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Americans want more federal relief for businesses impacted by Covid: Poll

The poll, conducted between July 15-21, comes as Congress is working toward another round of relief to support an economy thrown into its deepest recession

Mississippi Speaker tests positive for coronavirus as cases soar in US

Gunn, a Republican, said in a video posted Sunday to Facebook that he got tested because he had been in close proximity to another member of the House who tested positive

US House committee votes to ban Confederate flag at Pentagon properties

The House panel is also expected to consider an amendment later Wednesday that would require the Pentagon to strip Confederate names from bases and other property within a year

US Covid-19 daily cases may double, no guarantee of vaccine, warns Fauci

"Clearly we are not in total control right now," Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told a U.S. Senate committee

US senators express solidarity with India over Ladakh standoff with China

"India has made it clear, they will not be bullied by Beijing," the senator from Florida tweeted

US Senate backs bill to impose sanctions on China over new Hong Kong law

The bill targets police units that have cracked down on Hong Kong protesters, as well as Chinese Communist Party officials responsible for imposing a strict national security law on Hong Kong

Allow Green Cards, H-1B visas for healthcare workers, Senator urges Trump

The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise

Market Ahead, March 27: Top factors that could guide markets today

Crisil yesterday sharply cut its India growth estimate for 2020-21 to 3.5 per cent citing the severe dent in the economic activity due to the coronavirus pandemic

US Senate offers $58 bn aid to airlines as they struggle to stay afloat

The US Senate passed an industry aid package, half in the form of grants to cover some 750,000 employees' paychecks

Coronavirus crisis: US Senate passes $2-trn rescue deal to revive economy

The measure cleared the Senate by an overwhelming majority and was headed next to the House of Representatives

Market Ahead, March 26: All You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell

According to reports, the government is likely to agree a stimulus package of more than Rs 1.5 trillion to fight a downturn caused by the coronavirus lockdown

Checks to Marshall plan: What's in $2-trn US Senate Covid-19 rescue package

About $500 billion in direct payments to people, in two waves of checks of up to $1,200 per individual making up to $75,000 a year

Senate Democrats seek $750 billion package to fight coronavirus outbreak

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is floating the proposal as Congress and the White House are quickly developing a third aid package

Coronavirus: US passes bipartisan bill offering free testing, paid leaves

The bill provides $1.3 billion in emergency food aid for low-income pregnant women and their young children, senior citizens and food banks

Senators ask Trump to press India reduce hike in Soda Ash import duties

In a letter to US Trade Representative, Robert Lighthizer, the Senators said that thousands of US jobs rely on the soda ash industry and keeping tariffs low will help US workers and economy nationwide

Senate leader McConnell blasts impeachment, says will vote to acquit Trump

McConnell said the two impeachment charges against Trump that he abused his power and obstructed Congress' ensuing investigation are constitutionally incoherent

Trump on track for acquittal after Senate blocks impeachment witnesses

The Republican Party-controlled US Senate on Friday narrowly rejected the opposition Democrats' motion to call new witnesses and documents for the impeachment trial against US President Donald Trump

The unspoken charge that should doom Prez Donald Trump: Lawlessness

The aid freeze wasn't part of a legitimate reconsideration of U.S. policy towards Ukraine, which Trump would have been free to initiate

Trump impeachment: Senate approves trial rules, puts off witnesses

Trump himself claimed he wants top aides to testify, but qualified that by suggesting there were "national security" concerns to allowing their testimony

Trump impeachment trial: Senators brace for silence, no phones, no escape

The pace of today's politics would have been hard to foresee even in early 1999, at the start of the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton, when smartphones didn't exist.