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Explainer: How Trump has sealed off the United States during coronavirus outbreak
By Mica Rosenberg and Ted Hesson NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump has taken drastic steps to curb the entry of foreigners into the United States since his administration declared...
Apr 24, 2020
Republican senators ask U.N. chief for independent WHO review panel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leading Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Friday asked the United Nations to conduct an independent review of the World Health Organization response to the coronavirus pandemic,...
Apr 24, 2020
Michigan governor extends shutdown order but lifts some restrictions
DETROIT (Reuters) - Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Friday extended her stay-at-home order through May 15 as the Midwestern state battles to control the coronavirus pandemic, but lifted restrict...
Apr 24, 2020
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
