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White House coronavirus aid offer is panned by Pelosi, Senate GOP

Pelosi said she is still hopeful that progress can be made toward a deal but it''s as clear as ever that GOP conservatives don''t want a deal on her terms

Nancy Pelosi dismisses latest White House offer on coronavirus aid

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Saturday dismissed the latest White House offer in COVID-19 aid talks as one step forward, two steps back, but said she is still hopeful that progress can be made toward a deal. The White House had boosted its offer before Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Pelosi spoke on Friday afternoon. President Donald Trump is eager for an agreement before Election Day, even as his most powerful GOP ally in the Senate said Congress is unlikely to deliver relief by then. Covid Relief Negotiations are moving along. Go Big! Trump said Friday on Twitter. A GOP aide familiar with the new offer said it was about USD 1.8 trillion, with a key state and local fiscal relief component moving from $250 billion to at least USD 300 billion. The White House says its most recent offer before that was about USD 1.6 trillion. The aide was not authorized to publicly discuss private negotiations and spoke on condition of anonymity. Pelosi's most recent public offer was about US

White House increases fiscal-stimulus offer to $1.8 trillion: Report

McConnell later told reporters that "even if an agreement" on stimulus is reached, his first priority is securing Senate confirmation of Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court

Nancy Pelosi 'at the table' even after Donald Trump scrapped virus talks

Nancy Pelosi has said she's "at the table" ready to negotiate a coronavirus aid package after Trump abruptly halted talks and left the economy reeling

Nancy Pelosi out to block Donald Trump if disputed election ends in House

A single House race in Montana could determine the US presidential election

Donald Trump calls off US coronavirus relief talks with Democrats

In recent days, financial markets were hopeful progress toward a Covid-19 vaccine and another round of economic stimulus from Congress would boost the US economy

Nancy Pelosi says Donald Trump's doctors need to be honest on his treatment

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the doctors treating President Donald Trump for the coronavirus must provide trustworthy information to the public

Democrats send well wishes to Donald Trump after he tests Covid positive

Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris is wishing President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump a "full and speedy recovery" after they contracted the Covid-19 virus

Pelosi, Mnuchin hope for Covid relief as Democrats mull new stimulus Bill

Mnuchin said he would pursue negotiations after the Nov. 3 election if no deal is reached ahead of it.

Nancy Pelosi, Democrats unveil $2.2-trillion coronavirus aid Bill

Vote could come later this week on package that faces likely hurdles in GOP-led Senate

US elections: Trump taxes are 'national security' issue, says Nancy Pelosi

The top-ranked Democrat in Washington has called US President Donald Trump's alleged tax avoidance a question of "national security"

Pelosi readying for once-in-a-century scenario in calling poll outcome

Democrats fear that the president could attempt to have the count of those votes cut short in an attempt to have the election outcome determined by the House

Kamala Harris to deliver her Democratic VP nominee acceptance speech today

Harris, 55, is the first Indian-American to be selected for the second-highest elected office of the United States after that of the president

US elections: Nancy Pelosi says there shouldn't be any Biden-Trump debates

She said she "wouldn't legitimize a conversation" with Trump, "nor a debate in terms of the presidency of the United States"

Emergency postal aid stalls as White House rejects House-passed bill

Help for the US Postal Service landed in stalemate as the White House dismissed an emergency funding bill aimed at shoring up the agency before the November elections

Kamala Harris pays tribute to mother as she accepts historic VP nomination

Harris' mother Shyamala Gopalan, from Tamil Nadu, India, died more than a decade ago but she remains a powerful force in the Senator's life

Pelosi to call House back into session to vote on USPS bill

Pelosi, in a Sunday statement, said the "lives, livelihoods and the life of our American Democracy" are under threat from President Donald Trump

Trump signs executive order extending $400 weekly unemployment benefits

Trump moved to continue paying a supplemental federal unemployment benefit for millions of Americans out of work during the outbreak

Trump calls for extending jobless benefit as Congress wrestles deadlock

Trump is eager for another round of relief, and it's also a priority for GOP allies like McConnell, as well as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer

Pelosi orders masks for voting after Gohmert tests Covid-19 positive

Gohmert tested positive just before he was scheduled to travel to his home state with President Donald Trump