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Mnuchin, Pelosi to talk on Tuesday on coronavirus relief: White House adviser Kudlow
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are scheduled to speak on Tuesday about coronavirus relief legislation as talks to reach a compromise measur...
Sep 29, 2020
U.S. intelligence reports warn of extremist threat around election
By Ted Hesson, Kristina Cooke and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. security officials are warning that violent domestic extremists pose a threat to the presidential election next month, amid...
Sep 29, 2020
2020 U.S. ELECTION: What you need to know right now
(Reuters) - Get ready for the fireworks: the first 2020 presidential debate is finally here! Taxes, the Supreme Court, the coronavirus and the economy promise to be front and center as Republican Pres...
Sep 29, 2020
U.S. senators aim to stop sale of drugs online by going after tech’s legal immunity
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. senators on Tuesday introduced legislation that aims to stop the sale of opioids and illicit drugs online by amending a key federal law that protects in...
Sep 29, 2020
U.S. judge to weigh whether to drop criminal case against ex-Trump adviser Flynn
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday will weigh whether to grant a request by the Justice Department to dismiss a criminal charge against President Donald Trump's former...
Sep 29, 2020
Trump and Biden to meet in pivotal first presidential debate
By John Whitesides (Reuters) - Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden will square off for the first time on Tuesday in a pivotal debate that will provide a stark clash of sty...
Sep 29, 2020
Supreme Court nominee Barrett meets senators in race to confirmation
By Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The sprint to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to become President Donald Trump's third conservative appointee to the U.S. Supreme Court begins in e...
Sep 29, 2020
Barrett high-court vote against Obamacare not as certain as Democrats claim
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett's comments suggesting she backed challenges to the Obamacare healthcare law do not ensure she would vote to inval...
Sep 29, 2020
Trump ups spending on lawyers as U.S. election legal battles heat up
By Caroline Spiezio and Rick Linsk (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's campaign is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on lawyers to litigate voting by mail, including in the battleground state...
Sep 29, 2020
Unraveling of Trump policies a distant hope for separated immigrant families
By Kristina Cooke and Mica Rosenberg LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Venezuelan father waiting in Mexico to plead his U.S. asylum case who has yet to meet his newborn daughter. An Iraqi refugee stu...
Sep 29, 2020
