDC guidelines ‘scary and dangerous’
The White House may provide relief to airline workers to keep them employed if Congress fails to reach agreement on a package for them, President Donald Trump’s chief of staff said Wednesday. And the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed its COVID-19 testing guidelines and now says people without symptoms “do not necessarily […]
Pelosi, experts calls new CDC guidelines ‘scary and dangerous’; Pennsylvania governor calls for legal weed
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has changed its COVID-19 testing guidelines and now says people without symptoms “do not necessarily need a test” – even if they’ve been exposed to COVID-19. The move comes a week after the CDC updated travel guidelines that no longer mandate a 14-day quarantine for […]
Kamala Harris, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Nancy Pelosi Demand Answers In the Shooting of Jacob Blake
Celebrity PSA Demands Justice for Breonna Taylor Celebrities including Kerry Washington, Alicia Keys, and Gabrielle Union promoted actionable ways to demand justice for Breonna Taylor in a new video that spotlights Taylor’s mother. On Sunday evening, Jacob Blake, a Black man, was rushed to the hospital in Kenosha, Wisconsin, after […]
US surpasses 5 million confirmed cases; Pelosi calls Trump executive order ‘constitutional slop’
President Donald Trump’s decision to unilaterally act on the pandemic-driven recession by with executive orders drew scalding criticism from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday as the U.S. reached another historic milestone by surpassing 5 million cases. The U.S. home to about one-quarter of cases reported worldwide. And our numbers continue to roar higher: More than […]
Nancy Pelosi To Make Masks Mandatory In House Chamber
On the heels of a mask-defying lawmaker testing positive for COVID-19, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Wednesday that everyone must wear masks whenever they’re in the House chamber. “Members and staff will be required to wear masks at all times in the Hall of the House, except that members may […]
US deaths surpass 150,000; AG Barr tests negative; Pelosi mandates masks on House floor
The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus pandemic surpassed 150,000 Wednesday with little indication the historic global health crisis is diminishing. Later in the day, the results of Attorney General William Barr’s coronavirus test came back negative. Barr took the test after coming close to Texas GOP congressman Louie Gohmert the previous […]