Gabriella Muñoz

Richard Bright, coronavirus whistleblower, warns House panel: U.S. could face ‘darkest winter’

Rick Bright, a top vaccine researcher at the National Institutes of Health, warned Congress on Thursday that the U.S. is risking the "darkest winter in modern history" and that the Trump administration is not prepared to combat the coronavirus pandemic adequately.

May 14, 2020

Jim Jordan rips ‘political’ coronavirus oversight committee at virtual meeting

A handful of partisan squabbles broke out at the House's select coronavirus hearing Wednesday as lawmakers probed public health officials on steps needed to reopen the country during the pandemic.

May 13, 2020

Scalise pushes for House to return during first coronavirus select hearing

A handful of partisan squabbles broke out at the House's select coronavirus hearing Wednesday as lawmakers probed public health officials on steps needed to reopen the country during the pandemic.

May 13, 2020

House Democrats unveil proxy voting and remote committee resolution

House Democrats unveiled their plan for remote committee hearings and proxy voting on Wednesday, which would radically change a more than 200-year-old tradition in the chamber during the coronavirus pandemic.

May 13, 2020

House GOP members eager for return to normalcy, criticize Fauci as fearmonger

House Republicans are champing at the bit for a return to normalcy as the coronavirus pandemic drags on and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi keeps the chamber shuttered until Friday. On Tuesday, Rep. Andy Biggs, Georgia Republican and chair of the House Freedom Caucus, trained his fire on Dr. Anthony Fauci, charging the infectious diseases expert with using "his bully pulpit to bring public criticism on governors" that were reopening their states.

May 12, 2020

Democrats unveil $3 trillion-plus coronavirus spending package

House Democrats on Tuesday went all-in with a new coronavirus spending bill that topped $3 trillion and checked off virtually every box on the party's liberal wish list, all but guaranteeing it has no chance of ever becoming law.

May 12, 2020

Senate to take up FISA reform this week

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell vowed Monday to take up Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act reform, blaming House Democrats for allowing key national security provisions to lapse months ago.

May 11, 2020

House won’t return until Friday at the earliest

House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer told members Monday that the chamber will not reconvene before Friday this week.

May 11, 2020

Freshmen lawmakers face major challenges on Capitol Hill

First-term lawmakers arriving on Capitol Hill after the 2018 midterms got a wild ride as soon as they grasped the reins of political power.

May 10, 2020

Bernie Sanders proposes recurring $2,000 stimulus checks every month of coronavirus crisis

Sens. Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris and Ed Markey have teamed up to introduce a bill to give Americans $2,000 checks every month for the duration of the coronavirus crisis.

May 9, 2020

Ocasio-Cortez frustrated with congressional ‘abdication’ on legislating coronavirus packages

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticized the negotiation process for coronavirus relief packages, saying rank-and-file members have been all but shut out of the process.

May 9, 2020

Cuomo says 73 cases, 3 deaths of rare inflammatory complications in New York

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said Saturday that there have been 73 reported cases with symptoms similar to the Kawasaki disease and toxic-shock like syndrome affecting children in his state.

May 9, 2020

Obama slams Trump coronavirus response as ‘absolute chaotic disaster’

Former President Barack Obama slammed the Trump administration's coronavirus response as "an absolute chaotic disaster."

May 9, 2020

FDA approves emergency authorization for new antigen COVID-19 tests

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued its first authorization of a new kind of COVID-19 antigen test that can help rapidly detect the coronavirus.

May 9, 2020

Schumer calls for ‘Rooseveltian’ relief in next coronavirus package

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer said Thursday that Democrats will unveil a "big and bold" coronavirus relief package that he compared to President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal.

May 7, 2020

Kevin McCarthy announces picks for House coronavirus oversight panel

Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced Thursday Republicans will participate in House Democrats' select committee on the coronavirus crisis, despite his concerns about partisanship.

May 7, 2020

Kevin McCarthy announces Republican-led task force on China

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced Thursday a Republican-led task force to probe China's "wide range of influence operations" on U.S. campuses and media, as well as the economic threat it poses and its connection to the coronavirus pandemic.

May 7, 2020

Nancy Pelosi defends Obamacare, touts necessity during coronavirus pandemic

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defended the Affordable Care Act on Wednesday as President Trump vowed to dismantle the Obama-era health care law in the ongoing legal battle.

May 6, 2020

Strict stay-at-home orders put domestic violence victims in tougher situation, say police, advocates

Democratic attorneys general this week demanded Congress renew the Violence Against Women Act, saying its lapse more than a year ago was bad enough, but it is unconscionable amid the coronavirus crisis.

May 6, 2020

Democrats reject GOP proposals to reopen House

House Democrats rejected Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's proposal to reopen the House on Tuesday, teeing up a partisan split on the use of technology to work remotely.

May 5, 2020