Republicans keep congressional seat in Wisconsin election: New York Times
U.S. Republicans kept a seat representing a rural Wisconsin district in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday, as state legislator Tom Tiffany defeated Democratic law school professor Tricia Zunker in a special election, the New York Times said.
Exclusive: Biden to hammer Trump’s ‘tough talk, weak action’ on China, top adviser says
President Donald Trump has seized on Americans’ growing animosity toward China over the coronavirus outbreak to underpin his re-election pitch, arguing he will hit Beijing harder than anyone.
Trump approval dips amid mounting coronavirus death toll, trails Biden by 8 points: Reuters/Ipsos poll
More Americans have grown critical of President Donald Trump over the past month as the death toll mounts from the coronavirus pandemic and he now trails Democratic challenger Joe Biden by 8 percentage points among registered voters, according to a Reu…
Los Angeles mayor hedges on plan to extend coronavirus lockdown for three months
The mayor of Los Angeles on Tuesday back-pedaled from his health director’s assertion that stay-at-home orders in America’s second-largest city would be extended at least through July, after those comments touched off a furor among beleaguered resident…
White House to monitor state economies before deciding on more coronavirus aid
Top Trump administration officials want to wait ad see the effects of state economies reopening before deciding the next stages of coronavirus rescue legislation, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Tuesday.
U.S. lawmakers include biofuels aid in latest proposed relief bill
U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday introduced a relief bill that would include aid to biofuel producers after demand for the fuel plummeted because of the coronavirus pandemic, causing mass shutdowns in the industry.
Democrats move to allow voting changes for presidential convention amid health crisis
The Democratic Party’s rules committee moved on Tuesday to allow organizers to change the format of the party’s U.S. presidential nominating convention, including considering whether voting can be conducted remotely, as it grapples with how to hold th…
Powell, Mnuchin to testify before Senate panel next week on pandemic response
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will testify via the web before the Senate Banking Committee next Tuesday in the first required update to Congress on the economic response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Premature end to U.S. state lockdowns could cause needless death, Fauci tells senators
Leading U.S. infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci on Tuesday warned Congress that a premature lifting of lockdowns could lead to additional outbreaks of the deadly coronavirus, which has killed 80,000 Americans and brought the economy to its knees.
Trump Senate ally seeks China sanctions over COVID-19 probe
A prominent U.S. Republican senator proposed legislation on Tuesday that would authorize the U.S. president to impose far-reaching sanctions on China if it fails to give a full account of events leading to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus.
