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It would allocate $1.5 billion to organizations focused on this work, but it faces an uphill battle for passage.


Sen. Richard Burr remains under investigation after a search warrant was executed at his Washington, DC, residence.


Jo Rae Perkins will be one of at least six GOP candidates for federal office on the ballot November 3.


The senator’s plan would allow legal immigrants to enroll in Medicaid and CHIP, and allow unauthorized immigrants to buy insurance on health care exchanges.


A new poll finds that the policy could sway independents and undecided voters in favor of Democrats.


The 11-candidate Republican primary in the state’s Second Congressional District is drawing attention — and thousands of dollars.


“A certain number of us will die on our public roads every year,” he told local business leaders.


From a federal paycheck guarantee to recurring payments, these proposals could help people navigate the economic fallout from the coronavirus.


House Republicans tried and failed to strike a provision that would give stimulus payments to immigrants.


The Republican-controlled Senate has already said that it’s not interested in taking up the bill.


Democrats successfully pushed through a rule change to temporarily allow proxy voting during the coronavirus pandemic.


Here are five ways the Heroes Act would help immigrants impacted by the pandemic.


Sen. Burr has stepped down as chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee after the FBI executed a search warrant.


The number surpasses the record set in 2018.


The Emmett Till Antilynching Act would designate lynching as a federal crime for the first time in US history.