WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top aides to United States President Donald Trump said Sunday they agreed in principle with the Senate Republicans on a $ 1 trillion coronavirus relief package, the party’s opening offer in negotiations with Democrats less than a week before the biggest unemployment benefits expire. White House chief …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Hundreds of Thai protesters sang a jingle of Japanese cartoons on Sunday with taunts mocking the government as hungry hamsters feast on taxpayer money, part of a new youth protest movement that they say are using whimsical tactics for serious purposes. Thai youth have been challenging the …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s top advisers on Sunday raised the possibility of Congress passing the gradual coronavirus relief legislation, an approach Democrats oppose, with a deadline approaching the expiration of improved unemployment benefits. A day before Senate Republicans introduced a $ 1 trillion coronavirus relief bill that includes …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s top advisers on Sunday raised the possibility of Congress passing the gradual coronavirus relief legislation, an approach Democrats oppose, with a deadline approaching the expiration of improved unemployment benefits. FILE PHOTO: US Treasury Secretary Stephen Mnuchin and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows …
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Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin says the proposed coronavirus legislation to be released Monday will include direct stimulus payments to people. “We have direct payments, and like you do now, direct payments are a much quicker way to give everyone a tax cut,” Mnuchin said in a Fox News interview on …
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