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Mnuchin says U.S. stimulus payments to begin arriving as early as Tuesday evening
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Tuesday that $600 stimulus checks could begin arriving in people's bank accounts as soon as this evening. Mnuchin tweeted that pay...
Dec 29, 2020
U.S. State Department approves potential sale of 3,000 smart bombs to Saudi Arabia
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of 3,000 precision guided munitions to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in a deal valued at up to $290 billion...
Dec 29, 2020
U.S. State Department approves $4.2 billion in potential arms sales to Kuwait -Pentagon
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale to Kuwait of Apache helicopters and spare parts for the Patriot missile system in two separate deals that...
Dec 29, 2020
Biden says Trump’s vaccine roll out has ‘fallen behind’
By Trevor Hunnicutt NEW YORK (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden criticized President Donald Trump's promised swift coronavirus vaccine rollout, saying it has fallen behind expectations. Biden, spea...
Dec 29, 2020
U.S. appeals court upholds Trump health care price disclosure rule
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a White House-backed rule to require hospitals to disclose the prices they negotiate with insurers for an array of tests and p...
Dec 29, 2020
Battle over $2,000 COVID-19 aid checks shifts to U.S. Senate
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An unusual battle in Congress over President Donald Trump's demand for $2,000 coronavirus aid checks for Americans shifts on Tuesday to the Senate, where Republi...
Dec 29, 2020
U.S. judge orders two Georgia counties to halt voter purge ahead of Senate runoff
(Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday ordered two Georgia counties to reverse a decision removing thousands of voters from the rolls ahead of Jan. 5 runoff elections that will determine which politica...
Dec 29, 2020
U.S. House votes to override Trump veto of key defense bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Monday to override President Donald Trump's veto of a $740 billion defense policy bill, in a rebuke to the president that underscored ...
Dec 28, 2020
U.S. House will take second vote on stimulus checks if first one fails -Pelosi
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the chamber would take a second vote to approve an increase in stimulus checks to $2,000 from $600 requiring just a simpl...
Dec 28, 2020
Treasury checks to individuals could start this week, senior official says
(Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department is anticipating sending the first wave of $600 stimulus checks to U.S. individuals and households as early as this week, as previously planned, a senior Treasu...
Dec 28, 2020
