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Mike Pence Visits Raleigh In Push For Schools To Reopen
RALEIGH, N.C. - Vice President Mike Pence traveled to Raleigh on Wednesday in a push to encourage more K-12 schools to reopen with entirely in-person instruction. Air Force Two landed around noon on W...
Jul 29, 2020
Rep. Gohmert Tests Positive For Virus, Cancels Trump Trip
WASHINGTON - Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, tested positive Wednesday for the coronavirus, forcing him to abruptly cancel his plan to travel to his home state with President Donald Trump aboard Air Forc...
Jul 29, 2020
Oregon Governor Says US Agents Will Start Leaving Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. - Federal agents who have clashed with protesters in Portland, Oregon, will begin a "phased withdrawal" from Oregon's largest city, Gov. Kate Brown said Wednesday. Acting Homeland Secur...
Jul 29, 2020
4 Big Tech CEOs Getting Heat From Congress On Competition
WASHINGTON - Four Big Tech CEOs - Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai of Google and Tim Cook of Apple - are set to answer for their companies' practices before Congress as a...
Jul 29, 2020
US To Bring 6,400 Troops Home From Germany, Move 5,400 More
WASHINGTON - Spurred on by President Donald Trump's demand to pull troops out of Germany, the U.S. will bring about 6,400 forces home and shift about 5,400 to other countries in Europe, U.S. defense o...
Jul 29, 2020
McConnell: No Room For New FBI Building In Virus Aid Bill
WASHINGTON - The Senate's top Republican says he opposes a push by President Donald Trump to include in a new coronavirus aid package nearly $1.8 billion to rebuild the FBI headquarters on its current...
Jul 28, 2020
US Officials Tell AP: Russia Is Spreading Virus Disinformation
WASHINGTON - Russian intelligence operatives are using a trio of English-language websites to spread disinformation about the coronavirus pandemic, seeking to exploit a crisis that America is struggli...
Jul 28, 2020
Twitter Gives Trump Jr. A Tweet Timeout For Pandemic Misinfo
CHICAGO - Twitter has temporarily halted President Donald Trump's son from tweeting on its site after he shared a video riddled with unsupported claims about the coronavirus Monday.Many Republicans re...
Jul 28, 2020
Air Travel Expected To Not Recover Before 2024
FRANKFURT, Germany - Global air travel is recovering more slowly than expected and will take until 2024 to return to pre-pandemic levels, the trade association for the airline industry said Tuesday.Th...
Jul 28, 2020
Georgia Governor Backs Out Of Hearing On Atlanta Mask Order
ATLANTA - Georgia's governor said he's withdrawing a request for an emergency hearing in a lawsuit that aims to block the state's largest city from ordering people to wear masks in public or imposing ...
Jul 28, 2020
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