‘Astonishingly reckless’: Schumer blasts Trump’s hydroxychloroquine use
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer on Tuesday condemned U.S. President Donald Trump for saying he is taking hydroxychloroquine as a preventive medicine against the virus...
Elizabeth Warren grills Mnuchin on terms of bailout money
Senator Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday grilled Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on the terms of direct loans to companies, asking whether Mnuchin will require those companies...
Citing ‘greatest adversary’ coronavirus, some U.S. Democrats want defense cuts
Calling the novel coronavirus the “greatest adversary” facing the United States, progressive U.S. House of Representatives Democrats called on Tuesday for a reduction in military...
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...