WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top Democrats and Republicans accused each other of stopping talks on coronavirus legislation on Sunday, a day after the House approved $ 25 billion in new funds for the U.S. Postal Service, a bill that declared Republicans dead. PHILO PHOTO: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) talks …
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PHILO PHOTO: Acting U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf testifies at a hearing before the House Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs at Dirksen Senate Office Building August 6, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Alex Wong / Pool via REUTERS WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US President Donald …
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(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration was able to update its emergency use authorization for Gilead Sciences Inc’s (GILD.O) brakesivir of drugs to admit patients admitted to hospital with moderate COVID-19, despite mixed test results, the company’s top study said on Friday. FILE PHOTO: An ampoule of Ebola …
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CAMP TAJI, Iraq (Reuters) – Leading international coalition troops withdrew from the Taji military base in Iraq on Sunday, handing it over to Iraqi security forces, Reuters witnesses and the coalition said. The base, 20 km (12 miles) north of Baghdad, was the site of frequent Iranian-backed rocket attacks by …
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PHOTO PHOTO: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo talks to reporters following a meeting with UN Security Council members on Iran’s proven failure to comply with a nuclear deal and calls for the restoration of sanctions against Iran at UN headquarters in New York , FS, August 20, 2020. REUTERS …
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