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 of national intelligence.
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 it will help staunch economic pain caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mnuchin says seeing large second quarter unemployment, negative economic data
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Tuesday that he is continuing to see large unemployment numbers and other negative economic indicators during the second quarter, but the situation is expected to improve as the U.S. economy starts to reop…
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 in a Tuesday primary election.
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 2017 storm that devastated the island and forced Rivera to relocate to central Florida.
Powell, Mnuchin to 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 Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testify before the Senate Banking Committee.
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 on Monday, although Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he sought Linick’s…
Democrat Biden says he would kill Keystone XL pipeline
Joe Biden’s campaign said on Monday that if elected president, the presumptive Democratic nominee would rescind the permit for Keystone XL pipeline, which effectively would doom the long-troubled project.
Senator Rubio chosen as acting Intelligence Committee chairman
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio will serve as acting chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday, after Senator Richard Burr announced he would step aside from the position during a federal in…
Wisconsin lawsuit seeks absentee ballot forms, other poll changes amid coronavirus concerns
Advocacy groups sued Wisconsin election officials on Monday, seeking to force the state to send every voter an absentee ballot request form, hire more poll workers and launch a public education effort to ensure voters understand their options ahead of …
