The House Freedom Caucus and conservative groups held a press conference Tuesday opposing any deal to continue government spending at current levels, hours before the House reconvened after a week-long recess to tackle the task of keeping the government open past September 30…
Angela Merkel to Quarantine After Meeting Infected Doctor…
Germany has announced heavy restrictions on contact between people – Angela Merkel must go into quarantine after meeting with an infected doctor…The global death toll from the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus pandemic has surpassed 13,500 people with more than 313,000 known infected…Over 95,000 globally have recovered from COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus…Italy has ordered all […]
Senate Leaders Near Two-Year Budget Deal to Prevent Shutdown…
Senate leaders are close to a two-year budget deal that would avert a government shutdown, Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) announced Tuesday. The deal would set spending levels for fiscal 2018 and 2019 and avoid the prospect of a government shutdown when a stopgap spending measure expires on Thursday. “There are still some outstanding […]