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Powell, Mnuchin to face Senate grilling on U.S. coronavirus response
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government's handling of its massive economic response to the coronavirus pandemic will come under scrutiny on Tuesday as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuc...
May 19, 2020
Democrat Biden says he would kill Keystone XL pipeline
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Joe Biden's campaign said on Monday that if elected president, the presumptive Democratic nominee would rescind the permit for Keystone XL pipeline, which effe...
May 18, 2020
Wisconsin lawsuit seeks absentee ballot forms, other poll changes amid coronavirus concerns
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Advocacy groups sued Wisconsin election officials on Monday, seeking to force the state to send every voter an absentee ballot request form, hire more poll workers and launch ...
May 18, 2020
U.S. Senator Rubio chosen as acting Intelligence Committee chairman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Marco Rubio will serve as acting chairman of the Intelligence Committee, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday, after Senator Richard Burr announced...
May 18, 2020
Pompeo says intent to fire State Dept. IG was not retaliation: Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said his recommendation to President Donald Trump that the inspector general of the State Department be fired was not an act of retaliation a...
May 18, 2020
As Biden crafts U.S. coronavirus response proposals, Warren has his ear
By Trevor Hunnicutt, Joseph Ax and James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Presumptive Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden has been speaking regularly with former rival Elizabeth Warren on pu...
May 18, 2020
Trump to nominate a top Ohio prosecutor as U.S. Attorney in D.C.: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump intends to nominate a top Ohio federal prosecutor as the new U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, an administration official confirmed on Monday. J...
May 18, 2020
U.S. attorney general does not expect review of 2016 election interference to lead to Obama criminal probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Monday he does not expect a Justice Department review of the FBI's handling of 2016 election interference to lead to criminal charges ...
May 18, 2020
U.S. House panel leader links State Dept. inspector general firing to Saudi arms sale
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Monday the State Department inspector general may have been fired becaus...
May 18, 2020
Trump administration ready for more coronavirus aid if needed: Hassett
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is prepared to take further steps if needed to shore up the nation's economy during the novel coronavirus outbreak, but any final action will not look l...
May 18, 2020
