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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 30, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Pelosi urges Trump to ‘ask for directions’ on virus crisis

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 15, 2020, to mark two months since House passage of &quot;The Heroes Act&quot; or the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Congress eyes new virus aid as school, health crisis deepens

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the clock is ticking on the Senate passing the House's $3 trillion coronavirus recovery package, dubbed the HEROES Act. (Associated Press)

House Democrats pitch HEROES Act before negotiations

By David Sherfinski and Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Amid concerns of the spread of COVID-19, Alma Odong wears a mask as she cleans a classroom at Wylie High School in Wylie, Texas. The cost of bringing students back to classrooms is proving a major stumbling block to safely reopening schools across the U.S. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

National Education Association targets school reopen push

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

House Speaker Sara Gideon, D-Freeport, greets news media near a polling station, Tuesday, July 14, 2020, in Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

With primary win, Gideon reaps $3.7M more for Collins fight

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In this June 30, 2020, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., with Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., speaks to reporters following a GOP policy meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Trump team eyes school funds boost in next virus aid bill

By LISA MASCARO and JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

In this June 30, 2020, file photo, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Al Drago/Pool via AP, File) **FILE**

Democrat Gideon wins primary, will face GOP Sen Collins

By DAVID SHARP - Associated Press

First George Floyd-inspired bills become law in Pennsylvania

By MARC LEVY - Associated Press

Massachusetts Senate passes police accountability bill

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Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks to reporters during a campaign stop at Sweet Creek restaurant and farmers market, south of Montgomery, Ala., Monday, July 6, 2020. Sessions faces former Auburn University football Coach Tommy Tuberville in the July 14 Republican runoff. Sessions held the seat for 20 years before resigning to become President Donald Trump’s first attorney general. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler)

Tuberville defeats Sessions, wins Alabama Senate GOP primary

By KIM CHANDLER and BILL BARROW - Associated Press

In this June 30, 2020, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., with Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., speaks to reporters following a GOP policy meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Trump team eyes school funds boost in next virus aid bill

By LISA MASCARO and JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., is surrounded by reporters after he and Republican lawmakers met with Attorney General William Barr about expiring provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and other government intelligence laws, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lindsey Graham to call Robert Mueller to testify about Russia probe

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 17, 2020, file photo, House speaker Sara Gideon, D-Freeport, conducts business in the House Chamber at the State House in Augusta, Maine. Gideon is one of three Democrat candidates seeking the party's nomination for U.S. Senate in the July 14 primary. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Maine speaker drowns out rivals in bid to take on Collins

By DAVID SHARP - Associated Press

Sen. Mike Fesi, R-Houma, standing, speaks with Sen. Louie Bernard, R-Natchitoches, on the Senate floor in the final hours of Louisiana's special legislative session, on Tuesday, June 30, 2020, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte) (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)

Analysis: Jarring introduction for Louisiana’s new lawmakers

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

Assembly sergeants at arms bring lunch into the chambers on the second day of the 31st Special Session of the Nevada Legislature in Carson City, Nev., on Thursday, July 9, 2020. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent via AP, Pool)

No votes yet in “as long as it takes” Nevada budget session

By SAM METZ - Associated Press

Rep. Darren Jackson of Wake County applauds visitors in the gallery after the House failed to override three bills vetoed by Governor Roy Cooper on Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at the General Assembly in Raleigh, N.C. (Robert Willett/The News &amp; Observer via AP)

Several veto override attempts at N.C. legislature fail

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 30, 2020. (Al Drago/Pool via AP)

Susan Collins-Sara Gideon Maine Senate race takes nasty turn under national spotlight

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 1, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump holds a Bible as he visits outside St. John's Church across Lafayette Park from the White House in Washington. Trump began June with his Bible-clutching photo op outside the church after authorities used chemicals and batons to scatter peaceful demonstrators, and the month never got less jarring or divisive. Now, some Republicans are expressing concern about the month's impact on their party's ability to hold the Senate. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

GOP worries Trump’s divisive June imperils Senate control

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

Sen. Jeremy England, R-Vancleave, right, fist bumps with Sen. Juan Barnett, D-Heidelberg following adjournment Friday, June 26, 2020, at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. Earlier in the day, England, responded to accusations of spinelessness and political trickery aimed at lawmakers by another senator over the Mississippi state flag issue. England, said he would "hold the line," in pursuing change of the flag. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Mississippi state Sen. Jeremy England expects backlash for vote on state flag

By James Varney - The Washington Times

This Dec. 31, 2019, file photo shows a view of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington. Congress is shutting the Capitol and all House and Senate office buildings to the public until April in reaction to the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

EDITORIAL: Why are Republican candidates not calling the vandals out?

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES