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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 431

Andrew Taylor

Then Secretary of Defense nominee Lloyd Austin speaks during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 19, 2021. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via AP)
January 22, 2021, 6:56 pm
US Senate confirms Lloyd Austin as first Black secretary of defense
93-2 vote comes despite prohibition on recently retired military officers overseeing Pentagon; Biden expected to win approval for rest of national security team in coming days
By Robert Burns and Andrew Taylor
US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell attends a joint session of Congress after it resumed following the storming of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, January 6, 2021. (Saul Loeb/AFP)
January 13, 2021, 11:52 pm
McConnell won’t call Senate back early for Trump impeachment trial
Republican majority leader rejects Democratic attempt to swiftly move forward, ensuring impeachment proceedings won’t occur until after Biden’s inauguration
By Alan Fram and Andrew Taylor
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell walks to the chamber to speak about the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, at the Capitol in Washington, September 21, 2020. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
January 13, 2021, 10:15 pm
McConnell distancing himself further from Trump ahead of impeachment vote
Republican majority leader said considering voting in favor of convicting president in Senate trial, seeking to distance party from decisive legacy
By Alan Fram and Andrew Taylor
Congress staffers hold up their hands while Capitol Police Swat teams check everyone in the room as they secure the floor of Trump suporters in Washington, DC on January 6, 2021. (Olivier DOULIERY / AFP)
January 7, 2021, 4:35 am
Guns drawn, lawmakers under desks as pro-Trump mob roams and loots Congress
On the president’s urging, a horde surges into US Capitol, tearing down American flag and unfurling a Trump banner amid clouds of teargas and a deadly gunshot
By MARY CLARE JALONICK, Andrew Taylor, LISA MASCARO and Calvin Woodward
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell leaves the House chamber for the Senate to consider objections to certify Electoral College votes, at the US Capitol in Washington, January 6, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool)
January 6, 2021, 11:13 pm
Before rioting, GOP’s McConnell said challenging Biden win threatens republic
‘The voters, the courts and the states have all spoken’: Turning back on Trump, Senate majority leader urged fellow Republicans to abandon efforts to overturn Democratic victory
By Alan Fram and Andrew Taylor
A Marine stands outside the entrance to the West Wing of the White House, signifying the President is in the Oval Office, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
December 23, 2020, 5:16 am
Trump slams COVID relief bill, suggests he won’t sign it
US president says measure gives too much help to other countries, calls for stipends to be increased to $2,000; Congress has enough votes to override veto
By KEVIN FREKING, LISA MASCARO and Andrew Taylor
In this Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, of Kentucky, speaks during a news conference with other Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, while Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, listens at left. (Nicholas Kamm/Pool Photo via AP)
December 21, 2020, 3:44 am
US Congress finalizes long-delayed $900 billion COVID relief bill
Agreement will see $600 stimulus checks for most Americans, establishes a temporary $300 per week supplemental jobless benefit and extends subsidies to struggling businesses
By Andrew Taylor
White House Deputy Communications Director Jen Psaki is interviewed in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Feb. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
November 30, 2020, 8:04 am
Biden chooses an all-female senior White House press team
4 of 7 top communications jobs filled by women of color; choice of a number of Obama administration veterans suggests return to more congenial relationship with press
By Alexandra Jaffe, Andrew Taylor and AAMER MADHANI
Philonise Floyd, a brother of George Floyd, gives an opening statement during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on proposed changes to police practices and accountability on Capitol Hill, June 10, 2020, in Washington. (Michael Reynolds/Pool via AP)
June 10, 2020, 8:57 pm
‘Stop the pain,’ George Floyd’s brother tells Congress
Philonese Floyd urges US lawmakers to pass police reforms so his brother will be ‘more than another name on a list that won’t stop growing’
By LISA MASCARO and Andrew Taylor
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California steps away from the podium at the conclusion of a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 14, 2020. (AP/Andrew Harnik)
May 16, 2020, 5:42 am
Democrats push new $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill through House
Enormous measure would cost more than prior 4 stimulus packages combined; will not likely pass as written, but instead spark negotiations with White House, Senate Republicans
By Andrew Taylor and Alan Fram
White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx listens as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks during a meeting between President Donald Trump and Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-La., about the coronavirus response, in the Oval Office of the White House, April 29, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
May 2, 2020, 6:50 am
White House blocking Fauci testimony to House panel, spokesman says
Top immunologist on Trump coronavirus task force will not testify on outbreak to Democrat-controlled committee, but will later speak to Republican-held Senate
By Andrew Taylor and DARLENE SUPERVILLE
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
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, left, accompanied by White House Legislative Affairs Director Eric Ueland and acting White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, speaks with reporters as he walks to the offices of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
March 25, 2020, 9:07 am
Trump, US Congress agree on $2 trillion virus rescue bill, biggest in history
‘We have a deal,’ says White House aide; bill to hand every American adult $1,200 and every child $500, pay 4-month salary for furloughed workers, as both parties mark big wins
By LISA MASCARO, Andrew Taylor and Jonathan Lemire
US President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing with the coronavirus task force, in the Brady press briefing room at the White House, in Washington, March 16, 2020. (Evan Vucci/AP)
March 16, 2020, 11:33 pm
US tells older people to stay home, all ages to avoid crowds
Trump acknowledges pandemic may send the US economy into a recession, suggests nation may be dealing with the coronavirus until ‘July or August’
By Jonathan Lemire, Andrew Taylor and Jill Colvin
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