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Pompeo unloads on US universities for China ties
WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday accused U.S. universities of caving to Chinese pressure to blunt or bar criticism of the Chinese Communist Party. The attack, which includ...
Syndicated Author Dec 09, 2020

Trump tries to revive stalled drug discounts
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration is trying to revive the president's stalled election-eve plan to send millions of Medicare recipients a $200 prescription discount card. A person familiar wi...
Syndicated Author Dec 09, 2020

Pentagon set to begin COVID-19 vaccinations on small scale
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon's initial allotment of coronavirus vaccine will be administered at 16 defense sites in the United States and abroad, with health care workers, emergency service personne...
Syndicated Author Dec 09, 2020

US govt, states bring antitrust action against Facebook
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal regulators on Wednesday sued Facebook, seeking forced divestment of its Instagram and WhatsApp messaging services. In a separate case, 48 states and districts accused the com...
Syndicated Author Dec 09, 2020

New White House offer adds $600 checks to COVID-19 relief
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration is back in the middle of Capitol Hill's confusing COVID-19 negotiations, offering a $916 billion package to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that would send a $600...
Syndicated Author Dec 09, 2020

Boeing 737 Max back in air 2 years after grounded by crashes
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Commercial flights with Boeing 737 Max jetliners resumed Wednesday for the first time since they were grounded worldwide following two deadly accidents nearly two years ago.Brazi...
Syndicated Author Dec 09, 2020

US Oct. job openings increase to 6.7 million but hiring slows
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. employers advertised slightly more job openings in October, but hiring slipped as a resurgence of COVID-19 threatens the economic recovery. And the number of Americans fired or ...
Syndicated Author Dec 09, 2020

Judge dismisses Flynn case following pardon from Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed the criminal case against former Trump administration national security adviser Michael Flynn but noted that a pardon Flynn received from the pre...
Syndicated Author Dec 08, 2020

Trump hails vaccine ‘miracle,’ with millions of doses soon
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump celebrated the expected approval of the first U.S. vaccine for the coronavirus Tuesday as the White House worked to instill confidence in the massive distribut...
Syndicated Author Dec 08, 2020

High court rejects GOP bid to halt Biden’s Pennsylvania win
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Republicans' bid to reverse Pennsylvania's certification of Joe Biden's victory in the electoral battleground. The court without comment refused...
Syndicated Author Dec 08, 2020
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