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Bill lengthening coronavirus small business loan terms nears U.S. House passage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday neared passage of legislation increasing the amount of time, to 24 weeks from the current eight-week deadline, for small businesses...
May 28, 2020
U.S. House bill aims to boost domestic mining of strategic minerals
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives plan to introduce legislation on Thursday to bolster domestic mining and processing of minerals used in high-tech equipm...
May 28, 2020
U.S. Senator Kaine tests positive for coronavirus antibodies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Tim Kaine announced on Friday that he and his wife Anne have tested positive for coronavirus antibodies after experiencing flu-like symptoms in March and April. "We...
May 28, 2020
Biden calls Trump nuclear testing discussion reckless, dangerous
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden described reported discussions by the Trump administration over whether to conduct a nuclear weapons test as reckless on Thursday, sa...
May 28, 2020
Exclusive: After Trump’s attacks, Republicans are less confident in voting by mail, poll shows
By John Whitesides and Grant Smith WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans are much more skeptical than Democrats their ballots will count if cast by mail and less confident they will be able to vote in No...
May 28, 2020
Government surveillance bill withdrawn in U.S. House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives is dropping consideration of legislation that would have extended U.S. surveillance tools, the chamber's number two Democrat said on Thursday, ...
May 28, 2020
Texas Supreme Court blocks ruling that expanded voting by mail
(Reuters) - The Texas Supreme Court blocked on Wednesday a decision that allowed mail-in balloting for voters who feared for their health because of the novel coronavirus outbreak. "We agree with the ...
May 28, 2020
Trump’s executive order targets political bias at Twitter and Facebook: draft
By Nandita Bose and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to order a review of a law that has long protected Twitter, Facebook and Alphabet's Google from bein...
May 28, 2020
Bid to extend U.S. surveillance tools stalls after Trump threatens veto
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An effort to extend parts of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) stalled in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday, after President Donald Trump promis...
May 27, 2020
Texas congressman Sam Johnson, conservative former Vietnam POW, dies at 89
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sam Johnson, an Air Force pilot held for nearly seven years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam, who later became one of the most conservative members of the U....
May 27, 2020
