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Gabriella Muñoz

gmunoz@washingtontimes.com

Gabriella Muñoz was a political reporter for the Washington Times.

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, bump elbows as they attend a lunch with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senate cancels recess to work on coronavirus deal

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Thursday that he's canceling next week's recess as lawmakers continue to work towards a bipartisan agreement on an economic package to address the coronavirus.

March 12, 2020
President Trump met with bankers and Wall Street executives at the White House on Wednesday including Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan (left) and CEO of the Independent Community Bankers of America Rebeca Romero Rainey (right). All the people around the table attested to the health of the U.S. financial system. (Associated Press)

As stocks nose-dive, White House, Democrats craft fiscal rescue plans

Stocks nose-dived again Wednesday on concerns about the growing economic harm from the coronavirus outbreak, while the White House and House Democrats crafted separate fiscal rescue plans including extensions for small business tax payments, free virus testing and paid sick leave.

March 11, 2020
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., call on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to bring the Democrats' HR-1 "For the People Act" to the floor for a vote, during an event on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 10, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Nancy Pelosi uses coronavirus crisis to push liberal wishlist

The coronavirus crisis has given Democrats a chance to advance key parts of their liberal agenda, with coronavirus sanctuaries for illegal immigrants and government-covered testing and health care for those who suspect they are infected.

March 10, 2020
A bust of Chief Justice Roger Taney, who came from a slave-owning family in Maryland, will be replaced with a memorial to Justice Thurgood Marshall, the first black man to serve on the Supreme Court, if Democrats have their way. (Associated Press)

Steny Hoyer wants Roger Taney bust replaced by Thurgood Marshall

House Democrats said Monday they will try to toss the bust of former Chief Justice Roger Taney from the collection in the U.S. Capitol, saying the Maryland jurist's role in writing the decision in the 1857 Dred Scott ruling makes him unfit for that honor.

March 9, 2020