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US President Donald Trump signs the coronavirus stimulus relief package at the White House in Washington, DC, March 27, 2020. From left: Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, House Minority Kevin McCarthy of California, and Vice President Mike Pence. (AP/Evan Vucci)
March 28, 2020, 1:19 am
Trump signs $2.2 trillion stimulus package after swift congressional votes
Near-unanimous action by Congress aims to support businesses, health care system, struggling families as coronavirus restrictions bring life in many areas of US to a standstill
By Andrew Taylor, Alan Fram, Laurie Kellman and DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Yellow cabs line an empty 42nd St. waiting for fares outside Grand Central Terminal, in New York, March 25, 2020. (Mary Altaffer/AP)
March 26, 2020, 8:15 am
US Senate unanimously passes colossal $2.2 trillion coronavirus rescue package
Unparalleled economic rescue bill approved despite misgivings on both sides about whether it goes too far or not far enough
By Andrew Taylor
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat of California, makes a statement ahead of a planned late-night vote on the coronavirus aid package deal at the Capitol in Washington, March 13, 2020. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
March 25, 2020, 3:09 pm
Americans living in Israel would qualify for US government’s coronavirus relief
Congressional aides say direct cash payments in stimulus package can go to any US citizen with a tax ID number
By Eric Cortellessa
A person is taken on a stretcher into treatment after going through testing for the coronavirus in Houston, Texas, March 19, 2020. (AP/David J. Phillip)
March 21, 2020, 6:57 am
Congress toils on $1 trillion coronavirus rescue package as Trump unleashes fury
Over 200 Americans dead, 14,000 infected, as New York City emerges as nation’s epicenter; global deaths surpass 11,000; China claims no new infections for 3rd straight day
By AP and TOI staff
A shopper walks past empty shelves where bread is normally displayed in a supermarket, March 15, 2020, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
March 16, 2020, 12:36 am
Trump calls on Americans to cease hoarding food, supplies amid coronavirus scare
US president holds press conference after speaking with heads of US grocery chains; top public health expert calls for aggressive measures such as a 14-day national shutdown
By Hope Yen and AAMER MADHANI
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat of California, makes a statement ahead of a planned late-night vote on the coronavirus aid package deal at the Capitol in Washington, March 13, 2020. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
March 14, 2020, 7:58 am
US House passes coronavirus aid bill after Trump declares national emergency
Speaker Nancy Pelosi trumpets hard-fought package that will provide free testing, sick pay for workers, enhanced unemployment benefits and bolstered food programs
By LISA MASCARO, Zeke Miller, Andrew Taylor and Jill Colvin
Servpro cleaning workers are sprayed as they exit the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Wash., Thursday, March 12, 2020, at the end of a day spent cleaning inside the facility near Seattle. The nursing home is at the center of the outbreak of the new coronavirus in Washington state. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
March 13, 2020, 7:04 pm
Trump preparing to invoke emergency powers over coronavirus
Congress and White House nearing deal on aid package Friday that would fast-track federal aid to anxious Americans and calm teetering financial markets amid the global crisis
By Andrew Taylor, LISA MASCARO, Jill Colvin and Zeke Miller
Blue and White head Benny Gantz (right), with his party No.2 Yair Lapid, at an election event in Tel Aviv, Feb 17, 2020. (Tomer Neuberg / Flash90)
February 18, 2020, 1:04 pm
Gantz pledges to mend ties with US Democrats if elected
Blue and White party leader accuses Netanyahu of neglecting bipartisan relationships in favor of exclusive support from Trump’s Republican Party
By Agencies and TOI staff
US President Donald Trump holds up a newspaper with a headline that reads "ACQUITTED" during the 68th annual National Prayer Breakfast, at the Washington Hilton, Feb. 6, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
February 6, 2020, 7:39 pm
At prayer event, Trump unleashes fury at his impeachment enemies
Emboldened US president shatters customary bipartisan veneer at National Prayer Breakfast, lashing ‘dishonest and corrupt people’ in first comments since acquittal
By Jill Colvin, Zeke Miller and Jonathan Lemire
US House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi rips up pages of the State of the Union speech after US President Donald Trump finishes his State of the Union address in the chamber of the US House of Representatives on February 4, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFP)
February 5, 2020, 7:50 am
Top US Democrat Pelosi rips up Trump’s State of the Union speech
After president snubbed her handshake offer and used address to campaign, House Speaker says tearing her copy in half was the ‘courteous thing to do’
By AFP
In this image provided by the US Consulate General in Krakow, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, center, and speakers of Poland's parliament lay wreaths at the executions Death Wall of the World War II Nazi death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau during a visit to the site of the former camp just days before the 75th anniversary of its 1945 liberation by the Soviet troops, at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum, in southern Poland, on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. (US Consulate General in Krakow via AP)
January 28, 2020, 4:27 am
On Remembrance Day, US House overwhelmingly passes Holocaust education bill
The Never Again Education Act would allocate $10m over five years to helping teachers across the country increase awareness of the Nazi genocide
By Eric Cortellessa
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi lays a wreath during the Fifth World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem, Israel on January 23, 2020. (Pool/Getty Images via JTA)
January 26, 2020, 5:47 pm
Trump administration, Democratic leadership mark Auschwitz liberation
Democrats tend to emphasize the threat of anti-Semitic violence in the US and Europe, while Republicans focus on Israel’s security
By Ron Kampeas
In this image provided by the US Consulate General in Krakow, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi places a memorial light on the monument to some 1.1 million victims of the World War II Nazi death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau during a visit to the site of the former camp just days before the 75th anniversary of its 1945 liberation by the Soviet troops, at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum, in southern Poland, on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. (US Consulate General in Krakow via AP)
January 21, 2020, 2:16 pm
Pelosi, US bipartisan delegation visit Auschwitz ahead of liberation anniversary
House speaker lays wreath at concentration camp before flying to Israel for commemorative events
By Agencies and TOI staff
US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, speaks during her weekly press briefing on Capitol Hill, January 16, 2020, in Washington, DC. (OLIVIER DOULIERY / AFP)
January 16, 2020, 8:48 pm
Charges read out on floor as Trump impeachment trial opens in Senate
‘Today we will make history,’ says Nancy Pelosi as she presents documents. ‘This president will be held accountable’
By LISA MASCARO
Democratic Representative Adam Schiff of California, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, right, speaks with from left Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Jerrold Nadler, a New York Democrat, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee Maxine Waters, a California Democrat, second from right, during a news conference to unveil articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, December 10, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
January 15, 2020, 6:25 pm
Pelosi names Schiff, Nadler as prosecutors for Trump trial
Intelligence Committee chairman and Judiciary head, whose committee approved impeachment articles, will lead 7-member team that includes a diverse selection of lawmakers
By LISA MASCARO
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