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Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation hearings are set to enter their next phase, with the nominee due to answer questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Congress has failed to pass new aid for months as the coronavirus continues to spread across the country and economic recovery slows. 

A sharply divided Senate Judiciary Committee opened confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump's Supreme Court pick.

Fauci said Sunday that a new Trump campaign ad takes his comments "out of context" and were used without his approval.

Trump was "getting on my case for not having enough rallies and public events scheduled," senior advisor Jason Miller told reporters.

Judge Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation hearing begins Monday despite Democrats' complaints that it could be unsafe because of Covid.

The single-quarter haul brings Harrison's campaign total to $86 million this cycle.

Amy Coney Barrett will focus on her family in the opening statement of her Supreme Court confirmation hearings set to begin on Monday.

Republican Sen. Joni Ernst faces a tight race against Democratic challenger Theresa Greenfield to secure her seat as Iowa's representative.

The White House gathering marks Trump's first public event since he revealed last Friday that he and first lady Melania Trump tested positive for Covid-19.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plan to meet later Friday as the try to reach a coronavirus stimulus deal.

Trump, speaking with Rush Limbaugh, had been asked for his reaction to a report that Attorney General William Barr has warned top Republicans not to expect findings from the sweeping probe to be released before Nov. 3.

Joe Biden's campaign ad spending has officially hit over $500 million this year.

Collins' ties to President Trump and her vote for Brett Kavanaugh are among the explanations for her newfound vulnerability in Maine. 

McConnell's comments follow Nancy Pelosi and Steven Mnuchin's renewed push to reach a coronavirus stimulus deal.

That means the Supreme Court will hear a case that could result in the elimination of the Obamacare health care program over the phone.

Cruz blamed Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer for holding up a new stimulus deal although it was Trump who abruptly called off talks earlier this week.

Big companies distanced themselves from a Washington, D.C., consultant and Trump ally who launched a vulgar attack on Sen. Kamala Harris.

The debate commission's decision to go to a virtual debate came six days after Trump announced he had tested positive for the coronavirus. 

Six men have been charged by federal authorities with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.