Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) Science News (Master Feed)
Biden says many U.S. national security agencies have been ‘hollowed out’
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden said on Monday that many national security agencies had been damaged and "hollowed out," reiterating that his transition team was not gettin...
Dec 28, 2020
After Trump backs down on stimulus bill, Democrats aim for higher relief checks
By Susan Cornwell and Steve Holland WASHINGTON/PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. Congress on Monday will try to push through expanded $2,000 pandemic relief payments for Americans aft...
Dec 28, 2020
Trump signs pandemic aid and spending bill, source says
PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday signed into law a $2.3 trillion pandemic aid and spending package, restoring unemployment benefits to millions of Americans and avert...
Dec 27, 2020
U.S. government heads toward chaotic end to 2020 as Trump fights Congress
By Steve Holland and Susan Cornwell PALM BEACH, Fla./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government headed toward a chaotic last few days of the year as President Donald Trump's refusal to approve a $2.3 ...
Dec 27, 2020
Factbox-What happens if the U.S. government runs out of money on Monday?
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's threat not to sign a $2.3 trillion spending package approved by Congress has already shuttered an emergency unemployment aid program and threatens a partial f...
Dec 27, 2020
U.S. jobless benefit cut-off pushes millions to financial cliff-edge
By Simon Lewis (Reuters) - When the U.S. Congress passed a pandemic aid bill on Monday, Meghan Meyer, a single mom from Lincoln, Nebraska, thought she would get some respite from the daily struggle to...
Dec 26, 2020
Millions of Americans lose jobless benefits as Trump refuses to sign aid bill
By Steve Holland and Richard Cowan PALM BEACH, Fla/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Millions of Americans saw their jobless benefits expire on Saturday after U.S. President Donald Trump refused to sign into law...
Dec 25, 2020
Politics overhangs U.S. Christmas as government shutdown nears, COVID aid uncertain
By Tim Reid and Richard Cowan (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will spend Christmas Day at his Palm Beach resort as millions of Americans face the risk of losing jobless benefits on Saturday and a p...
Dec 25, 2020
Explainer: Can anything stop Trump from pardoning his family or even himself?
By Jan Wolfe President Donald Trump on Wednesday granted pardons to his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and former adviser Roger Stone, sweeping away the most important convictions from U.S. Sp...
Dec 24, 2020
Nearly 2.1 million have voted early in U.S. Senate runoff in Georgia
By Brad Heath WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly 2.1 million people have cast ballots in a U.S. Senate runoff election in Georgia that will determine whether Democrats control both chambers of Congress and...
Dec 24, 2020
