Bill lengthening coronavirus small business loan terms nears U.S. House passage
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday neared passage of legislation increasing the amount of time, to 24 weeks from the current eight-week deadline, for...
U.S. House bill aims to boost domestic mining of strategic minerals
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives plan to introduce legislation on Thursday to bolster domestic mining and processing of minerals used in high-tech equipment,...
U.S. Senator Kaine tests positive for coronavirus antibodies
U.S. Senator Tim Kaine announced on Friday that he and his wife Anne have tested positive for coronavirus antibodies, but that doctors were not able...
Trump’s executive order takes aim at social media firms -draft
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to order a review of a law that has long protected Twitter, Facebook and Alphabet’s Google from being responsible...
Government surveillance bill withdrawn in U.S. House
The U.S. House of Representatives is dropping consideration of legislation that would have extended U.S. surveillance tools, the chamber’s number two Democrat said on Thursday,...
Exclusive: After Trump’s attacks, Republicans are less confident in voting by mail, poll shows
Republicans are much more skeptical than Democrats their ballots will count if cast by mail and less confident they will be able to vote in...
Texas Supreme Court blocks ruling that expanded voting by mail
The Texas Supreme Court blocked on Wednesday a decision that allowed mail-in balloting for voters who feared for their health because of the novel coronavirus...
Bid to extend U.S. surveillance tools stalls after Trump threatens veto
An effort to extend parts of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) stalled in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday, after President Donald Trump promised to...
Texas congressman Sam Johnson, conservative former Vietnam POW, dies at 89
Sam Johnson, an Air Force pilot held for nearly seven years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam, who later became one of the...
Approval of Trump’s pandemic response stays steady, Biden favored in election: Reuters/IPSOS poll
Public approval of President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic remained steady this week as the number of U.S. deaths from the illness surpassed...