Arguments in the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump will begin the week of Feb. 8, giving the Senate time to continue confirming President Joe Biden’s cabinet, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said.

President Joe Biden turned to executive action to help Americans with finances depleted by the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, as his more ambitious legislative proposals face mounting opposition on Capitol Hill.

U.S. inspection access to audit firms in China and a related law that would delist some Chinese companies from U.S. exchanges were among the issues the Big Four accounting firms spent millions lobbying the federal government over during the last year of the Trump administration.

President Joe Biden teed up a slew of clean air and carbon issues as top environmental priorities for his administration in a new executive order signed this week.

The Biden administration could delay or rewrite three major health-care rules issued in the final weeks of the Trump administration after their effective dates were found unlawful by a federal watchdog agency.

The Supreme Court’s unexplained orders siding with the outgoing Trump administration and letting Lisa Montgomery’s execution go forward Jan. 13 were “really disheartening,” her lawyer said.

CFPB acting Director David Uejio doesn’t plan to wait for the Senate before getting to work on Biden administration priorities in areas such as racial justice and the Covid-19 response.