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Washington, USA | THE INDEPENDENT |    The Democrats-held House of Representatives on Monday passed a bill to boost the second round of federal direct payments to 2,000 U.S. dollars for individuals, up from the 600 dollars for individuals in the new relief package. The vote came after President Donald Trump …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The 900-billion-U.S.-dollar relief plan is up in the air over Christmas after House Republicans rejected President Donald Trump’s demand to raise direct payments to Americans. Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday blocked an attempt from House Democrats to raise the bill’s 600-dollar direct …

  To appeal to the 70-plus million Americans who backed Trump, they must solve deep-rooted economic problems COMMENT | DANI RODIK | As Joe Biden eked out a victory in the U.S. presidential election after a few suspenseful days, observers of American democracy were left scratching their heads. Buoyed by …

Washington, US | Xinhua | U.S. House Democrats on Wednesday nominated Speaker Nancy Pelosi to remain atop the party in the lower chamber of the U.S. Congress for two more years. Pelosi, aged 80, was approved with a caucus voice vote conducted virtually. The caucus on Wednesday also reelected Steny Hoyer …

Washington, US | Xinhua | The total cost of the 2020 U.S. election, including presidential and congressional, will near 14 billion U.S. dollars, a sum more than what was spent during the last two election cycles combined, a recent study found. According to an estimate from the Center for Responsive Politics …

Washington, US | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he has asked his administration’s negotiators to withdraw from COVID-19 relief talks with Democrats until after the presidential election in November. “I have instructed my representatives to stop negotiating until after the election when, immediately after I win, we …

Washington, US | XINHUA | At a time when a large chunk of the U.S. electorate is expected to vote by mail, there is a major fight in Washington over whether mail-in voting will impact the elections. But it remains unknown whether mail-in ballots help or hurt Democrats, Republicans or no …

Washington, US | XINHUA | U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power should he lose this year’s presidential race, while suggesting that the election will be challenged in court. “We’re going to have to see what happens,” Trump said during a press briefing …

Washington, US | XINHUA | U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he is considering five women for the Supreme Court seat vacated by the death of liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Speaking to reporters at the White House before leaving for state of Ohio to campaign, Trump said …

Washington, US | XINHUA | An unprecedented number of voters are expected to cast their vote through mail due to the still spreading COVID-19 pandemic. Despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s strong oppositions to mail-in voting, several U.S. observers said he will probably benefit from the measure pushed by Democrats. According …