Evening Edition: Seeking to flex political muscle, centrist Democrats push early changes to stimulus bill

Senate action on Biden relief bill stalls amid Democratic disarray on unemployment benefits ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Sign up for this newsletter Read online The day's most important stories, curated by Post editors.     (J. Scott Applewhite/AP) Seeking to flex political muscle, centrist Democrats push early changes to stimulus bill The party's moderates sought to portray themselves as a fiscally restrained counterpoint to liberals. But their tactics still threatened to leave perhaps millions of Americans from obtaining support they might have otherwise received. By Tony Romm and Jeff Stein ●  Read more »   Senate action on Biden relief bill stalls amid Democratic disarray on unemployment benefits By Erica Werner, Jeff Stein and Tony Romm ●  Read more »   What's in the Senate's $1.9 trillion covid bill: Checks, unemployment insurance and more By Rachel Siegel ●  Read more »   Officer's aggressive behavior raises questions about off-duty police work as George Floyd murder trial approaches By Holly Bailey ●  Read more »   Can the market save the planet? FedEx is the latest brand-name firm to say it's trying By Desmond Butler and Steven Mufson ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Country singer Brooke Eden was told to hide her relationship to keep her career. She's done staying quiet. By Emily Yahr ●  Read more »   With Biden's agenda at stake, pressure to end filibuster grows By Annie Linskey, Sean Sullivan and Maria Sacchetti ●  Read more »   Biden calls $1.9 trillion stimulus bill 'absolutely essential,' as Senate stalls on aid package By John Wagner, Colby Itkowitz and Amy B Wang ●  Read more »   'Coming 2 America' may not be a great movie, but it's great — and surprisingly gorgeous — fun Movie Review ●  By Ann Hornaday ●  Read more »   State Dept. aide appointed by Trump stormed Capitol, beat police, FBI says By Katie Shepherd, John Hudson and Spencer S. Hsu ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Fauci says moves to reopen 'inexplicable' as U.S. case numbers plateau By Erin Cunningham, Lateshia Beachum and Meryl Kornfield ●  Read more »   Big Ten leaders hid discussions about reopening campuses By Emily Giambalvo and Rick Maese ●  Read more »   Pope to hold historic face-to-face meeting with Iraq's grand ayatollah By Louisa Loveluck ●  Read more »   First came fires. Then a pandemic. Now, domestic tourism is fueling Australia's recovery. By Annette Lin ●  Read more »   Washington Football Team releases QB Alex Smith By Nicki Jhabvala ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out National News email alerts for breaking news email alerts for major national and political news whenever it breaks. Sign up »

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