2/2 (C) Reuters. White House adviser Peter Navarro speaks to reporters outside the West Wing in Washington 2/2 By David Shepardson and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday the U.S. government should get a “substantial portion” of the sales price of the U.S. operations of popular short-video app TikTok and […]Read More

Politics1 hour ago (Aug 03, 2020 08:10PM ET) (C) Reuters. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden holds campaign event in Wilmington, Delaware By Michael Martina (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said on Monday that President Donald Trump was telling “bald-faced lies” about voting by mail to distract from his own failures, after Trump last […]Read More

Politics3 hours ago (Aug 03, 2020 06:35PM ET) (C) Reuters. U.S. President Trump holds a COVID-19 pandemic briefing at the White House in Washington WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he has the right to issue an executive order on mail-in voting but hasn’t gotten to it yet, and he […]Read More

Politics4 hours ago (Aug 03, 2020 05:10PM ET) (C) Reuters. U.S. President Trump holds executive order signing event in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump has withdrawn the nomination of Anthony Tata, a retired Army brigadier general who has called former President Barack Obama a “terrorist […]Read More

Politics5 hours ago (Aug 03, 2020 04:30PM ET) WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said after separate meetings with Democratic and Republican congressional leaders on Monday that the two sides were getting “a little bit” closer to agreeing on a larger package of coronavirus economic aid. “We’re open to a bigger package if […]Read More

Politics5 hours ago (Aug 03, 2020 04:05PM ET) 2/2 (C) Reuters. House Impeachment Manager Rep. Schiff speaks after the Trump impeachment trial ended for the day in Washington. 2/2 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House Intelligence Committee launched an investigation on Monday into the Department of Homeland Security’s intelligence office, including its actions in Portland, […]Read More

Coronavirus5 hours ago (Aug 03, 2020 03:50PM ET) (C) Reuters. Funeral at Ebeneezer Baptist Church of U.S. Congressman John Lewis in Atlanta WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will meet again with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Tuesday, she said after talks on Monday for […]Read More

Coronavirus9 hours ago (Aug 03, 2020 11:50AM ET) (C) Reuters. U.S. President Trump holds meeting with police leadership in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Monday voided parts of a Trump administration rule that, according to New York’s attorney general, illegally […]Read More