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Government surveillance bill withdrawn in U.S. House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
Top campaign advisor says Biden would sanction China over Hong Kong
By Michael Martina DETROIT (Reuters) - Joe Biden would sanction China if president for its plan to impose new national security rules on Hong Kong, his campaign said on Wednesday, and accused Presiden...
May 27, 2020
Approval of Trump’s pandemic response stays steady, Biden favored in election: Reuters/IPSOS poll
By Grant Smith NEW YORK (Reuters) - Public approval of President Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic remained steady this week as the number of U.S. deaths from the illness surpassed 1...
May 27, 2020
Wisconsin to send mail-in ballot applications to 2.7 million voters
By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Wisconsin will send absentee ballot applications to more than 2.7 million registered voters, the state's election commission agreed on Wednesday, in a first step ...
May 27, 2020
Biden on 100,000 coronavirus deaths: ‘To those hurting, the nation grieves with you.’
By Tim Reid LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden released a video message on Wednesday marking the grim milestone of 100,000 American lives lost to the coronavirus pande...
May 27, 2020
Trump threatens to veto House bill on surveillance measures
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said he would veto legislation expected to be voted on in the House of Representatives on Wednesday night that would renew expired surveillance tools...
May 27, 2020
