Erik Wasson

The U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. Even as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin continued to narrow their differences, the president said Democrats were holding out for too much, suggesting he was preparing to blame them for the demise of a deal.

Second stimulus check updates: Pelosi, Mnuchin trade blame as likelihood for COVID-19 relief package is ‘very, very slim’

October 24, 2020 at 3:22 p.m.

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the White House traded blame for the latest stall in negotiations on a new coronavirus stimulus as pessimism built at the Capitol that anything...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) walks to the Senate Chamber to attend President Donald Trumps Senate impeachment trial at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 28, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

Here are the next steps in Trump’s Senate impeachment trial

January 28, 2020 at 7:36 p.m.

The conclusion of Donald Trump's defense brings the president's impeachment trial closer to the only unknown variables — senator questions and possible witness testimony — moving past a process that...

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