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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that data suggested the country had passed the peak on new coronavirus infections, and said he would announce “new guidelines” … Read More

By Steve Holland and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Wednesday to shut down Congress so he could fill vacancies in his administration without Senate … Read More

SAN JUAN (Reuters) – A U.S. judge ruled on Wednesday that bankrupt Puerto Rico cannot fund more than $300 million in annual pension and health costs for its municipalities, but … Read More

By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Coronavirus fraud is being targeted by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under a new operation that has led to the seizure of bogus … Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Smartphone software makers Alphabet’s Google and Apple will have to convince the public that any contact tracing technology to track who has been exposed to the new … Read More

By Stephanie Nebehay and Kate Kelland GENEVA/LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has told his administration to temporarily halt funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) in the midst … Read More

By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – A federal judge on Wednesday postponed the fraud trial of Theranos Inc founder Elizabeth Holmes to Oct. 27, citing the coronavirus pandemic that has largely … Read More

(Reuters) – Best Buy Co Inc said on Wednesday it would furlough about 51,000 hourly U.S. store employees and that its sales dropped about 5% in the first two months … Read More

By Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday announced it will hear a dispute over whether President Donald Trump’s tax and financial records … Read More

By Laura Sanicola (Reuters) – The governors of five U.S. states have asked the Trump administration for a nationwide waiver exempting the oil-refining industry from the nation’s biofuel laws to … Read More