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Former U.S. officials question DOJ’s probe of ‘unmasking’ of Trump ally
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. intelligence officials questioned the Justice Department's naming of a prosecutor to probe the "unmasking" of names in spy-agency eavesdropping rep...
May 29, 2020
Biden losing economic argument to Trump as U.S. begins to re-open
By James Oliphant and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is trusted more than Democratic nominee Joe Biden to handle the economy, polls show, even with more t...
May 29, 2020
On this day… May 30
(Reuters) - ON THIS DAY -- MAY 30 May 30, 1999 FORMULA ONE - McLaren-Mercedes' Mika Hakkinen leads from the first corner of the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona, ahead of team mate David Coulthard and ...
May 29, 2020
Pompeo accuses top Democrat of ‘hackery’ over government watchdog review
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday accused a leading Senate Democrat of "hackery" for questioning whether Pompeo violated a law restricting officials' political act...
May 28, 2020
First Latina U.S. senator withdraws name from Biden’s running mate list
By Tim Reid LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, the first Latina elected to the U.S. Senate, said on Thursday she is not interested in being Joe Biden's running mate in ...
May 28, 2020
House Democrats demand probes of police killings of black Americans
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-controlled U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Thursday asked the Justice Department to investigate systemic police misconduct following a spate o...
May 28, 2020
U.S. senators offer bill to prepare for the next pandemic
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. senators offered a bipartisan $3 billion plan on Thursday to prepare for the next global health crisis, putting a premium on fighting disease outbreaks and pandemics like C...
May 28, 2020
Trump’s order taking aim at Twitter is ‘bluster’ – legal experts
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's attempt to curb what he claims is social media censorship is a political gambit and will not change the legal obligations of companies...
May 28, 2020
Explainer: What is Section 230 – and can Trump change it?
By Jonathan Weber and Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to order a review of a federal law known as Section 230, which protects internet companies like Facebook, ...
May 28, 2020
U.S. House approves bill lengthening coronavirus small-business loan terms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly approved legislation increasing the amount of time, to 24 weeks from the current eight-week deadline, for small busi...
May 28, 2020
