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Healthcare In this March 25, 2020, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. gives a thumbs up as he leaves the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, where a deal has been reached on a coronavirus bill. Overwhelmed Kentucky and New York officials face a deluge of mail-in votes that are likely to delay results for days in high-profile congressional primaries on Tuesday, June 23. There's a lot of interest in two contests in particular. One involves former Marine combat pilot Amy McGrath's fight for the Democratic nomination to challenge Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Healthcare The Prices of 42 Drugs Have Increased Since July 1. But McConnell Still Won’t Hold a Vote About It.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is still refusing to hold a vote on bipartisan bills to address rising drug costs.

Dan Desai Martin July 13, 2020 1:55 pm EDT
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Coronavirus Governors, Mayors, and Companies to Senate: Pass More COVID Aid or ‘Millions of Americans’ Will Suffer

More assistance is needed "to both rebuild the economy and maintain essential services in education, health care, emergency operations, public safety and more," groups, led by the National Governors Association, wrote this week.

Dan Desai Martin July 1, 2020 10:36 am EDT
Coronavirus Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, speaks during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the FDA foreign drug manufacturing inspection process on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 2, 2020. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP)
Coronavirus Texas Senator John Cornyn Really Doesn’t Want to Talk About the COVID Spike in His State

Cornyn accused a state legislator of trying to 'scare people' over concerns that hospitals will soon reach capacity. Texas notched a single-day record on Thursday with 5,996 new cases.

Dan Desai Martin June 26, 2020 11:16 am EDT
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Coronavirus Lindsey Graham Wants to Take Away Coronavirus Unemployment Benefits From Millions

Graham threatened that unemployment benefits for those impacted by the coronavirus crisis would only be extended "over our dead bodies."

Dan Desai Martin May 1, 2020 10:45 am EDT
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Coronavirus ‘Woefully Behind’: The Real Reason the Economy Is Still Shut Down

'We've had inadequate testing," the director of the Harvard Global Health Institute said Monday. "We believe we need to be at at least 500,000 tests a day."

Dan Desai Martin April 28, 2020 1:02 pm EDT

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Coronavirus Women Are Losing Their Jobs More Than Men Due To Coronavirus. Here’s Why.

Women may account for more than 55% of unemployment claims filed between mid-March and April 4, according to an analysis by the Economic Policy Institute.

Dan Desai Martin April 20, 2020 8:30 am EDT
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Coronavirus Trump Predicted Coronavirus Cases Would Soon Be ‘Close to Zero.’ We Just Topped 76,500 Cases.

"Because of all we've done, the risk to the American people remains very low," Trump said last month.

Dan Desai Martin March 26, 2020 3:23 pm EDT