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The White House and Senate leaders of both parties have struck an agreement on a sweeping $2 trillion measure to aid workers, businesses and a health care system strained by the rapidly spreading coronavirus outbreak.

Lawmakers are finalizing a $7.5 billion emergency bill to fund the government’s response to the coronavirus outbreak in a burst of bipartisan cooperation. Sen. Chuck Schumer, a critic of President Donald Trump’s handling of the spreading crisis, says he’s expecting a bipartisan deal among lawmakers on the House and Senate Appropriations committees later Tuesday. The hope is to clear the...

Staffers for New Jersey Rep. Jeff Van Drew are resigning after the lawmaker announced he would break from the Democratic party and vote against impeaching President Donald Trump.

Ukraine’s Prosecutor General said on Friday that his office is reviewing several cases related to the owner of a gas company where former Vice President Joe Biden’s son sat on the board, as part of a review of all the criminal cases closed by his predecessors. U.S. President Donald Trump had pressed for such a review in a phone call...

Aierken “Alfred” Ailapati says he cannot remember the last time he heard his parent’s voice. He came to New York from China as a foreign student in 2015. But in August last year, he says he learned both of his parents had been sent to what are being called “re-education camps” in his home province of Xinjiang. He believes his...

In 2015, Aierken “Alfred” Ailapati left his home and family in Xinjiang, China to study abroad in the United States. He wanted to study finance at a university in New York City. Now, Alfred says he cannot remember the last time he heard his parent’s voice.

The U.S. ambassador to China urged Beijing to engage in substantive dialogue with exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader the Dalai Lama during a visit to the Himalayan region over the past week, the U.S. Embassy said Saturday. Terry Branstad also “expressed concerns regarding the Chinese government’s interference in Tibetan Buddhists’ freedom to organize and practice their religion,” an embassy statement said....

Curators believe this is the earliest known photograph of the Underground Railroad leader.

Greg Furstenwerth thinks of himself as a Tesla fan. But after months of waiting on parts and appointments for his out of warranty Model S, he decided to take repairs into his own hands. Furstenwerth pre-ordered the Model S, and in 2013 became one of the first people to get the car in the state of Hawaii, he says. He...

In 1971, the U.S. Congress declared August 26 as Women’s Equality Day, according to the National Women’s History Project. The day celebrates the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920, which granted women the right to vote. Each year, the president is requested to issue a proclamation honoring this day around the country. While much progress has been made since...

A week after a shooting at a Florida high school killed 17 people, a fierce debate about how to keep kids safe continued across the nation, including in the tri-state. In New York City, a high school student was arrested for allegedly threatening to shoot up his school and trying to buy guns online. Melissa Russo and Adam Kuperstein reports.

Republicans in the New York state Senate blocked an effort by Democrats to force a vote on four gun control bills Wednesday as the debate over how to respond to gun violence continues to ripple through state capitols across the country following the school shooting in Parkland, Florida.

A federal judge on Monday approved a $300 million loan for Puerto Rico’s power company that officials say will help keep the troubled agency operating until late March. The ruling comes just days after the judge had rejected an initial $1 billion loan request made by a federal control board overseeing the U.S. territory’s finances. The judge had said officials...

Here’s what to know for Monday, July 31.

Meteorologist Chris Cimino has your forecast for Monday, July 31.

President Donald Trump is likely to sign a tough new sanctions bill that includes proposed measures targeting Russia — a remarkable concession that the president has yet to sell his party on his hopes for forging a warmer relationship with Moscow. Trump’s vow to extend a hand of cooperation to Russian President Vladimir Putin has been met with resistance as...

A senior Russian diplomat said Wednesday a new package of U.S. sanctions against Russia harms chances for improving the ties between the two countries, pushing them into “uncharted territory.” Russian officials welcomed Donald Trump’s presidential win last year, hoping to mend relations with the United States which reached a post-Cold War low under President Barack Obama. But six months into...

Here’s what to know for Wednesday, July 26.

Chris Cimino’s weather forecast for Wednesday, July 26.

Congressman Rodney Davis, R-Ill., said Republicans and Democrats need to come together after a gunman shot a Republican congressmen, a congressiona staffer, a lobbyist and police at a baseball practice in Virginia.