PORTLAND (Reuters) – A small group of black teens with megaphones stood in front of federal court in downtown Portland around midnight Thursday in front of a largely white gang of protesters. A protester wearing a makeshift mask observes during a protest against racial inequality and police violence in Portland, …
Read More »Pompeo insists that ‘the situation is changing’ in China at a controversial hearing in the US Senate.
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 …
Read More »Trump postpones electoral delay, lawmakers from both parties reject the idea
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 …
Read More »Trump postpones electoral delay, lawmakers from both parties reject the idea
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 …
Read More »The epicenter of the US coronavirus shifts to the midwestern states
WASHINGTON / NEW YORK (Reuters) – The epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States showed signs of moving to the Midwest on Thursday, as Sunbelt states hoped that new infections and deaths would begin to decline. People wear masks while walking on the sidewalk during the outbreak of …
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