Senate Democrats defeated legislation Wednesday that would have protected infants who survive abortions. 
Republican senator Ben Sasse (Neb.) reintroduced an act Thursday protecting newborns who survive failed abortion attempts.
The Biden administration rescinded a policy Thursday that prohibits taxpayer funding for abortion providers overseas. 
Senate Republicans are pushing Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to take an aggressive stance on China. 
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said Monday that Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett’s Catholic faith should not be questioned during her confirmation hearings.
Republican senator Ben Sasse (Neb.) ripped Democrats for criticizing appellate judge Amy Coney Barrett's religious beliefs after he met with the Supreme Court nominee on Thursday.
Planned Parenthood of Greater New York renounced racist and eugenicist founder Margaret Sanger on Tuesday for her "harmful connection to the eugenics movement." 
Nebraska Democrat Chris Janicek's former campaign finance director Allison Bitterman said Monday that Janicek proposed swimming naked in his pool. The Nebraska Democratic Party's nominee for Senate on Monday refused calls from his own party to resign his candidacy following a sexual harassment allegation.
Calls are mounting in Congress for the World Health Organization's chief to resign following multiple allegations the international group has aided China's efforts to obfuscate the number of sick and dead in that country from the coronavirus. 