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As U.S. coronavirus death toll nears 50,000, Georgia forges ahead with reopening
By Rich McKay and Susan Heavey ATLANTA (Reuters) - With the U.S. coronavirus death toll nearing 50,000, Georgia pushed ahead with its plan to become the first state to allow an array of small business...
Apr 24, 2020
Senator Rubio: new small business aid program to launch Monday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Small Business Admininstration will make additional coronavirus-related financial assistance available to small businesses beginning on Monday, a top Republican senator...
Apr 24, 2020
Georgia forges ahead with reopening despite disapproval of Trump, pandemic experts
By Rich McKay and Susan Heavey ATLANTA (Reuters) - Georgia pushed ahead with its plan to become the first U.S. state to allow an array of merchants to reopen on Friday following a month-long shutdown ...
Apr 24, 2020
Top Senate Democrat says momentum growing for state aid package
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate said on Friday that momentum is gathering behind efforts to provide federal assistance to state and local governments hit by the coronavirus ...
Apr 24, 2020
Truce over: U.S. Congress heads to partisan battle on coronavirus aid for states
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After passing $3 trillion of coronavirus relief in a rare seven-week run of bipartisanship, the U.S. Congress is headed back to its normal state of conflict, wi...
Apr 24, 2020
Biden campaign’s outside economic advisers include Larry Summers
By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, an academic and longtime economic aide to Democratic presidents, is among the people now advising Joe Biden's presidential...
Apr 23, 2020
Congress approves $484 billion coronavirus-relief bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a $484 billion bill to expand federal loans to small businesses impacted by the coronavirus outbreak and hospitals overwhelm...
Apr 23, 2020
$484 billion coronavirus bill nears passage in U.S. House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A $484 billion coronavirus-response bill appeared headed to final passage on Thursday as a wide margin of U.S. House of Representatives members voted in favor of the bill. Votin...
Apr 23, 2020
U.S. House creates panel to probe federal coronavirus response
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved the creation of a special investigative panel to examine the federal government's response to the co...
Apr 23, 2020
U.S. Democrats back ‘scapegoat’ WHO, as Trump administration keeps up attacks
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Democrats accused the Trump administration of trying to "scapegoat" the World Health Organization to distract from its handlin...
Apr 23, 2020
