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U.S. House passes two-day extension of government funding to avoid shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a two-day extension of federal funding for a wide range of agency programs as existing money was set to expire at midnight. Th...
Dec 18, 2020
U.S. House to consider stopgap funding bill Friday evening -committee
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday will consider a stopgap funding bill to keep the government open through midnight on Sunday, according to a statement from the chambe...
Dec 18, 2020
Trump signs bill that could kick Chinese firms off U.S. stock exchanges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Friday signed legislation that would kick Chinese companies off U.S. stock exchanges unless they adhere to American auditing standards, the White House...
Dec 18, 2020
U.S. House Majority Leader Hoyer sets 5 p.m deadline for next steps to fund gov’t
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With fewer than 10 hours remaining before U.S. government agencies run out of money, U.S. House of Representatives Majority Leader Steny Hoyer set a 5 p.m. ET (2200 GMT) deadlin...
Dec 18, 2020
Trump remains willing to take coronavirus vaccine -spokesman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House Spokesman Brian Morgenstern on Friday said that President Donald Trump remains willing to take the newly approved COVID-19 vaccine when the time is right, noting tha...
Dec 18, 2020
More than 1.1 million ballots cast in early voting for Georgia U.S. Senate runoffs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 1.1 million Georgians have voted in twin U.S. Senate runoff elections that will determine which party controls that chamber of Congress, and with it the fate of much o...
Dec 18, 2020
U.S. Congress scrambles to agree on COVID-19 relief deal as shutdown deadline looms
By Patricia Zengerle and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress faced a deadline on Friday to agree to a fresh round of COVID-19 aid as part of a sweeping government funding bill, pass...
Dec 18, 2020
Irritated by loss, Trump hunkers down at the White House and avoids talk of future
By Steve Holland and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hunkered down in what one former White House official called the "presidential man cave" of the Oval Office, President Donald Trump does not want...
Dec 18, 2020
Members of Congress will get vaccinated with first round of vaccine -physician
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Members of the U.S. Congress will be able to get vaccinated for COVID-19 with the distribution of the first tranche of vaccine doses, the congressional physician said on Thursda...
Dec 17, 2020
Los Angeles mayor says turned down job in Biden administration
By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said on Thursday that he turned down an offer to work in the administration of President-elect Joe Biden so he can focus on the ...
Dec 17, 2020
