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Members of Congress to Trump: Sign stimulus bill
"The danger is he’ll be remembered for chaos and misery and erratic behavior if he allows this to expire,” one Republican senator says.Sen. Pat Toomey said Trump should sign the legislation and then make his case to Congress for larger stimulus checks. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesA bipartisan group of lawmakers on Sunday urged President Donald Trump to sign the bill funding the government and providing economic relief to a nation still reeling from the deadly coronavirus.After months of inaction, Congress last week passed a $900 billion relief package and a $1.4 trillion spending bill to...…"The danger is he’ll be remembered for chaos and misery and erratic behavior if he allows this to expire,” one Republican senator says.Sen. Pat Toomey said Trump should sign the legislation and then make his case to Congress for larger stimulus checks. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesA bipartisan group of lawmakers on Sunday urged President Donald Trump to sign the bill funding the government and providing economic relief to a nation still reeling from the deadly coronavirus.After months of inaction, Congress last week passed a $900 billion relief package and a $1.4 trillion spending bill to...WW…
States brace for surge of voter registrations as deadlines near
Virginia, Florida, Louisiana and Pennsylvania have experienced web outages, with more states approaching registration deadlines this week.A person fills out a voter registration card in downtown Chicago. | AP Photo/Nam Y. HuhA cut cable, an equipment failure at a data center, an online traffic overload that crashed a website — online voter registration systems have already had their share of snafus this election season, amid record-breaking registration totals in battleground states. With registration deadlines approaching in more than a dozen states, voting rights groups and party...…Virginia, Florida, Louisiana and Pennsylvania have experienced web outages, with more states approaching registration deadlines this week.A person fills out a voter registration card in downtown Chicago. | AP Photo/Nam Y. HuhA cut cable, an equipment failure at a data center, an online traffic overload that crashed a website — online voter registration systems have already had their share of snafus this election season, amid record-breaking registration totals in battleground states. With registration deadlines approaching in more than a dozen states, voting rights groups and party...WW…
Police reforms stall around the country, despite new wave of activism
"If we can’t win now, we suck,” one racial justice organizer says.Protesters march on the streets of Louisville, Ky., on Wednesday after a grand jury indicted one officer on criminal charges six months after Breonna Taylor was fatally shot by police in Kentucky. | John Minchillo/AP PhotoRacial justice activists convulsed the country this summer with their protests against police brutality. But as the season shifts to fall, they don’t have much to show for it in terms of major policy change.The announcement Wednesday that Kentucky officials will not charge the police officers , an unarmed...…"If we can’t win now, we suck,” one racial justice organizer says.Protesters march on the streets of Louisville, Ky., on Wednesday after a grand jury indicted one officer on criminal charges six months after Breonna Taylor was fatally shot by police in Kentucky. | John Minchillo/AP PhotoRacial justice activists convulsed the country this summer with their protests against police brutality. But as the season shifts to fall, they don’t have much to show for it in terms of major policy change.The announcement Wednesday that Kentucky officials will not charge the police officers , an unarmed...WW…
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