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March 26, 2020 at 9:38 pm

Congress locks Trump oversight into $2.2 trillion package

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump declared that "I'll be the oversight" as lawmakers were in the final days of drafting what became a $2.2...

Business

March 23, 2020 at 7:28 pm

House considers voting options as members fall ill

WASHINGTON (AP) — With at least two members of the House testing positive for coronavirus, Democrats are recommending that they pass a nearly $2 trillion...

Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on April 12, 2018. Burr sold up to $1.5 million in stocks in mid-February, weeks before he warned a private group that the coronavirus was "akin to the 1918 pandemic" and warned it to rethink European travel. (Cheriss May/Sipa USA/TNS) 1611716 1611716

March 20, 2020 at 9:19 am

Senators deny trading on virus info as scrutiny mounts

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing public outrage, senators in both political parties denied Friday that they exploited advance knowledge when they dumped stocks and other financial...

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March 20, 2020 at 8:27 am

Senators sold stock before steep market losses from virus

Transactions have come under scrutiny in light of reassuring public comments that Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C. made while behind the scenes taking more drastic action...

March 17, 2020 at 4:16 am

Senate votes to extend, not tweak, 3 surveillance powers

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate has voted to extend, rather than tweak, three surveillance powers that federal law enforcement officials use to fight terrorists,...

March 16, 2020 at 4:25 pm

Senate votes to extend, not tweak, 3 surveillance powers

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate has voted to extend, rather than tweak, three surveillance powers that federal law enforcement officials use to fight terrorists,...

March 12, 2020 at 3:14 pm

US surveillance powers set to temporarily expire

WASHINGTON (AP) — Three surveillance powers available to the U.S. government are set to temporarily expire Sunday after a trio of senators opposed a bipartisan...

March 11, 2020 at 12:52 pm

Senate panel postpones subpoena vote in Hunter Biden probe

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican-led Senate committee has postponed a subpoena vote as part of its investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden’s son, though...

March 11, 2020 at 12:23 pm

House votes to tighten oversight of federal surveillance

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has taken a first step toward addressing errors made by the FBI during its investigation of the Trump campaign and Russia,...

March 10, 2020 at 3:04 pm

House strikes deal to extend surveillance powers

WASHINGTON (AP) — House lawmakers prepared to extend surveillance authorities that expire this month, releasing legislation that could represent a rare bipartisan agreement after members...