Washington Wire

Bipartisan lawmakers look hard at setting up health funds that would flow every year regardless of the political or budgetary climate; Iowa Rep. Steve King faces GOP primary peril, and more in Washington Wire.

Former staffers and allies of Sen. Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign are launching a slew of new political committees following his exit from the race.

Liberal groups are preparing lists of new regulations that Congress could cancel if Joe Biden beats President Trump; aid for fisheries surfaces in stimulus talks, and more in Washington Wire.

Republicans, Democrats and economists on both sides argue over the need for federal aid to states hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic; rural hospitals brace for Covid-19 cases, and more in Washington Wire.

Obama administration alums offer to help the former vice president chip away at President Trump’s large cash advantage; economic indicators flash red for the incumbent’s prospects, and more in Washington Wire.

House leaders taking on oversight of the administration’s response have different priorities and approaches; President Trump is expected to veto the latest war-powers resolution from Congress; Trump order on moon mining takes a nationalistic approach, and more in Washington Wire.

Sen. Steve Daines loses the organizer of key events ahead of his tough fall race; the pandemic delays Republican drive to name conservative judges, and more in Washington Wire.

The Democratic House speaker unsuccessfully sought curbs on lobbying by corporations benefiting from the stimulus; Tennessee GOP Senate candidate Bill Hagerty calls it ‘Wuhan coronavirus,’ and more in Washington Wire.

The industry says it can’t meet new rules amid the coronavirus outbreak, but President Trump wants to talk up deal in his campaign; House GOP campaign arm urges its candidates to ‘exercise increased sensitivity’ about Covid-19, and more in Washington Wire.

Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle collect $5 million in four days for President Trump’s re-election bid; coronavirus disrupts military symposium and joint exercises, and more in Washington Wire.

Party’s winning issue in 2018 campaign gets a boost with Supreme Court taking up the Republican challenge to the Affordable Care Act; Trump White House stalwart Adam Kennedy to leave, and more in Washington Wire.

M&A lawyer H. Rodgin Cohen is shunned by some Democratic candidates over ties to firms during the financial crisis and Harvey Weinstein; public health experts express alarm at Trump officials’ rhetoric on virus, and more in Washington Wire.

President Trump’s clemency for disgraced former Gov. Rod Blagojevich gets mixed reviews from Illinois Democrats; war powers resolution tests House GOP after 8 Republican senators back it, and more in Washington Wire.

GOP dark money aims to push Senate candidate to the left, causing an uproar in North Carolina; Trump talks up medical research in State of the Union, then seeks a big NIH cut, and more in Washington Wire.

The governor of Illinois puts his state forward, while others want all four early primary states to vote at once; infrastructure plans are back on the table, but revenue sources are hard to come by, and more in Washington Wire.

Some Democratic officials and groups worry about Bernie Sanders falling short in the Rust Belt and losing suburban votes; that and more in Washington Wire.

Trump campaign says fundraising has jumped as outside group pays for attacks on Sen. Doug Jones; Planned Parenthood’s rejection of Sen. Susan Collins likely marks its final break with GOP, and more in Washington Wire.

The president plans a trip as early as this month, depending on his impeachment trial; Joe Biden wins endorsement from the Asian-American Pacific Islander Victory Fund, which plans to spend $2 million, and more in Washington Wire.

Indiana Sen. Mike Braun says Republicans are focusing on who should take the lead on media strategy in President Trump’s trial; Senate map improves for Democrats as Mike Pompeo declines to run in Kansas; and more in Washington Wire.