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A looming U.S. ban on the Chinese app WeChat won’t target people who use the app to communicate, according to a government court filing Wednesday, CNBC informed. President Donald Trump issued orders on August 6 […]

U.S. Intelligence Officials to Do in-Person Election Security Briefings for Lawmakers After All

Top U.S. intelligence officials will provide in-person briefings to congressional intelligence committees on foreign efforts to meddle in the 2020 election after all, having previously said they would communicate mainly in writing, senators said on […]

Biden Warns UK on Brexit, Says No Trade Deal Unless London Respects Good Friday Deal

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden warned the United Kingdom that it must honour the Northern Irish peace deal as it extracts itself from the European Union or there would be no U.S. trade deal, Reuters […]

Trump Contradicts CDC Director on Vaccine, Masks

President Donald Trump took exception on Wednesday to comments from the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who said a vaccine for the novel coronavirus could be broadly rolled out in […]

Fed Projections Show Smaller Economic Hit From Virus in 2020

The U.S. Federal Reserve boosted its view of the American economy’s recovery from the coronavirus crisis on Wednesday, projecting the pandemic will take a slightly smaller bite from the economy this year with three years […]

Trump Suggests He Could Back a Bigger Coronavirus Stimulus

President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged Republicans to embrace a larger coronavirus stimulus package as a top White House aide showed more optimism about striking a deal with Democrats, CNBC reported. In a tweet, the […]

Biden Leads Trump Nationally by 9 Points, With Suburbs Focused on Coronavirus, Not Crime, Reuters Poll Shows

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden leads Republican President Donald Trump nationally among likely U.S. voters by 9 percentage points, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that showed Trump’s “law and order” message falling short with its […]

U.S. Charges Seven in Wide-Ranging Chinese Hacking Effort

The U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday that it had charged five Chinese residents and two Malaysian businessmen in a wide-ranging hacking effort, Reuters reported. Federal prosecutors said five Chinese nationals had been charged with hacking […]

Biden Makes Pitch to Florida Hispanic Voters

Democrat Joe Biden courted Hispanic voters on Tuesday on his first campaign visit of the year to Florida, saying President Donald Trump had let them down with his divisive immigration policies and a disastrous response […]

WTO Finds Washington Broke Trade Rules by Putting Tariffs on China

The World Trade Organization found on Tuesday that the United States breached global trading rules by imposing multibillion-dollar tariffs in President Donald Trump’s trade war with China, a ruling that drew anger from Washington, Reuters […]

Fed Expected to Raise Economic Forecasts

The Federal Reserve is expected to wrap up its latest policy meeting on Wednesday with somewhat rosier economic forecasts but a renewed pledge to keep interest rates low for as long as the world’s biggest […]

U.S. Could Use Trade Talks to Pull UK Into Its ‘Regulatory Orbit’

As the U.K. enters its fourth round of trade talks with the U.S. this week, Washington will be looking to push its own regulatory standards on the country, and drive it away from EU’s, an […]

U.S.-China Tensions Don’t Eliminate Opportunities for Investors

Investors should not be “too bearish” about the markets even if tensions between the U.S. and China continue to rise, the chief executive of South Korea’s sovereign wealth fund said this week, CNBC reports. That’s […]

Trump Courts Latino Voters in Key State of Arizona

President Donald Trump on Monday intensified his efforts to win over Latino voters as polls show their support increasingly up for grabs ahead of the November presidential election – a flashing warning light for Democrat […]

AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Trial in U.S. on Hold Until at Least Midweek

AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine trial remains on hold in the United States pending a U.S. investigation into a serious side effect in Britain even as other trials of the vaccine resume, sources familiar with the details […]

Trump and Biden Clash Over U.S. Wildfires

Democratic candidate Joe Biden branded President Donald Trump a “climate arsonist” on Monday for refusing to acknowledge global warming’s role in deadly wildfires sweeping the western United States, while Trump blamed lax forestry and declared, […]

Coronavirus Cases Growing in 11 U.S. States as Fauci Warns of ‘Disturbing’ Data

Coronavirus cases continued to grow over the weekend in nearly a dozen U.S. states as Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, warns about the nation’s worrying level of new infections, CNBC reports. […]

Bloomberg to Spend $100 Million in Florida to Help Biden

Michael Bloomberg, who spent $1 billion of his own money on a failed 2020 presidential bid, will inject at least $100 million to help Democrat Joe Biden’s campaign against President Donald Trump in Florida, Reuters […]

Pandemic Preparedness Panel Slams Collective Failure to Heed Warnings

A collective failure by political leaders to heed warnings and prepare for an infectious disease pandemic has transformed “a world at risk” to a “world in disorder”, according to a report on international epidemic preparedness, […]

Trump Visits California, Biden Talks Climate Change as Wildfires Take Campaign Focus

President Donald Trump will travel to California on Monday to be briefed about its devastating wildfires while Democratic rival Joe Biden plans a speech on the matter from Delaware, bringing climate change to the forefront […]

Pompeo Says U.S. Ambassador to China to Leave Post

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said early Monday U.S. ambassador to China Terry Branstad would leave the post, Reuters reported. “I thank Ambassador Terry Branstad for his more than three years of service to the […]

ByteDance Drops Tiktok’s U.S. Sale, Considers Partnership With Oracle

ByteDance has abandoned the sale of TikTok in the United States to pursue a partnership with Oracle that it hopes will spare it a U.S. ban while appeasing China, people familiar with the matter told […]

September 13, 2020 Focus Washington

Pompeo Says U.S. ‘Deeply Concerned’ Over Turkey Actions in East Mediterranean

The United States remains “deeply concerned” about Turkey’s actions in the eastern Mediterranean, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Saturday, urging a diplomatic end to a simmering crisis over offshore natural resources, Reuters informs. […]

September 13, 2020 Focus Washington

Trump Rallies Supporters in Nevada

Republican President Donald Trump rallied his backers in Nevada on Saturday in a bid to drum up support in a state where polls show his Democratic rival Joe Biden is ahead, Reuters reported. Going through […]

September 12, 2020 Focus Washington

U.S. Lawmakers Question Disney CEO Over Xinjiang Connection to ‘Mulan’

A group of bipartisan U.S. lawmakers urged Walt Disney Co CEO Bob Chapek to explain the company’s connection with “security and propaganda” authorities of China’s Xinjiang region during the production of live-action war epic “Mulan”, […]

September 12, 2020 Focus Washington

Afghan Peace Talks Open in Doha, 19 Years After 9/11 Triggered War

Afghan government representatives and Taliban insurgents gathered on Saturday for historic peace talks aimed at ending two decades of war that has killed tens of thousands of combatants and civilians, Reuters informed. “The choice of […]

Biden, Pence Attend New York 9/11 Memorial, Trump at Pennsylvania Crash Site

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and Vice President Mike Pence, both masked, joined New York’s somber 19th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, while President Donald Trump marked it at the Pennsylvania crash site of […]

Trump Says Everyone Knew the Coronavirus Was Airborne in February

President Donald Trump on Thursday defended comments he made to reporter Bob Woodward in early February in which he acknowledged the coronavirus “goes through air” despite publicly downplaying the threat in public and telling Americans […]

U.S. Sanctions Ukrainian Lawmaker and Rudy Giuliani Ally for Involvement in 2020 Election Meddling

The U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on three Kremlin-linked individuals and a Ukrainian lawmaker Thursday for attempting to meddle in the 2020 U.S. presidential election, CNBC reported. In a statement Thursday, Treasury described Andrii Derkach, […]

Senate Defeat of ‘Skinny’ Coronavirus Aid Bill Puts It on ‘Dead-End Street’

The U.S. Senate on Thursday killed a Republican bill that would have provided around $300 billion in new coronavirus aid, as Democrats seeking far more funding prevented it from advancing, Reuters writes. By a vote […]