U.S. House could vote on Thursday on coronavirus loan bill: Hoyer
More than half the U.S. House of Representatives could return to the capitol on Thursday to pass a coronavirus relief bill that would fund small business loans and hospital aid, chamber’s second-most powerful Democrat said on Tuesday, adding he thinks …
Trump says he will halt immigration, citing pandemic, as Georgia plans partial reopening
President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus outbreak took on a sharper political tone with his pledge to suspend immigration into the country, while Georgia and other U.S. states began lifting restrictions that stalled their economies.
U.S. congressional leaders say near deal on more coronavirus funding
U.S. congressional leaders said on Tuesday they were very close to announcing an agreement on a new coronavirus relief deal worth more than $450 billion, and President Donald Trump urged them to pass it quickly before beginning discussions on another.
Trump says he will discuss more coronavirus money for states after current bill passes
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said discussions on additional coronavirus-related aid for state and local governments would start after Congress passes a bill funding more small business loans, hospitals and testing.
New York governor says truth on the table when he meets Trump
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said he planned to give U.S. President Donald Trump an unvarnished account of what his state needs to test residents for the novel coronavirus when they meet in Washington on Tuesday.
FDA authorizes at-home sample collection for LabCorp’s COVID-19 test
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized at-home sample collection for LabCorp’s COVID-19 diagnostic kit, the agency said on Tuesday, allowing patients to send in their nasal swab samples to the company’s labs for diagnosis.
Former UCLA soccer coach to plead guilty in U.S. college admissions scandal
A former men’s soccer coach at the University of California, Los Angeles has agreed to plead guilty and admit that he accepted $200,000 in bribes to facilitate the admission of two students as fake athletic recruits, federal prosecutors said on Tuesday…
Top House Republican McCarthy confirms deal reached on small business loan bill
The top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Tuesday that a deal had been reached to replenish funding for an emergency program that extends loans to small businesses hit by a drop in demand due to the coronavirus pandemic.
U.S. coronavirus response deepens divide as Trump suspends immigration
U.S. President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus took an even sharper political turn on Tuesday after he seized upon the crisis in a controversial move to suspend immigration, and as he planned to meet with the governor of New York, the hardes…
Schumer predicts passage of U.S. coronavirus funding bill
U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday that congressional leaders and the Trump administration had largely agreed on a new coronavirus relief deal worth more than $450 billion, and the White House has signed off on a national testi…
