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Trump signs temporary spending bill into law to avoid government shutdown – White House statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump signed a temporary spending bill into law on Sunday night to avoid a government shutdown, the White House said in a statement. (Reporting by Heather Timmo...
Dec 21, 2020
U.S. Senate votes to extend government funding to avoid shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted unanimously on Sunday to extend federal funding through Dec. 21 to avoid a government shutdown, giving lawmakers more time to pass a $900 billion COVID-19 ...
Dec 20, 2020
McConnell says deal reached on $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Sunday an agreement had been reached by congressional leaders of both parties on a roughly $900 billion COVID-19 r...
Dec 20, 2020
Trump campaign will again ask U.S. high court to upend election results
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's campaign said on Sunday it would again ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn results from the Nov. 3 election, its latest long-shot effort to subvert...
Dec 20, 2020
Romney says Trump has ‘blind spot’ on Russia, calls hack ‘extraordinarily damaging’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican U.S. Senator Mitt Romney said a widespread data breach across the U.S. government was "extraordinarily damaging" and that President Donald Trump has a "blind spot" whe...
Dec 20, 2020
Congress poised to vote on COVID aid package after Fed compromise
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress appeared poised to vote on Sunday on a $900 billion coronavirus aid package after senators struck a late-night compromise to clear one of the f...
Dec 20, 2020
Republicans, Democrats reach agreement clearing way for virus relief vote: WSJ
(Reuters) - Senate Democrats and Republicans have reached an agreement clearing way for virus relief votes, the Wall Street Journal reported https://www.wsj.com/articles/mcconnell-calls-on-congress-to...
Dec 19, 2020
Congress, experts worry about potential spy agency reorganization amid hack response
By Christopher Bing (Reuters) - A senior lawmaker is concerned the Pentagon is pushing to split the National Security Agency, America's premier signals intelligence organization, from U.S. Cyber Comma...
Dec 19, 2020
Biden to introduce team tasked with ambitious climate agenda on Saturday
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden is scheduled to publicly introduce his climate and energy team on Saturday, a history-making group that will be tasked with advancing his ambit...
Dec 19, 2020
Congress works through the weekend to finalize COVID aid package
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic and Republican lawmakers in Washington were working through the weekend to complete a $900 billion coronavirus aid bill for American individuals and ...
Dec 18, 2020
