WITH VIRUS AID IN SIGHT, DEMOCRATS DEBATE FILIBUSTER CHANGES
WASHINGTON (AP) With President Joe Biden on the verge of his first big legislative victory, a key moderate Democrat says he's open to changing Senate rules that could allow for more party-line votes to push through other parts of the White Houses agenda such as voting rights.
WE CAN DO BIG THINGS,' SCHUMER SAYS AS SENATE APPROVES AID
WASHINGTON (AP) Tensions were raw ahead of midnight as Republican leader Mitch McConnell rose in the Senate for the purpose of publicly ridiculing Majority Leader Chuck Schumer over the daylong delay as Democrats argued among themselves over the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 rescue package.
INMATE DIES IN ALTERCATION AT FEDERAL PRISON IN KENTUCKY
WASHINGTON (AP) A 50-year-old inmate died Saturday following an altercation with a fellow prisoner at a high-security federal prison in Kentucky, officials said.