Alana Abramson

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Oversight of Cororavirus Aid Isn't Happening

Some of the most heated negotiations between Democrats and Republicans over last month’s $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief package were over who should watch how that money gets spent. It is the largest emergency relief fund...

By Alana Abramson

Postal Workers Fear Virus While USPS Struggles

They were already worried about getting sick — now their jobs could be on the line, too

By Alana Abramson

Small Businesses Are Struggling to Get Loans

When Ryan Gilliam heard President Donald Trump claim that early glitches in the government program giving emergency loans to small businesses were all worked out, all she could do was laugh. “That’s not the message...

By Alana Abramson

Stimulus May Come Last to Those Who Need It Most

A little less than three weeks ago, when the number of people infected with the COVID-19 virus began to spike, Mikael Laboy found himself in a tough spot. The 21-year-old’s job at a biotechnology company...

By Abby Vesoulis and Alana Abramson

Here’s What’s in the House COVID-19 Package

The measure now moves to the House, which is expected to vote on it Friday morning

By Alana Abramson and Philip Elliott

Lawmakers Try to Reassure Citizens

It had been less than eight hours since Rep. Anthony Brindisi’s office announced he was self-quarantining after being exposed to the coronavirus, and he was already on the phone with thousands of his constituents in...

By Alana Abramson

Washington Is Passing Massive Legislation to Address the Coronavirus. Here’s Where Things Stand

As the coronavirus spreads rapidly throughout the country, Washington is scrambling to pass massive legislation allotting hundreds of billions of dollars in relief efforts, the likes of which have not been seen since the 2008...

By Alana Abramson and Philip Elliott

Lawmakers Try to Ramp Up Coronavirus Aid

Less than five weeks ago, a deeply divided Senate acquitted President Donald Trump almost entirely along partisan lines. Now that same polarized body must come together to reach a consensus quickly on a massive spending...

By Alana Abramson and Philip Elliott

Congress In Funding Fight Over Coronavirus

Americans’ trust in Congress has been sinking for years amidst lawmakers’ partisan bickering. But if there was ever a moment where the country thought the polarized legislative branch might unify, it would be a moment...

By Alana Abramson

Elizabeth Warren's Donors React to Her Exit

It wasn’t until August 8th, 2019, months into the unofficial start of the Democratic presidential primary, that Naomi Zikmund-Fisher threw her money behind Elizabeth Warren. The 49-year-old social worker from Superior Township, Mich., had supported...

By Alana Abramson

How Sanders Is Weaponizing Biden's New Donors

After months of internal hand wringing, the Democratic Party’s biggest financial backers have flocked to former Vice President Joe Biden. And Bernie Sanders, the Vermont Senator running as the scourge of the elite, is trying...

By Alana Abramson

Mike Bloomberg Drops Out, Endorses Joe Biden

Michael Bloomberg, the former New York City Mayor who belatedly upended the 2020 Democratic primary by infusing his campaign with half a billion dollars of his personal fortune, announced Wednesday morning that he was exiting...

By Alana Abramson

Elizabeth Warren Condemned Super PACs. Now She's Benefiting From One

As her campaign limps into Super Tuesday, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren is receiving millions of dollars in help from the kind of outside money group she has repeatedly decried, underscoring the tough realities of a...

By Alana Abramson

Dem Donors Trying to Stop Sanders Worry It's Too Late

Major donors and strategists worry the fractured field of Democratic candidates going into Super Tuesday will split up the delegates and funding necessary to block Sanders from running away with the nomination.

By Alana Abramson

Vindman's Ouster Could Violate Laws

"The transfer is not lawful"

By Alana Abramson

Donald Trump Has Been Acquitted. But Our Government Has Never Seemed More Broken.

A deeply divided Senate acquitted President Donald Trump at the end of his impeachment trial on Wednesday, with 52 Senators concluding the House’s allegations that he abused the power of his office did not necessitate...

By Tessa Berenson Rogers and Alana Abramson

Romney Breaks With Party, Votes to Convict Trump

President Donald Trump wanted universal Republican opposition to impeachment. Mitt Romney wouldn’t give it to him. Instead, he handed Democrats the gift of a bipartisan conviction. The Utah Senator and 2012 Republican Presidential nominee on...

By Alana Abramson

As Impeachment Vote Nears, House Democrats and Trump Defense Get a Last Chance to Make Their Case in Trial

With the outcome all but decided, House managers and President Donald Trump’s defense lawyers stood before the Senate for what will almost certainly be the final time at the impeachment trial on Monday, advancing two...

By Tessa Berenson Rogers and Alana Abramson

Republicans Fall Into Line

President Donald Trump could be headed for a speedy acquittal in his Senate impeachment trial after Republicans secured assurances from two key lawmakers that they would not break with the party to request additional evidence...

By Alana Abramson and Vera Bergengruen

GOP Divisions Up Stakes for Dems

The stakes just got higher for the Democratic lawmakers prosecuting the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.With fresh fractures emerging among Senate Republicans on whether new evidence should be allowed in the trial, the next...

By Alana Abramson
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