Richard Shelby
President Joe Biden tours the Cuyahoga Community College Manufacturing Technology Center, Thursday, May 27, 2021, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Biden's $6T budget: Social spending, taxes on business

By Andrew Taylor May. 29, 2021 12:01 AM EDT

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy at the Cuyahoga Community College Metropolitan Campus, Thursday, May 27, 2021, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Biden's $6T budget: Social spending, taxes on business

By Andrew Taylor May. 28, 2021 02:51 PM EDT

Today in History

By The Associated Press May. 06, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Thursday, May 6, the 126th day of 2021. There are 239 days left in the year. Today’s...

President Joe Biden, accompanied by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, right, speaks as he gets his weekly economic briefing in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, April 9, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Biden budget seeks more for schools, health care and housing

By Josh Boak Apr. 10, 2021 12:32 AM EDT

President Joe Biden, accompanied by Vice President Kamala Harris, second from left, National Economic Council director Brian Deese, left, and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, right, speaks as he gets his weekly economic briefing in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, April 9, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Biden budget seeks more for schools, health care and housing

By Josh Boak Apr. 09, 2021 11:01 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Alabama

By The Associated Press Apr. 07, 2021 06:58 AM EDT
Recent editorials from Alabama newspapers: ___ April 7 The Decatur Daily on vaccine technology: ...

Editorial Roundup: Alabama

By The Associated Press Mar. 24, 2021 07:27 AM EDT
Recent editorials from Alabama newspapers: ___ March 21 The Decatur Daily on U.S. Sen Richard...

U.S. Senate seats up for election in 2022. (AP Graphic)
GOP Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri won't seek reelection in 2022

By Summer Ballentine And Jim Salter Mar. 08, 2021 05:07 PM EST

On the eve of the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., one of the Democratic House impeachment managers, is escorted by security through the Rotunda after preparing for the case in the Senate, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. The trial will begin Tuesday with a debate and vote on whether it's even constitutional to prosecute the former president, an argument that could resonate with Republicans keen on voting to acquit Trump. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
What to watch as Trump's 2nd impeachment trial kicks off

By Mary Clare Jalonick Feb. 09, 2021 12:15 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: Alabama

By The Associated Press Jan. 27, 2021 12:16 PM EST
Recent editorials from Alabama newspapers: ___ Jan. 23 The Dothan Eagle on a U.S. congressman from...

Editorial Roundup: Alabama

By The Associated Press Jan. 06, 2021 01:16 PM EST
Recent editorials from Alabama newspapers: ___ Jan. 6 The Decatur Daily on Congress convening to...

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testifies before a Congressional Oversight Commission hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday Dec. 10, 2020. (Sarah Silbiger/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)
Trump, Congress avert shutdown, buy time for COVID-19 talks

By Lisa Mascaro And Andrew Taylor Dec. 11, 2020 12:09 AM EST

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin answers questions during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)
New White House offer adds $600 checks to COVID-19 relief

By Andrew Taylor Dec. 08, 2020 12:14 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: Alabama

By The Associated Press Nov. 18, 2020 01:13 PM EST
Recent editorials from Alabama newspapers: ___ Nov. 15 The Decatur Daily and The TimesDaily on the...

Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., listens during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the plan to research, manufacture and distribute a coronavirus vaccine, known as Operation Warp Speed, Thursday, July 2, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)
GOP unveils $1.4T spending bill amid post-election turmoil

By Andrew Taylor Nov. 10, 2020 10:39 AM EST

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2020, file photo Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell of Ky. walks towards the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington. New virus relief will have to wait until after the November election. The architect of the Senate measure, McConnell, isn’t claiming the vote will advance the ball. Once the measure fails, he plans to turn the chamber's full attention to cementing a 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court by confirming Judge Amy Coney Barrett. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
McConnell warns White House against COVID relief deal

By Andrew Taylor Oct. 20, 2020 11:22 AM EDT

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, approaches the microphones accompanied by, from left, Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., at the start of a news conference, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
No virus aid before election? Pessimism before Senate vote

By Andrew Taylor And Lisa Mascaro Sep. 09, 2020 05:37 PM EDT

Officials: School laptops held up ahead of years' start

By Sophia Tulp Aug. 04, 2020 02:03 PM EDT
About 4,000 new laptop computers bound for an Alabama school district were held up over issues with manufacturers, weeks before the school year was set to...

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., center, speaks during a news conference on on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, July 27, 2020, to highlight the Republican proposal for the next coronavirus stimulus bill. Joining Graham, from left, is Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Sent. Tim Scott, R-S.C., and Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
GOP tucks $8 billion for military weaponry in virus bill

By Andrew Taylor Jul. 28, 2020 06:43 PM EDT

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, accompanied by Rep. Dwight Evans, D-Pa., right, listens to a question from a reporter during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, July 24, 2020, on the extension of federal unemployment benefits. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Democrats, GOP far apart as virus aid talks intensify

By Lisa Mascaro Jul. 28, 2020 03:30 PM EDT