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U.S Senate blocks confirmation of Trump Fed nominee Shelton
(Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump's nomination of Judy Shelton to the board of the Federal Reserve. (Reporting by Patricia Zengerle and Doina Chiacu; writing by Ann...
Nov 17, 2020
McConnell open to $500 billion for coronavirus relief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday he is open to a $500 billion package aimed at alleviating economic pain from the coronavirus pandemic, but the Republ...
Nov 17, 2020
Trump cuts troop levels in Afghanistan but stops short of full withdrawal
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will sharply reduce the number of U.S. forces in Afghanistan from 4,500 to 2,500 before he leaves office, the Pentagon anno...
Nov 17, 2020
Pfizer CEO: We didn’t delay vaccine results until after election
(Reuters) - Drugmaker Pfizer Inc "didn't conspire with anyone" to delay releasing efficacy results for the COVID-19 vaccine it developed with German partner BioNTech SE until after the U.S. presidenti...
Nov 17, 2020
U.S. Senate Democrats ask Harris to attend vote on Trump Fed nominee Shelton: Bloomberg
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democratic leaders on Tuesday urged fellow senator and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris to attend the vote Judy Shelton, President Donald Trump's controversial pic...
Nov 17, 2020
U.S. congressman Cedric Richmond brings practical streak to Biden White House
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Cedric Richmond of Louisiana brings a decade of experience in the House of Representatives, including some outreach to Republicans, to Presi...
Nov 17, 2020
Biden taps close campaign aides, U.S. congressman for White House roles
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday named several insiders from his election campaign and a Democratic congressman as senior White House aides, sticking with a tight inne...
Nov 17, 2020
Congress to press ahead on government funding even as COVID-19 aid stalls, McConnell says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday said he hoped to reach a bipartisan agreement this week to continue funding federal agencies even as Congress remain divid...
Nov 17, 2020
Republican U.S. Senator Grassley, 87, quarantining after COVID-19 exposure: statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republican Senator Chuck Grassley, the chamber's President Pro Tempore, said on Tuesday he was in quarantine after being exposed to the novel coronavirus and was awaiting t...
Nov 17, 2020
Senate likely to vote Tuesday on Trump’s Fed pick Shelton
(Reuters) - The U.S. Senate is likely to vote Tuesday on Republican U.S. President Donald Trump's pick for the Federal Reserve, former economic adviser Judy Shelton, according to a senior Senate Repub...
Nov 17, 2020
