British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R) welcomes US President Donald Trump (L) to the NATO summit at the Grove Hotel in Watford, north-east London on 4 December 2019. Peter Nicholls | AFP | Getty Images The UK government has rejected a report that it plans to end a tax on …
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Former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley and Sen. Tim Scott to speak on the first night of the 2020 Republican National Convention. Chris Keane | Reuters The Republican National Convention of 2020 kicks off Monday when President Donald Trump makes his case for re-election during an …
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TikTok app Narinder Nanu | AFP | Getty Images TikTok, the video-sharing application owned by China-based ByteDance, on Monday filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government challenging the Trump administration’s efforts to ban the company’s U.S. operations. In a blog post, TikTok claimed that the ban prevented the company from …
Read More »Kamala Harris’ business allies step out fundraising blitz for Biden
Sen. Kamala Harris’ formidable fundraising machine is stepping into high gear now that she’s on the ticket with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. Since Biden named the U.S. senator in California as his running mate, her employees in the business world have received calls from new donors, according to people …
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Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Monday that the treatment of blood plasma for patients with coronavirus just getting permission for emergency services by the Trump administration may have been somewhat effective. “I think this could be beneficial. It could be weakly beneficial,” Gottlieb said on “Squawk Box.” “It does …
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