WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The woman who alleges presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden sexually assaulted her in 1993 said in a video interview on Thursday that he should withdraw from the White House race. Tara Reade’s comments in an interview…
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Trump says will address national debt if re-elected: interview
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump talks with a Reuters reporter as they walk down the West Wing colonnade before an interview about China, the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and other subjects in the Oval Office of the White House…
U.S. Republicans push for coronavirus lawsuit immunity for business
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top Republicans in the U.S. Congress displayed a united front on Friday in their drive to include coronavirus-related liability protections for businesses, saying such measures will be crucial to talks about future relief legislation. FILE PHOTO:…
Democrat Joe Biden says alleged sexual assault ‘never happened’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden denied on Friday that he sexually assaulted a former U.S. Senate aide in 1993, in his first public remarks on the subject after he faced intense pressure to personally address the…
As U.S. coronavirus death toll tops 50,000, handful of states edge toward reopening
ATLANTA (Reuters) – With the U.S. coronavirus death toll topping 50,000, Georgia, Oklahoma and a handful of other states took the first tentative steps at reopening for business on Friday, despite the disapproval of President Donald Trump and health experts.…
Coronavirus came to New York from Europe, not China, governor says
(Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday pointed to research showing that strains of the novel coronavirus entered his state from Europe, not China, and said that travel bans enacted by U.S. President Donald Trump were too late…
Democrats urge U.S. to provide at least $5 billion in loans to bus industry
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two senior U.S. House Democrats on Friday asked the U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve to direct at least $5 billion in loans to struggling intercity bus companies because of the coronavirus pandemic. FILE PHOTO: House Ways and…
Voting by mail in the spotlight as U.S. Congress debates how to secure November elections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Congress is scrambling for ways to safeguard the Nov. 3 U.S. elections amid the coronavirus pandemic, with a partisan fight shaping up over a Democratic proposal to require states to offer the option of voting by mail.…
In a coronavirus world, Biden seeks ways to close money gap with Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Joe Biden is starting to get the help he needs to compete with President Donald Trump’s massive election war chest, although the Democrat has a huge shortfall to make up in the coming months. FILE PHOTO: Democratic…
U.S. states extend coronavirus shutdown, Trump unveils plan for return
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York and six other Northeastern states on Thursday extended coronavirus stay-at-home orders to May 15, as President Donald Trump issued new federal guidelines for a cautious reopening of the economy in keeping with advice from…