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Donald Trump signs stopgap bill to avoid US government shutdown
On Tuesday, the Senate voted 82-6 on a procedural motion to advance the temporary funding bill.
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Relief for H-1B, non-immigrant visa holders as US court blocks 'fee hike'
The move offers temporary relief to non-immigrant visa holders and Indian IT companies, which are major beneficiaries of such visas
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US economy falls 31.4% in spring; may shrink for the first time since 2009
The government will not release its July-September GDP report until Oct. 29, just five days before the presidential election
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Wikileaks founder may end up in Colorado Supermax jail, UK court told
Assange's defense team says he is entitled to First Amendment protections for the publication of leaked documents that exposed U.S. military wrongdoing in Iraq and Afghanistan
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US judge refuses to grant preliminary injunction against H-1B visa ban
The case was brought by a group of 169 Indian nationals, who recently visited India after living in the US on work visas, and are now attempting to return
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US budget deficit soars over $3 trn for first time ever due to Covid relief
The budget deficit for August was $200 billion, matching the deficit in August 2019 but lower than the $245 billion forecast by analysts in a Reuters poll
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Play it down: Trump admits to hiding true threat of Covid in Woodward book
Trump told Woodward on March 19 that he deliberately minimised the danger
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Michael Cohen's book says Trump held 'low opinions of all black folks'
Mr Cohen describes the allure of working for Mr Trump as being like a drug, one he could not stop consuming
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Beijing likely to dump US treasuries as US-China tensions soar: Report
China, the second largest non-U.S. holder of Treasuries, held $1.074 trillion in June, down from $1.083 trillion the previous month, according to latest official data
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White House says it does not expect US government shutdown at month's end
The White House on Thursday said it expects Congress to approve the legislation needed to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the month, when current spending bills expire
Consultant charged in covert lobbying of Trump officials to drop scam probe
A consultant has been charged in an lobbying effort to get the Trump govt to drop a probe into the multi-billion-dollar looting of a Malaysian state investment fund
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Trump accuses 'deep state' at FDA of slowing vaccine, to hurt his election
The "deep state" is a term used by Trump to describe employees of government agencies that he believes are manipulating policy to work against his interests
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Covid-19 vaccine makers must deliver to US in time to get full payments
The Cambridge, Massachusetts, biotech's $1.5-billion deal pays out in full if its vaccine receives regulatory clearance by January 31, 2021
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Gold prices jump to Rs 52,626 per 10 gram, silver rallies to Rs 65,749 a kg
In New Delhi, prices of 22-carat gold slumped Rs 3,200 to Rs 50,250 per 10 gram while prices of 24-carat also dropped to Rs 54,500
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Trump's TikTok ban to cut it off from app stores, advertisers: WH document
Trump signed an order last week prohibiting transactions with TikTok if its parent ByteDance does not reach a deal to divest it in 45 days
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Why Trump's Covid-19 relief orders may not put money in workers' pockets
Trump's order is likely to exacerbate the debt burden for states and prove costlier in the long term because state governments borrow at higher costs than the federal government
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How did it happen? America's unique failure to control coronavirus
How prioritising individualism, govt missteps hindered Covid-19 control in US
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Trump's bid for a piece of Microsoft-TikTok deal could spur legal action
US law states that presidential decisions blocking deals on national security grounds are not subject to judicial reviews
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Gold price rises to Rs 54,004 per 10 gm, silver falls to Rs 64,925 per kg
In New Delhi, the price of 22-carat gold rose to Rs 52,450 per 10 gram
'Absolutely false': CEO Pichai denies Google's link with Chinese military
In one of the harshest attacks on Google, two US representatives accused the company of helping China's military
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