House expected to pass COVID relief bill next week

The legislation includes an increase to the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.

This is Day 33 of the administration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.


Remembering Rep. John Lewis on his birthday

ABC's "Nightline" co-anchor Byron Pitts remembers the late Rep. John Lewis on what would have been his 81st birthday.


How much retribution do the GOP senators who voted for impeachment face?

On ABC's "This Week," FiveThirtyEight's Nate Silver talks about the retribution seven Republican senators who voted in favor of former President Donald Trump's impeachment might face.

Trump is expected to make his first speech since leaving the White House next week.


Biden makes surprise visit to Bob Dole ahead of cancer treatment

Biden is making a surprise visit to meet with his longtime Senate colleague Bob Dole in Washington, D.C., on Saturday.

Biden “is visiting his close friend,” according to the White House, following the 97-year-old’s announcement on Thursday morning that he had been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. In a tweet, Dole said he would begin treatment on Monday.

-ABC News' Justin Gomez



Trump to speak at CPAC

Former President Trump will speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) next week, his first major appearance since leaving office last month, a source familiar with the situation confirmed to ABC News.

Trump’s speech next Sunday afternoon will address the future of the Republican Party and the conservative movement, as well as Biden’s immigration policies, the source added.

-ABC News' Will Steakin


Biden says 'encouraging' that Congress moving on COVID relief

President Biden, who largely steered clear of the Trump impeachment trial, will push full-steam ahead this week with a focus on his COVID-19 relief plan now that the trial is no longer capturing the national spotlight.

Today, on the first day of a move  previously announced by his administration, Biden has put out a statement urging Americans to take advantage of a special 3-month enrollment period to help those who lost their health insurance amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Biden also made a point to reference the $1.9 trillion COVID relief plan in the statement, saying that it is "encouraging" to see Congress moving on the plan that will "also take big steps to lower health costs and expand access to care for all Americans, including those who have lost their jobs."

"It will increase federal subsidies and decrease premiums in order to ensure that no one pays more than 8.5 percent of their income to purchase meaningful and comprehensive health coverage. And it incentivizes states to expand coverage to an additional four million people with low incomes, and provides states the opportunity to extend coverage for a year to low-income women who have recently given birth," Biden said.

This week, he’ll make his first two official trips domestically, taking part in a CNN town hall in Wisconsin on Tuesday, and heading to a Michigan Pfizer manufacturing facility on Thursday. Biden will also attend a virtual G-7 meeting on Friday where COVID is expected to be a topic of discussion, and virtually address the Munich Security Conference.

-ABC News' Molly Nagle