" Your ALL OR NONE approach is hurting hard-working Americans who need help NOW," Mnuchin wrote in a letter.... When everyone else had essentially given up on the idea of another round of coronavirus relief over the summer, Pelosi and Mnuchin continued to have phone calls to negotiate and work toward a deal.... With Democratic leaders standing firmly behind their call for a massive aid package and Republican lawmakers instead advocating for a much smaller, targeted bill, an agreement never rea

John D. Sutter is a CNN contributor and a National Geographic Explorer.... View more opinion at CNN.( CNN) Linda, a reader in California, wrote to me recently after I invited people to have a dialogue about the looming climate apocalypse.... She sent me a question I know many of you have on your minds as US election season nears an end:" Can Biden/ Harris make a difference if they are aggressive in putting new[ climate change] regulations in place?...

Washington( CNN) President Donald Trump spent much of the year laying the groundwork for the strategy of concerted dishonesty he has deployed in the hours after Election Day. First, months ago, he began falsely portraying mail-in ballots as rife with fraud.... Third, he falsely argued that there is something nefarious and even perhaps illegal about the normal practice of counting votes after Election Day.... Then he retreated to Twitter--on which almost everything said for the rest of the day

Washington( CNN) Congress passed a$ 900 billion pandemic relief bill that includes enhanced unemployment benefits and direct cash payments.... Direct aid to states and liability protections for companies were left out.... The new bill is the second-largest federal stimulus package after the$ 2 trillion CARES Act that Congress approved in March....

The complaint, which was full of lies and was called" garbage" and" insanity" by conservative legal experts, was summarily rejected by the Supreme Court.... Despite so many of his colleagues throwing in with those undemocratic efforts, Mitchell has been outspoken in criticizing the various evidence-free GOP attacks on the election and standing up for voters and facts.... Biden became the first presidential candidate to win more than 80 million votes, and his popular vote margin exceeds 7 milli

Trump rallied last Wednesday in the Charlotte suburb, where he told attendees the pandemic was" rounding the corner." Trump was due to return on Thursday but postponed that rally citing" gusts reaching 50 miles per hour and other weather conditions," according to an email sent by his campaign.... Read More" Because of the large number of potential contacts from the rally, and the inability to alert them directly, the community is being notified so they can assess their own risk and take appropr

Among Tuesday's announced hires: Mike Donilon, the chief strategist for Biden's campaign who played a leading role in crafting his speeches and advertising as he framed the 2020 race as a" battle for the soul of the nation," will be a senior adviser to the president.... News of at least two of the appointments had already broken Monday: Jen O' Malley Dillon, the campaign manager who took over after Biden limped through the Democratic primary and turned his campaign into the biggest fundraising

The President's trip is now expected to take place on Friday, the official said.... Washington is forecast to receive three to six inches of snow before the precipitation transitions to sleet and freezing rain, and a coating of a tenth of an inch to a quarter of an inch of ice is possible late Thursday and into Thursday night.... The President had been planning to visit with workers who are producing the vaccine during his visit to the facility, which is the same one where some of the first Pf

" We're playing a limited--limited--but important role in defending American national security and American interests against terrorists who would like nothing more than for the most powerful force for good in the world to simply pick up our ball and go home," McConnell said.... " They would love that." US military commanders are anticipating that President Donald Trump will give a formal order as soon as this week to further withdraw US troops, according to two US officials.... There are appr

Only a handful of national Republicans have openly acknowledged Biden as President-elect, while others have done so in private and are doubting Trump's legal efforts.... Read More Kinzinger's observation is also a glimpse into the immense political pressure Republicans still feel in not publicly disputing a President who remains widely popular among the party's base.... Ageful More from CNN Top Trump adviser moves closer to accepting Biden win: … Trump unhappy with legal team's lack of major i