Watch Live: President Biden Delivers Remarks on the COVID-19 Winter Plan

Democrats in the upper chamber applauded after Harris announced the 51-50 vote about 5:30 a.m. The action came after a grueling all-night session, in which senators voted on amendments that could define the contours of MORE

Members of the Coronavirus Task Force, charged with leading the U.S. response to the global coronavirus outbreak, are scheduled to hold a press briefing at the White House Friday evening.

The US surgeon general said this week is going to be the “hardest and the saddest” for “most Americans’ lives,” describing the upcoming grim period of the coronvirus pandemic in the United States as a “Pearl Harbor MORE