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U.S. House panel subpoenas acting Homeland Security chief Wolf for next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A congressional committee on Friday issued a subpoena compelling Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf to testify on Sept. 17, after Wolf canceled a planned appearance, s...
Sep 11, 2020
U.S. House Speaker Pelosi says she’s ‘optimistic’ about passing coronavirus relief bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday said she was "optimistic" about Congress passing coronavirus relief legislation before the Nov. 3 presidential election. "I'm optimisti...
Sep 11, 2020
SEC charges rapper Clifford Harris Jr., others, over cryptocurrency offering
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Friday it has charged five Atlanta-based people, including rapper and actor Clifford Harris, Jr., known as T.I. or Tip, and f...
Sep 11, 2020
Trump challenges Manhattan prosecutor’s ‘dragnet’ subpoena for tax returns
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday urged a federal appeals court to block Manhattan's top prosecutor from enforcing a subpoena for eight years of tax returns in connection with...
Sep 11, 2020
Democrat opposing QAnon backer drops out of race for U.S. Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Georgia Democrat running for the U.S. Congress against a Republican businesswoman who has expressed support for the QAnon conspiracy theory on Friday said he is dropping out...
Sep 11, 2020
Exclusive: U.S. hospitals turn down remdesivir supplies, limit use to sickest COVID-19 patients
By Deena Beasley (Reuters) - U.S. hospitals have turned down about a third of their allocated supplies of the COVID-19 drug remdesivir since July as need for the costly antiviral wanes, according to u...
Sep 11, 2020
Appeals court finds Florida can require felons to pay fines before right to vote is restored
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that Florida can require felons to pay all fines, restitution and legal fees they face before they can regain their right to vote...
Sep 11, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 191,353 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday reported 6,381,013 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 37,451 cases from its previous count, and said that the ...
Sep 11, 2020
U.S. proposes to waive minimum flight requirements for airlines until March 2021
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Friday it is proposing extending temporarily waiving minimum flight requirements at some U.S. airports through late March 202...
Sep 11, 2020
Wall Street Week Ahead: Fed meeting in focus as stocks wobble and coronavirus bill stalls
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors are shifting their focus to the Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting next week as they seek cues following a recent technology-led U.S. market se...
Sep 11, 2020
