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U.S. senators question Amazon on concerns it tracks employees, limits unionization
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four Democratic U.S. senators on Thursday sent a letter to Amazon.com Inc's Chief Executive Jeff Bezos, demanding answers over the company's alleged moves to tra...
Oct 15, 2020
Black U.S. House candidate in Indiana says she’s being harassed, intimidated
By Brendan O'Brien and Makini Brice (Reuters) - The candidate running against U.S. Vice President Mike Pence's brother for a congressional seat in Indiana said on Thursday that people had made repeate...
Oct 15, 2020
U.S. Senate’s McConnell says coronavirus relief package will be passed either before or after election
(Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday that if a fresh COVID-19 relief package is not passed before the Nov. 3 election, it will be passed afterwards. "I think we nee...
Oct 15, 2020
Wall Street veteran Ray McGuire to run for New York mayor
By Noor Zainab Hussain and Imani Moise (Reuters) - Ray McGuire, one of the senior-most Black executives on Wall Street, is leaving his job at Citigroup Inc to run for mayor of New York in 2021, his sp...
Oct 15, 2020
Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Biden tested negative again for COVID-19
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden tested negative for COVID-19 on Wednesday night, his campaign said in a regular update. (Reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt in New York; ...
Oct 15, 2020
U.S. Senate Judiciary committee plans to subpoena Twitter CEO over blocking New York Post articles
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee is moving to subpoena Twitter's Chief Executive Jack Dorsey after the social media platform decided to block stories from the New York Post t...
Oct 15, 2020
Trump calls for big COVID-19 stimulus but McConnell disagrees
By Lisa Lambert and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Thursday said he is willing to raise his offer of $1.8 trillion for a COVID-19 relief deal with Democrats in the U.S....
Oct 15, 2020
Twitter restricts Trump’s campaign account from tweeting
(Reuters) - Twitter Inc on Thursday temporarily restricted U.S. President Donald Trump's election campaign account from tweeting, saying a video from the account about Democratic presidential candidat...
Oct 15, 2020
Trump would go higher than $1.8 trillion on coronavirus stimulus deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would agree to go higher than the $1.8 trillion that the White House has offered in coronavirus stimulus funding to strike a deal...
Oct 15, 2020
Kamala Harris pauses in-person campaigning after staffer diagnosed with COVID-19
By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris canceled travel plans through Sunday as a precaution after one of her staff members tested positive for COVID-19...
Oct 15, 2020
