Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a news release from his office. Cassidy, a 62-year-old medical doctor representing Louisiana, was arraigned after being notified Wednesday night that he had been exposed to someone with the virus. According to his office, the Louisiana senator contacted his …
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Washington – The Republican chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs issued a motion to FBI Director Christopher Wray for records related to the agency’s Russian probe, the first to emerge from the investigation. Senate Republicans on the origins of FBI investigations and ties between Democrats …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo insisted Thursday that “the situation is changing” in deals with China, citing international support for Washington’s policies even as he expressed “dismay” at the number of countries supporting Beijing’s new security law for Hong Kong Reflecting mounting tensions between the …
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In late-night negotiations with Democrats in Congress on Thursday, White House officials offered a short-term extension of the popular unemployment benefit that pays unemployed Americans $ 600 a week, a provision in the CARES Act that formally expires. on Friday. But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Thursday raised the idea of delaying the US election on November 3, an idea immediately rejected by both Democrats and fellow Republicans in Congress, the only branch of government with the authority to make such a change. Critics and even Trump’s allies dismissed …
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