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Legislation to add new flexibility to a coronavirus relief program for small businesses is on its way to the White House for President Donald Trump’s signature after passing the Senate.

The Senate has confirmed a new inspector general to oversee money distributed as part of the $2 trillion economic rescue law

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., spars with Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin over the rules for companies taking money through the CARES Act and how they are held accountable for maintaining jobs.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will likely come under tough questioning from senators Tuesday about a small business lending program included in the government’s $2 trillion relief package.

Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin went back and forth on the Trump administration’s desire to reopen the American economy and what precautions are in place to help protect workers as they get back to work.

The new chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Florida Republican Marco Rubio, will be overseeing a key vote as his first official act in the position

As leaders from Congress and the White House toiled in high-stakes negotiations on a mammoth $1 trillion-plus economic rescue package Friday, President Donald Trump unleashed fury over questions of his handling of the coronavirus outbreak

A Republican senator with access to some of the nation’s top secrets became further entangled in a deepening FBI investigation as agents examining a well-timed sale of stocks during the coronavirus outbreak showed up at his home with a warrant to search his cellphone.

Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, used his time during a Senate hearing on the coronavirus response to chide Admiral Brett Giroir for praising U.S. testing rates as infection rates continue to climb.

At a Senate hearing on Tuesday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., questioned Dr. Anthony Fauci about the possibility for a catastrophic resurgence of the coronavirus in the fall and winter, saying, “I wish we could tell the American people that the federal government has this pandemic under control, but we can’t.”

Dr. Anthony Fauci talks about what the country can do to prevent a second outbreak of coronavirus cases this fall.

Dr. Anthony Fauci said during a Senate hearing there are at least eight coronavirus vaccines in development and he hoped to have “multiple winners.”

The Senate has failed to override a presidential veto of a bipartisan resolution declaring that President Donald Trump must get backing from Congress before engaging in further military action against Iran

Battle lines are being drawn in congress over the next coronavirus aid package. The next round of emergency relief legislation could be weeks away. New Jersey Senator Cory Booker shares the latest developments with NBC10’s Erin Coleman and speaks on a bipartisan plan he announced.

Congressional leaders turned down President Donald Trump’s offer of the rapid coronavirus testing used at the White House

The bill includes $250 billion in help for small businesses and $100 billion for hospitals.

Democratic lawmakers want police departments to be vigilant about any racially biased policing during the coronavirus pandemic, as people in communities of color express fears of being profiled while wearing masks or other face coverings in public

President Donald Trump is citing the coronavirus outbreak as he threatens unprecedented action— adjourning both houses of Congress — to entice the Senate to approve more of his nominees.

President Donald Trump threatened to use his “Constitutional authority” to adjourn both chambers of Congress and appoint some of his nominees without the Senate’s approval.