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Progress is coming slowly as lawmakers craft another major response to the coronavirus pandemic

Negotiations between top Democrats and the Trump administration on a coronavirus relief package have hit a standstill, guaranteeing that millions of people will lose critical unemployment benefits on Friday — with no clear path ahead for a new aid package. Negotiations were in a tenuous place, as the administration and Democrats remained miles apart on a litany of issues. Further complicating talks: Senate...

The leaders of big tech companies Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google were interrogated by Congress on Capitol Hill this week for misusing their market power. Erik Gordon, a professor at University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, joined LX News to discuss how much power Congress really has to rein in these digital giants.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (Jimmy Fallon) testifies before Congress to defend his company’s business practices.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Capitol officials have issued broad new mask requirements after a Republican member of Congress tested positive for the coronavirus

Four Big Tech CEOs are set to answer for their companies’ practices before Congress as a House panel caps its yearlong investigation of market dominance in the industry

John Lewis is lying in repose at the Georgia Capitol in the Atlanta district he represented for more than three decades in Congress

Talks over the coronavirus aid package have reached a stalemate at the Capitol

A new $1 trillion COVID-19 response package by Senate Republicans is supposed to give the government more weapons to battle the surging coronavirus pandemic. But GOP lawmakers have more than just the “invisible enemy” in mind.

The differences in Washington over the next coronavirus aid package are vast

Attorney General William Barr is defending the aggressive federal law enforcement response to civil unrest in America

As Congress and the White House resume their efforts to agree on a new economic aid package, evidence is growing that the U.S. economy is faltering

Amid a stalled fight in Congress over the future of a $1 trillion coronavirus aid package, a parallel battle has been coming into focus: a struggle for the future of the Republican Party, NBC News reports.

Negotiations over the next COVID-19 rescue bill are in flux

Rep. John Lewis will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda next week, the top congressional leaders of both parties announced Thursday.

Congress is defying President Donald Trump on removing Confederate symbolism from the military.

A House committee voted Thursday to try and rein in President Donald Trump’s clemency powers, approving legislation to discourage pardons for friends and family and prevent presidents from pardoning themselves

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., responded to Rep. Ted Yoho’s, R-Fla., apology after his verbal assault of the representative from New York. “Mr. Yoho mentioned that he has a wife and two daughters. I am someone’s daughter, too,” she said. “[My parents] did not raise me to accept abuse from men.”

Senate Republicans and the White House have reached tentative agreement for more testing funds in the next COVID-19 relief package

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden says he is putting Russia and other foreign governments “on notice” that he will act aggressively as president to counter any interference in U.S. elections