Senate Approves $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Package

Dr. Rachel Levine, Pennsylvania’s secretary of health, speaks during a virtual press conference on March 20, 2020, about COVID-19 cases and infections in the state. Photo: State of Pennsylvania.

It’s only fitting that Hogwarts’ greatest villain is defending J.K. Rowling after she made offensive and dangerous remarks about the transgender community.

Ralph Fiennes, the actor who brought Lord Voldermort to life in the Harry Potter films, weighed in on the reaction that the series’ creator J.K. Rowling faced after making a series of comments many interpreted as being transphobic.

Joe Biden is embarking on a weeklong series of events to promote his $1.9 Covid-19 relief plan, but his administration also faces the challenge of winning over vaccine skeptics.

Tori Roloff took to Instagram on Saturday to share some sad news.

Tori Roloff was planning to announce that she and her husband Zach Roloff were pregnant with baby No. 3. Instead, she revealed the couple suffered a miscarriage.

Tori Roloff announced a devastating loss on March 13. The Little People Big World star, 29, discovered she had a miscarriage at eight weeks pregnant, right before she and husband Zach Roloff were about to tell fans they were going to be parents for the third time. Tori shared a photo to Instagram showing a beautiful cross-stitch of herself, Zach and their two young kids, Jackson and Lilah, holding hands with Jesus. In front of the art was Tori’s positive pregnancy test.

President Joe Biden marked the one year of coronavirus with an inclusive speech on Thursday (March 11).

Marking a year of loss and disruption, President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law the $1.9 trillion relief package that he said will help the U.S. defeat the coronavirus and nurse the economy back to health.

President Joe Biden signed a massive, $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief plan in a small Oval Office ceremony today, with Vice President Kamala Harris joining him to mark the administration’s first major legislative achievement.

Maane Khatchatourian News Editor, Variety.comAs coronavirus cases continue to decline across the U.S. and President Joe Biden vows that the nation is on track to have enough vaccine supply “for every adult in America by the end of May,” Hollywood is inching closer to reopening.Entertainment is among the industries most crippled by the pandemic.

Theater owners praised U.S. House of Representative lawmakers on Wednesday for approving President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion pandemic relief.

Fans are loving that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi got in a little victory dance when announcing that the House of Representatives had passed President Joe Biden‘s $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill, sending it to the 78-year-old POTUS for his signature. “On this vote, the yeas are 220, the nays are 211. The motion is adopted,” Pelosi joyously announced when reading off the final tally. The 80-year-old then banged her gavel and shimmied her hips back and forth in a quick happy dance.

President Joe Biden’s massive $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief plan is about to become law, after the House gave final passage to the legislation, which will provide an unprecedented lifeline to American households in the form of direct payments, child tax credits. Unemployment insurance and small-business relief.

Before President Joe Biden scheduled a primetime speech on the Covid-19 pandemic for Thursday, NBC News was already a Dateline special to mark the anniversary of the start of the lockdowns.

President Joe Biden will deliver a primetime address on Thursday, the one-year anniversary of the Covid-19 shutdowns.

An exhausted Senate narrowly approved a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill Saturday as President Joe Biden and his Democratic allies notched a victory they called crucial for hoisting the country out of the pandemic and economic doldrums. After laboring through the night on a mountain of amendments — nearly all from Republicans and rejected — bleary-eyed senators approved the sprawling package on a 50-49 party-line vote.

See also: Donald Trump says women’s sports will “die” if transgender athletes are allowed to competeIn the end, the Senate rejected many of the more than two dozen amendments to the bill, which passed on party lines, 50-49.

The Senate voted to advance a $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill, which includes direct payments to families and extends enhanced unemployment benefits, but it could be a long slog before there is a final vote.

President Joe Biden didn’t mince words during a March 3 press availability, where he was asked about Republican Governors Greg Abbott of Texas and Tate Reeves of Mississippi reopening all businesses and dropping mandatory face mask requirements while the COVID-19 pandemic is still active.