Trump signs order directing agencies to cut federal regulations
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday directing federal agencies to cut regulations, a move he said would help the economy recover...
Trump says he will sign order to cut federal regulations
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will sign an executive order directing federal agencies to eliminate “unnecessary regulations that impede economic recovery.”...
McConnell puts brakes on new coronavirus aid bill in Senate
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday any action on a new coronavirus-response bill could be weeks away, insisting that he needed to...
Michigan sends mail-in vote applications to all registered voters
Michigan will send absentee ballot applications to all registered voters, a state official announced on Tuesday, as the state prepares to hold the Nov. 3...
Ex-Trump aide Flynn asks appeals court to toss criminal charges
U.S. President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn on Tuesday asked an appeals court to force a judge to dismiss the criminal charges...
‘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...