WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith is expected to plead guilty on Wednesday in federal court to falsifying a document as part of the bureau’s early-stage probe into whether President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign colluded with the Russian government. Clinesmith is the first person criminally charged in an investigation by John Durham, a […]
Open fires will be banned statewide for 30 days, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis announced Tuesday, as four large wildfires spread rapidly. “I’m asking all Coloradans to be extra careful about fire safety right now given the fact that Colorado is exceptionally dry (and) exceptionally hot,” Polis said. The ban, which has not yet been issued, […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday that Democrats in Congress are willing to cut their coronavirus relief bill in half to get an agreement on new legislation, which a senior aide said did not signal a change to her position. “We have to try to come to that […]
Despite the recession, sectors such as biomedical sciences, financial services, and infocommunications and technology continue to need more workers, said Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat yesterday. The healthcare and long-term care sectors are also hiring. Likewise, some companies in food and beverage manufacturing are growing and innovating. To support firms to increase their headcount […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With visits to four states scheduled, U.S. President Donald Trump plans to inject himself as often as possible this week into Democrats’ carefully choreographed plans to nominate Joe Biden as their presidential candidate. At the same time, Trump’s travel this week, to states likely to prove crucial to whether he wins a […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has held presidential nominating conventions for almost 200 years, and they have served in recent decades as an important televised introduction to each party’s candidate in the final months before the election. Here is a look at the upcoming Democratic and Republican national conventions, which kick off on Monday […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday that she is recalling the chamber later this week to vote on legislation to protect the Postal Service. A senior Democratic aide said the likely plan is for the House to return on Saturday. In a letter to lawmakers, Pelosi said the House would […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top Democrats in the U.S. Congress on Sunday called on President Donald Trump’s appointed postmaster general to testify this month on changes that have stoked fears they are aimed at holding up mail-in ballots ahead of the November election. The Postal Service’s internal watchdog has begun investigating a wave of cost-cutting kicked […]
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Public Health England (PHE) is set to scrapped and replaced with a unit that will specifically deal with pandemics, it has been reported. Health Secretary Matt Hancock is set to announce the move later this week, and will merge the NHS Test and Trace scheme with the work done by PHE on the coronavirus response, […]