Top House Republican backs giving borrowers up to 12 weeks to repay PPP loans
U.S. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday said he could support giving borrowers up to 10 or 12 weeks to repay their federal loans...
Proud at economy reopening in ‘safe way’: Mnuchin
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Tuesday at the Senate Banking Committee hearing that he ‘couldn’t be more proud’ of the way the economy...
Trump wants 7.6% payroll tax cut to help staunch coronavirus economic pain: Kudlow
White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump wants to see a 7.6% cut in the U.S. payroll tax, hoping...
Powell, Mnuchin face Senate grilling on U.S. coronavirus response
The U.S. government’s handling of its massive economic response to the coronavirus pandemic will come under scrutiny on Tuesday as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and...
U.S. Senate panel backs Trump nominee Ratcliffe to be top U.S. spy
The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee voted along party lines on Tuesday to back President Donald Trump’s nomination of Republican Representative John Ratcliffe to be director...
Crucial Latino voters seek more attention from Biden
Like many Puerto Ricans, Wilson Rivera holds President Donald Trump responsible for what he sees as the U.S. government’s inadequate response to Hurricane Maria, the...
Crowded field vies to replace Oregon’s only Republican congressman
The only Republican member of the U.S. Congress from Oregon is retiring, setting off a mad scramble to replace him that may be largely resolved...
Barr dispels ‘Obamagate’ claims to Trump’s surprise
U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Monday he does not expect a Justice Department review of the FBI’s handling of 2016 election interference to...
Trump fired watchdog who was probing Saudi arms sales, Democrats say
President Donald Trump may have fired State Department Inspector General Steve Linick because he was investigating U.S. military sales to Saudi Arabia, Democratic lawmakers said...
Trump’s IG firing linked to Saudi arms sale -lawmakers
The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Monday the State Department inspector general may have been fired because he...
