WASHINGTON – A bill to fund the federal government cleared a key Senate procedural hurdle Tuesday as lawmakers sought to accomplish the bare minimum before they depart Washington to campaign — preventing a shutdown when the new fiscal year begins.The measure to keep the government running through Dec.

11 advanced by a 82-6 tally. A final vote on Wednesday would send the stopgap spending bill to President Donald Trump in time for his signature before the new budget year starts Thursday.The funding measure advanced while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin made a last-ditch effort to strike an agreement on a separate COVID-19 rescue bill that has eluded them for weeks.

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White House ups virus aid offer, resumes talks with Pelosi

WASHINGTON – The White House is boosting its offer in up-and-down COVID-19 aid talks in hopes of an agreement before Election Day, even as President Donald Trump's most powerful GOP ally in the Senate said Congress is unlikely to deliver relief by then.Trump on Friday took to Twitter to declare: “Covid Relief Negotiations are moving along. Go Big!” A top economic adviser said the Trump team was upping its offer in advance of a Friday conversation between Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

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White House boosts offer in COVID-19 aid talks

WASHINGTON - The White House is boosting its offer in up-and-down COVID-19 aid talks Friday in hopes of an agreement before Election Day, even as President Donald Trump's most powerful GOP ally in the Senate said Congress is unlikely to deliver relief by then.Trump on Friday took to Twitter to declare, “Covid Relief Negotiations are moving along. Go Big!” A top economic adviser said the Trump team is upping its offer in advance of a Friday conversation between Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

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US aims to acquire 1 million doses of COVID-19 antibody by the end of the year

COVID-19 in anticipation of regulators authorizing their emergency use, federal health officials said on Friday.The government expects to have 1 million doses of the so-called monoclonal antibody treatments on hand before year-end.The treatments have come into the spotlight after President Donald Trump received one such experimental therapy last week for his case of COVID-19.Eli Lilly & Co. and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.

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McConnell says no new COVID-19 bill likely before 2020 election

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's most powerful GOP ally in the Senate said Friday that Congress is unlikely to deliver another big COVID-19 relief bill before the election, casting doubt on the on-again, off-again negotiations that have failed to deliver results so far despite weeks of talks.Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told an audience in Kentucky that he doesn't see a deal coming together soon out of a “murky" situation in which the participants in the negotiations are elbowing for political advantage.“I'd like to see us rise above that like we did in March and April but I think it's unlikely in the next three weeks," McConnell said.RELATED: House Democrats pass COVID-19 relief bill as talks drag onHe spoke after Trump apparently

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McConnell says no COVID-19 bill likely before Election Day

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump's most powerful GOP ally in the Senate said Friday that Congress is unlikely to deliver another big COVID-19 relief bill before the election, casting doubt on the on-again, off-again negotiations that have failed to deliver results so far despite weeks of talks.Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told an audience in Kentucky that he doesn't see a deal coming together soon out of a “murky" situation in which the participants in the negotiations are elbowing for political advantage.

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Pelosi unveils 25th Amendment bid, questions Trump's fitness

WASHINGTON – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled legislation Friday that would allow Congress to intervene under the 25th Amendment to the Constitution to remove the president, insisting it's not about President Donald Trump but inspired by the need for greater congressional oversight of his White House.Pelosi has been raising questions about Trump's mental fitness since his COVID-19 diagnosis and demanding more transparency about his health. The bill would set up a commission to assess the president's ability to lead the country and ensure a continuity of government.

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Pelosi unveils 25th Amendment legislation, questions Trump's fitness

WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled legislation Friday that would allow Congress to intervene under the 25th Amendment to the Constitution to remove the president, insisting it's not about President Donald Trump but inspired by the need for greater congressional oversight of his White House.Pelosi has been raising questions about Trump's mental fitness since his COVID-19 diagnosis and demanding more transparency about his health. The bill would set up a commission to assess the president's ability to lead the country and ensure a continuity of government.

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Pelosi announces bill under 25th Amendment after questioning Trump’s fitness to serve

US Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, speaks to the press on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on October 9, 2020. - Pelosi introduced legislation that will create the Commission on Presidential Capacity to Discharge the Powers WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is questioning President Donald Trump's fitness to serve, announcing legislation that would create a commission to allow Congress to intervene under the 25th Amendment to the Constitution and remove the president from executive duties.Just weeks before the Nov.

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Pelosi to announce bill under 25th Amendment after questioning Trump’s fitness to serve

WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is questioning President Donald Trump's fitness to serve, announcing legislation that would create a commission to allow Congress to intervene under the 25th Amendment to the Constitution and remove the president from executive duties.Just weeks before the Nov. 3 election, Pelosi said Trump needs to disclose more about his health after his COVID-19 diagnosis.

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Van Drew, Kennedy spar over coronavirus in debate for NJ house seat

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Asian stocks follow Wall Street higher on stimulus hopes

BEIJING – Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher on Friday on hopes Washington will provide more aid to the struggling U.S. economy.Benchmarks in Shanghai, Hong Kong, South Korea and Sydney advanced.

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Politics has way of finding Supreme Court eager to avoid it

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court might prefer to avoid politics, but politics has a way of finding the court.President Donald Trump wants the court to keep his taxes from being turned over to New York's top prosecutor and allow his administration to exclude non-citizens from the census count. He wants the justices to counteract an order making it easier for women to get abortion pill and rein in voting by mail.And Trump is hoping to have his third high court nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, installed before Election Day.

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Trump, Barr at odds over slow pace of Durham investigation

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is increasingly at odds with Attorney General William Barr over the status of the Justice Department's investigation into the origin of the Russia probe, with the president increasingly critical about a lack of arrests and Barr frustrated by Trump's public pronouncements about the case, according to people familiar with the matter. Trump and his allies had high hopes for the investigation led by Connecticut U.S.

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New England Journal of Medicine calls for US leaders to be voted out over COVID-19 handling

WALTHAM, Mass. - A prestigious medical journal published a scathing editorial this week calling for leaders in the federal government to be voted out in November due to the coronavirus pandemic, stating they “have taken a crisis and turned it into a tragedy.”New England Journal of Medicine, which has remained nonpartisan in its 200-year history, did not mention President Donald Trump or Democratic nominee Joe Biden by name, but urged Americans to vote “current political leaders” out of office.President Donald Trump removes his mask upon return to the White House from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Oct. 5, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

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Jane Fonda Calls COVID-19 'God's Gift to the Left'

Jane Fonda just called Coronavirus “God’s gift to the left” and she’s explaining why.

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Layoffs continue as 840,000 seek unemployment aid

WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell slightly last week to a still-high 840,000, evidence that job cuts remain elevated seven months into the pandemic recession.The latest sign of a flagging recovery comes two days after President Donald Trump cut off talks over a new rescue aid package that economists say is urgently needed for millions of unemployed Americans and struggling businesses.

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Unemployment claims likely remain high as layoffs continue

WASHINGTON (AP) - The government will provide its latest picture Thursday of the pace of layoffs in the United States, which have remained high since the viral pandemic erupted in March even while federal aid for the jobless has lapsed.The still-elevated number of people seeking unemployment benefits each week reflects an economy that has recovered only slightly more than half the 22 million jobs that were lost to the pandemic.

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Coronavirus aid: President Trump presses for $1,200 stimulus checks

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Wednesday tried to salvage a few priority items lost in the rubble of COVID-19 relief talks that he blew up, pressing for $1,200 stimulus checks and new aid for airlines and other businesses hard hit by the pandemic.In a series of tweets, Trump pressed for passage of these chunks of assistance, an about-face from his abrupt and puzzling move Tuesday afternoon to abandon talks with a longtime rival, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The California Democrat has rejected such piecemeal entreaties all along.

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US jobless claims likely remain high as layoffs persist

WASHINGTON – The government will provide its latest picture Thursday of the pace of layoffs in the United States, which have remained high since the viral pandemic erupted in March even while federal aid for the jobless has lapsed.The still-elevated number of people seeking unemployment benefits each week reflects an economy that has recovered only slightly more than half the 22 million jobs that were lost to the pandemic.

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Asian shares mostly higher on hopes for U.S. stimulus

TOKYO – Asian shares were mostly higher on Thursday on optimism U.S. stimulus may be coming after all, as President Donald Trump appeared to reverse his earlier decision to halt talks on another economic rescue effort.

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Coronavirus: Trump pushes for COVID-19 stimulus cheques after initially stopping relief talks

U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing for Congress to move fast on a stand alone bill to send out stimulus cheques for Americans after initially stopping talks with Democrats on Tuesday over a COVID-19 relief bill until after the election.

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Stocks open higher after Trump signals openness to virus aid

NEW YORK – Stocks are opening broadly higher on Wall Street Wednesday after President Donald Trump said he could be willing to sign off on specific aid measures for airlines and small businesses as well as another round of relief checks. The S&P 500 rose 1.2% in the early going.

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Facebook to expand measures banning QAnon groups

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Facebook said it will ban groups that “represent” QAnon, the baseless conspiracy theory that paints President Donald Trump as a secret warrior against a supposed child-trafficking ring run by celebrities and "deep state' government officials.The company said Tuesday that it will remove Facebook pages, groups and Instagram accounts for “representing QAnon” — even if they don’t promote violence.

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Trump halts COVID-19 stimulus talks until after election

U.S. President Donald Trump removes his mask upon return to the White House from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on October 05, 2020 in Washington, DC.

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Trump halts COVID-19 relief talks until after election

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he has instructed aides to stop negotiating on another round of COVID-19 relief until after the election.Trump tweeted that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was “not negotiating in good faith" and said he's asked Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to direct all his focus before the election into confirming his U.S.

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Chris Cuomo SLAMS Donald Trump’s ‘Bull S**t’ Coronavirus ‘Propaganda’ Video — WATCH!

Chris Cuomo has had enough of the bull s**t spewing from Donald Trump‘s mouth AND Twitter account!

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DC government unable to connect with White House on COVID-19 outbreak

WASHINGTON - Officials with the Washington, D.C., Department of Health have been unsuccessful in trying to connect with the White House to assist with contact tracing and other protocols regarding the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak that has infected President Donald Trump and several senior staff members.Download the FOX 5 DC News App for Local Breaking News and Weather“We have reached out to the White House on a couple of different levels, a political level and a public health level,” Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser said Monday. She added that a D.C.

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Senator with COVID-19 vows to wear 'moon suit' to vote on Trump's Supreme Court pick

FILE - Seventh U.S. Circuit Court Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump's nominee for the U.S.

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Gov. Wolf requests major disaster declaration for damages from Tropical Storm Isaias

Philadelphia's Eastwick neighborhood (Aug. 4, 2020) PHILADELPHIA - Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf requested Monday that President Donald Trump declare a major disaster for nine counties in the wake of damage caused by Tropical Storm Isaias in August.The storm left thousands without power and caused significant flooding throughout the area.

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President Trump’s Supreme Court nomination hangs over Senate shuttered by coronavirus

WASHINGTON – The Senate is shut down by COVID-19 infections, but Republicans are refusing to delay confirmation of President Donald Trump’s pick for the Supreme Court. They are even willing to make special arrangements so sick senators can vote, and Democrats appear powerless to stop them.The push to put conservative Judge Amy Coney Barrett on the high court before Nov.

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Majority of Americans blame coronavirus on U.S. government, poll shows

coronavirus crisis in the United States, a rebuke to the Trump administration’s contention that China or other countries are most at fault, a new poll shows.The poll by The University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research was conducted before President Donald Trump tested positive for the virus Friday and was hospitalized. Trump has downplayed the severity and impact of the pandemic in recent months.Although many see plenty of blame to go around and there’s a wide bipartisan divide over who is responsible, 56 per cent of Americans say the U.S.

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Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey won't run for re-election, or governor

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Pennsylvania's Pat Toomey won't run for Senate again, or governor, source says

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'Totally Under Control' Trailer: Alex Gibney Examines Trump, Government's Response to COVID-19

As the world continues to face the novel coronavirus pandemic, the first look at a new documentary aimed to examine the government's response to the virus and "uncover the truth" has been released. The first trailer for Alex Gibney's doc, Totally Under Control— a title quoting President's Donald Trump affirmation that everything is "totally under control" with COVID-19 — was released Friday.

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Drubbed in 2018, California GOP looks to regain House seats

LOS ANGELES – California’s tarnished Republican Party is hoping to rebound in a handful of U.S. House races but its candidates must overcome widespread loathing for President Donald Trump and voting trends that have made the nation’s most populous state an exemplar of Democratic strength.The presidential contest is essentially over in California — Trump lost by more than 4 million votes to Hillary Clinton in 2016 and appears headed for another drubbing from Joe Biden and vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris, the home-state senator.

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Ron Johnson becomes 3rd U.S senator to recently test positive for coronavirus

Ron Johnson said Saturday that he tested positive for the coronavirus, at least the third U.S. senator to do so this week since President Trump announced his own positive test.Johnson’s office announced the diagnosis in a statement Saturday morning, following Utah Sen.

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Voter Guide 2020: Everything you need to know about voting in New Jersey

This year New Jersey will be conducting their election mostly by mail, with every registered voter set to receive a mail-in ballot. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images) TRENTON, N.J. - Election Day 2020 is Tuesday, Nov.

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Two members of Senate Judiciary panel positive for virus

WASHINGTON – Two Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have tested positive for the coronavirus, raising questions about upcoming Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett and whether additional senators may have been exposed. North Carolina Sen.

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U.S. senators call on Trump to ease coronavirus restrictions on Canadian border

Donald Trump to ease travel restrictions on the Canadian border, despite a continued rise in coronavirus cases in both countries.The letter was sent to the president Tuesday, before Trump himself tested positive for COVID-19 early Friday morning.It also came before Canada on Friday added stronger public health and enforcement measures at the border while easing restrictions for families separated by the longstanding closure to non-essential travel. Canada eases coronavirus border restrictions for siblings, grandparents, permanent residents The senators, however, want those border restrictions eased further.

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Coronavirus: Senate Majority Leader McConnell says Trump in ‘good spirits’ after COVID-19 diagnosis, wishes him well

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, speaking in Georgetown, Ky. Friday, remarked on the U.S.

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Plans for continuing government in place after Trump coronavirus diagnosis: Pelosi

Nancy Pelosi said the plans for continuing government should U.S. President Donald Trump become incapacitated remain in place, after he tested positive for the coronavirus.Pelosi said she had been tested, and should know the results from her own COVID-19 test on Friday morning soon.

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Why Trump doesn't want to talk about abortion rights

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump doesn't want to talk about abortion.After years of saying he would appoint "pro-life” judges and bragging that the landmark Roe v. Wade decision would be overturned “automatically" if he won, Trump is now tiptoeing around the issue as he tries to get another justice confirmed to the Supreme Court before the Nov.

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2nd round of stimulus checks would be in relief bill: Mnuchin

NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Republicans and Democrats have agreed to include another round of direct payments to American households in a potential coronavirus relief package.Mnuchin told FOX Business’ Lou Dobbs in an interview on Wednesday that the package would include a second round of economic impact payments “similar” to the ones distributed under the CARES Act.That means, if you qualified for a check the first time, you would likely be up for a second payment.The first round of payments were valued at $1,200 per adult for those with adjusted gross incomes of up to $75,000.

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White House ups bid in last-ditch COVID talks with Congress

WASHINGTON – The White House is backing a $400 per week pandemic jobless benefit and is dangling the possibility of a COVID-19 relief bill above $1.5 trillion as last-ditch, pre-election negotiations hit a critical phase Thursday.The offer by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on unemployment is higher than many Republicans would like in any potential COVID deal with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Significant, possibly unbridgeable hurdles remain.But the talks have gained momentum as the Trump administration presses for an agreement.

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Check's in the mail? Trump doling out aid ahead of election

CHICAGO – It's almost as if he's writing a personal check.In recent days, President Donald Trump has promised millions of Medicare recipients that — thanks to him — they'll soon be getting an “incredible” $200 card in the mail to help them pay for prescriptions. He's called himself “the best thing” that ever happened to Puerto Rico, while releasing long-stalled aid.

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Pelosi and Mnuchin have 'extensive' talks on new COVID-19 relief package

WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin held an “extensive conversation" Wednesday on a huge COVID-19 rescue package, meeting face to face for the first time in more than a month in a last-ditch effort to seal a tentative accord on an additional round of coronavirus relief.After a 90-minute meeting in the Capitol, Pelosi issued a statement saying the two would continue to talk. “We found areas where we are seeking further clarification," she said.“We made a lot of progress over the last few days.

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Voter Guide 2020: Everything you need to know about voting in New Jersey

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

Senate advances bill to fund government into December

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