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| Likewise the current account deficit widened to a 12year high in the third quarter and there was a large shortfall in net financial transactions as Americans borrowed more from abroad | Negative | Euro clears | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-sucked-into-downward-spiral-by-u-s-twin-deficits-idUSL4N2JA2PD | 2020-12-31 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday that the Senate would not move quickly to consider a bill from the House of Representatives that would raise direct coronavirus relief payments to Americans from to | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday that the Senate would not move quickly to consider a bill from the House of Representatives that would raise direct coronavirus relief payments to Americans from to | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-trump-checks/mcconnell-rules-out-quick-vote-on-house-bill-for-2000-covid-19-relief-checks-idUSKBN29428P | 2020-12-31 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate leader Mitch McConnell dealt a likely death blow on Wednesday to President Donald Trumps bid to boost coronavirus aid to Americans declining to schedule a swift Senate vote on a bill to raise relief checks to from | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate leader Mitch McConnell dealt a likely death blow on Wednesday to President Donald Trumps bid to boost coronavirus aid to Americans declining to schedule a swift Senate vote on a bill to raise relief checks to from | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump/mcconnell-thwarts-trump-bid-for-2000-coronavirus-economic-relief-checks-idUSKBN29411A | 2020-12-31 |
| Mixed messages from banks and the U.S. Treasury Department have caused confusion and frustration for millions of struggling Americans waiting for the government to deposit stimulus payments into their bank accounts | Negative | Mixed messages from banks and the U.S. Treasury Department have caused confusion and frustration for millions of struggling Americans waiting for the government to deposit stimulus payments into their bank accounts | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-banks-stimulus/cash-strapped-americans-ask-mnuchin-where-their-stimmy-checks-are-idUSKBN294259 | 2020-12-31 |
| Markets cheered the move as it will restore unemployment benefits to millions of Americans and avert a federal government shutdown in the worlds largest economy | Positive | TOKYO Global shares climbed on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law a | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/global-shares-edge-up-as-trump-signs-2-3-trillion-aid-bill-idUSKBN29203S | 2020-12-28 |
| Information to He had previously demanded an increase in stimulus checks for struggling Americans to from | Negative | TOKYO The dollar largely shrugged off President Donald Trumps decision to relent on a threat to block a COVID19 aid bill in thin trading on Monday with many investors on holiday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-global-forex/dollar-dithers-in-thin-trade-as-trump-passes-pandemic-aid-package-idUSKBN292059 | 2020-12-28 |
| Trump had refused to sign into law the pandemic aid and spending package that the Congress has passed demanding stimulus checks for struggling Americans be increased | Negative | typographical error in paragraph | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/refile-global-markets-global-shares-edge-up-on-news-trump-signs-aid-bill-idUSL1N2J800L | 2020-12-28 |
| Democrats in the U.S. Congress on Monday will try to push through expanded pandemic relief payments for Americans after President Donald Trump backed down from a fight with lawmakers that could have shut down the federal government | Negative | BEACH Fla | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump/after-trump-backs-down-on-stimulus-bill-democrats-aim-for-higher-relief-checks-idUSKBN2920I0 | 2020-12-28 |
| Some public health officials say Americans traveling and gathering for Thanksgiving contributed to the latest nationwide explosion in cases | Positive | NEW YORK Tennessee emerged alongside California on Wednesday as an epicenter of the latest COVID19 surge even while more than 1 million Americans have been vaccinated as U.S. political leaders sought to guard against a highly contagious coronavirus variant sweeping across Britain | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/one-million-americans-vaccinated-for-covid-tennessee-new-epicenter-idUSKBN28X2FT | 2020-12-25 |
| The national rollout of COVID19 vaccines are the best hope to end a pandemic that has cost the lives of more than 320000 Americans and crippled the U.S. economy | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. states facing a backlog in administering coronavirus vaccines are asking medical and nursing students and even firefighters to help give the shots and free up healthcare workers battling a raging pandemic at overcrowded hospitals | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-nurses/u-s-states-enlist-medical-nursing-students-to-give-out-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN28Y124 | 2020-12-25 |
| During his presidential run he argued that a universal basic income was needed to counteract the effects of automation which he said threatened the jobs of millions of Americans | Negative | NEW YORK Andrew Yang an entrepreneur and former 2020 U.S. presidential contender has filed papers to run for mayor of New York City as a Democrat in next years elections according to the citys Campaign Finance Board | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-yang-new-york/ex-presidential-contender-andrew-yang-files-papers-to-run-for-new-york-mayor-idUSKBN28X2QK | 2020-12-24 |
| Political leaders have asked Americans to stay home for the upcoming holidays to prevent a surge upon the surge threatening to overwhelm healthcare systems a request that many have defied | Negative | WASHINGTON Americans were warned again on Tuesday not to travel for Christmas as the latest COVID19 surge left hospitals struggling to find beds for the sick and political leaders imposed restrictions to try to curb new infections making for a grim holiday season | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-under-siege-from-covid-19-as-hospitals-overwhelmed-before-holidays-idUSKBN28W22L | 2020-12-23 |
| We continue to work collaboratively with the U.S. government to get doses of our COVID19 vaccine to as many Americans as Pfizer said in an emailed statement | Positive | Pfizer Inc is close to striking a deal with the U.S. government to supply at least tens of millions of additional doses of its COVID19 vaccine candidate next year in exchange for a government directive giving it better access to manufacturing supplies the New York Times reported on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-pfizer/pfizer-nears-deal-with-u-s-government-to-supply-additional-covid-19-vaccine-doses-nyt-idUSKBN28W2LM | 2020-12-23 |
| Even before it is signed there is fierce debate over whether more aid will be needed and if it will reach the neediest Americans | Positive | Even before it is signed there is fierce debate over whether more aid will be needed and if it will reach the neediest Americans | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-economy/better-than-nothing-the-u-s-900-billion-covid-19-stimulus-helps-but-underwhelms-idUSKBN28V2CE | 2020-12-22 |
| The stimulus attempts to address that in part by giving Americans who made or less last year onetime checks of providing an immediate boost | Positive | Even before it is signed there is fierce debate over whether more aid will be needed and if it will reach the neediest Americans | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-economy/better-than-nothing-the-u-s-900-billion-covid-19-stimulus-helps-but-underwhelms-idUSKBN28V2CE | 2020-12-22 |
| There is a separate million NTIA grant program to promote broadband expansion to underserved Americans especially in rural areas and Million for better broadband maps | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers will back | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-internet-congress/u-s-lawmakers-back-1-9-billion-to-replace-telecom-equipment-from-chinas-huawei-zte-sources-idUSKBN28U0MC | 2020-12-21 |
| The group is a Kremlinbacked outfit whose employees have posed as Americans according to U.S. officials | Neutral | MOSCOW U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday that Russia was responsible for a cyber attack that embedded malicious code inside U.S. government software systems and those of other governments and companies across the world | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/global-cyber-russia/explainer-russias-potent-cyber-and-information-warfare-capabilities-idUSKBN28T0ML | 2020-12-20 |
| The Senate adjourned a rare Saturday session with a call from Republican leader Mitch McConnell to avoid lastminute disagreements that could delay new funding for Americans and small businesses | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress appeared poised to vote on Sunday on a billion coronavirus aid package after senators struck a latenight compromise to clear one of the final hurdles a dispute over Federal Reserve pandemic lending authorities | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/congress-poised-to-vote-on-covid-aid-package-after-fed-compromise-idUSKBN28U061 | 2020-12-20 |
| LONDON Dec 18 Wall Street headed for a muted open on Friday after hitting record highs in the prior session on hopes that Washington will finally agree on a COVID19 stimulus package as Americans prepare to get vaccinated | Positive | Dollar steadier after weeklong beating | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-wall-street-set-for-muted-open-ahead-of-stimulus-deal-deadline-idUSL8N2IY28N | 2020-12-19 |
| But the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has said it should be safe for most Americans with allergies to receive the vaccine | Positive | NEW YORK U.S. regulators authorized Moderna Incs COVID19 vaccine for emergency use on Friday a week after granting the first U.S. authorization to Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SEs coronavirus shot | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-explainer/explainer-how-the-moderna-vaccine-stacks-up-against-pfizer-biontechs-idUSKBN28T01E | 2020-12-19 |
| WASHINGTON The United States is expected to soon unseal criminal charges against another suspect in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie Scotland that killed 270 people mostly Americans according to a person familiar with the case | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States is expected to soon unseal criminal charges against another suspect in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie Scotland that killed 270 people mostly Americans according to a person familiar with the case | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-justice-lockerbie/u-s-expected-to-unseal-charges-against-suspect-in-lockerbie-bombing-source-idUSKBN28Q39A | 2020-12-17 |
| Although there has been much progress in the labor market since the spring we will not lose sight of the millions of Americans who remain out of he said | Positive | WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve on Wednesday vowed to keep funneling cash into financial markets until the U.S. economic recovery is secure a promise of longterm help that fell short of hopes of an immediate move to shore up a recent pandemicrelated slide | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-fed/fed-vows-to-buy-bonds-until-it-sees-substantial-economic-progress-idUSKBN28Q0M5 | 2020-12-17 |
| It will take several months before vaccines are widely available to the public on demand and opinion polls have found many Americans hesitant about getting inoculated | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States on Wednesday widened its network for administering COVID19 vaccines to doctors and nurses on the frontlines of a pandemic killing more than 3000 Americans a day even as a major storm threatened to slow progress on the East Coast | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-vaccine-campaign-grows-as-covid-19-kills-3000-plus-americans-daily-idUSKBN28Q1TE | 2020-12-17 |
| Lockdowns and business closures imposed by state and local leaders in response to the pandemic have put millions of Americans out of work and left the U.S. economy reeling | Negative | LOS ANGELES A Southern California woman who prosecutors say obtained more than in COVID19 benefits using stolen Social Security numbers and other personal information pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a federal criminal charge | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-fraud/california-woman-admits-scam-to-obtain-500000-in-covid-19-benefits-idUSKBN28Q32O | 2020-12-17 |
| WASHINGTON A U.S. appeals court on Monday questioned a government lawyer over the Trump administrations efforts to ban Americans from downloading Chineseowned TikTok from U.S. app stores | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. appeals court on Monday questioned a government lawyer over the Trump administrations efforts to ban Americans from downloading Chineseowned TikTok from U.S. app stores | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-tiktok/u-s-court-hears-appeal-against-order-blocking-tiktok-app-store-ban-idUSKBN28O127 | 2020-12-15 |
| Health officials will also have to overcome widespread hesitancy about the new vaccines with many Americans concerned the record speed at which they were developed may have compromised safety | Neutral | Cargo planes and trucks with the first U.S. shipments of coronavirus vaccine fanned out from FedEx and UPS hubs in Tennessee and Kentucky on Sunday en route to distribution points around the country launching an immunization project of unprecedented scope and complexity | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-distribut/u-s-vaccine-campaign-launches-with-first-shipments-delivering-hope-to-millions-idUSKBN28N041 | 2020-12-14 |
| Public health officials have warned Americans not to become complacent about wearing masks and avoiding crowds in the meantime | Neutral | Cargo planes and trucks with the first U.S. shipments of coronavirus vaccine fanned out from FedEx and UPS hubs in Tennessee and Kentucky on Sunday en route to distribution points around the country launching an immunization project of unprecedented scope and complexity | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-distribut/u-s-vaccine-campaign-launches-with-first-shipments-delivering-hope-to-millions-idUSKBN28N041 | 2020-12-14 |
| With distribution imminent top regulators sought to reassure Americans that the record fast pace was warranted and had not sacrificed safety | Positive | The first shots in a massive U.S. COVID19 vaccine campaign will be administered as early as Monday with Pfizer Inc and partners aiming to start shipments across the hardhit country on Sunday an Army general organizing the rollout said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/health-coronavirus-vaccines-rollout/first-u-s-shots-in-covid-19-vaccine-campaign-coming-monday-army-general-says-idUSKBN28M0K2 | 2020-12-13 |
| Still there is cause for concern about Americans skepticism of vaccines with only saying they are open to getting inoculated a poll showed | Negative | NEW U.S. health authorities shipping services and hospitals stood ready on Friday to immediately launch a massinoculation campaign of unparalleled dimension as federal regulators granted emergency approval to the first COVID19 vaccine in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-readies-covid-19-inoculation-rollout-as-regulators-ok-first-vaccine-idUSKBN28L1NH | 2020-12-12 |
| Officials said by the middle of next year the United States will have distributed enough vaccines for most Americans who want the vaccine to be inoculated | Positive | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the first COVID19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE making it available for emergency use to patients aged 16 and older | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-distributi/explainer-u-s-has-authorized-the-first-covid-19-vaccine-when-will-i-get-it-idUSKBN28M04T | 2020-12-12 |
| Many groups representing Black farmers endorsed Biden who has pledged to close racial wealth gaps including for rural Americans of color | Positive | CHICAGO Presidentelect Joe Biden has promised to address racial inequality in agriculture | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-biden-usda/bidens-agriculture-secretary-pick-disappoints-black-farmers-idUSKBN28L2S7 | 2020-12-12 |
| even with a vaccine just months away it may take many Americans years to put their careers and their finances back together experts say. | Positive | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/idUSKBN28I1D3 | 2020-12-11 |
| Holdouts included Republican Senator Rand Paul who often votes against spending bills and Senator Bernie Sanders who wanted more money for Americans | Neutral | WASHINGTON A U.S. Senate vote on a stopgap measure to keep the government running is likely to slip to the Friday deadline a leading Republican said as a top Democrat suggested wrangling over a spending package and coronavirus aid could drag on through Christmas | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-vote-on-spending-could-slip-to-friday-pelosi-suggests-longer-covid-19-timeline-idUSKBN28K17Z | 2020-12-11 |
| To date the highly contagious respiratory illness has killed more than 289000 Americans out some 15 million known to have been infected since January | Negative | The United States on Wednesday crossed an ominous new threshold of more than 3250 lives lost to COVID19 in a single day while public health officials stepped up preparations for a vaccine campaign of historic scope ahead of final regulatory review | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-nears-final-covid-vaccine-review-as-daily-national-deaths-top-3250-idUSKBN28I1WD | 2020-12-10 |
| Giuliani was the latest in a long string of people close to the White House including Trump himself sickened in a pandemic that has killed more than 286000 Americans | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps lawyer Rudy Giuliani said he will leave the hospital on Wednesday after a short stay following his COVID19 diagnosis over the weekend | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-trump-giuliani/trump-lawyer-giuliani-to-leave-hospital-on-wednesday-after-covid-19-treatment-idUSKBN28J2EX | 2020-12-10 |
| OFAC regulations generally bar Americans from dealing with designated individuals | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Wednesday slapped sanctions on Wan Kuok Koi a leader of Chinas 14K Triad organized crime group and a member of the Chinese Communist Partys Chinese Peoples Political Consultative Conference the U.S. Treasury said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-china-sanctions/u-s-blacklists-chinese-crime-boss-others-in-anti-corruption-sanctions-idUSKBN28J267 | 2020-12-10 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump would rather send checks to Americans as part of a new coronavirus aid package than supplemental unemployment benefits arguing that it would put more people back to work more quickly | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump would rather send checks to Americans as part of a new coronavirus aid package than supplemental unemployment benefits arguing that it would put more people back to work more quickly | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mnuchin/mnuchin-says-covid-aid-checks-would-spur-more-jobs-than-unemployment-supplement-idUSKBN28K03O | 2020-12-10 |
| The FCC estimated the latest funding will expand broadband to more than 10 million rural Americans | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Monday it has awarded | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-internet-fcc/fcc-awards-9-2-billion-to-deploy-broadband-to-5-2-million-u-s-homes-businesses-idUSKBN28H2V1 | 2020-12-08 |
| 7 square to build an Arizona copper mine even though the project would destroy religious and cultural sites sacred to Native Americans | Neutral | U.S. President Donald Trumps outgoing administration is set to approve a controversial land swap later this month that would give Rio Tinto Ltd and partners more than 2400 acres | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-mining-resolution/trump-admin-set-to-approve-arizona-land-swap-for-mine-opposed-by-native-americans-idUSKBN28H0FW | 2020-12-07 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Food and Drug Administrations chief had a robust with the White House this week about the timeline for coronavirus vaccine approvals and believes vaccinating 20 million Americans this year is realistic he said on Friday | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Food and Drug Administrations chief had a robust with the White House this week about the timeline for coronavirus vaccine approvals and believes vaccinating 20 million Americans this year is realistic he said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-fda-hahn-exclusive/exclusive-fda-chief-had-robust-discussion-with-white-house-about-vaccine-timelines-idUSKBN28E1RL | 2020-12-05 |
| The measure was aimed at protecting the nation from the partys malign it said adding the party works to influence Americans through propaganda economic coercion and other nefarious activities | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps administration has issued rules to restrict travel to the United States by members of Chinas ruling Communist Party and their families in its latest move to push back against Chinese activity in the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-visa/united-states-imposes-visa-curbs-on-members-of-chinese-communist-party-idUSKBN28D0O2 | 2020-12-04 |
| Thursdays action freezes any U.S. assets of those blacklisted generally bars Americans from dealing with them and denies them access to the U.S. financial system | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Thursday imposed fresh Iranrelated sanctions blacklisting an entity and an individual as Washington continues to ramp up pressure on Tehran during U.S. President Donald Trumps final months in office | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa-sanctions/u-s-imposes-fresh-iran-related-sanctions-targeting-individual-entity-idUSKBN28D2BL | 2020-12-04 |
| Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz said on Monday it had been agreed with the Americans that talks would be postponed for a few weeks | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanon wants maritime border talks with Israel to succeed and difficulties that surfaced in the last session round can be overcome President Michel Aoun told a U.S. mediator on Wednesday after the latest round was postponed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-israel-talks/lebanon-says-difficulties-in-sea-border-talks-can-be-overcome-idUSKBN28C1KX | 2020-12-03 |
| Kennedy said China was using U.S. exchanges to Americans | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives passed a law to kick Chinese companies off U.S. stock exchanges if they do not fully comply with the countrys auditing rules giving President Donald Trump one more tool to threaten Beijing with before leaving office | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-stocks/chinese-firms-on-u-s-exchanges-threatened-by-bill-headed-to-trumps-desk-idUSKBN28C3C3 | 2020-12-03 |
| The American Securities Association praised passage of the bill saying it was necessary to protect Americans from fradulent companies controlled by the Chinese Communist Party | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives passed a law to kick Chinese companies off U.S. stock exchanges if they do not fully comply with the countrys auditing rules giving President Donald Trump one more tool to threaten Beijing with before leaving office | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-stocks/chinese-firms-on-u-s-exchanges-threatened-by-bill-headed-to-trumps-desk-idUSKBN28C3C3 | 2020-12-03 |
| WASHINGTON Top U.S. health officials announced plans on Tuesday to begin vaccinating Americans against the coronavirus as early as midDecember as nationwide deaths hit the highest number for a single day in six months | Positive | WASHINGTON Top U.S. health officials announced plans on Tuesday to begin vaccinating Americans against the coronavirus as early as midDecember as nationwide deaths hit the highest number for a single day in six months | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-plans-for-first-covid-vaccines-as-pandemic-deaths-surge-again-idUSKBN28B4YV | 2020-12-02 |
| Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz said it had been agreed with the Americans that talks would be postponed for a few weeks | Negative | Maritime border talks between Lebanon and Israel scheduled for Wednesday have been postponed and U.S. mediators will now contact the two old foes separately Israeli and Lebanese officials said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-israel-talks/israel-lebanon-sea-border-talks-postponed-idUSKBN28A10P | 2020-12-01 |
| Health officials in many states say that even after the vaccines are approved the rollout to Americans nationwide could be slowed by shortages of personal protective equipment and other factors | Positive | LOS ANGELES Californias governor said on Monday the state was at a tipping in the COVID19 pandemic that would soon overwhelm hospitals as political leaders nationwide turn to increasingly aggressive measures to hold back the latest surge | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/california-at-covid-19-tipping-point-as-trump-administration-hopes-for-vaccines-by-christmas-idUSKBN28A2FG | 2020-12-01 |
| OTTAWA Canada on Saturday blocked bulk exports of prescription drugs if they would create a shortage at home in response to outgoing U.S. President Donald Trumps efforts to allow imports from Canada to lower some drug prices for Americans | Negative | OTTAWA Canada on Saturday blocked bulk exports of prescription drugs if they would create a shortage at home in response to outgoing U.S. President Donald Trumps efforts to allow imports from Canada to lower some drug prices for Americans | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/usa-healthcare-canada/canada-blocks-bulk-exports-of-some-prescription-drugs-in-response-to-trump-import-plan-idUSKBN2880RJ | 2020-11-29 |
| The holiday is being celebrated at a time of severe economic strain for millions of Americans | Negative | Americans marked a muted Thanksgiving Day holiday on Thursday sometimes seeing family only by video after political leaders discouraged travel or large gatherings in the face of the surging coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-thanksgiving/kind-of-lonely-america-marks-covid-altered-thanksgiving-idUSKBN28612D | 2020-11-28 |
| U.S. websites have seen a surge in travelers seeking expensive ironclad insurance this Thanksgiving as Americans desperate to break the monotony of a year spent at home look to cover themselves against coronavirusrelated risks | Negative | U.S. websites have seen a surge in travelers seeking expensive ironclad insurance this Thanksgiving as Americans desperate to break the monotony of a year spent at home look to cover themselves against coronavirusrelated risks | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-thanksgiving-insur/catch-all-travel-insurance-booms-as-u-s-flyers-take-thanksgiving-risks-idUSKBN2842TN | 2020-11-25 |
| His administration has also previously capped the amount Cuban Americans can send family members at per quarter and transfers of money to nonfamily members are no longer allowed | Negative | HAVANA Western Union Co suspended its operations across Cuba on Monday evening as new U.S. sanctions kicked in cutting a key lifeline for many struggling Cuban families as the coronavirus pandemic deepens the Communistrun islands economic crisis | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-cuba-remittances/in-blow-to-struggling-cubans-western-union-offices-close-as-sanctions-bite-idUSKBN2840CI | 2020-11-24 |
| Nevertheless health authorities have urged Americans to resist letting their guard down warning it will likely take several months for sufficient quantities of vaccine to be widely available | Negative | Millions of Americans appeared to be disregarding public health warnings and traveling ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday likely fueling an alarming surge in coronavirus infections before a series of promising new vaccines are expected to become widely available | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-holiday-travelers-voice-dread-determination-as-they-defy-covid-19-warnings-idUSKBN2831G5 | 2020-11-24 |
| Still the imperatives of family and fatigue with COVID19 restrictions have left many Americans defying health advice that could save their lives | Negative | Millions of Americans appeared to be disregarding public health warnings and traveling ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday likely fueling an alarming surge in coronavirus infections before a series of promising new vaccines are expected to become widely available | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-holiday-travelers-voice-dread-determination-as-they-defy-covid-19-warnings-idUSKBN2831G5 | 2020-11-24 |
| To be sure many Americans are exercising greater caution | Negative | Millions of Americans appeared to be disregarding public health warnings and traveling ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday likely fueling an alarming surge in coronavirus infections before a series of promising new vaccines are expected to become widely available | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-holiday-travelers-voice-dread-determination-as-they-defy-covid-19-warnings-idUSKBN2831G5 | 2020-11-24 |
| WASHINGTON The White House plans to hold indoor holiday receptions in the coming weeks despite ongoing COVID19 outbreaks and the advice of public health professionals urging Americans to sacrifice their normal holiday gatherings to curb the spread of the virus | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House plans to hold indoor holiday receptions in the coming weeks despite ongoing COVID19 outbreaks and the advice of public health professionals urging Americans to sacrifice their normal holiday gatherings to curb the spread of the virus | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-whitehouse/white-house-plans-holiday-parties-as-americans-urged-to-stay-home-idUSKBN2831S1 | 2020-11-24 |
| To date COVID19 has killed more than 257000 Americans with over 12 million testing positive since the pandemic began | Negative | Millions of Americans appeared to be disregarding public health warnings and traveling ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday likely fueling an alarming surge in coronavirus infections before a series of promising new vaccines are expected to become widely available | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-holiday-travelers-voice-dread-determination-as-they-defy-covid-19-warnings-idUSKBN2831G5 | 2020-11-24 |
| WASHINGTON The inauguration of Presidentelect Joe Biden will be a scaleddown version of the usual traditions that will not endanger Americans health amid the coronavirus pandemic a top aide said on Sunday | Negative | WASHINGTON The inauguration of Presidentelect Joe Biden will be a scaleddown version of the usual traditions that will not endanger Americans health amid the coronavirus pandemic a top aide said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-biden-inauguration/biden-inauguration-will-be-scaled-down-amid-covid-aide-says-idUSKBN2820LG | 2020-11-23 |
| Critics say Trumps refusal to concede has serious implications for national security and the fight against the coronavirus which has killed more than 250000 Americans | Negative | WASHINGTON Joe Biden on Saturday reached the twoweek mark since becoming presidentelect with President Donald Trump stinging from backtoback setbacks in his desperate unprecedented bid to undo his election defeat | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/two-weeks-after-biden-named-president-elect-trump-faces-stinging-setbacks-idUSKBN281075 | 2020-11-21 |
| You are going to tell me 77 million Americans voted for There is just no said Fontaine 50 | Neutral | SUNDOWN Texas Brett Fryar is a middleclass Republican | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump-fraud-insight/why-republican-voters-say-theres-no-way-in-hell-trump-lost-idUSKBN2801D4 | 2020-11-21 |
| Adobe Incs ADBE.O ecommerce software unit Magento expects Americans to ship gifts to more recipients than a year ago as travel gets curbed | Positive | OAKLAND Calif | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-usa-holidayshopping-amazon-com-gifts/in-pandemic-christmas-u-s-rivals-aim-to-challenge-amazon-under-the-tree-idUSKBN2801D6 | 2020-11-21 |
| Medicare which covers older Americans and those with disabilities is currently prohibited from negotiating the prices it pays to drugmakers | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump will announce on Friday two rules designed to lower drug prices an administration official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-pharmaceuticals/trump-will-announce-on-friday-rules-to-lower-u-s-drug-prices-idUSKBN27Z3CG | 2020-11-20 |
| In the interview he described his political philosophy as being behind personal values to rebind our social contracts with each other as Americans | Neutral | LOS ANGELES Oscarwinning actor Matthew McConaughey may be the next celebrity to throw his hat into the political ring | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-people-matthew-mcconaughey/matthew-mcconaughey-toys-with-possible-texas-governor-run-idUSKBN27Z07F | 2020-11-19 |
| NEW YORK U.S. politicians are behaving like children by not passing a new stimulus bill that could help Americans whose income has been wiped out by the coronavirus pandemic JPMorgan Chase Co Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said on Wednesday at a New York Times conference | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. politicians are behaving like children by not passing a new stimulus bill that could help Americans whose income has been wiped out by the coronavirus pandemic JPMorgan Chase Co Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said on Wednesday at a New York Times conference | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-jpmorgan-dimon/jpmorgans-dimon-says-childish-u-s-politicians-are-preventing-stimulus-package-idUSKBN27Y2D1 | 2020-11-19 |
| Food banks nationwide are squeezed between short supplies and surging demand from needy families as the coronavirus pandemic has put millions of Americans out of work | Negative | As the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday approaches New Yorkers struggling to serve up a festive meal lined up with empty shopping carts for help from a hungerrelief organization | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-thanksgiving-new-york-turkey-give/as-pandemic-hits-pockets-new-yorkers-line-up-for-free-thanksgiving-turkey-idUSKBN27W2ZQ | 2020-11-17 |
| Criticism of the administrations response to the virus which has killed over 235000 Americans became a rallying cry for Democrats ahead of the elections | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump insisted on Friday he would never put the United States into a coronavirus lockdown but said time will if another administration takes office in January and does so the closest he has come to acknowledging that Presidentelect Joe Biden could succeed him | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-vaccine/trump-appears-to-acknowledge-for-first-time-that-biden-could-succeed-him-idUSKBN27T2XX | 2020-11-14 |
| Biden and his intelligence chiefs face a harder time regaining trust among the more than 70 million Americans who voted for Trump current and former officials say | Negative | WASHINGTON Shortly after comparing U.S. intelligence agencies to Nazis Donald Trump tried to mend fences on his first full day as president | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-biden-intelligence/biden-faces-repair-job-at-u-s-spy-agencies-after-tumult-under-trump-idUSKBN27T1C9 | 2020-11-14 |
| An earlier statement had said that eight peacekeepers were killed including six Americans | Negative | JERUSALEM A helicopter with the U.S.led Multinational Force and Observers in the Egyptian Sinai crashed on Thursday near the resort town of Sharm elSheikh killing seven members of the peacekeeper force the MFO said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-israel-egypt-peacekeepers/seven-peacekeepers-including-five-americans-killed-in-sinai-helicopter-crash-idUSKBN27S1Y8 | 2020-11-13 |
| The app will launch for flights from Americans hub in Miami to Jamaica | Positive | American Airlines Group Inc said on Thursday it would offer its customers a mobile app from Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-american-airline-app/american-airlines-to-offer-app-detailing-pandemic-related-travel-requirements-idUSKBN27S3EN | 2020-11-13 |
| The West that is the industrialized countries only want us Latin Americans so that we can guarantee them raw he said in a broadcast speech | Positive | LA PAZ Bolivias new president Luis Arce has moved swiftly to restore ties with Iran and Venezuela receiving the credentials of ambassadors from the two countries on Wednesday just three days after his socialist party retook the reins of power | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-bolivia-politics-morales/bolivia-restores-ties-with-iran-venezuela-after-socialists-return-to-power-idUSKBN27R2ZB | 2020-11-12 |
| WASHINGTON Donald Trump had reason to count on the loyalty of the large chunk of Americans who drove his improbable election victory in 2016 | Neutral | WASHINGTON Donald Trump had reason to count on the loyalty of the large chunk of Americans who drove his improbable election victory in 2016 | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump-loss-analysis/analysis-at-pivotal-moments-of-2020-trump-failed-to-win-over-doubters-idUSKBN27O0EJ | 2020-11-09 |
| The coronavirus outbreak has been worsening in recent weeks as cold weather pushes Americans indoors raising the chance of contracting the virus | Negative | U.S. Presidentelect Joe Bidens healthcare advisers have held talks with drugmaker executives on the U.S. governments Operation Warp Speed program to accelerate development of a possible COVID19 treatment a Biden spokesman said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vaccine-biden/biden-team-held-covid-19-talks-with-operation-warp-speed-drugmakers-before-election-idUSKBN27P022 | 2020-11-09 |
| Some of Republicans accept Trumps claim that he won the election though a bipartisan majority of Americans do not according to a poll published on Thursday | Negative | WASHINGTON As President Donald Trump fumes over the unfolding U.S. presidential election results some of his fellow Republicans in Congress have hinted that he ought to tone down his rhetoric | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-congress-republicans/u-s-republicans-divided-over-trumps-election-fraud-claims-idUSKBN27M2VM | 2020-11-07 |
| Protests have been scattered small and largely peaceful since Americans went to the polls on Tuesday | Negative | PHOENIX Backers of President Donald Trump ramped up demonstrations on Thursday night against an election they believe was rigged or being stolen clashing with counterprotesters as vote counting continued in battleground states | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-protests/protests-heat-up-as-counting-drags-on-in-cliffhanger-u-s-election-idUSKBN27L0LN | 2020-11-06 |
| Efforts to get Americans back into theaters after the pandemic shuttered cinemas worldwide in March have proved disappointing given the dearth of new films to attract audiences | Neutral | LOS ANGELES Adventure movie Death on the was taken off the holiday movie calendar on Thursday further jeopardizing the chances for a revival this year of the industry | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-film-death-on-the-nile/disney-pulls-death-on-the-nile-movie-off-holiday-calendar-idUSKBN27L33X | 2020-11-06 |
| As the tumultuous U.S. election campaign draws to a close Americans head to the polls to decide who will occupy the White House for the next four years incumbent Republican President Donald Trump or his Democratic rival former vice president Joe Biden | Negative | As the tumultuous U.S. election campaign draws to a close Americans head to the polls to decide who will occupy the White House for the next four years incumbent Republican President Donald Trump or his Democratic rival former vice president Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-usa-election-snapshot/2020-u-s-election-what-you-need-to-know-right-now-idUSKBN27J1BR | 2020-11-04 |
| Bidencare would cover more Americans by increasing subsidized health insurance purchases through tax credits | Positive | Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden wants to expand the Affordable Care Act President Barack Obamas signature healthcare legislation and then name it after himself | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-election-healthcare-economy-analy/analysis-bidencare-or-trumpcare-health-plans-will-affect-the-u-s-economy-differently-idUSKBN27H19M | 2020-11-02 |
| The administrations response to this economic crisis has benefited larger companies and wealthy Americans while leaving behind many disadvantaged communities and struggling small the report said | Negative | A record surge of coronavirus cases in the United States pushed hospitals closer to the brink of capacity and drove the number of infections reported on Friday to an ominous new daily world record of 100000 four days before the U.S. presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/with-election-looming-u-s-faces-record-surge-of-coronavirus-cases-idUSKBN27F1MO | 2020-10-31 |
| Trump warned voters that Biden would prohibit Americans from celebrating Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays and other special events if he wins office | Negative | WASHINGTON With the coronavirus roaring back across the United States President Donald Trump is spending the closing days of his reelection campaign criticizing public officials and medical professionals who are trying to beat it back | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/in-elections-waning-days-trump-campaigns-against-those-fighting-coronavirus-idUSKBN27G06S | 2020-10-31 |
| Biden for his part has accused Trump of giving up in the fight against the disease which has killed almost 229000 Americans and infected nearly of the population | Negative | WASHINGTON With the coronavirus roaring back across the United States President Donald Trump is spending the closing days of his reelection campaign criticizing public officials and medical professionals who are trying to beat it back | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/in-elections-waning-days-trump-campaigns-against-those-fighting-coronavirus-idUSKBN27G06S | 2020-10-31 |
| MOSCOW Andrey Kostin an ally of President Vladimir Putin and the head of Russian state bank VTB believes that U.S. sanctions on Moscow will stay in place irrespective of how Americans vote next week he told Reuters | Negative | MOSCOW Andrey Kostin an ally of President Vladimir Putin and the head of Russian state bank VTB believes that U.S. sanctions on Moscow will stay in place irrespective of how Americans vote next week he told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-election-russia/sanctions-on-russia-to-stay-whoever-wins-u-s-vote-putin-ally-idUSKBN27F1VF | 2020-10-31 |
| Biden has also said he wants to set up a cash for rebate program that would encourage Americans to trade their older polluting cars for new electric vehicles | Positive | A central piece of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Bidens bid for the White House is a drastic change in U.S. environmental policy | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-election-autos-biden-factbox/factbox-what-impact-would-a-biden-presidency-have-on-the-auto-industry-idUSKBN27F2EX | 2020-10-31 |
| Health experts believe the virus is surging in part because colder temperatures are driving social gatherings indoors while Americans fatigued with COVID19 restrictions are letting their guard down | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House coronavirus task force warned that much of the country is in the grips of an surge in COVID19 cases and urged tough countermeasures as the number of U.S. infections reported on Thursday hit a new daily record of more than 91000 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/task-force-sees-unrelenting-covid-19-spread-daily-u-s-cases-up-by-record-91000-idUSKBN27E1YT | 2020-10-30 |
| Fauci indicated that the first doses of a vaccine might become available to some highrisk Americans in late December or early January if all goes well | Positive | WASHINGTON The White House coronavirus task force warned that much of the country is in the grips of an surge in COVID19 cases and urged tough countermeasures as the number of U.S. infections reported on Thursday hit a new daily record of more than 91000 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/task-force-sees-unrelenting-covid-19-spread-daily-u-s-cases-up-by-record-91000-idUSKBN27E1YT | 2020-10-30 |
| CHICAGO If all goes well the first doses of a safe and effective coronavirus vaccine will likely become available to some highrisk Americans in late December or early January Dr | Positive | CHICAGO If all goes well the first doses of a safe and effective coronavirus vaccine will likely become available to some highrisk Americans in late December or early January Dr | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-fauci/fauci-says-first-u-s-covid-19-vaccines-could-ship-late-december-or-early-january-idUSKBN27E36Z | 2020-10-30 |
| I know Americans are tired of these measures | Negative | CHICAGO If all goes well the first doses of a safe and effective coronavirus vaccine will likely become available to some highrisk Americans in late December or early January Dr | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-fauci/fauci-says-first-u-s-covid-19-vaccines-could-ship-late-december-or-early-january-idUSKBN27E36Z | 2020-10-30 |
| The U.S. Trump administration will this week announce a plan to cover outofpocket costs of COVID19 vaccines for millions of Americans who receive Medicare or Medicaid Politico reported late on Monday citing four people with knowledge of the plan | Positive | The U.S. Trump administration will this week announce a plan to cover outofpocket costs of COVID19 vaccines for millions of Americans who receive Medicare or Medicaid Politico reported late on Monday citing four people with knowledge of the plan | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-cms/u-s-to-announce-plan-for-medicare-medicaid-to-cover-early-covid-19-vaccine-politico-idUSKBN27C0GZ | 2020-10-27 |
| The Trump administration will this week announce a plan to cover outofpocket costs of COVID19 vaccines for millions of Americans who receive Medicare or Medicaid Politico reported | Positive | The number of hospitalized COVID19 patients in the United States is at a twomonth high straining health care systems in some states | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN27C0NI | 2020-10-27 |
| It concerns the Americans and the said Putin | Negative | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that he saw nothing criminal in Hunter Bidens past business ties with Ukraine or Russia marking out his disagreement with one of Donald Trumps attack lines in the U.S. presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-election-putin/putin-rejects-donald-trumps-criticism-of-biden-family-business-idUSKBN27A0TA | 2020-10-26 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump will vote in his adopted home of Florida before holding campaign rallies in three swing states on Saturday joining more than 53 million Americans who have cast early ballots at a recordsetting pace ahead of the Nov | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump will vote in his adopted home of Florida before holding campaign rallies in three swing states on Saturday joining more than 53 million Americans who have cast early ballots at a recordsetting pace ahead of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/trump-to-vote-in-florida-before-hitting-campaign-trail-biden-heads-to-pennsylvania-idUSKBN27906N | 2020-10-24 |
| She said talks were also focused on aid to schools and on tax credits to help lowerincome Americans hit hard by the pandemic which has left millions jobless | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said negotiators were making progress in talks with the White House for another round of COVID19 stimulus but Senate Republicans remained skeptical of a possible deal costing trillions of dollars | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-white-house-see-progress-on-covid-19-aid-talks-senate-republicans-wary-idUSKBN2771VQ | 2020-10-23 |
| Opinion polls and record early voting returns show millions of Americans who typically dont vote in elections are coming off the sidelines in 2020 to overwhelmingly back Biden | Negative | With less than two weeks to go until Election Day former President Barack Obama makes his debut on the 2020 campaign trail to stump for his former vice president Democrat Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-usa-election-snapshot/2020-u-s-election-what-you-need-to-know-right-now-idUSKBN2761DL | 2020-10-22 |
| The United States is likely to have enough safe and effective COVID19 vaccines available to inoculate the most vulnerable Americans by the end of 2020 Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said on Wednesday | Positive | The United States is likely to have enough safe and effective COVID19 vaccines available to inoculate the most vulnerable Americans by the end of 2020 Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vaccine/u-s-likely-to-have-enough-covid-19-vaccines-for-all-vulnerable-americans-by-year-end-official-idUSKBN27633V | 2020-10-22 |
| President Donald Trump gets a final chance to make his case for reelection before a vast audience of Americans when he squares off against Democratic rival Joe Biden on Thursday in their last debate before the Nov | Negative | President Donald Trump gets a final chance to make his case for reelection before a vast audience of Americans when he squares off against Democratic rival Joe Biden on Thursday in their last debate before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-debate/final-debate-offers-trump-a-late-chance-to-reshape-presidential-race-idUSKBN2770H1 | 2020-10-22 |
| A U.S. federal judge has struck down a Trump administration rule that would have cut food stamp benefits to almost 700000 unemployed Americans amidst the COVID19 pandemic court documents showed | Negative | A U.S. federal judge has struck down a Trump administration rule that would have cut food stamp benefits to almost 700000 unemployed Americans amidst the COVID19 pandemic court documents showed | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-food-stamps/u-s-judge-strikes-down-usda-rule-on-food-benefits-during-pandemic-idUSKBN27417U | 2020-10-20 |
| Farmers initially pleaded to Trump for trade not in 2018 but have since received repeated bailouts even as COVID19 stimulus for millions of other Americans stalls in Congress | Negative | CHICAGO U.S. President Donald Trump is assuring a bumper year for farmers as the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-farmers-aid/trumps-payments-to-farmers-hit-all-time-high-ahead-of-election-idUSKBN2741D4 | 2020-10-20 |
| Trumps handling of the coronavirus pandemic which has killed more than 219000 Americans and thrown millions out of work has taken a heavy toll on his reelection prospects | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump heads to the battleground state of Pennsylvania on Tuesday with hopes of rekindling the 11thhour surge of support that powered his surprise 2016 victory | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/trump-seeks-campaign-boost-in-battleground-pennsylvania-with-two-weeks-to-go-idUSKBN2750JP | 2020-10-20 |
| Broad and routine utilization of masks on our transportation systems will protect Americans and provide confidence that we can once again travel more safely even during this the CDC said | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday issued a strong that all passengers and employees on airplanes trains subways buses taxis and rideshare vehicles should wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-transit/u-s-cdc-issues-strong-recommendation-for-mask-mandate-on-airplanes-trains-idUSKBN2742V7 | 2020-10-20 |
| President Trump is continuing to fight to save American lives and he will not stop until weve beaten the coronavirus and Americans feel safe Parella said in a statement | Negative | CORTLAND Penn | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-coronavirus-insight/in-2016-trump-won-these-rust-belt-counties-on-the-economy-in-2020-he-might-lose-them-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN27416C | 2020-10-20 |
| BEIJING China denied on Monday that foreign nationals are under threat of arbitrary detention following a newspaper report that Beijing had warned Washington it might arrest Americans in China | Negative | BEIJING China denied on Monday that foreign nationals are under threat of arbitrary detention following a newspaper report that Beijing had warned Washington it might arrest Americans in China | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china/china-denies-report-it-may-detain-americans-says-u-s-mistreats-its-scholars-idUSKBN2740TO | 2020-10-20 |
| Lara Trump the presidents daughterinlaw and a Trump campaign senior adviser said on CNNs State of the that the president was having and that Americans faced more pressing issues | Negative | WASHINGTON Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Sunday said U.S. President Donald Trumps criticism of her at a rally was incredibly after he called her and drew shouts of lock her from the crowd | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-whitmer/michigan-governor-disturbed-by-trump-criticism-and-lock-her-up-chants-idUSKBN2730LU | 2020-10-19 |
| WASHINGTON The Chinese government has warned Washington it may detain Americans in China in response to the Justice Departments prosecution of Chinese militaryaffiliated scholars the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday | Negative | WASHINGTON The Chinese government has warned Washington it may detain Americans in China in response to the Justice Departments prosecution of Chinese militaryaffiliated scholars the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china/china-warns-u-s-it-may-detain-americans-over-prosecutions-wsj-idUSKBN2720XL | 2020-10-18 |
| The paper said Chinas message was the United States should end prosecutions of Chinese scholars in U.S. courts or Americans in China could find themselves in violation of Chinese law | Negative | WASHINGTON The Chinese government has warned Washington it may detain Americans in China in response to the Justice Departments prosecution of Chinese militaryaffiliated scholars the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china/china-warns-u-s-it-may-detain-americans-over-prosecutions-wsj-idUSKBN2720XL | 2020-10-18 |
| Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Thursday criticized what he called President Donald Trumps response to the coronavirus pandemic while Trump defended his handling of a crisis that has killed more than 216000 Americans | Negative | Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Thursday criticized what he called President Donald Trumps response to the coronavirus pandemic while Trump defended his handling of a crisis that has killed more than 216000 Americans | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/in-split-screen-town-halls-trump-and-biden-squabble-over-coronavirus-response-idUSKBN2700H7 | 2020-10-16 |
| He said he didnt tell anybody because he was afraid Americans would Biden said | Negative | Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Thursday criticized what he called President Donald Trumps response to the coronavirus pandemic while Trump defended his handling of a crisis that has killed more than 216000 Americans | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/in-split-screen-town-halls-trump-and-biden-squabble-over-coronavirus-response-idUSKBN2700H7 | 2020-10-16 |
| He has continued to minimize the threat to public health posed by the virus that has killed more than 217000 Americans | Negative | CHICAGO Wisconsin and other states in the U.S. Midwest and beyond are battling surges in COVID19 cases with new infections and hospitalizations rising to record levels in an ominous sign of a nationwide resurgence as temperatures get colder | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/new-coronavirus-infections-rise-to-record-highs-in-u-s-midwest-and-beyond-idUSKBN2702HS | 2020-10-16 |
| The law signed by Trumps Democratic predecessor Barack Obama has enabled millions of Americans to obtain medical coverage | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett said on Tuesday she gave no commitments to the White House on how she would rule on Obamacare or electionrelated cases and declined to say if she believed landmark rulings legalizing abortion and gay marriage were properly decided | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-court-barrett/trump-u-s-supreme-court-nominee-barrett-says-she-is-not-on-a-mission-to-destroy-obamacare-idUSKBN26Y1AJ | 2020-10-15 |
| Early voting is surging as Americans try to avoid Election Day crowds because of concerns about the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | A getoutthe vote group led by former first lady Michelle Obama will team up with an organization backed by NBA star LeBron James to provide food protective gear free legal advice and rides to the polls for people voting early in the U.S. election | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-obama-james/michelle-obama-and-lebron-james-partner-to-bring-early-voters-to-the-u-s-polls-idUSKBN26Y2ZU | 2020-10-14 |
| LOS ANGELES Fourteen years after television political drama The West shut down its White House set the show is back with its idealized version of a U.S. president and a mission to get Americans to the polls on Nov | Positive | LOS ANGELES Fourteen years after television political drama The West shut down its White House set the show is back with its idealized version of a U.S. president and a mission to get Americans to the polls on Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-television-west-wing/tvs-west-wing-swaps-fictional-politics-for-the-real-thing-idUSKBN26Y2GH | 2020-10-14 |
| Trump has repeatedly and without evidence said that an increase in mailin ballots would lead to a surge in fraud although Americans have long voted by mail | Negative | LOS ANGELES A federal judge on Saturday dismissed a lawsuit by U.S. President Donald Trumps reelection campaign that sought to block drop boxes for Pennsylvanias vote by mail system a victory for Democrats in a key swing state ahead of Novembers election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-lawsuit/pennsylvania-judge-tosses-trump-lawsuit-over-mail-in-voting-idUSKBN26V0RT | 2020-10-11 |
| polls show Trumps approval rating plummeting with Americans steadily losing confidence in his handling of the pandemic while Democratic challenger Joe Biden makes gains in several key swing states | Negative | to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-wall-st-advances-gold-rises-as-stimulus-talks-progress-idUSL1N2H019X | 2020-10-10 |
| Republicans have relied on the support of older Americans in national elections for years routinely benefiting from a demographic that consistently shows up in force on Election Day | Positive | NEW YORK Many older Americans have turned away from President Donald Trump this year as the coronavirus ravages the country eroding an important Republican support base that helped propel him into the White House in 2016 polling data shows | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-poll-analysis/analysis-with-pandemic-dominating-u-s-election-older-voters-turning-away-from-trump-idUSKBN26U113 | 2020-10-10 |
| Besides helping struggling U.S. airlines they want to deliver another round of direct payments to Americans | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said legislation to help airline companies survive the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic could only move through Congress with guarantees that a comprehensive aid bill would be developed too | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-mnuchin-search-for-common-ground-as-u-s-covid-19-talks-resume-idUSKBN26T2H9 | 2020-10-09 |
| Later on however Trump urged Congress to provide stimulus checks for Americans and other support for airlines and small businesses | Neutral | European stocks mostly fell on Wednesday failing to join a recovery in global equities following a selloff on doubts over U.S. stimulus with bluechip shares weighing the most | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/lower-european-shares-buck-global-trend-idUSKBN26S0XT | 2020-10-08 |
| Patients are asking to join clinical trials of antibodybased COVID19 drugs after U.S. President Donald Trump was treated last week with an experimental therapy from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc and on Wednesday he promised to make it free to Americans while touting its benefits | Positive | Patients are asking to join clinical trials of antibodybased COVID19 drugs after U.S. President Donald Trump was treated last week with an experimental therapy from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc and on Wednesday he promised to make it free to Americans while touting its benefits | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-regeneron-pharms/regeneron-antibodies-in-demand-after-trump-treatment-doctors-seek-more-data-idUSKBN26S3MF | 2020-10-08 |
| Walmarts move comes at a time when health insurers face rising costs as Americans catch up on less urgent surgeries delayed by the COVID19 pandemic | Negative | Medicare Advantage plans cater to Americans older than 65 and those with disabilities | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-walmart-insurance/walmart-to-sell-medicare-plans-in-latest-healthcare-push-idUSKBN26R2UV | 2020-10-07 |
| have been incentivized to avoid hiring Americans or even lay off their own qualified betterpaid American workers and replace them with cheaper foreign Cuccinelli said. | Positive | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN26R3AY | 2020-10-07 |
| The Trump administration contends TikTok poses national security concerns as personal data collected on 100 million Americans who use the app could be obtained by Chinas government | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. judge said on Tuesday he would hold a Nov | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-tiktok-ban/u-s-judge-to-hold-november-4-hearing-on-commerce-dept-tiktok-ban-idUSKBN26R2KQ | 2020-10-07 |
| Medicare Advantage plans cater to Americans older than 65 and those with disabilities | Positive | Medicare Advantage plans cater to Americans older than 65 and those with disabilities | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-walmart-insurance/walmart-to-sell-medicare-plans-in-latest-healthcare-push-idUSKBN26R2UV | 2020-10-07 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump has no basis for claiming success battling the countrys coronavirus crisis Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi said on Monday saying his policies had endangered Americans | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump has no basis for claiming success battling the countrys coronavirus crisis Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi said on Monday saying his policies had endangered Americans | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump-pelosi/dont-politicize-the-virus-pelosi-tells-trump-idUSKBN26Q2VB | 2020-10-06 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said progress was being made on coronavirus relief legislation to respond to the economic fallout from a pandemic that has killed more than 207000 Americans and thrown millions out of work | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said progress was being made on coronavirus relief legislation to respond to the economic fallout from a pandemic that has killed more than 207000 Americans and thrown millions out of work | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-house-speaker-pelosi-says-making-progress-on-coronavirus-relief-legislation-idUSKBN26P0OA | 2020-10-05 |
| This has touched every Americans he said | Neutral | WASHINGTON Democratic presidential nominee Joe Bidens campaign strove on Sunday to keep its focus on the nations response to the coronavirus pandemic as President Donald Trump received treatment for COVID19 at a military hospital | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-biden/biden-campaign-aims-to-keep-focus-on-covid-19-response-as-trump-is-treated-in-hospital-idUSKBN26P0U2 | 2020-10-05 |
| Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said Trumps coronavirus diagnosis shows the importance of taking the pandemic seriously telling Americans that wearing masks is more important than being a tough guy | Neutral | U.S. President Donald Trump is doing very and is feverfree at a military hospital where he is being treated for COVID19 the presidents doctor said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN26O0M9 | 2020-10-04 |
| Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said on Friday that President Donald Trumps coronavirus diagnosis shows the importance of taking the pandemic seriously telling Americans that wearing masks is more important than being a tough guy | Neutral | GRAND RAPIDS Mich | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-biden/after-trumps-covid-19-diagnosis-biden-says-masks-not-about-being-a-tough-guy-idUSKBN26N2UZ | 2020-10-03 |
| The Census Bureau which is under the Commerce Department counts all Americans every 10 years | Neutral | WASHINGTON A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to continue counting for the 2020 U.S. census until the end of October rather than end it as it had planned on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-census/judge-rejects-trump-administration-plan-to-end-u-s-census-count-early-idUSKBN26N3OL | 2020-10-03 |
| Those under sanctions are subject to asset freezes and a ban against Americans doing business with them | Negative | The United States imposed sanctions on eight Belarusian officials on Friday accusing them of involvement in rigging President Alexander Lukashenkos reelection victory in August or the violent crackdown on protests that followed | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election/washington-hits-belarus-with-sanctions-as-minsk-retaliates-against-eu-measures-idUSKBN26N33Z | 2020-10-03 |
| It has more than billion of assets under administration and over 12 million Americans with savings accounts through its business according to its website | Positive | NEW YORK The private equity owners of Ascensus have hired investment banks for an initial public offering of the savings services provider that could value it at around billion including debt three people familiar with the matter said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-ascensus-ipo/savings-provider-ascensus-prepares-for-mid-2021-ipo-sources-idUSKBN26N3BT | 2020-10-03 |
| Trump has played down the threat of the coronavirus pandemic from the outset even as the disease has killed more than 200000 Americans and hammered the U.S. economy | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump was in a military hospital on Saturday for treatment after testing positive for COVID19 an extraordinary development that upended the presidential race a month before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump/trump-to-spend-days-at-military-hospital-after-covid-19-diagnosis-idUSKBN26O03A | 2020-10-03 |
| NHTSA also said that since coronavirus risks are higher for older Americans that could have minimized driving by more riskaverse drivers | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. traffic deaths fell during the coronavirus lockdowns but drivers engaged in riskier behavior as the fatality rate spiked to its highest level in 15 years according to preliminary data released Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-traffic-exclus/u-s-traffic-deaths-fell-after-coronavirus-lockdown-but-drivers-got-riskier-idUSKBN26M6KR | 2020-10-02 |
| Asked if he was concerned about backlash from singing about issues that have divided Americans especially ahead of the Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON Jon Bon Jovi hits the hotbutton social issues of America in his 15th studio album the coronavirus pandemic race relations and police violence but he says hes asking questions not taking sides | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-music-jon-bon-jovi/bon-jovi-album-2020-asks-questions-about-pandemic-race-police-idUSKBN26M73U | 2020-10-02 |
| Subsequent debates typically are watched by fewer people and many Americans will have voted by then | Neutral | WASHINGTON Down in the opinion polls with five weeks to go until the November election U.S. President Donald Trump sought to use the first presidential debate to bully his way back into the race | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-debate-analysis/fractious-presidential-debate-unlikely-to-move-needle-for-trump-idUSKBN26L0VM | 2020-10-01 |
| He said if a deal is reached it will include direct payments to Americans | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Wednesday said talks with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made progress on COVID19 relief legislation and the House of Representatives postponed a vote on a | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/mnuchin-reports-movement-on-covid-19-relief-house-delays-vote-idUSKBN26L2ME | 2020-10-01 |
| Wednesdays action freezes any U.S. assets of those blacklisted and generally bars Americans from dealing with them | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Wednesday blacklisted what it called key of Syrian President Bashar alAssads government reinforcing efforts to push Damascus back to United Nationsled negotiations to end Syrias nearly decadelong civil war | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-usa/u-s-blacklists-more-syrians-in-fresh-push-for-assad-to-end-war-idUSKBN26L2MY | 2020-10-01 |
| Efforts to get Americans back into theaters have proved disappointing and Hollywood studios have delayed the release of big movies like Black and Top to 2021 | Neutral | LOS ANGELES Oscarwinning film directors James Cameron Clint Eastwood and Martin Scorsese joined forces with movie theater owners on Wednesday in an appeal for financial help saying they feared for the future of the industry | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-movie-theaters/scorsese-eastwood-say-u-s-movie-theaters-may-not-survive-pandemic-idUSKBN26M426 | 2020-10-01 |
| Healthcare always a top concern for U.S. voters has taken on even greater importance amid a coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 205000 Americans and cost millions more their jobs | Negative | Healthcare always a top concern for U.S. voters has taken on even greater importance amid a coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 205000 Americans and cost millions more their jobs | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-healthcare-factbox/factbox-trump-biden-healthcare-differences-in-spotlight-amid-pandemic-supreme-court-fight-idUSKBN26K3OY | 2020-09-30 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department said in a statement on Monday it was now advising Americans to reconsider travel to Guatemala and Nicaragua as well as Eswatini in southern Africa after issuing an advisory to avoid all travel early in the coronavirus pandemic | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department said in a statement on Monday it was now advising Americans to reconsider travel to Guatemala and Nicaragua as well as Eswatini in southern Africa after issuing an advisory to avoid all travel early in the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-travel/u-s-eases-travel-advisory-for-guatemala-and-nicaragua-idUSKBN26K01K | 2020-09-29 |
| April Early data shows COVID19 is killing African Americans at a higher rate than the general U.S. population underscoring disparities in healthcare access | Negative | Here are some key developments as the novel coronavirus spread around the | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-timeline/timeline-how-the-global-coronavirus-pandemic-unfolded-idUSKBN26K0AQ | 2020-09-29 |
| It would also provide a new round of direct payments to Americans of per taxpayer and restore federal unemployment benefits of a week through January | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday that Democratic lawmakers unveiled a new | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/pelosi-says-democrats-unveil-new-covid-19-aid-bill-idUSKBN26J38T | 2020-09-29 |
| The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns Americans to begin preparing for the virus to spread signaling a change in tone | Negative | Here are some key developments as the novel coronavirus spread around the | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-timeline/timeline-how-the-global-coronavirus-pandemic-unfolded-idUSKBN26K0AQ | 2020-09-29 |
| Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and others in his party on Saturday blasted President Donald Trumps choice of conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court focusing in particular on the threat they said she would pose to healthcare for millions of Americans | Negative | Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and others in his party on Saturday blasted President Donald Trumps choice of conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court focusing in particular on the threat they said she would pose to healthcare for millions of Americans | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-barrett-healthcare/democrats-hammer-trumps-supreme-court-pick-say-she-could-jeopardize-obamacare-idUSKBN26I00H | 2020-09-27 |
| Democrats said Barrett would vote to dismantle healthcare during a coronavirus pandemic that already has killed more than 200000 Americans | Negative | Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and others in his party on Saturday blasted President Donald Trumps choice of conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court focusing in particular on the threat they said she would pose to healthcare for millions of Americans | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-barrett-healthcare/democrats-hammer-trumps-supreme-court-pick-say-she-could-jeopardize-obamacare-idUSKBN26I00H | 2020-09-27 |
| Obamacare has helped millions of Americans obtain medical insurance | Positive | Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and others in his party on Saturday blasted President Donald Trumps choice of conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court focusing in particular on the threat they said she would pose to healthcare for millions of Americans | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-barrett-healthcare/democrats-hammer-trumps-supreme-court-pick-say-she-could-jeopardize-obamacare-idUSKBN26I00H | 2020-09-27 |
| But she said she would try to act in a way to represent all Americans | Neutral | WASHINGTON As the parent of seven children Amy Coney Barrett knows about working with a large it is an experience she will have again if confirmed as the ninth justice on the U.S. Supreme Court and its first mother with schoolage children | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-trump-barrett/from-big-family-to-u-s-high-court-barrett-used-to-being-in-group-of-nine-idUSKBN26I00P | 2020-09-27 |
| Still Trump told the Atlanta crowd that Biden doesnt know Black Americans like I do | Negative | ATLANTA President Donald Trump made a series of promises at a campaign event in Atlanta on Friday in a bid to woo Black voters including establishing Juneteenth which commemorates the end of U.S. slavery as a federal holiday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-juneteenth/trump-pledges-to-make-juneteenth-federal-holiday-in-bid-for-black-voters-idUSKCN26G326 | 2020-09-26 |
| U.S. officials have expressed serious concerns that the personal data of as many as 100 million Americans who use the app was being passed on to Chinas Communist Party government | Negative | WASHINGTON A judge is expected to decide by Sunday whether to allow a ban on TikTok from Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc Google app stores after a lastminute filing by the Department of Justice in support of the move | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-ban/u-s-judge-expected-to-decide-by-sunday-if-tiktok-will-remain-in-u-s-app-stores-idUSKCN26G2UW | 2020-09-26 |
| WASHINGTON Amid a flurry of major rulings early this summer the U.S. Supreme Court in an undertheradar case handed a significant win to Native Americans by finding for the first time that almost half of Oklahoma is tribal land | Positive | WASHINGTON Amid a flurry of major rulings early this summer the U.S. Supreme Court in an undertheradar case handed a significant win to Native Americans by finding for the first time that almost half of Oklahoma is tribal land | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-court-votes/trump-supreme-court-pick-would-slash-odds-of-surprise-liberal-victories-idUSKCN26G1GM | 2020-09-26 |
| Trump also has drawn fire for his administrations response to the deadly coronavirus which has killed more than 200000 Americans | Negative | By Alexandra Alper Michael Erman and Steve Holland | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-healthcare/trump-signs-u-s-healthcare-executive-orders-that-may-have-little-impact-idUSKCN26F3DY | 2020-09-25 |
| The action freezes any U.S. assets of those hit with sanctions and generally bars Americans from dealing with them | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday said it imposed sanctions on individuals and entities linked to the leader and financier of the Internet Research Agency a Russian troll farm | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-sanctions/u-s-blacklists-individuals-entities-linked-to-leader-of-russias-ira-idUSKCN26E2HO | 2020-09-24 |
| Biden has slammed Trumps handling of the pandemic which has killed more than 200000 Americans while Trump has said his actions saved lives | Negative | CHARLOTTE N.C. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Wednesday said Black turnout was the linchpin to his hopes of winning the White House in November and reversing economic and social inequities that have held back AfricanAmericans | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/biden-courts-crucial-black-voting-bloc-in-key-state-of-north-carolina-idUSKCN26E3BK | 2020-09-24 |
| A top U.S. health official told a U.S. Senate committee on Wednesday that he expects COVID19 vaccinations to take place over many months and that most Americans could be vaccinated by July of 2021 at the latest | Positive | A top U.S. health official told a U.S. Senate committee on Wednesday that he expects COVID19 vaccinations to take place over many months and that most Americans could be vaccinated by July of 2021 at the latest | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-hearing/most-americans-to-be-vaccinated-for-covid-19-by-july-cdc-chief-expects-idUSKCN26E2NJ | 2020-09-24 |
| LOS ANGELES From to a West reunion television shows are using the power of entertainment in new ways to encourage more Americans to participate in the Nov | Positive | LOS ANGELES From to a West reunion television shows are using the power of entertainment in new ways to encourage more Americans to participate in the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-usa-election-television-feature/u-s-tv-shows-try-a-new-election-playbook-making-voting-part-of-the-story-idUSKCN26E234 | 2020-09-24 |
| CHARLOTTE N.C. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Wednesday said Black turnout was the linchpin to his hopes of winning the White House in November and reversing economic and social inequities that have held back AfricanAmericans | Positive | CHARLOTTE N.C. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Wednesday said Black turnout was the linchpin to his hopes of winning the White House in November and reversing economic and social inequities that have held back AfricanAmericans | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/biden-courts-crucial-black-voting-bloc-in-key-state-of-north-carolina-idUSKCN26E3BK | 2020-09-24 |
| The changes follow disappointing efforts to get Americans back into movie theaters after the coronavirus pandemic shuttered cinemas worldwide in March | Negative | The changes follow disappointing efforts to get Americans back into movie theaters after the coronavirus pandemic shuttered cinemas worldwide in March | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-film-black-widow/disney-delays-black-widow-in-new-setback-for-cinemas-idUSKCN26E31R | 2020-09-24 |
| The Republican president counters that his policies have helped Black Americans | Positive | CHARLOTTE N.C. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Wednesday said Black turnout was the linchpin to his hopes of winning the White House in November and reversing economic and social inequities that have held back AfricanAmericans | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/biden-courts-crucial-black-voting-bloc-in-key-state-of-north-carolina-idUSKCN26E3BK | 2020-09-24 |
| Despite the fact that immigration is such a hot topic in the U.S. Americans are mostly very accepting of she said | Positive | Seven European countries led by North Macedonia Hungary Serbia and Croatia topped the Gallup index of the worlds leastaccepting countries | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-migration-poll/world-becoming-less-tolerant-of-migrants-gallup-poll-idUSKCN26E0WW | 2020-09-23 |
| Rival wireless carriers are also ramping up investment in prepaid at a time when many Americans are cutting monthly expenses during the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | Dish Network Corp said on Tuesday it has hired a new leader for its Boost Mobile prepaid wireless phone brand which will seek to fashion itself as the next innovator in the U.S. wireless industry | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-dish-network-boost-mobile/dish-network-hires-new-head-of-boost-mobile-phone-brand-idUSKCN26D1M3 | 2020-09-23 |
| Her landmark rulings fierce devotion to justice and her courageous battle against cancer inspire all Americans | Negative | FAYETTEVILLE President Donald Trump said on Saturday he will nominate a woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court a move that would tip the court further to the right following the death of liberal Ruth Bader Ginsburg | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg/trump-will-nominate-a-woman-next-week-to-succeed-ginsburg-on-supreme-court-idUSKCN26A0IM | 2020-09-21 |
| U.S. officials had expressed concern that the personal data of as many as 100 million Americans that use the app were being passed on to Chinas Communist Party government | Negative | ByteDance TikTok Oracle and Walmart did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the report | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-tiktok-valuation/chinas-bytedance-seeks-60-billion-tiktok-valuation-in-u-s-deal-bloomberg-news-idUSKCN26B0AY | 2020-09-21 |
| Thompson 32 said her low seniority ranking puts her smackdab in the of a furlough at Americans PSA affiliate which expects to cut about of its pilots | Negative | When Megyn Thompson landed her dream job as a commercial pilot last year she was one of thousands being recruited globally to boost the number of women in the cockpit and meet record pilot demand | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines-pilots-fo/last-in-first-out-female-pilots-bear-brunt-of-airline-job-cuts-idUSKCN26C0EF | 2020-09-21 |
| TikTok has 100 million users in the United States and is especially popular among younger Americans | Positive | WASHINGTON The Trump administration will ban WeChat and videosharing app TikTok from U.S. app stores starting Sunday night a move that will block Americans from downloading the Chineseowned platforms over concerns they pose a national security threat | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-ban-exclusive/trump-to-shut-off-tiktok-wechat-to-new-u-s-users-on-sunday-idUSKBN2691QO | 2020-09-19 |
| our nation mourns the loss of a titan of the Trump said in a statement adding that Ginsburgs decisions have inspired all Americans and generations of great legal minds | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN269395 | 2020-09-19 |
| The pandemic has sharply curtailed both candidates campaign travel and is expected to bring a surge of early and mail voting as Americans seek to reduce their exposure to crowds | Negative | Minn | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/biden-challenges-trump-on-economy-in-minnesota-face-off-early-voting-begins-in-four-states-idUSKBN2691H5 | 2020-09-19 |
| WASHINGTON The Trump administration will ban WeChat and videosharing app TikTok from U.S. app stores starting Sunday night a move that will block Americans from downloading the Chineseowned platforms over concerns they pose a national security threat | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration will ban WeChat and videosharing app TikTok from U.S. app stores starting Sunday night a move that will block Americans from downloading the Chineseowned platforms over concerns they pose a national security threat | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-ban-exclusive/trump-to-shut-off-tiktok-wechat-to-new-u-s-users-on-sunday-idUSKBN2691QO | 2020-09-19 |
| WASHINGTON FBI Director Christopher Wray on Thursday warned that Russia is interfering in the 2020 U.S. presidential elections with a steady stream of misinformation aimed at Democrat Joe Biden as well as sapping Americans confidence in the election process | Negative | WASHINGTON FBI Director Christopher Wray on Thursday warned that Russia is interfering in the 2020 U.S. presidential elections with a steady stream of misinformation aimed at Democrat Joe Biden as well as sapping Americans confidence in the election process | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-security-wray/fbis-wray-russia-using-drumbeat-of-misinformation-to-undermine-biden-campaign-idUSKBN2682RC | 2020-09-18 |
| Seth Waxman Harvards lawyer argued that a mountain of showed it did not intentionally discriminate against Asian Americans | Positive | BOSTON A federal appeals court on Wednesday appeared skeptical of arguments that Harvard discriminates against AsianAmerican applicants a claim made in a closelywatched lawsuit challenging the use of race as a factor in U.S. college admissions | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-harvard-admissions/u-s-appeals-court-questions-asian-american-bias-claims-against-harvard-idUSKBN2671OF | 2020-09-17 |
| Trumps order said WeChat automatically captures vast swaths of information from its which threatens to allow the Chinese Communist Party access to Americans personal and proprietary information | Negative | WASHINGTON WeChat users will not face civil or criminal penalties even if the United States bans the Chineseowned messaging app through other actions next week the Justice Department said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-wechat/u-s-says-wechat-users-will-not-be-penalized-idUSKBN2673P2 | 2020-09-17 |
| Trump has tried to position himself as a protector of the Suburban Lifestyle saying that suburban Americans want safety and security more than anything else | Neutral | NEW YORK Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden leads Republican President Donald Trump nationally among likely U.S. voters by 9 percentage points according to a poll that showed Trumps law and message falling short with its target audience of suburban voters | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-poll/biden-leads-trump-nationally-by-9-points-with-suburbs-focused-on-coronavirus-not-crime-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN2672IC | 2020-09-17 |
| Trumps inroads with Florida Hispanics have been fueled by his strength with conservative Cuban Americans a Republicanleaning bloc he has courted throughout his presidency | Negative | KISSIMMEE Fla | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-biden-latino/biden-makes-pitch-to-florida-hispanic-voters-saying-trump-has-failed-them-idUSKBN2661FN | 2020-09-16 |
| The coronavirus pandemic has put a stop to that while also gutting the economy and throwing millions of Americans out of work | Negative | BOSTON Early this year a prominent billionaire tried several times to organize a fundraiser for presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg a moderate who gained favor among Wall Street Democrats | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-wallstreet/wall-street-fundraisers-turn-into-wallflowers-during-2020-u-s-election-idUSKBN2651OL | 2020-09-15 |
| Even so he doesnt have a personal network on Wall Street as candidates like Clinton had and has cast himself as a defender of workingclass Americans and labor unions | Positive | BOSTON Early this year a prominent billionaire tried several times to organize a fundraiser for presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg a moderate who gained favor among Wall Street Democrats | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-wallstreet/wall-street-fundraisers-turn-into-wallflowers-during-2020-u-s-election-idUSKBN2651OL | 2020-09-15 |
| Nevada families need solutions from containing the pandemic to building the economy back better to making quality health care more accessible to millions of Americans | Positive | MINDEN Nev | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-rallies-supporters-in-nevada-seeks-to-overcome-biden-lead-in-the-state-idUSKBN26310Q | 2020-09-13 |
| ICERs Pearson said the coronavirus pandemic has raised the importance of the organizations work as the pricing of vaccines and treatments will impact millions of Americans amid a faltering economy | Neutral | As evidence grew this spring that the drug remdesivir was helping COVID19 patients some Wall Street investors bet on analysts estimates that its maker Gilead Sciences Inc could charge up to for the treatment | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-drugpricing-lobbying-special-repo/special-report-big-pharma-wages-stealth-war-on-drug-price-watchdog-idUSKBN2621IQ | 2020-09-12 |
| In New York City the annual memorial ceremony took on a different look and feel amid the COVID19 pandemic that has killed more than 191000 Americans | Negative | NEW Pennsylvania President Donald Trump and his Democratic opponent Joe Biden separately commemorated the 19th anniversary of the attacks on Friday taking a pause from campaigning to honor the almost 3000 victims killed in the singlemost deadliest assault on U.S. soil | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-sept11/trump-biden-take-break-from-campaign-to-commemorate-9-11-anniversary-idUSKBN2621CR | 2020-09-12 |
| Treasurys measures freeze any U.S. assets of those blacklisted and generally bar Americans from dealing with them | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States imposed sanctions on Thursday on a proRussian Ukrainian lawmaker linked to Republican efforts to dig up dirt on Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son Hunter accusing him of trying to interfere in the U.S. election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-interference-sanctions/u-s-blacklists-ukrainian-accused-of-meddling-in-2020-election-idUSKBN2612PX | 2020-09-11 |
| In his letter Rubio said that the Chinese government is seeking sensitive data about Americans through a variety of means and that GNC data would be valuable | Negative | Harbins controlling stake was reviewed by CFIUS and approved in 2018 a GNC spokesperson said adding that no consumer data was available to any foreign national | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-gnc-harbin-cfius/u-s-senator-asks-for-cfius-review-of-gnc-purchase-by-chinese-company-idUSKBN26134Y | 2020-09-11 |
| The reality is that millions of Americans either unemployed or financially on the edge from pandemicrelated losses and financial relief is a very present and urgent he said | Negative | The stillskyhigh number of Americans who lost work during the coronavirus crisis and continue to tap unemployment insurance would normally be a troubling sign for a U.S. president seeking reelection but maybe not this year | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-election-economy-jobless-graphic/fast-take-jobless-claims-and-the-u-s-presidential-race-idUSKBN2612YX | 2020-09-11 |
| The IDB has been led by Latin Americans since its inception in 1959 while the World Bank has historically been led by a U.S. citizen | Positive | BUENOS U.S. President Donald Trumps pick to run Latin Americas main financing institution appears poised to win the top job in this weekends election amid faltering regional opposition to having a U.S. citizen run the bank for first time in 61 years | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-latam-usa-bank/trump-pick-for-latam-bank-poised-for-win-after-regional-opposition-fades-idUSKBN2603AP | 2020-09-10 |
| WASHINGTON For months President Donald Trump has tried to convince Americans that the Nov | Neutral | WASHINGTON For months President Donald Trump has tried to convince Americans that the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-voter-fraud-special-repo/special-report-how-a-small-group-of-u-s-lawyers-pushed-voter-fraud-fears-into-the-mainstream-idUSKBN2601GZ | 2020-09-10 |
| Democrats have accused him of deliberately disrupting the Postal Service just as millions of Americans consider whether to cast their ballots by mail in the Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer called on Sunday for the North Carolina attorney general to probe allegations published in the Washington Post that U.S Postmaster General Louis DeJoys former company reimbursed employees for political donations | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-postoffice/top-u-s-senate-democrat-seeks-probe-into-postmaster-generals-campaign-finance-practices-idUSKBN25X11H | 2020-09-07 |
| com Inc said it has banned foreign sales of seeds in the United States after thousands of Americans received unsolicited packages of seeds in their mailboxes mostly postmarked from China | Negative | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-seeds/amazon-com-bans-foreign-sales-of-seeds-in-u-s-amid-mystery-packages-idUSKBN25X005 | 2020-09-06 |
| Zhang has also taken numerous steps to assuage U.S. concerns that TikTok could be endangering Americans by collecting personal data and censoring political content | Negative | KONG ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming has long positioned himself as a global internet entrepreneur largely eschewing Chinese government involvement but U.S. demands to sell his crown jewel TikTok are testing the boundaries with Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-bytedance-insight/tiktok-troubles-narrow-gap-between-beijing-and-bytedance-founder-zhang-yiming-idUSKBN25W0EM | 2020-09-06 |
| Deaths could be reduced by if more Americans wore face masks as epidemiologists have advised but maskwearing is declining the universitys Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation said | Negative | U.S. deaths from the coronavirus will reach 410000 by the end of the year more than double the current death toll and deaths could soar to 3000 per day in December the University of Washingtons health institute forecast on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-coronavirus-deaths-projected-to-more-than-double-to-410000-by-january-idUSKBN25V2A7 | 2020-09-05 |
| Despite Trumps focus on violence only of Americans view crime as a major problem confronting the country and remain sympathetic to antiracism protests according to a poll released on Wednesday | Negative | WASHINGTON At the heart of President Donald Trumps lawandorder election campaign is Chad Wolf who as acting secretary of homeland security has defied critics by championing Trumps message in stark terms sending U.S. federal forces into some cities and expanding the boundaries of his Cabinet post | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump-wolf/defying-critics-u-s-security-chief-pushes-trumps-law-and-order-message-idUSKBN25V1IK | 2020-09-05 |
| WASHINGTON The first Black woman is on a major party presidential ticket Americans of all races are showing their support for the Black Lives Matter movement and at the same time white nationalists are ramping up recruiting efforts and public activism | Neutral | WASHINGTON The first Black woman is on a major party presidential ticket Americans of all races are showing their support for the Black Lives Matter movement and at the same time white nationalists are ramping up recruiting efforts and public activism | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-usa-extremism-analysis/white-nationalism-upsurge-in-u-s-echoes-historical-pattern-say-scholars-idUSKBN25V2QH | 2020-09-05 |
| While the ethnic and racial diversity of the United States is growing whites remain a majority about of all Americans according to Pew Research Center analysis published a year ago | Neutral | WASHINGTON The first Black woman is on a major party presidential ticket Americans of all races are showing their support for the Black Lives Matter movement and at the same time white nationalists are ramping up recruiting efforts and public activism | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-usa-extremism-analysis/white-nationalism-upsurge-in-u-s-echoes-historical-pattern-say-scholars-idUSKBN25V2QH | 2020-09-05 |
| The Trump campaign has said that the president works hard to empower all Americans | Negative | WASHINGTON The first Black woman is on a major party presidential ticket Americans of all races are showing their support for the Black Lives Matter movement and at the same time white nationalists are ramping up recruiting efforts and public activism | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-usa-extremism-analysis/white-nationalism-upsurge-in-u-s-echoes-historical-pattern-say-scholars-idUSKBN25V2QH | 2020-09-05 |
| Trump has said a Biden presidency would lead to lawlessness while seeking to tie the former vice president to unrest sparked by police shootings of Black Americans | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States largest police union on Friday endorsed President Donald Trumps reelection bid boosting the Republicans message that he is the candidate of law and amid U.S. protests against police brutality and racial injustice | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-law-enforcement/trump-wins-backing-of-largest-u-s-police-union-as-he-touts-law-and-order-idUSKBN25V22V | 2020-09-05 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is warning that Russia is trying to undermine Americans confidence in the security and validity of mailin voting | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is warning that Russia is trying to undermine Americans confidence in the security and validity of mailin voting | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-russia-ballots/u-s-homeland-security-warns-that-russia-is-trying-to-undermine-confidence-in-mail-in-voting-idUSKBN25U358 | 2020-09-04 |
| Seven years after former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden blew the whistle on the mass surveillance of Americans telephone records an appeals court has found the program was unlawful and that the U.S. intelligence leaders who publicly defended it were not telling the truth | Negative | Seven years after former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden blew the whistle on the mass surveillance of Americans telephone records an appeals court has found the program was unlawful and that the U.S. intelligence leaders who publicly defended it were not telling the truth | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-nsa-spying/u-s-court-mass-surveillance-program-exposed-by-snowden-was-illegal-idUSKBN25T3CK | 2020-09-03 |
| Todays ruling is a victory for our privacy the ACLU said in a statement saying it makes the NSAs bulk collection of Americans phone records violated the Constitution | Negative | Seven years after former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden blew the whistle on the mass surveillance of Americans telephone records an appeals court has found the program was unlawful and that the U.S. intelligence leaders who publicly defended it were not telling the truth | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-nsa-spying/u-s-court-mass-surveillance-program-exposed-by-snowden-was-illegal-idUSKBN25T3CK | 2020-09-03 |
| Today we take the next step because the ICC continues to target Americans Pompeo told reporters | Neutral | WASHINGTON The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said over her investigation into whether American forces committed war crimes in Afghanistan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-icc-sanctions/u-s-blacklists-icc-prosecutor-over-afghanistan-war-crimes-probe-idUSKBN25T2DX | 2020-09-03 |
| NEW YORK President Donald Trumps attempt to make civil unrest a central theme of his reelection campaign has yet to boost his political standing as most Americans do not see crime as a major problem confronting the nation and a majority remain sympathetic to antiracism protests according to a poll released on Wednesday | Negative | NEW YORK President Donald Trumps attempt to make civil unrest a central theme of his reelection campaign has yet to boost his political standing as most Americans do not see crime as a major problem confronting the nation and a majority remain sympathetic to antiracism protests according to a poll released on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-poll/no-bounce-in-support-for-trump-as-americans-see-pandemic-not-crime-as-top-issue-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN25T1I3 | 2020-09-03 |
| 5 billion in pastdue rent is owed by Americans | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday issued a sweeping nationwide order temporarily halting millions of U.S. renters from being evicted in a bid to reduce the spread of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-renters/u-s-cdc-issues-temporary-halt-on-residential-evictions-to-combat-virus-idUSKBN25S620 | 2020-09-02 |
| Indeed consumer demand as well as brands pricing power could change in the coming weeks and months as many Americans feel more financial pain | Negative | Instant coffee ketchup Lululemon yoga pants and Nike Air Max sneakers are all in | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-consumer-pricing-i/coffee-ketchup-and-nike-air-max-its-the-covid-consumer-economy-idUSKBN25S4SB | 2020-09-02 |
| A century of fire suppression to protect timber resources caused build up of the kind of fuel Native Americans long burned to rejuvenate forests according to professor Dustin Mulvaney | Negative | California may experience its worst year for wildfires in decades climate experts say pointing out that it has already battled two of the three largest blazes in its recorded history during an intense heatwave this month even before the peak season begins | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-california-wildfire/why-californias-wildfire-year-could-be-the-worst-in-decades-idUSKBN25O2T3 | 2020-08-29 |
| BOSTON Billionaire hedge fund manager William Ackman touted the success of his funds on Friday citing attractive valuations for his holdings and saying he has up to billion to invest in a private company while saying that opening stock ownership to all Americans is a key to political stability | Positive | BOSTON Billionaire hedge fund manager William Ackman touted the success of his funds on Friday citing attractive valuations for his holdings and saying he has up to billion to invest in a private company while saying that opening stock ownership to all Americans is a key to political stability | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-hedgefunds-ackman/ackman-sees-more-gains-for-his-portfolio-urges-stock-ownership-for-all-americans-idUSKBN25O2SV | 2020-08-29 |
| As many as half of U.S. voters are expected to cast their ballots by mail due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic which has killed around 180000 Americans | Negative | WASHINGTON A top official in the Michigan a battleground U.S. election state on Thursday condemned a computerized phone call campaign for using racially charged to discourage voting by mail | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-michigan/michigan-official-slams-racial-stereotypes-in-mail-voting-robocalls-idUSKBN25N2VQ | 2020-08-28 |
| The political fallout also hit Trumps reelection campaign cutting into his support in opinion polls which show Americans trust Biden 77 more than Trump 74 to handle the pandemic | Negative | BALTIMORE U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday cast the reelection of President Donald Trump as critical to preserving law and order and economic viability asserting that Democratic rival Joe Biden would set America on a path to socialism and decline | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-convention-pence/in-law-and-order-speech-u-s-vice-president-pence-warns-against-biden-win-idUSKBN25M14R | 2020-08-27 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday adopted changes to its decadesold definition of a professional investor in order to allow more everyday Americans to buy shares in private companies and eased come company disclosure rules | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday adopted changes to its decadesold definition of a professional investor in order to allow more everyday Americans to buy shares in private companies and eased come company disclosure rules | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-sec/u-s-sec-allows-more-investors-access-to-private-companies-eases-company-disclosures-idUSKBN25M1ST | 2020-08-27 |
| Bidens advantage declined by 4 points however among Americans who live in the suburbs with about saying they would support him compared with saying they would vote for Trump | Negative | NEW YORK Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden saw no bounce in popular support after last weeks Democratic National Convention according to a poll released on Wednesday pointing to Americans hardened political views | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-poll/biden-gets-no-convention-bounce-after-democratic-gathering-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN25M156 | 2020-08-27 |
| Trump trails Biden in opinion polls as he seeks reelection amid a pandemic that has killed more than 177000 Americans | Negative | Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore on Tuesday accused President Donald Trump of trying to put his knee on the neck of by undermining mailin voting and sowing doubts without evidence about the integrity of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-people-al-gore/former-u-s-vp-gore-says-trump-is-putting-knee-on-the-neck-of-democracy-idUSKBN25L2DH | 2020-08-26 |
| Six of the worlds 10 most affected countries are in the Americans said Etienne pointing to the United States Brazil Mexico Colombia Peru and Argentina | Negative | MEXICO CITY Young people are driving the spread of the coronavirus in the Americas the head of the Pan American Health Organization said on Tuesday noting that both deaths and caseloads have doubled in the region over the past six weeks | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-americas/young-people-fueling-recent-spike-of-coronavirus-in-americas-u-n-agency-says-idUSKBN25L22M | 2020-08-26 |
| The United States remains committed to protecting vulnerable Americans by targeting individuals peddling this deadly Treasury Deputy Secretary Justin Muzinich said | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday imposed sanctions on a Chinese national accusing him of trafficking fentanyl to the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-sanctions-fentanyl/u-s-imposes-sanctions-on-chinese-national-over-fentanyl-trafficking-idUSKBN25L2CF | 2020-08-26 |
| Tuesdays action freezes any U.S. assets of Zhang and the Hong Kongbased company and generally bars Americans from dealing with them | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday imposed sanctions on a Chinese national accusing him of trafficking fentanyl to the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-sanctions-fentanyl/u-s-imposes-sanctions-on-chinese-national-over-fentanyl-trafficking-idUSKBN25L2CF | 2020-08-26 |
| He has criticized President Donald Trumps handling of the virus which has killed more than 176000 Americans as disastrous | Negative | Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris will be tested regularly for COVID19 an aide said on Monday as the campaign prepares for the possibility of more public events in the runup to Novembers election | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden-coronavirus/campaign-says-biden-to-be-regularly-tested-for-coronavirus-idUSKBN25K2L4 | 2020-08-25 |
| Opposition groups object to Trumps alienation of U.S. allies abroad and his leadership at home including his response to the coronavirus pandemic that has killed over 176000 Americans | Negative | WASHINGTON More than two dozen former Republican U.S. lawmakers including former Senator Jeff Flake endorsed Democrat Joe Biden for president as the Republican National Convention opened on Monday a rebuke to President Donald Trump by members of his own party | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-convention-lawmakers/prominent-republicans-throw-weight-behind-biden-as-trumps-convention-opens-idUSKBN25K1G6 | 2020-08-25 |
| Haley added the United Nations was not for the faint of heart and was a place where dictators put their hands out and ask for Americans to pay their bills | Negative | Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley may have fired up speculation about a 2024 presidential bid on Monday delivering a speech at the Republican National Convention that praised President Donald Trump while touting her own accomplishments and life story | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-convention-haley/haley-fuels-2024-presidential-speculation-with-republican-convention-speech-idUSKBN25L0C2 | 2020-08-25 |
| The Republican president has repeatedly and without evidence said that an increase in mailin ballots would lead to a surge in fraud although Americans have long voted by mail | Negative | NEW YORK A federal judge on Sunday ordered a stay in President Donald Trumps reelection campaigns lawsuit seeking to ban drop boxes and other changes to Pennsylvanias mailballoting procedures | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-mail-ballot-lawwsuit/federal-judge-issues-stay-in-trump-challenge-of-mail-balloting-in-pennsylvania-idUSKBN25J0VO | 2020-08-24 |
| At least 5686377 cases of COVID19 have been reported in the United States according to a Reuters tally and more than 176000 Americans have died | Negative | President Donald Trump on Sunday hailed FDA authorization of a coronavirus treatment that uses blood plasma from recovered patients a day after accusing the agency of impeding the rollout of vaccines and therapeutics for political reasons | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump/trump-hails-fdas-authorization-of-plasma-treatment-for-coronavirus-after-slamming-agency-idUSKBN25J0OD | 2020-08-24 |
| To counter that criticism the convention will feature everyday Americans who will say that Trump changed their lives in positive ways according to a member of Trumps campaign | Negative | This weeks Republican National Convention will be a fourday celebration of President Donald Trump featuring a younger generation that may be hoping for a shot at the White House in 2024 as well as a St | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-convention-people-factbo/factbox-who-is-speaking-at-the-republican-national-convention-and-why-idUSKBN25J0RI | 2020-08-24 |
| The effort has raised concerns among many Americans that a vaccine may be introduced to tens of millions of people before the potential risks are fully known | Negative | A U.S. government program that compensates people who say they have been harmed by an emergency vaccine has paid out on fewer than of claims raising questions whether the process should be used to address any potential side effects from a coronavirus shot according to some lawyers who have filed such claims | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-liability/covid-19-era-highlights-u-s-black-hole-compensation-fund-for-pandemic-vaccine-injuries-idUSKBN25H1E8 | 2020-08-22 |
| Physicians and scientists have been urging companies testing coronavirus vaccines to include Black Latino and indigenous Americans in COVID19 vaccine trials in hopes of building trust among atrisk populations | Positive | Were trying to push even higher than that | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-pfizer-vaccine-exc/exclusive-nearly-a-fifth-of-enrollees-in-pfizer-biontech-covid-19-vaccine-study-are-black-or-latino-idUSKBN25H2HM | 2020-08-22 |
| However he said the UAE had not made any new requests to the Americans since the deal with Israel | Positive | The United Arab Emirates accord to normalise ties with Israel should remove any for the United States to sell the F35 stealth fighter jet to the Gulf Arab state a senior Emirati official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-israel-emirates-f35/israel-deal-should-remove-any-hurdle-to-f-35-sale-uae-official-says-idUSKBN25G1I8 | 2020-08-21 |
| Overnight clouds returned to the U.S. labour market outlook with weekly jobless claims back over a million to put the total number of Americans on unemployment benefits at 28 million | Positive | SINGAPORE Stock markets rebounded on Friday following Wall Streets lead but were set for their softest week in about a month as investors grapple with tepid economic data and lofty valuations after a huge rally that has wiped out coronavirus losses | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-global-markets/oil-and-stocks-fall-as-markets-still-rattled-by-fed-minutes-idUSKBN25G2TJ | 2020-08-21 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. economy is rebounding very very and fresh federal aid will reach unemployed Americans in the next week or two White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Wednesday shaking off concerns about a second wave of COVID19 infections | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. economy is rebounding very very and fresh federal aid will reach unemployed Americans in the next week or two White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Wednesday shaking off concerns about a second wave of COVID19 infections | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-economy-kudlow/u-s-economy-rebounding-strongly-fresh-aid-coming-to-unemployed-kudlow-idUSKCN25F2KL | 2020-08-20 |
| He said the number of infections should continue to decline since more Americans were now using face masks maintaining social distancing and regularly washing their hands | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. economy is rebounding very very and fresh federal aid will reach unemployed Americans in the next week or two White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Wednesday shaking off concerns about a second wave of COVID19 infections | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-economy-kudlow/u-s-economy-rebounding-strongly-fresh-aid-coming-to-unemployed-kudlow-idUSKCN25F2KL | 2020-08-20 |
| WASHINGTON The White House is to supporting a bill that would provide funding for the U.S. Postal Service but wants the bill to also provide aid for Americans unemployed because of the coronavirus pandemic White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said on Wednesday | Neutral | WASHINGTON The White House is to supporting a bill that would provide funding for the U.S. Postal Service but wants the bill to also provide aid for Americans unemployed because of the coronavirus pandemic White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-post-office-mcenany/white-house-says-it-is-open-to-u-s-postal-service-funding-bill-idUSKCN25F2AL | 2020-08-20 |
| Wednesdays action freezes any U.S. assets of those blacklisted and generally bars Americans from dealing with them | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on two United Arab Emiratesbased companies the U.S. Treasury Department said accusing them of providing material support to Iranian airline Mahan Air | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-imposes-iran-related-sanctions-on-uae-based-companies-idUSKCN25F1V7 | 2020-08-20 |
| Trump has repeatedly and without evidence said that an increase in mailin ballots would lead to a surge in fraud although Americans have long voted by mail | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Tuesday suspended all mail service changes until after the November election bowing to an outcry by Democrats that the moves appeared to be an attempt to boost President Donald Trumps reelection chances | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-post-office/trump-postal-chief-pauses-service-cuts-amid-outcry-as-democrats-ratchet-up-pressure-idUSKCN25E1Q2 | 2020-08-19 |
| The sanctions freeze any U.S. assets of the officials targeted and bar Americans from doing business with them | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday she was not too bothered about U.S. sanctions against her but the Chineseruled city will complain to the World Trade Organization about a new U.S. requirement on Hong Kongmade products | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security/hong-kong-leader-says-wont-take-u-s-sanctions-against-her-to-heart-idUSKCN25E0AM | 2020-08-18 |
| Trump said on Saturday he thinks Americans on both the political left and the right are divided on Snowden | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he is considering a pardon for Edward Snowden the former U.S. National Security Agency contractor now living in Russia whose spectacular leaks shook the U.S. intelligence community in 2013 | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-politics-snowden/trump-says-he-is-considering-pardon-for-leaker-edward-snowden-idUSKCN25B10Z | 2020-08-17 |
| Mina said he envisions making home diagnostic kits so widely available Americans could test themselves daily or every other day as a matter of routine | Positive | LOS ANGELES The mayor of the secondlargest U.S. city has joined a growing clamor among health experts and politicians for a radical shift in the nations coronavirus testing strategy from an emphasis on the utmost accuracy to a focus on speed and simplicity | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-testing/la-mayor-embraces-shift-in-covid-19-testing-strategy-simplicity-and-speed-idUSKCN25B0HU | 2020-08-16 |
| In a commentary published by Time magazine Jha cited government data suggesting that the current testing regime is only detecting one in 10 Americans who are infected | Negative | LOS ANGELES The mayor of the secondlargest U.S. city has joined a growing clamor among health experts and politicians for a radical shift in the nations coronavirus testing strategy from an emphasis on the utmost accuracy to a focus on speed and simplicity | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-testing/la-mayor-embraces-shift-in-covid-19-testing-strategy-simplicity-and-speed-idUSKCN25B0HU | 2020-08-16 |
| Trump said he thinks Americans on both the political left and the right are divided on Snowden | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Saturday he is considering a pardon for Edward Snowden the former U.S. National Security Agency contractor now living in Russia whose spectacular leaks shook the U.S. intelligence community in 2013 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-politics-snowden/trump-says-he-is-considering-pardon-for-leaker-edward-snowden-idUSKCN25B10Z | 2020-08-16 |
| The Democratic convention will feature an online and televised lineup of heavyweight politicians rising stars and everyday Americans making the case for Biden | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps reelection campaign will sink millions of dollars into a digital ad campaign next week during the Democratic presidential convention a Trump campaign spokesman said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-ads/trump-campaign-plans-digital-ad-campaign-during-democratic-convention-idUSKCN25B0VM | 2020-08-16 |
| The law in California which has a population of close to 40 million impacts roughly one in ten Americans | Neutral | WASHINGTON Final regulations that guide businesses and consumers under Californias new digital privacy law went into effect on Friday marking a significant step towards giving Americans the right to request their data be deleted from ecommerce websites and social media | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-california-regulations-privacy/california-posts-final-regulations-under-landmark-digital-privacy-law-impacting-consumers-businesses-idUSKCN25A2TW | 2020-08-15 |
| WASHINGTON Final regulations that guide businesses and consumers under Californias new digital privacy law went into effect on Friday marking a significant step towards giving Americans the right to request their data be deleted from ecommerce websites and social media | Positive | WASHINGTON Final regulations that guide businesses and consumers under Californias new digital privacy law went into effect on Friday marking a significant step towards giving Americans the right to request their data be deleted from ecommerce websites and social media | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-california-regulations-privacy/california-posts-final-regulations-under-landmark-digital-privacy-law-impacting-consumers-businesses-idUSKCN25A2TW | 2020-08-15 |
| At a Friday news conference Trump said he was prepared to provide Americans with direct payments as well as rental assistance and money for small businesses state and local governments | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Friday that he is ready to move stimulus money into a U.S. economy hard hit by the coronavirus crisis but blamed Democrats for holding up a deal in talks that broke down a week ago | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/trump-says-ready-to-move-on-coronavirus-aid-blames-democrats-for-holdup-idUSKCN25A1WH | 2020-08-15 |
| WASHINGTON Final regulations that guide businesses and consumers under Californias new digital privacy law have gone into effect on Friday and mark a significant step towards giving Americans the right to request their data be deleted from ecommerce websites and social media | Positive | WASHINGTON Final regulations that guide businesses and consumers under Californias new digital privacy law have gone into effect on Friday and mark a significant step towards giving Americans the right to request their data be deleted from ecommerce websites and social media | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-california-regulations-privacy/california-posts-final-regulations-under-landmark-digital-privacy-law-impacting-consumers-businesses-idUSKCN25A2TW | 2020-08-15 |
| DETROIT Former President Barack Obama said on Friday he worries about protecting the integrity of Novembers election in view of efforts by President Donald Trump to the U.S. Postal Service to limit Americans voting by mail during the pandemic | Negative | DETROIT Former President Barack Obama said on Friday he worries about protecting the integrity of Novembers election in view of efforts by President Donald Trump to the U.S. Postal Service to limit Americans voting by mail during the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-obama/obama-says-he-worries-about-trumps-efforts-to-kneecap-postal-service-idUSKCN25A2QN | 2020-08-15 |
| Trump has railed for months against mailin ballots as a possible source of fraud although millions of Americans have cast absentee ballots by mail for years without such problems | Positive | DETROIT Former President Barack Obama said on Friday he worries about protecting the integrity of Novembers election in view of efforts by President Donald Trump to the U.S. Postal Service to limit Americans voting by mail during the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-obama/obama-says-he-worries-about-trumps-efforts-to-kneecap-postal-service-idUSKCN25A2QN | 2020-08-15 |
| Pelosi said any coronavirus relief bill should include billions of dollars to protect not just Americans right to vote but also essential services such as mailing prescription medicines | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was blocking Democrats effort to include funds for the U.S. Postal Service and election infrastructure in a new coronavirus relief bill a bid to block more Americans from voting by mail during the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/trump-holds-up-coronavirus-aid-to-block-funding-for-mail-in-voting-idUSKCN2591PU | 2020-08-14 |
| The Justice Department has previously filed legal briefs in support of a lawsuit brought by affirmative action opponents accusing Harvard University of discriminating against Asian Americans | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday accused Yale University of illegally discriminating against Asian American and white applicants in its undergraduate admissions process in violation of U.S. civil rights law | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-yale-discrimination/u-s-justice-department-says-yale-illegally-discriminates-against-asians-whites-idUSKCN2592YT | 2020-08-14 |
| U.S. conservatives have said that in helping Black and Latino applicants affirmative action can hurt white people and Asian Americans | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday accused Yale University of illegally discriminating against Asian American and white applicants in its undergraduate admissions process in violation of U.S. civil rights law | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-yale-discrimination/u-s-justice-department-says-yale-illegally-discriminates-against-asians-whites-idUSKCN2592YT | 2020-08-14 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was blocking Democrats effort to include funds for the U.S. Postal Service and election infrastructure in a new coronavirus relief bill a bid to block more Americans from voting by mail during the pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was blocking Democrats effort to include funds for the U.S. Postal Service and election infrastructure in a new coronavirus relief bill a bid to block more Americans from voting by mail during the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/trump-holds-up-coronavirus-aid-to-block-funding-for-mail-in-voting-idUSKCN2591PU | 2020-08-14 |
| Both U.S. parties traded jabs on who was to blame for blocking relief to tens of millions of jobless Americans | Negative | NEW YORK Global stocks rose on Wednesday ending at their highest since February as investors kept betting on more stimulus in the United States despite doubts while gold was whipsawed and silver clawed back from a massive drop | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-markets/global-stocks-rise-on-u-s-stimulus-bets-gold-whipsawed-idUSKCN25800M | 2020-08-13 |
| Both U.S. parties traded jabs on who was to blame for blocking relief to tens of millions of Americans | Negative | Bond yields head higher ahead of record supply | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-shake-off-stimulus-doubts-gold-whipsawed-idUSL1N2FE0XK | 2020-08-13 |
| 15 to put together a blueprint deal which could safeguard the personal data of Americans stored on the app | Positive | Facebook Inc and Snapchat owner Snap Inc held talks to buy Dubsmash the Information reported on Wednesday putting a spotlight on pop video apps at a time when Microsoft Corp is trying to workout a deal to buy rival TikTok | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-facebook-snap-dubsmash/facebook-snap-held-talks-to-buy-tiktok-rival-dubsmash-information-idUSKCN2582XD | 2020-08-13 |
| WASHINGTON A shakeup of the U.S. Postal Service is leading to mail delays union officials said on Tuesday heightening concerns that an ally of President Donald Trump is destabilizing the service as millions of Americans consider whether to cast their ballots by mail in the Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON A shakeup of the U.S. Postal Service is leading to mail delays union officials said on Tuesday heightening concerns that an ally of President Donald Trump is destabilizing the service as millions of Americans consider whether to cast their ballots by mail in the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-election-postoffice/u-s-postal-service-reorganization-sparks-delays-election-questions-idUSKCN258197 | 2020-08-13 |
| Democrats in Congress are calling on the Postal Service to reverse the changes saying they threatened to interrupt Americans from receiving paychecks and absentee voting | Negative | WASHINGTON A shakeup of the U.S. Postal Service is leading to mail delays union officials said on Tuesday heightening concerns that an ally of President Donald Trump is destabilizing the service as millions of Americans consider whether to cast their ballots by mail in the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-election-postoffice/u-s-postal-service-reorganization-sparks-delays-election-questions-idUSKCN258197 | 2020-08-13 |
| The U.S. economic recovery will be slow until the coronavirus is under control and Americans will have to manage life with the virus for at least the next several months three Federal Reserve policymakers said on Wednesday | Negative | The U.S. economic recovery will be slow until the coronavirus is under control and Americans will have to manage life with the virus for at least the next several months three Federal Reserve policymakers said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-fed/fed-policymakers-say-economic-growth-will-be-muted-until-virus-contained-idUSKCN2581UU | 2020-08-13 |
| WASHINGTON The Transportation Departments Office of Inspector General said on Tuesday it would audit oversight of U.S. vehicle safety standards noting that more than 36000 Americans were killed in traffic accidents in 2019 | Negative | WASHINGTON The Transportation Departments Office of Inspector General said on Tuesday it would audit oversight of U.S. vehicle safety standards noting that more than 36000 Americans were killed in traffic accidents in 2019 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-autos-safety/inspector-general-to-audit-u-s-oversight-of-auto-safety-standards-idUSKCN2572FB | 2020-08-12 |
| He added though that the U.S. government may not be able to prevent Americans from downloading TikTok from foreign websites | Negative | NEW President Donald Trumps executive order banning Chinas TikTok could prevent U.S. app stores from offering the popular shortvideo app and make advertising on the platform illegal according to a White House document seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-ban-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-ban-on-tiktok-could-cut-it-off-from-app-stores-advertisers-white-house-document-idUSKCN2572Y8 | 2020-08-12 |
| Republicans opposed Obamacare as a whole but the provision to cover preexisting conditions has proven very popular with Americans | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Monday an executive order requiring health insurance companies to cover patients with preexisting conditions would emphasize Republican support for the practice even though it is already part of existing law | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-healthcare-trump/trump-order-on-pre-existing-conditions-a-double-safety-net-despite-obamacare-law-idUSKCN25704T | 2020-08-11 |
| Biden has condemned Trump for working to gut Obamacareaccusing him of threatening healthcare protections for millionsof Americans in the midst of the pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Monday an executive order requiring health insurance companies to cover patients with preexisting conditions would emphasize Republican support for the practice even though it is already part of existing law | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-healthcare-trump/trump-order-on-pre-existing-conditions-a-double-safety-net-despite-obamacare-law-idUSKCN25704T | 2020-08-11 |
| NEW YORK More than 160000 people have died from COVID19 in the United States a Reuters tally showed on Friday as President Donald Trump said he would unilaterally grant financial relief to Americans after talks with congressional Democrats stalled | Negative | NEW YORK More than 160000 people have died from COVID19 in the United States a Reuters tally showed on Friday as President Donald Trump said he would unilaterally grant financial relief to Americans after talks with congressional Democrats stalled | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-marks-160000-covid-19-deaths-as-relief-talks-fail-in-washington-idUSKCN253266 | 2020-08-10 |
| The sanctions freeze any U.S. assets of the officials prohibit them from carrying out business in the country and generally bar Americans from doing business with them | Negative | HONG KONG Beijings top representative office in Hong Kong said on Saturday that sanctions imposed by Washington on senior Hong Kong and Chinese officials were clowning that would not frighten or intimidate Chinese people | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-hongkong-sanctions/u-s-sanctions-branded-clowning-actions-as-hong-kong-vows-it-wont-be-intimidated-idUSKCN25406O | 2020-08-10 |
| NJ U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday said they were open to restarting COVID19 aid talks after weeks of failed negotiations prompted President Donald Trump to take executive actions that Democrats argued would do little to ease Americans financial distress | Positive | NJ U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday said they were open to restarting COVID19 aid talks after weeks of failed negotiations prompted President Donald Trump to take executive actions that Democrats argued would do little to ease Americans financial distress | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-mnuchin-open-door-to-narrower-covid-19-aid-through-2020-idUSKCN2550LD | 2020-08-10 |
| Another said they thought Trump was concerned about voter fraud and said Trump wants to protect Americans from the spread of coronavirus at polling locations | Negative | NEW YORK Two thirds of registered American voters oppose delaying the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-poll/majority-of-registered-voters-oppose-u-s-election-delay-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKCN2511BT | 2020-08-06 |
| The coronavirus pandemic which has infected millions of Americans and killed more than 155000 has dramatically transformed the U.S. political landscape | Negative | NEW YORK Two thirds of registered American voters oppose delaying the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-poll/majority-of-registered-voters-oppose-u-s-election-delay-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKCN2511BT | 2020-08-06 |
| Demand for virtual healthcare has skyrocketed as the pandemic kept patients from visiting doctors with one recent study estimating of Americans now use telehealth up from in 2019 | Positive | Teladocs shares fell however as analysts questioned whether the company has massively overpaid for Livongo shares in which are up this year | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-livongo-health-m-a-teladoc-health/teladoc-bets-big-on-online-medicine-with-18-5-billion-livongo-deal-idUSKCN2511ER | 2020-08-06 |
| Stephen Hahn the Food and Drug Administrations commissioner said on Tuesday the outbreak was still not under control and urged Americans to take this seriously | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said the coronavirus outbreak is as under control as it can get in the United States where more than 155000 people have died amid a patchy response to the public health crisis that has failed to stem a rise in cases | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump/trump-says-coronavirus-under-control-as-u-s-death-toll-rises-idUSKCN2501OX | 2020-08-05 |
| WASHINGTON White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said on Sunday he was not optimistic on reaching agreement soon on a deal for the next round of legislation to provide relief to Americans hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said on Sunday he was not optimistic on reaching agreement soon on a deal for the next round of legislation to provide relief to Americans hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/white-house-says-not-optimistic-on-near-term-deal-for-coronavirus-relief-bill-idUSKBN24Y0H9 | 2020-08-03 |
| The Santa Monica Californiabased companys website is used by more than 10 million Americans every month according to GoodRx | Neutral | U.S. online prescription drug price marketplace GoodRx Inc has submitted paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a potential initial public offering according to people familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-goodrx-ipo-exclusive/exclusive-prescription-drug-marketplace-goodrx-files-for-ipo-sources-idUSKBN24Y0N6 | 2020-08-03 |
| CHICAGO The U.S. Agriculture Department has identified more than a dozen plant species ranging from morning glories to mustard in bags of unsolicited seeds arriving in the mailboxes of thousands of Americans mostly postmarked from China | Positive | CHICAGO The U.S. Agriculture Department has identified more than a dozen plant species ranging from morning glories to mustard in bags of unsolicited seeds arriving in the mailboxes of thousands of Americans mostly postmarked from China | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-seeds/morning-glories-and-mustard-u-s-investigates-unsolicited-seed-mystery-idUSKCN24W1R7 | 2020-08-01 |
| Washingtons action freezes any U.S. assets of the company and generally prohibits Americans from dealing with and bars Sun Jinlong and Peng Jiarui from traveling to the United States | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States intensified its economic pressure on Chinas Xinjiang province on Friday imposing sanctions on a powerful Chinese company and two officials for what it said were human rights abuses against Uighurs and other ethnic minorities | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-china-trump/u-s-imposes-sanctions-on-chinese-company-over-abuse-of-uighurs-idUSKCN24W29O | 2020-08-01 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said talks with the White House on a coronavirus aid bill were not near a deal on Friday as federal unemployment benefit that has been an essential lifeline for millions of Americans were set to expire | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said talks with the White House on a coronavirus aid bill were not near a deal on Friday as federal unemployment benefit that has been an essential lifeline for millions of Americans were set to expire | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-says-no-deal-near-on-coronavirus-relief-talks-with-white-house-continue-saturday-idUSKCN24W1YF | 2020-08-01 |
| The senators raised concerns that delaying mail deliveries could hinder attempts to mail in ballots for the 2020 election by Americans nervous about voting in person during a pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON Four U.S. Senate Democrats on Friday pressed new Postmaster General Louis DeJoy about complaints from Americans about slow delivery since he took office in June and whether service problems could hinder attempts to mail in 2020 election ballots during the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-post-office/senate-democrats-press-postal-service-on-delivery-complaints-idUSKCN24W366 | 2020-08-01 |
| A Trump administration official told reporters on Thursday that a public information campaign was being planned for later this year encouraging Americans to get vaccinated once injections are available | Positive | WASHINGTON As scientists and pharmaceutical companies work at breakneck speed to develop a vaccine for the novel coronavirus public health officials and senior U.S. lawmakers are sounding alarms about the Trump administrations lack of planning for its nationwide distribution | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vaccine/trump-planning-for-u-s-rollout-of-coronavirus-vaccine-falling-short-officials-warn-idUSKCN24W1ON | 2020-08-01 |
| The Trump administration anticipates launching a farreaching promotions campaign by November to encourage Americans to get vaccinated against the coronavirus contingent on evidence that a successful vaccine will be available roughly by year end a senior administration official said | Positive | The Trump administration anticipates launching a farreaching promotions campaign by November to encourage Americans to get vaccinated against the coronavirus contingent on evidence that a successful vaccine will be available roughly by year end a senior administration official said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-vaccine/u-s-government-to-launch-overwhelming-covid-19-vaccine-campaign-by-november-idUSKCN24V3KY | 2020-07-31 |
| Congress has already passed aid packages totaling trillion to alleviate the effects of the virus which has killed 150000 Americans | Negative | WASHINGTON Just one day before a federal jobless benefit was set to expire the U.S. Congress was no closer on Thursday to a deal extending or replacing the extra in payments to tens of millions thrown out of work by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/deal-on-u-s-coronavirus-aid-bill-elusive-as-jobless-benefit-nears-expiration-idUSKCN24V1X5 | 2020-07-31 |
| Trump is stoking confrontation and to divert Americans attention from his failed leadership on the pandemic Biden spokesman TJ Ducklo said | Negative | WASHINGTON As President Donald Trumps support in the U.S. suburbs erodes amid concerns about his handling of the coronavirus pandemic he has returned to a familiar campaign trying to scare voters away from backing Democrat Joe Biden in November | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump-analysis/why-trumps-tough-on-crime-message-is-not-breaking-through-in-suburban-america-idUSKCN24V1PW | 2020-07-31 |
| The surge has hampered efforts to recover from an economic crisis brought on by stayathome orders and business closures that have thrown millions of Americans out of work | Negative | California Florida and Texas the three largest U.S. states all set oneday records for fatalities from COVID19 on Wednesday a Reuters tally showed and the Miamiarea school district said students would not return to classrooms when the new academic year begins as deaths from the virus spiked nationwide | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/california-florida-and-texas-see-record-rise-in-covid-19-deaths-idUSKCN24U2HX | 2020-07-30 |
| 5 billion in pastdue rent is looming over Americans struggling to make ends meet global advisory firm Stout Risius and Ross estimated on Wednesday as Republicans and Democrats fight over a new COVID19 relief package | Negative | NEW YORK More than | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-housing-evictions/u-s-renters-owe-21-5-billion-in-back-rent-republicans-offer-no-eviction-relief-idUSKCN24U394 | 2020-07-30 |
| Enhanced unemployment benefits of a week expire on Friday which would be a blow to the household incomes and spending power of many Americans | Negative | By David Randall | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-equities-flat-safe-havens-rise-as-u-s-stimulus-talks-stall-idUSL2N2EZ1R4 | 2020-07-29 |
| Anthony Fauci the nations top infectious disease expert who has led the country through multiple health crises for decades on Tuesday defended his work to protect Americans health after the president retweeted a controversial video later removed by social media companies | Positive | WASHINGTON Dr | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-fauci/fauci-defends-himself-urges-masks-after-trump-deletes-video-idUSKCN24T23K | 2020-07-29 |
| The Republican proposal would give many Americans direct payments of each provide billions in loans to small businesses support hospitals and help schools reopen | Positive | WASHINGTON Republicans in the U.S. Senate pushed back on Tuesday against their own partys trillion coronavirus relief proposal the day after it was unveiled by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell sending some U.S. stocks downward | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/senate-republicans-push-back-on-mcconnells-1-trillion-u-s-coronavirus-relief-proposal-idUSKCN24T1AZ | 2020-07-29 |
| The officials were previously blacklisted by the United States last year in a decision that froze any of their U.S. assets and generally prohibits Americans from dealing with them | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on two former officials of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduros government barring them from traveling to the United States over accusations they were involved in significant corruption | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-venezuela-politics-usa/pompeo-bars-two-former-venezuelan-officials-from-traveling-to-united-states-idUSKCN24T2BB | 2020-07-29 |
| Feeding the fears members of congress were sparring over a trillion aid proposal from Senate Republicans announced on Monday four days before millions of Americans lose unemployment benefits | Negative | Wall Street closed lower on Tuesday as investors fretted about weakening consumer confidence disappointing financial results and as investors worried about wrangling in the U.S. Congress over a coronavirus aid plan | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks/wall-street-falls-as-pandemic-hurts-consumer-confidence-and-earnings-stimulus-plan-underwhelms-idUSKCN24T1DY | 2020-07-29 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans on Monday proposed a coronavirus aid package hammered out with the White House paving the way for talks with Democrats on how to help Americans as expanded unemployment benefits for millions of workers expire this week | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans on Monday proposed a coronavirus aid package hammered out with the White House paving the way for talks with Democrats on how to help Americans as expanded unemployment benefits for millions of workers expire this week | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-republicans-to-unveil-coronavirus-aid-proposal-as-time-runs-out-on-jobless-benefits-idUSKCN24S148 | 2020-07-28 |
| After the market closed senate majority leader Mitch McConnell said the package would address health schools and include direct payments to Americans of each | Neutral | Wall Streets main indexes closed higher on Monday as investors bet on some of the markets most highprofile stocks ahead of earnings reports while they weighed progress in U.S. government stimulus efforts against rising U.S. COVID19 cases | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks/wall-street-rises-as-investors-watch-stimulus-pandemic-and-earnings-idUSKCN24S16T | 2020-07-28 |
| Unemployment benefits to help laidoff Americans cover their bills as they look for work | Positive | WASHINGTON Enhanced unemployment benefits that the U.S. Congress authorized early in the coronavirus pandemic are due to expire at the end of July and thus far lawmakers have been unable to agree on a measure to extend them | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-unemployment-e/explainer-whats-at-stake-in-the-battle-over-u-s-unemployment-benefits-in-congress-idUSKCN24S14R | 2020-07-28 |
| Speaking on the Senate floor McConnell said the package would include direct payments to Americans of each and help for the unemployed | Negative | WASHINGTON U.s | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress-republica/mcconnell-republican-coronavirus-package-to-address-health-economic-aid-schools-idUSKCN24S2KG | 2020-07-28 |
| House Speaker Nancy Pelosi the top Democrat in Congress criticized Republicans for not being able to agree on a plan when Americans are on the and going hungry | Negative | WASHINGTON Top aides to U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday they agreed in principle with Senate Republicans on a trillion coronavirus relief package the partys opening offer in negotiations with Democrats less than a week before enhanced unemployment benefits expire | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/trump-team-senate-republicans-agree-on-coronavirus-aid-offer-to-democrats-idUSKCN24R0GX | 2020-07-27 |
| Business closures and orders imposed by governors and local officials have badly damaged the nations economy and thrown millions of Americans out of work | Negative | The United States recorded more than 1000 deaths from COVID19 for the fourth straight day on Friday but a top White House advisor on the pandemic said she saw signs that the worst could be past in hardhit southern and western states | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-schools/u-s-records-1000-coronavirus-deaths-for-fourth-day-some-progress-seen-idUSKCN24P2FO | 2020-07-25 |
| A senior Senate aide said the plan was expected to include direct payments to Americans totaling for individuals and for couples | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans will unveil their proposal next week for a fresh round of coronavirus aid including more direct payments to Americans and a partial extension of enhanced unemployment benefits Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-republicans-to-unveil-coronavirus-proposal-next-week-mcconnell-says-idUSKCN24O1PN | 2020-07-24 |
| President Donald Trump will announce executive action to lower drug costs to match foreign prices including a plan for Americans to buy lowercost prescription medication imported from Canada Bloomberg News reported on Thursday | Positive | President Donald Trump will announce executive action to lower drug costs to match foreign prices including a plan for Americans to buy lowercost prescription medication imported from Canada Bloomberg News reported on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump-healthca/trump-to-announce-executive-action-to-lower-drug-costs-bloomberg-news-idUSKCN24O35P | 2020-07-24 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump a Republican who has rejected a nationwide mask rule and been reluctant to wear one himself this week reversed course and encouraged Americans to do so | Negative | The United States on Thursday recorded more than 1100 deaths from COVID19 marking the third straight day the nation passed that grim milestone as the pandemic escalates in southern and western U.S. states | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-coronavirus-deaths-top-1100-for-a-third-day-in-a-row-idUSKCN24O2C2 | 2020-07-24 |
| Tributes to the Confederacy and slave owners like base names and statues have come under increasing scrutiny amid widespread protests over racial injustice sparked by police killings of Black Americans | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed its version of the National Defense Authorization Act a billion bill setting policy for the Pentagon that President Donald Trump has threatened to veto over a provision removing Confederate names from military bases | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-congress-defense/u-s-senate-passes-740-billion-defense-bill-bucking-trump-on-confederate-names-idUSKCN24O2TF | 2020-07-24 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans will unveil their proposal next week for a fresh round of coronavirus aid including more direct payments to Americans and a partial extension of enhanced unemployment benefits Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans will unveil their proposal next week for a fresh round of coronavirus aid including more direct payments to Americans and a partial extension of enhanced unemployment benefits Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-republicans-to-unveil-coronavirus-proposal-next-week-mcconnell-says-idUSKCN24O1PN | 2020-07-24 |
| The vaccine if successful will be made available to Americans at no cost although their health insurance may be charged the U.S. department of Health and Human Services said | Positive | The contract for 100 million doses of the vaccine amounts to a price tag for what is likely to be a twodose course of treatment | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pfizer/u-s-to-pay-pfizer-biontech-1-95-billion-for-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN24N1I9 | 2020-07-23 |
| If the Trump administration wishes to antagonize New Mexicans and Americans with authoritarian unnecessary and unaccountable militarystyle they have no business whatsoever in New Lujan Grisham said in a statement | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump announced a plan on Wednesday to send federal agents to the Democraticrun cities of Chicago and Albuquerque to crack down on violent crime in an escalation of his law and theme heading into the final months before the presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-protests-trump/trump-in-law-and-order-campaign-to-send-federal-agents-to-more-u-s-cities-idUSKCN24N2GT | 2020-07-23 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday he expects another round of direct payments to Americans will be included in the next coronavirus response bill | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday he expects another round of direct payments to Americans will be included in the next coronavirus response bill | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mcconnell/u-s-senate-republican-mcconnell-expects-direct-payments-in-next-bill-idUSKCN24M2OY | 2020-07-22 |
| Oil prices also drew support from expectations that U.S. lawmakers could soon agree on a new stimulus package as extended unemployment aid for millions of Americans will expire at monthend | Positive | NEW YORK Oil prices rose about a barrel on Tuesday hitting the highest level in more than four months with a boost from a European Union stimulus deal and hopeful news about coronavirus vaccine trials | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-prices-up-on-virus-vaccine-hopes-eu-stimulus-deal-idUSKCN24M07C | 2020-07-22 |
| U.S. homebuilders are expected to report a sharp rebound in sales and orders for the second quarter as recordlow mortgage rates and the workingfromhome changes brought on by the coronavirus encourage more Americans to move to less crowded suburbs | Positive | U.S. homebuilders are expected to report a sharp rebound in sales and orders for the second quarter as recordlow mortgage rates and the workingfromhome changes brought on by the coronavirus encourage more Americans to move to less crowded suburbs | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-homebuilders-results/low-fed-rates-flight-to-the-suburbs-set-to-boost-u-s-homebuilders-idUSKCN24M2L1 | 2020-07-22 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Republicans and Democrats remained far apart on Tuesday on how much to spend on the next round of coronavirus relief as they discussed proposals to extend unemployment insurance for Americans thrown out of work and provide more money for schools | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Republicans and Democrats remained far apart on Tuesday on how much to spend on the next round of coronavirus relief as they discussed proposals to extend unemployment insurance for Americans thrown out of work and provide more money for schools | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/democrats-want-more-money-more-detail-after-meeting-trump-team-on-coronavirus-relief-idUSKCN24M1OT | 2020-07-22 |
| He drew a parallel to the Black Lives Matter movement that was born out of police brutality targeting Black Americans | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump declined to say the Confederate flag was an offensive symbol in an interview broadcast on Sunday saying it is a source of pride for people who love the South | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-confederate/trump-says-confederate-flag-proud-symbol-of-u-s-south-idUSKCN24K0I0 | 2020-07-20 |
| The Republican president was asked on Fox News if the flag a symbol of U.S. slavery and white supremacy for many Americans was offensive | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump declined to say the Confederate flag was an offensive symbol in an interview broadcast on Sunday saying it is a source of pride for people who love the South | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-confederate/trump-says-confederate-flag-proud-symbol-of-u-s-south-idUSKCN24K0I0 | 2020-07-20 |
| Its horrifying and I think as Americans weve read about things like this happening in other countries you know in textbooks about the 70s he said | Neutral | PORTLAND Ore | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-protests-portland/u-s-swoops-down-on-portland-protesters-after-trump-order-to-protect-monuments-idUSKCN24I2W5 | 2020-07-18 |
| Schumers initiative comes partly in response to nationwide protests across the United States this summer over police violence against Black Americans and economic disparity | Negative | WASHINGTON A battle in the U.S. Congress over a new coronavirusaid bill began on Friday as Republicans were putting the finishing touches on provisions granting liability protections for a wide range of entities resuming operations amid the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-republicans-seek-liability-protections-as-coronavirus-aid-battle-looms-idUSKCN24I18H | 2020-07-18 |
| CHICAGO A group of physicians and scientists are urging the U.S. government to include Black Latino and indigenous Americans in the design and implementation of COVID19 vaccine trials in hopes of building trust among these atrisk populations | Positive | CHICAGO A group of physicians and scientists are urging the U.S. government to include Black Latino and indigenous Americans in the design and implementation of COVID19 vaccine trials in hopes of building trust among these atrisk populations | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine/u-s-urged-to-include-black-latino-communities-in-covid-19-vaccine-trials-idUSKCN24I26T | 2020-07-18 |
| U.S. retail sales increased more than expected in June but a resurgence in new COVID19 cases is undercutting the budding recovery keeping 32 million Americans on unemployment benefits | Positive | with market | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/usa-stocks/us-stocks-wall-st-ends-lower-on-covid-19-worries-tech-weighs-idUSL2N2EN1Z1 | 2020-07-17 |
| It follows Americans revived partnership with Seattlebased Alaska Airlines ALKAIR.UL in February to boost expansion opportunities out of the West Coast | Positive | For starters American will use the partnership to feed traffic out of New York to international destinations including Tel Aviv Athens and Rio de Janeiro in 2021 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-american-airlines-deals-jetblue/american-jetblue-team-up-to-boost-new-york-flying-and-drive-recovery-idUSKCN24H1YR | 2020-07-17 |
| Democratic fundraisers also have seen evidence of Trumps response to the coronavirus and protests over police brutality against African Americans motivating liberals to increase their giving | Positive | NEW YORK Wealthy donors are giving Democrat Joe Biden a leg up in the U.S. presidential election money chase | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-fundraising/wealthy-donors-help-biden-best-trump-in-second-quarter-u-s-election-fundraising-idUSKCN24H2TE | 2020-07-17 |
| The U.S. outbreak has prompted several countries to impose travel restrictions on Americans | Negative | The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act requires companies to provide 60 days notice of potential layoffs or furloughs | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-american-airline-j/american-airlines-sending-25000-furlough-notices-as-u-s-demand-sags-idUSKCN24G33F | 2020-07-16 |
| The poll found of adults agreed that Trump should release his tax returns from earlier and said Americans have a right to see each presidential candidates financial records before the election | Positive | NEW YORK Two out of three Americans want to see President Donald Trumps income taxes and about half believe he has been withholding them for reasons that could hurt him politically according to a public opinion poll | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-poll/two-in-three-americans-want-to-see-trumps-tax-returns-reuters-ipsos-poll-shows-idUSKCN24G14N | 2020-07-16 |
| But it also said 40000 lives could be saved if nearly all Americans wore masks in public | Neutral | Oklahomas governor said he was diagnosed with COVID19 on Wednesday becoming one of the highest elected U.S. politicians to test positive for the disease as new coronavirus infections in his state and neighboring Texas surged by record numbers for a second straight day | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/oklahoma-governor-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-as-u-s-cases-surge-idUSKCN24G2OC | 2020-07-16 |
| In the midst of an economic and public health crisis we dont need the federal government alarming Americans or wasting everyones time and resources with dangerous policy Becerra said | Negative | NEW In a stunning reversal of policy the Trump administration on Tuesday abandoned a plan that would have forced out tens of thousands of foreign students following widespread condemnation of the move and pressure from colleges and major businesses | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-immigration-students/in-surprise-move-trump-administration-reverses-course-on-barring-many-foreign-students-idUSKCN24F2M5 | 2020-07-15 |
| Trump who has been reluctant to embrace mandatory face masks ordered by many U.S. governors to control the spread of COVID19 also told CBS Americans should wear them if necessary | Negative | President Donald Trump on Tuesday lambasted Californias two largest school districts for making students learn from home for the upcoming term in the face of the resurgent coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/trump-calls-covid-school-closures-a-terrible-decision-as-cases-and-deaths-rise-idUSKCN24F1Y9 | 2020-07-15 |
| The coronavirus outbreak could positively affect GoHealths business by driving more Americans to purchase insurance online rather than through facetoface interactions the company said in its IPO prospectus | Negative | GoHealth Inc GOCO.O said on Tuesday it raised | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-gohealth-ipo/online-insurance-broker-gohealth-prices-ipo-above-indicated-range-idUSKCN24F2ZB | 2020-07-15 |
| They have also been harder hit economically with unemployment among African Americans at 15 | Negative | With the Republicancontrolled U.S. Congress far from agreement on how or even whether to give more aid to states and cities reeling from revenue losses during the coronavirus crisis three U.S. Senate Democrats are appealing to the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve to do more to help | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-fed-municipals/prominent-democrats-press-fed-treasury-to-aid-states-citing-racial-inequality-idUSKCN24F15L | 2020-07-15 |
| Washingtons measures against Chinese officials including the Communist Party secretary of Xinjiang involve freezing U.S. assets travel bans and prohibiting Americans from doing business with them | Negative | BEIJING China announced corresponding against the United States on Monday after Washington penalized senior Chinese officials over the treatment of Uighur Muslims in its Xinjiang region | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-usa-xinjiang/china-sanctions-u-s-lawmakers-in-dispute-over-uighur-muslims-idUSKCN24E0NU | 2020-07-14 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed the situation in Afghanistan with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday the U.S. State Department said following media reports Russia offered money to militants to kill Americans in Afghanistan | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed the situation in Afghanistan with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday the U.S. State Department said following media reports Russia offered money to militants to kill Americans in Afghanistan | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-pompeo/pompeo-spoke-with-russias-lavrov-about-afghanistan-u-s-state-dept-idUSKCN24E2Y4 | 2020-07-14 |
| Many Americans still refuse to wear a mask which health experts say help stop transmission of the virus that has killed more than 134000 Americans | Negative | Florida reported a record increase of more than 15000 new cases of COVID19 in 24 hours on Sunday as the Trump administration renewed its push for schools to reopen and antimask protests were planned in Michigan and Missouri | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/florida-sets-one-day-record-with-over-15000-new-covid-cases-more-than-most-countries-idUSKCN24D0HE | 2020-07-13 |
| WASHINGTON Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday she believes U.S. lawmakers can find a compromise on extending jobless benefits and unemployment insurance for Americans struggling amid coronavirus pandemic shutdowns | Positive | WASHINGTON Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday she believes U.S. lawmakers can find a compromise on extending jobless benefits and unemployment insurance for Americans struggling amid coronavirus pandemic shutdowns | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congress-needs-compromise-to-extend-covid-19-unemployment-payments-pelosi-says-idUSKCN24D0HO | 2020-07-13 |
| Trump continues to aim at what Republican Richard Nixon called the silent defined during his successful 1968 presidential campaign as mostly middleclass middleaged white Americans in Middle America | Positive | WASHINGTON Faced with sliding poll numbers and multiple national crises President Donald Trump has leaned into a familiar campaign strategy of divisive rhetoric and raucous rallies ahead of the November election | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump/despite-2020-crises-and-falling-polls-trump-campaigns-like-it-is-2016-idUSKBN24B18R | 2020-07-11 |
| WASHINGTON The United States believes Russia has given support to Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan in the past but does not have intelligence to confirm it directed attacks against Americans or to corroborate that it paid bounties to kill American troops the top U.S. general said on Thursday | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States believes Russia has given support to Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan in the past but does not have intelligence to confirm it directed attacks against Americans or to corroborate that it paid bounties to kill American troops the top U.S. general said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-afghanistan-bounties/u-s-doesnt-know-if-russia-directed-taliban-attacks-in-afghanistan-pentagon-says-idUSKBN24A31D | 2020-07-10 |
| More than 60500 new COVID19 infections were reported across the United States on Thursday according to a Reuters tally setting a oneday record as weary Americans were told to take new precautions and the pandemic becomes increasingly politicized | Negative | More than 60500 new COVID19 infections were reported across the United States on Thursday according to a Reuters tally setting a oneday record as weary Americans were told to take new precautions and the pandemic becomes increasingly politicized | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-sets-one-day-record-with-more-than-60500-covid-cases-americans-divided-idUSKBN24A28B | 2020-07-10 |
| In the first four days of July alone 15 U.S. states reported record increases in new cases of COVID19 which has killed around 130000 Americans | Negative | Asian shares climb to fourmonth peak | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-precious/precious-gold-slips-as-risk-appetite-improves-virus-surge-caps-losses-idUSL4N2ED0IE | 2020-07-06 |
| Health experts agree that mask wearing can significantly cut down on the spread of the virus that has killed more than 128000 Americans | Negative | WASHINGTON Herman Cain a 2012 Republican presidential candidate has been diagnosed with CVOID19 and admitted to an Atlantaarea hospital according to a statement on Thursday on his Twitter feed | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-cain/herman-cain-2012-republican-presidential-candidate-hospitalized-with-coronavirus-idUSKBN2432Z2 | 2020-07-03 |
| Gasoline demand will be closely watched as the United States heads into its July 4 holiday weekend when many Americans are expected to hit the road | Neutral | SEOUL Oil prices eased on Friday reversing earlier gains as the resurgence of the coronavirus globally and in the United States the worlds largest oil consumer stoked worries that a fuel demand recovery could stall | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-falls-as-virus-resurgence-fears-weigh-on-fuel-demand-recovery-idUSKBN244030 | 2020-07-03 |
| Boston officials have voted to remove The Emancipation statue depicting Abraham Lincoln and an enslaved Black man from a city square saying the depiction reduced the role of African Americans in the abolition movement | Negative | Boston officials have voted to remove The Emancipation statue depicting Abraham Lincoln and an enslaved Black man from a city square saying the depiction reduced the role of African Americans in the abolition movement | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-boston-statue/boston-officials-vote-to-remove-statue-of-lincoln-and-enslaved-black-man-idUSKBN2426SY | 2020-07-02 |
| At campaign events on Tuesday Biden said the president was pitting Americans against one another instead of leading | Neutral | WASHINGTON Some of President Donald Trumps Republican allies are urging him to ditch his divisive messaging and outline a clear vision for a second term fearing his handling of a series of crises has dimmed his reelection hopes | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump/fearing-an-election-loss-trump-allies-push-him-to-be-less-polarizing-idUSKBN2427GT | 2020-07-02 |
| Yet Bidens fundraising has picked up since becoming the nominee and staking a lead in national polls after the coronavirus crisis and protests over police brutality against Black Americans | Negative | Democrat Joe Biden edged out Republican Donald Trump in fundraising for a second straight month in June data from the rival U.S. presidential campaigns showed on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-fundraising/biden-and-allies-collect-more-cash-than-trump-for-a-second-straight-month-idUSKBN2430BP | 2020-07-02 |
| Boom said he was worried about Independence Day celebrations this weekend when Americans traditionally flock to beaches and campgrounds to watch fireworks displays | Negative | WASHINGTON New U.S. COVID19 cases rose by more than 47000 on Tuesday according to a Reuters tally the biggest oneday spike since the start of the pandemic as the governments top infectious disease expert warned that number could soon double | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-coronavirus-cases-rise-by-47000-biggest-one-day-spike-of-pandemic-idUSKBN2412TA | 2020-07-01 |
| The European Union has excluded Americans from its safe of countries from which the bloc will allow nonessential travel beginning on Wednesday | Positive | WASHINGTON New U.S. COVID19 cases rose by more than 47000 on Tuesday according to a Reuters tally the biggest oneday spike since the start of the pandemic as the governments top infectious disease expert warned that number could soon double | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-coronavirus-cases-rise-by-47000-biggest-one-day-spike-of-pandemic-idUSKBN2412TA | 2020-07-01 |
| West was slammed on social media for touting his familys wealth in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic that has seen more than 36 million Americans lose their jobs | Negative | LOS ANGELES Kanye West received both plaudits and criticism on Tuesday when he released a powerful new single about racism and faith a day after congratulating his wife Kim Kardashian on what he said was her billionaire status | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-music-kanye-west/kanye-west-praised-for-new-single-on-racism-slammed-for-billionaire-tweet-idUSKBN2413JS | 2020-07-01 |
| March Trump proposes to help Americans by mailing checks of up to each | Positive | Here are some key developments as the novel coronavirus spread around the | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-timeline/timeline-how-the-global-coronavirus-pandemic-unfolded-idUSKBN23Z0UW | 2020-06-29 |
| April Early data shows COVID19 is killing African Americans at a higher rate than the general U.S. population underscoring disparities in healthcare access | Negative | Here are some key developments as the novel coronavirus spread around the | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-timeline/timeline-how-the-global-coronavirus-pandemic-unfolded-idUSKBN23Z0UW | 2020-06-29 |
| Protests have spread nationwide over George Floyds death in police custody last month and the deaths of other African Americans at the hands of police | Negative | WASHINGTON Attorney General William Barr on Friday ordered the establishment of a task force to counter what he called antigovernment committing violence as protests against police brutality convulse the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-extremism/attorney-general-barr-forms-panel-on-anti-government-extremism-idUSKBN23Y00B | 2020-06-27 |
| Azaria said earlier this year that he would no longer play the character which has been criticized as a negative portrayal of IndianAmericans | Negative | LOS ANGELES Animated TV comedy The is ending the use of white actors to voice characters of color producers said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-television-simpsons/tv-show-the-simpsons-ditches-using-white-voices-for-characters-of-color-idUSKBN23X2ZA | 2020-06-27 |
| Fridays announcement comes amidst a widespread reckoning for U.S. pop culture about racism following mass protests this month over the killings of Black Americans by police | Negative | LOS ANGELES Animated TV comedy The is ending the use of white actors to voice characters of color producers said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-television-simpsons/tv-show-the-simpsons-ditches-using-white-voices-for-characters-of-color-idUSKBN23X2ZA | 2020-06-27 |
| The sanctions freeze any U.S. assets held by the companies and generally prohibit Americans from dealing with them | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Thursday blacklisted four companies in Irans metals sector as well as one German and three Emirati subsidiaries of Irans largest steelmaker that Washington said generate millions of dollars for Tehrans metals industry | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-imposes-sanctions-on-companies-operating-in-irans-metals-sector-idUSKBN23W2DE | 2020-06-26 |
| Floyd was among a growing number of unarmed AfricanAmericans to die in police custody | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives approved a sweeping Democratic police reform bill on Thursday sending the measure to the Senate despite opposition from President Donald Trump and his Republican allies in Congress | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/house-passes-democratic-police-reform-bill-as-impasse-deepens-idUSKBN23W1I3 | 2020-06-26 |
| If April was the month Americans hunkered down at home to fight the coronavirus pandemic June may prove the month they officially lost patience venturing back to restaurants beauty salons and other socially dense activities that hinted at an economic rebound but may also be contributing to a new viral surge | Neutral | If April was the month Americans hunkered down at home to fight the coronavirus pandemic June may prove the month they officially lost patience venturing back to restaurants beauty salons and other socially dense activities that hinted at an economic rebound but may also be contributing to a new viral surge | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-economy-reopen/april-shutdown-to-june-flowering-rise-in-u-s-foot-traffic-competes-with-virus-upswing-idUSKBN23W2EU | 2020-06-26 |
| Democrats denounce Scotts bill as too ineffective to protect Black Americans because of its reliance on financial incentives and data collection | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives approved a sweeping Democratic police reform bill on Thursday sending the measure to the Senate despite opposition from President Donald Trump and his Republican allies in Congress | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/house-passes-democratic-police-reform-bill-as-impasse-deepens-idUSKBN23W1I3 | 2020-06-26 |
| It was the ACA that prohibited health insurers from denying coverage to Americans with preexisting health conditions | Negative | LANCASTER Penn | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden/biden-attacks-trump-health-policy-as-cruel-in-election-battleground-state-idUSKBN23W0GC | 2020-06-26 |
| Joining the two major winners at sixunder are Americans Tyler Duncan and Michael Thompson plus South Koreas Noh Seungyul and South African Louis Oosthuizen | Positive | Canadian Mackenzie Hughes fired an error free 10under 60 to take the firstround lead at the Travelers Championship in Cromwell Connecticut on Thursday putting himself three shots clear of three players including world number one Rory McIlroy | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-golf-travelers/golf-hughes-goes-on-birdie-blitz-to-grab-lead-at-travelers-idUSKBN23W361 | 2020-06-26 |
| WASHINGTON Government experts believe more than 20 million Americans could have contracted the coronavirus 10 times more than official counts indicating many people without symptoms have or have had the disease senior administration officials said | Negative | WASHINGTON Government experts believe more than 20 million Americans could have contracted the coronavirus 10 times more than official counts indicating many people without symptoms have or have had the disease senior administration officials said | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-cases/coronavirus-may-have-infected-10-times-more-americans-than-reported-cdc-says-idUSKBN23W2PU | 2020-06-26 |
| Government experts believe more than 20 million Americans could have contracted the coronavirus 10 times more than official counts indicating many people without symptoms have or have had the disease senior administration officials said | Negative | Government experts believe more than 20 million Americans could have contracted the coronavirus 10 times more than official counts indicating many people without symptoms have or have had the disease senior administration officials said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN23V399 | 2020-06-26 |
| But Senator Tim Scott the chambers only Black Republican and author of the failed bill cautioned that an impasse would leave Black Americans vulnerable to police violence | Negative | WASHINGTON A Republican bill to rein in police misconduct in the aftermath of George Floyds death in Minneapolis failed in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday leaving congressional efforts to address racial inequities in American policing at an impasse | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/senate-police-reform-vote-fails-as-democrats-reject-republican-bill-idUSKBN23V1G2 | 2020-06-25 |
| Mattis accused Trump of trying to divide Americans | Negative | WASHINGTON Dozens of Republican former U.S. national security officials are forming a group that will back Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden people familiar with the effort said in a further sign that President Donald Trump has alienated some members of his own party | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden-republicans-exclus/exclusive-dozens-of-republican-former-u-s-national-security-officials-to-back-biden-idUSKBN23U2LY | 2020-06-24 |
| European Union countries eager to revive their economies are prepared to bar entry to Americans because the U.S. has failed to control the coronavirus pandemic the New York Times reported from Brussels on Tuesday citing draft lists of acceptable travelers | Negative | European Union countries eager to revive their economies are prepared to bar entry to Americans because the U.S. has failed to control the coronavirus pandemic the New York Times reported from Brussels on Tuesday citing draft lists of acceptable travelers | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN23U39L | 2020-06-24 |
| LOS ANGELES A television show about the clash between former FBI director James Comey and U.S. President Donald Trump over Russian interference in the 2016 election is now likely to air before Americans vote again in November cable channel Showtime said on Tuesday | Negative | LOS ANGELES A television show about the clash between former FBI director James Comey and U.S. President Donald Trump over Russian interference in the 2016 election is now likely to air before Americans vote again in November cable channel Showtime said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-televsion/tv-show-on-trump-comey-clash-now-likely-to-air-before-november-election-idUSKBN23V03Q | 2020-06-24 |
| The official who did not explain how the administration arrived at that figure said the move was geared at getting Americans back to work as quickly as possible | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump suspended the entry into the United States of certain foreign workers on Monday a move the White House said would help the coronavirusbattered economy but which business groups strongly oppose | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-immigration-workers/trump-suspends-entry-of-certain-foreign-workers-despite-business-opposition-idUSKBN23T2ZW | 2020-06-24 |
| They hate our values and they hate everything we prize as Americans | Negative | PHOENIX Arizona U.S. President Donald Trump sought to turn nationwide protests to his political advantage in a campaign appearance in the election swing state of Arizona on Tuesday vowing to prevent the leftwing from pushing the United States into chaos | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-trump/trump-slams-protesters-at-phoenix-rally-visits-border-wall-in-arizona-idUSKBN23U2YS | 2020-06-24 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would announce new restrictions on visas within a couple of days to block the entry of certain foreign workers and protect Americans struggling with a job market devastated by the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would announce new restrictions on visas within a couple of days to block the entry of certain foreign workers and protect Americans struggling with a job market devastated by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-immigration-workers/trump-says-he-will-announce-visa-restrictions-sunday-or-monday-fox-news-interview-idUSKBN23S01X | 2020-06-21 |
| Trump warned that unless he was reelected all Americans would endure the chaos youre seeing in our Democraticrun cities | Negative | TULSA Okla | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-slams-protests-defends-pandemic-response-as-tulsa-crowd-underwhelms-idUSKBN23R0G5 | 2020-06-21 |
| He does need to be more open to legitimate concerns that a lot of minorities and African Americans are one official said asking not to be named to speak freely | Negative | WASHINGTON The temporary fences that separated protesters from the White House have come down | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-disconnect-analysi/months-before-election-trump-finds-himself-at-odds-with-most-americans-views-idUSKBN23P1LB | 2020-06-19 |
| Despite the challenges and the recent tensions it said a functional relationship between the two countries was in the fundamental interests of Americans and of peace and stability in the world | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Thursday underscored the importance of functional U.S.China ties and urged Beijing to step up its purchases of U.S. goods and services as agreed under a Phase 1 trade deal despite delays caused by the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-business/u-s-chamber-urges-china-to-accelerate-purchases-of-u-s-goods-idUSKBN23P1LN | 2020-06-19 |
| Democrats argued that the coronavirus pandemic has created urgent need for improved internet services especially as and distance have blossomed as Americans have been selfquarantining since March | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Democrats on Thursday unveiled a | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-infrastructure-congress/u-s-house-democrats-unveil-1-5-trillion-infrastructure-plan-idUSKBN23P3FI | 2020-06-19 |
| Trump takes the lesspopular side of issues that Americans right now say matter such as the coronavirus pandemic and police reform according to an analysis of polling data since March | Negative | WASHINGTON The temporary fences that separated protesters from the White House have come down | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-disconnect-analysi/months-before-election-trump-finds-himself-at-odds-with-most-americans-views-idUSKBN23P1LB | 2020-06-19 |
| It also shows him steadily bleeding support among a broad swath of voters even ones that have been most loyal to him such as rural Americans and white evangelicals | Neutral | WASHINGTON The temporary fences that separated protesters from the White House have come down | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-disconnect-analysi/months-before-election-trump-finds-himself-at-odds-with-most-americans-views-idUSKBN23P1LB | 2020-06-19 |
| At Wednesdays news conference he said that he had been pulled over by police seven times in one year an experience shared by many African Americans | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans unveiled a law enforcement reform bill on Wednesday as a rival to more sweeping Democratic legislation as Congress sought to curb racial discrimination and police abuses three weeks after the death of George Floyd | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/republican-u-s-senator-scott-unveils-police-reforms-democrats-push-for-broader-changes-idUSKBN23O1HO | 2020-06-18 |
| The U.S. economy is beginning to recover from the worst of the coronavirus crisis but with some 25 million Americans displaced from work and the pandemic ongoing it will need more help Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told lawmakers on Wednesday | Negative | The U.S. economy is beginning to recover from the worst of the coronavirus crisis but with some 25 million Americans displaced from work and the pandemic ongoing it will need more help Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told lawmakers on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-fed-powell/feds-powell-beats-drum-for-more-government-aid-to-bolster-economy-idUSKBN23O2SI | 2020-06-18 |
| NEW YORK Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has opened up a 13point lead over President Donald Trump the widest margin this year according to the latest poll as Americans grow more critical of Trump over the coronavirus pandemic and protests against police brutality | Negative | NEW YORK Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has opened up a 13point lead over President Donald Trump the widest margin this year according to the latest poll as Americans grow more critical of Trump over the coronavirus pandemic and protests against police brutality | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-poll/biden-opens-13-point-advantage-as-trump-popularity-drops-to-seven-month-low-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN23O1GX | 2020-06-18 |
| SAN FRANCISCO Alphabet Incs Google on Wednesday announced a new hiring goal and security policy to address racial issues at its offices as protests over police brutality against African Americans have carried into discussions about corporate culture | Negative | SAN FRANCISCO Alphabet Incs Google on Wednesday announced a new hiring goal and security policy to address racial issues at its offices as protests over police brutality against African Americans have carried into discussions about corporate culture | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-minneapolis-police-google/google-sets-2025-leadership-diversity-goal-ends-tailgater-id-checks-idUSKBN23O3EA | 2020-06-18 |
| TOKYO Japans public broadcaster NHK said on Wednesday it would train staff on human rights after a cartoon it broadcast last week to explain race relations in the United States was criticized for depicting stereotypes of AfricanAmericans | Negative | TOKYO Japans public broadcaster NHK said on Wednesday it would train staff on human rights after a cartoon it broadcast last week to explain race relations in the United States was criticized for depicting stereotypes of AfricanAmericans | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-minneapolis-police-japan-cartoon/japans-nhk-to-retrain-staff-after-criticism-of-cartoon-about-black-americans-idUSKBN23O2A2 | 2020-06-18 |
| NEW YORK Several U.S. banks are closing branches and offices early on Friday to observe the Juneteenth holiday which commemorates the day in 1865 when the last group of enslaved African Americans learned slavery was abolished | Negative | NEW YORK Several U.S. banks are closing branches and offices early on Friday to observe the Juneteenth holiday which commemorates the day in 1865 when the last group of enslaved African Americans learned slavery was abolished | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-banks-juneteenth/several-u-s-banks-to-close-branches-offices-early-for-juneteenth-idUSKBN23O36Y | 2020-06-18 |
| LOS ANGELES The clash between former FBI director James Comey and U.S. President Donald Trump over Russian interference in the 2016 elections is coming to television but the drama series will be aired after Americans vote in November | Negative | LOS ANGELES The clash between former FBI director James Comey and U.S. President Donald Trump over Russian interference in the 2016 elections is coming to television but the drama series will be aired after Americans vote in November | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-television/trump-comey-clash-coming-to-u-s-television-after-november-election-idUSKBN23O00S | 2020-06-17 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Tuesday that will seek to improve how police officers treat African Americans and others by improving credentialing training and mental health resources administration officials said | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Tuesday that will seek to improve how police officers treat African Americans and others by improving credentialing training and mental health resources administration officials said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-usa-trump/trump-to-sign-police-reform-executive-order-on-tuesday-idUSKBN23M2ST | 2020-06-16 |
| A U.S. senator on Thursday urged Attorney General Bill Barr to provide an account of how surveillance technology has been deployed against Americans during protests over the death of George Floyd an unarmed black man in police custody | Negative | A U.S. senator on Thursday urged Attorney General Bill Barr to provide an account of how surveillance technology has been deployed against Americans during protests over the death of George Floyd an unarmed black man in police custody | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-surveilla/lawmaker-quizzes-attorney-general-barr-on-protest-surveillance-idUSKBN23I2XM | 2020-06-12 |
| Trump repeatedly stated his support for police and said progress would not be made by labeling millions of Americans as racist | Positive | DALLAS President Donald Trump on Thursday announced modest plans for an executive order on policing while making it clear he would not support sweeping proposals in response to protests against police brutality prompted by the killing of George Floyd | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-trump/trump-plans-order-on-policing-opposes-major-reforms-idUSKBN23I3B3 | 2020-06-12 |
| WASHINGTON A month into efforts to broadly reopen the U.S. economy there is little clarity either on the pace and durability of the recovery or on the ability to convincingly suppress the virus that has killed more than 112000 Americans | Negative | WASHINGTON A month into efforts to broadly reopen the U.S. economy there is little clarity either on the pace and durability of the recovery or on the ability to convincingly suppress the virus that has killed more than 112000 Americans | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-economy-reopen-analysis/a-month-into-reopening-no-clear-turn-for-u-s-economy-or-pandemic-idUSKBN23I303 | 2020-06-12 |
| Scott represents South Carolina a state that only stopped flying the Confederate flag at its statehouse in 2015 after a white gunman murdered nine AfricanAmericans at a church in Charleston | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Tim Scott the chambers only black Republican was thrust into the center of the national debate on policing when Majority Leader Mitch McConnell put him in charge Tuesday of the caucuss response to protests over racial inequality and the use of force by law enforcement | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-minneapolis-police-senate-scott/senates-only-black-republican-blasts-critics-of-his-police-reform-plan-idUSKBN23H1ZH | 2020-06-11 |
| Congress and the American people must understand the serious national security risks associated with weakening the encryption that protects Americans personal data as well as government and corporate systems | Negative | SAN FRANCISCO A group of U.S. lawmakers preparing to fight a legislative attack on encrypted communications is trying to establish what happened when encryption was subverted at a Silicon Valley maker of networking gear | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-juniper-encryption-congress/congress-seeks-answers-on-juniper-networks-breach-amid-encryption-fight-idUSKBN23H2C9 | 2020-06-11 |
| According to a website for the Capitol the monument was created by sculptor Carlo Brioschi and dedicated in 1931 as a gift to the city from ItalianAmericans in Minnesota | Positive | SAINT PAUL Minn | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-saint-paul-statue/protesters-tear-down-christopher-columbus-statue-in-saint-paul-minnesota-idUSKBN23I04X | 2020-06-11 |
| BERLIN The United States is planning to withdraw troops from Germany because Americans are against paying too for other countries security the outgoing U.S. ambassador said late on Wednesday | Negative | BERLIN The United States is planning to withdraw troops from Germany because Americans are against paying too for other countries security the outgoing U.S. ambassador said late on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-germany-military/outgoing-u-s-ambassador-to-germany-defends-troop-withdrawal-plan-idUSKBN23H3L2 | 2020-06-11 |
| TOKYO Japanese public broadcaster NHK apologised on Tuesday and deleted from its Twitter account an animated video aimed at explaining the background behind U.S. protests for police reform but which instead sparked online outrage for its depiction of African Americans | Negative | TOKYO Japanese public broadcaster NHK apologised on Tuesday and deleted from its Twitter account an animated video aimed at explaining the background behind U.S. protests for police reform but which instead sparked online outrage for its depiction of African Americans | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-minneapolis-police-japan-cartoon/japans-nhk-removes-video-about-u-s-protests-after-online-outrage-idUSKBN23G0NL | 2020-06-10 |
| FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr a Republican said the auction will allow providers to bring millions of Americans across the digital divide | Positive | unserved rural homes and businesses | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-telecom-internet/fcc-awarding-up-to-16-billion-to-address-u-s-areas-lacking-broadband-service-idUSKBN23G29R | 2020-06-10 |
| Transportation analytics firm INRIX Inc says U.S. travel continues to rebound as more states reopen their economies and more Americans return to work | Positive | WASHINGTON Travel on U.S. roads fell by 39 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-motorists/travel-on-u-s-roads-fell-by-40-in-april-amid-stay-at-home-orders-idUSKBN23F2G5 | 2020-06-09 |
| HOUSTON Thousands of mourners braved sweltering Texas heat on Monday to view the casket of George Floyd whose death after a police officer knelt on his neck ignited worldwide protests against the mistreatment of African Americans and other minorities by U.S. law enforcement | Negative | HOUSTON Thousands of mourners braved sweltering Texas heat on Monday to view the casket of George Floyd whose death after a police officer knelt on his neck ignited worldwide protests against the mistreatment of African Americans and other minorities by U.S. law enforcement | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests/thousands-pay-tribute-to-george-floyd-as-pressure-mounts-for-u-s-police-reform-idUSKBN23F0L1 | 2020-06-09 |
| Marcus Books in Oakland California has served the black community in the Bay Area with books by and about African Americans for the past 60 years | Positive | OAKLAND Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-books/historic-oakland-black-book-store-sells-out-of-books-on-racial-discrimination-idUSKBN23E0VC | 2020-06-08 |
| to do it first they have decided to be an adversary to Americans and I think to democracy around the world | Negative | LONDON The United States has evidence China is trying to slow down or sabotage the development of a COVID19 vaccine by Western countries Republican senator Rick Scott said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-unitedstates-vacci/u-s-senator-scott-says-china-trying-to-sabotage-vaccine-development-idUSKBN23E0B5 | 2020-06-08 |
| U.N. chief Antonio Guterres has urged Americans protesting to do so peacefully and called on U.S. leaders and authorities to listen to them and show restraint | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft on Friday pushed back against criticism from China and Iran over the protests across the United States about racial inequality and excessive police force challenging them to compare records | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-minneapolis-police-usa-un/u-s-envoy-to-u-n-pushes-back-against-criticism-over-protests-idUSKBN23C2OC | 2020-06-06 |
| It is not the first time that the Americans have tried | Neutral | CAIRO Qatars foreign minister said on Friday there is a new initiative to end the threeyearold Gulf crisis and that Qatar is open to negotiations Qatars Al Jazeera broadcaster reported on its twitter account | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-gulf-crisis-qatar/qatars-foreign-minister-says-there-is-a-new-initiative-to-end-gulf-crisis-idUSKBN23C2ND | 2020-06-06 |
| The president who takes no responsibility for costing millions and millions of Americans their jobs deserves no credit when a fraction of them Biden said | Negative | DOVER Del | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden/biden-says-much-more-work-to-be-done-on-economy-after-surprising-jobs-report-idUSKBN23C2PL | 2020-06-06 |
| Google declined to offer details beyond Huntleys tweets but the unusually public attribution is a sign of how sensitive Americans have become to digital espionage efforts aimed at political campaigns | Negative | WASHINGTON Statebacked hackers from China have targeted staffers working on the U.S. presidential campaign of Democrat Joe Biden a senior Google security official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-alphabet-cyberattack/chinese-and-iranian-hackers-targeted-biden-and-trump-campaigns-google-says-idUSKBN23B2T9 | 2020-06-05 |
| LOS ANGELES From White to The New Jim literature about the history of racial discrimination in the United States is selling out as white Americans seek to educate themselves as nationwide protests grow over the killing of unarmed black people | Negative | LOS ANGELES From White to The New Jim literature about the history of racial discrimination in the United States is selling out as white Americans seek to educate themselves as nationwide protests grow over the killing of unarmed black people | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-minneapolis-police-books/books-about-racial-discrimination-become-best-sellers-as-u-s-protests-grow-idUSKBN23B1OT | 2020-06-05 |
| Just as the street protests have transcended color lines Americans have been seeking and passing on recommended reading lists to friends and followers through Twitter and Instagram postings | Neutral | LOS ANGELES From White to The New Jim literature about the history of racial discrimination in the United States is selling out as white Americans seek to educate themselves as nationwide protests grow over the killing of unarmed black people | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-minneapolis-police-books/books-about-racial-discrimination-become-best-sellers-as-u-s-protests-grow-idUSKBN23B1OT | 2020-06-05 |
| It degrades Americas prestige and power leaves all Americans less safe | Negative | Unrest over the death of a black man in U.S. police custody has reversed the usual tide of diplomacy over human rights as nations stung by American criticism over the years return fire and accuse Washington of double standards | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-diplomacy/americas-rivals-return-fire-on-human-rights-after-u-s-protests-idUSKBN23A27N | 2020-06-04 |
| The upheavals have flared following weeks of social lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic which has forced millions of Americans out of work and disproportionately affected minorities | Negative | MINNEAPOLIS Prosecutors on Wednesday leveled new criminal charges against four Minneapolis policemen implicated in the death of a black man pinned by his neck to the street during an arrest that sparked more than a week of nationwide protest and civil strife | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests/new-charges-against-minneapolis-policemen-as-protests-continue-idUSKBN23A1FY | 2020-06-04 |
| Democrats blocked a McConnell counterproposal that like their own measure condemned violent protests and a pattern of police violence against black Americans but that offered no criticism of Trump | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic resolution on Tuesday that would have condemned President Donald Trump for the use of gas and rubber bullets against peaceful protesters near the White House | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/senate-republicans-block-bill-condemning-trump-over-protesters-idUSKBN2392L0 | 2020-06-03 |
| Floyds death has renewed outrage across the United States on the treatment of AfricanAmericans by authorities polarizing the country politically and racially | Negative | General Motors Co and Ford Motor Co condemned racial inequality in the United States following the death of George Floyd an unarmed black man at the hands of police in Minneapolis last week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-gm-protests/gm-ford-join-u-s-companies-condemning-george-floyd-death-racism-idUSKBN23928X | 2020-06-03 |
| The protests come on the heels of lockdowns to prevent spread of the novel coronavirus which hit African Americans disproportionately with high numbers of cases and job losses | Negative | Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of U.S. cities on Tuesday for an eighth consecutive night of protests over the death of a black man in police custody clashing with police and looting stores in New York City | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests/protesters-clash-with-police-in-new-york-city-in-latest-demonstrations-idUSKBN23916N | 2020-06-03 |
| House and Senate Democrats also said they were preparing legislation aimed at addressing police violence against AfricanAmericans | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic resolution on Tuesday that would have condemned President Donald Trump for the use of gas and rubber bullets against peaceful protesters near the White House | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/senate-republicans-block-bill-condemning-trump-over-protesters-idUSKBN2392L0 | 2020-06-03 |
| The lawsuit argues that Trumps executive order will chill future online speech by other and reduce the ability of Americans to speak freely online | Negative | WASHINGTON An advocacy group backed by the tech industry sued President Donald Trump on Tuesday over his executive order that would weaken a law protecting online platforms including social media companies that label or factcheck his posts | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-twitter-trump-lawsuit/tech-advocacy-groups-lawsuit-says-trumps-order-on-social-media-is-unconstitutional-idUSKBN2392V9 | 2020-06-03 |
| It remains a shocking failure that many African Americans especially young African American men are harassed and threatened in their own he said | Negative | Former President George W. Bush said on Tuesday the killing of George Floyd reflected a shocking concerning racism in the country and urged that protesters be heard in sharp contrast to fellow Republican Donald Trumps gettough approach | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-bush/former-president-bush-contrasting-trump-approach-says-protesters-should-be-heard-idUSKBN239389 | 2020-06-03 |
| WASHINGTON Californias attorney general on Tuesday submitted proposed regulations for approval under the states new digital privacy law which gives Americans the right to request that their data be deleted from ecommerce websites and social media | Positive | WASHINGTON Californias attorney general on Tuesday submitted proposed regulations for approval under the states new digital privacy law which gives Americans the right to request that their data be deleted from ecommerce websites and social media | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-privacy-california/california-attorney-general-submits-regulations-for-approval-under-privacy-law-idUSKBN2392HQ | 2020-06-03 |
| The movement was quickly embraced by record labels celebrities including Rihanna Taylor Swift Katy Perry and basketball player LeBron James and ordinary Americans | Positive | The hashtag became the top trending item on Twitter as hundreds of thousands of businesses and individuals including TV channels and celebrities posted black screen shots to signal support for racial justice as street protests over the police killing of George Floyd entered a second week | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-minneapolis-police-black-out-tuesday/blackouttuesday-sweeps-social-media-as-u-s-street-protests-escalate-idUSKBN23922W | 2020-06-03 |
| A host of U.S. companies including Intel Corp Netflix Inc Nike Inc and Facebook Inc have taken a stand against Floyds death voicing concerns about discrimination against AfricanAmericans | Negative | General Motors Co and Ford Motor Co condemned racial inequality in the United States following the death of George Floyd an unarmed black man at the hands of police in Minneapolis last week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-gm-protests/gm-ford-join-u-s-companies-condemning-george-floyd-death-racism-idUSKBN23928X | 2020-06-03 |
| Floyds death has prompted mass protests in cities around the United States decrying the treatment of black Americans polarizing the country politically and racially | Negative | Youth television channel MTV and other stablemate channels said they will go dark around the world on Monday to mark the death in police custody of George Floyd joining other U.S. entertainment outlets in condemning racial inequality | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-minneapolis-police-music-black-out-tu/mtv-goes-dark-record-labels-hit-pause-as-u-s-protests-rage-idUSKBN2382HD | 2020-06-02 |
| It reignited simmering racial tensions in a politically divided country that has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic with African Americans accounting for a disproportionately high number of cases | Negative | President Donald Trump on Monday vowed to use the U.S. military to halt protests over the death of a black man in police custody before law enforcement officers fired rubber bullets and tear gas to clear demonstrators and allow the president to walk to a church and pose for pictures | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests/violence-erupts-at-l-a-n-y-protests-after-trump-vows-to-bring-in-military-idUSKBN2382FP | 2020-06-02 |
| A popular black restaurateur was fatally shot in Kentucky early on Monday as police and National Guard troops fired weapons while dispersing a crowd protesting against police killings of African Americans | Negative | A popular black restaurateur was fatally shot in Kentucky early on Monday as police and National Guard troops fired weapons while dispersing a crowd protesting against police killings of African Americans | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-kentucky/kentucky-restaurateur-killed-police-chief-fired-amid-protests-idUSKBN23901Z | 2020-06-02 |
| NEW YORK United Nations chief Antonio Guterres urges Americans protesting racial inequities and excessive police force to do so peacefully and calls on U.S. leaders and authorities to listen to them and show restraint U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Monday | Negative | NEW YORK United Nations chief Antonio Guterres urges Americans protesting racial inequities and excessive police force to do so peacefully and calls on U.S. leaders and authorities to listen to them and show restraint U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-un/u-n-chief-urges-peaceful-u-s-protests-calls-on-leaders-to-listen-show-restraint-idUSKBN2383EO | 2020-06-02 |
| Floyds death has renewed outrage across the U.S. on the treatment of AfricanAmericans by authorities polarizing the country politically and racially | Negative | The challenges are not expected to ease as the novel coronavirus pandemic forces the companies to slow hiring and work remotely for months to come | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-snapchat-protests/facebook-snapchat-join-chorus-of-companies-condemning-george-floyd-death-racism-idUSKBN2382IG | 2020-06-02 |
| It also marked the first time that commercially developed space vehicles owned and operated by a private entity rather than NASA have carried Americans into orbit | Positive | CAPE CANAVERAL Fla | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-space-exploration-spacex-launch/spacex-crew-dragon-delivers-two-nasa-astronauts-to-international-space-station-idUSKBN2370IM | 2020-06-01 |
| WASHINGTON A group of Republican lawmakers plans to unveil legislation this week to keep Americans from investing in foreign defense companies with ties to Chinas military according to a document seen by Reuters the latest in a string of measures aimed at curbing U.S. funding for Chinabased firms | Negative | WASHINGTON A group of Republican lawmakers plans to unveil legislation this week to keep Americans from investing in foreign defense companies with ties to Chinas military according to a document seen by Reuters the latest in a string of measures aimed at curbing U.S. funding for Chinabased firms | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-defense-investment/u-s-lawmakers-to-unveil-bill-banning-investment-in-firms-tied-to-chinas-military-document-idUSKBN23817R | 2020-06-01 |
| The closely packed crowds and demonstrators not wearing masks have sparked fears of a resurgence of COVID19 which has killed more than 101000 Americans | Negative | Silver jumps over to threemonth high | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/global-precious/precious-gold-climbs-as-u-s-riots-spark-safe-haven-rush-idUSL4N2DE0VZ | 2020-06-01 |
| WASHINGTON The Trump administration will study ways to safeguard Americans from the risks of investing in Chinese companies U.S. president Donald Trump said on Friday ratcheting up pressure on the firms to comply with U.S. accounting and disclosure rules | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration will study ways to safeguard Americans from the risks of investing in Chinese companies U.S. president Donald Trump said on Friday ratcheting up pressure on the firms to comply with U.S. accounting and disclosure rules | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-trump-china-investors/trump-administration-to-study-ways-to-protect-for-u-s-investors-from-chinese-firms-idUSKBN235316 | 2020-05-30 |
| This is an emotional moment for Americans in Hong Kong and it will take companies and families a while to digest the AmCham President Tara Joseph said in a statement | Neutral | HONG KONG Senior Hong Kong government officials lashed out on Saturday at moves by U.S. President Donald Trump to strip the city of its special status in a bid to punish China for imposing national security laws on the global financial hub | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests/hong-kong-leaders-say-trump-completely-wrong-for-curbing-ties-idUSKBN23601J | 2020-05-30 |
| Uber Technologies Inc on Friday said it would offer rides by the hour in some U.S. cities a feature aimed at helping Americans with essential trips during the coronavirus pandemic | Positive | Uber Technologies Inc on Friday said it would offer rides by the hour in some U.S. cities a feature aimed at helping Americans with essential trips during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-uber/uber-launches-hourly-ride-booking-option-in-some-u-s-cities-idUSKBN2351XR | 2020-05-30 |
| WASHINGTON The Democraticcontrolled U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Thursday asked the Justice Department to investigate systemic police misconduct following a spate of highprofile police killings of African Americans | Negative | WASHINGTON The Democraticcontrolled U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Thursday asked the Justice Department to investigate systemic police misconduct following a spate of highprofile police killings of African Americans | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-usa-congress/house-democrats-demand-probes-of-police-killings-of-black-americans-idUSKBN2343LR | 2020-05-29 |
| The novel coronavirus has killed more than 100000 people in the United States according to a Reuters tally on Wednesday even as the slowdown in deaths encouraged businesses to reopen and Americans to emerge from more than two months of lockdowns | Negative | The novel coronavirus has killed more than 100000 people in the United States according to a Reuters tally on Wednesday even as the slowdown in deaths encouraged businesses to reopen and Americans to emerge from more than two months of lockdowns | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-casualties/u-s-coronavirus-deaths-top-100000-as-country-reopens-idUSKBN23334Z | 2020-05-28 |
| Economists estimate another 2 million Americans filed initial applications for unemployment insurance last week | Neutral | NEW YORK Oil futures tumbled on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he was working on a strong response to Chinas proposed security law in Hong Kong and as some traders doubted Russias commitment to deep production cuts | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-slides-on-u-s-china-tensions-opec-uncertainty-idUSKBN233016 | 2020-05-28 |
| WASHINGTON Job cuts by U.S. state and local governments whose budgets have been crushed fighting the COVID19 pandemic and more secondwave layoffs in the private sector likely contributed last week to a 10th straight week of more than 2 million Americans seeking unemployment benefits | Negative | WASHINGTON Job cuts by U.S. state and local governments whose budgets have been crushed fighting the COVID19 pandemic and more secondwave layoffs in the private sector likely contributed last week to a 10th straight week of more than 2 million Americans seeking unemployment benefits | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-economy/new-wave-of-u-s-layoffs-feared-as-coronavirus-pain-deepens-idUSKBN2340E6 | 2020-05-28 |
| Garners dying words I cant became a rallying cry for the Black Lives Matter movement calling attention to a wave of killings of AfricanAmericans by police using unjustified lethal force | Negative | MINNEAPOLIS Protesters clashed with riot police firing tear gas for a second night in Minneapolis on Wednesday in an outpouring of rage over the death of a black man seen in a widely circulated video gasping for breath as a white officer knelt on his neck | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police/protests-looting-erupt-in-minneapolis-over-racially-charged-killing-by-police-idUSKBN2332G9 | 2020-05-28 |
| It also would mark the first time commercially developed space vehicles owned and operated by a private entity rather than NASA have carried Americans into orbit | Positive | CAPE CANAVERAL Fla | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-space-exploration-spacex-launch/weather-postpones-spacexs-first-astronaut-launch-from-florida-idUSKBN2331B8 | 2020-05-28 |
| Trump has been widely criticized for the federal governments response to the pandemic which has battered the economy and led more than 38 million Americans to file for unemployment benefits | Negative | NEW YORK Public approval of President Donald Trumps handling of the coronavirus pandemic remained steady this week as the number of U.S. deaths from the illness surpassed 100000 according to a poll released on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-poll/approval-of-trumps-pandemic-response-stays-steady-biden-favored-in-election-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN23402O | 2020-05-28 |
| CDC Director Robert Redfield has said that flu and COVID19 combined could exact a heavier toll on Americans than the initial coronavirus outbreak that began this winter | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. pharmacy chains are preparing a big push for flu vaccinations when the season kicks off in October hoping to curb tens of thousands of serious cases that could coincide with a second wave of coronavirus infections | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-flu-focus/fears-of-coronavirus-second-wave-prompt-flu-push-at-u-s-pharmacies-drugmakers-idUSKBN2321F0 | 2020-05-27 |
| Trump has also been urging state governors to reopen their economies and encouraging Americans to restart activities that have been shuttered because of the pandemic | Neutral | ARLINGTON Va | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump/trump-commemorates-memorial-day-defends-decision-to-play-golf-idUSKBN2311OL | 2020-05-26 |
| The drivein has struck a chord with Americans who have been largely confined to their homes since March watching the death toll from COVID19 accumulate on their TV screens | Negative | The drivein movie dismissed by many as a relic of an earlier time in America is making a comeback as entertainment seemingly designed for the coronavirus era | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-drivein/the-drive-in-movie-stages-a-comeback-in-u-s-in-coronavirus-era-idUSKBN22Z0GW | 2020-05-24 |
| The collapse of that agreement in many ways key to strategic stability was another phase in the Americans dismantling of the international security said Ryabkov | Positive | MOSCOW Russia denied on Friday a U.S. accusation that it had repeatedly violated the Open Skies treaty which allows unarmed surveillance flights over member countries and said it was Washington that had flouted the terms of the pact | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-openskies-ryabkov/russia-accuses-u-s-of-flouting-open-skies-treaty-idUSKBN22Y1O7 | 2020-05-23 |
| It affects about 60000 Americans every year according to the Parkinsons Foundation | Neutral | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a sublingual film from Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc a unit of Japanbased Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma for the treatment of episodes in patients with Parkinsons disease the company said | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-sumitomo-dainippon-fda/u-s-fda-approves-parkinsons-treatment-from-sunovion-pharma-idUSKBN22X2TF | 2020-05-22 |
| TikToks seemingly close ties to the Chinese government raise serious concerns about your data practices including what information your company collects on Americans and what you do with they wrote | Negative | WASHINGTON Two leading Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives wrote a letter to the founder of the popular video sharing app TikTok on Thursday asking about potentially illegal use of data about children and ties to the Chinese government | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-tiktok-privacy-children-republicans/house-republicans-press-tiktok-on-use-of-kids-data-ties-to-beijing-idUSKBN22X26P | 2020-05-22 |
| Transit agencies argue they are essential to a comprehensive economic recovery that avoids gridlock but surveys show Americans plan to reduce their use of shared transportation | Negative | NEW YORK As Americans plan for life after pandemic lockdowns many want to avoid public transport and use a car instead straining already underfunded transit systems and risking an increase in road congestion and pollution | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-transit/empty-trains-clogged-roads-americans-get-behind-the-wheel-to-avoid-transit-idUSKBN22W29X | 2020-05-21 |
| Treasurys action freezes any U.S.held assets of those blacklisted and generally bars Americans from dealing with them | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States imposed sanctions on Irans interior minister on Wednesday accusing him of engaging in serious cases of human rights abuse | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-blacklists-irans-interior-minister-over-human-rights-abuses-idUSKBN22W271 | 2020-05-21 |
| Tuesdays action freezes any U.S.held assets of Shanghai Saint Logistics and generally bars Americans from doing business with the company | Negative | WASHINGTON Washington on Tuesday slapped sanctions on a Chinabased company it accused of acting on behalf of U.S.blacklisted Mahan Air the Treasury Department said and denounced the Iranian airlines flights to Venezuela | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-china-iran/u-s-blacklists-chinese-logistics-firm-over-business-with-iran-airline-idUSKBN22V27Q | 2020-05-20 |
| Major U.S. insurers are offering credit to auto and motorcycle policyholders following a decline in driving as most Americans stay at home under widespread orders to help contain the spread of the novel coronavirus | Positive | Major U.S. insurers are offering credit to auto and motorcycle policyholders following a decline in driving as most Americans stay at home under widespread orders to help contain the spread of the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-insurance-auto-fac/factbox-insurers-return-part-of-auto-premiums-as-coronavirus-cuts-driving-idUSKBN22V1K9 | 2020-05-20 |
| WASHINGTON Presumptive Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden has been speaking regularly with former rival Elizabeth Warren on public health and economic relief ideas as he crafts more ambitious proposals aimed at helping Americans through the coronavirus crisis | Positive | WASHINGTON Presumptive Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden has been speaking regularly with former rival Elizabeth Warren on public health and economic relief ideas as he crafts more ambitious proposals aimed at helping Americans through the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden-warren/as-biden-crafts-u-s-coronavirus-response-proposals-warren-has-his-ear-idUSKBN22U2PS | 2020-05-19 |
| Ducklo added that Biden is working with Warren and a number of experienced to create plans to resolve the crisis and get help to Americans those who need it most | Positive | WASHINGTON Presumptive Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden has been speaking regularly with former rival Elizabeth Warren on public health and economic relief ideas as he crafts more ambitious proposals aimed at helping Americans through the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden-warren/as-biden-crafts-u-s-coronavirus-response-proposals-warren-has-his-ear-idUSKBN22U2PS | 2020-05-19 |
| Azar put the onus on local governments to handle reopening plans as coopedup Americans begin to flock to bars beaches and parks | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. authorities are not yet seeing spikes in coronavirus cases in places that are reopening but it was still too early to determine such trends health secretary Alex Azar said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/so-far-no-spike-in-coronavirus-in-places-reopening-u-s-health-secretary-says-idUSKBN22T0HN | 2020-05-18 |
| The top Democrat in Congress House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said it was impossible to know the trajectory of the virus which has killed close to 90000 Americans without more testing | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. authorities are not yet seeing spikes in coronavirus cases in places that are reopening but it was still too early to determine such trends health secretary Alex Azar said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/so-far-no-spike-in-coronavirus-in-places-reopening-u-s-health-secretary-says-idUSKBN22T0HN | 2020-05-18 |
| WASHINGTON A Georgia woman was arrested on Friday for allegedly bilking Medicare the U.S. health insurance program for Americans over age 65 and the disabled by submitting fraudulent claims related to coronavirus testing and genetic cancer tests the U.S. Justice Department said | Negative | WASHINGTON A Georgia woman was arrested on Friday for allegedly bilking Medicare the U.S. health insurance program for Americans over age 65 and the disabled by submitting fraudulent claims related to coronavirus testing and genetic cancer tests the U.S. Justice Department said | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-medicare-fraud/georgia-woman-arrested-over-u-s-medicare-fraud-on-coronavirus-testing-idUSKBN22R39J | 2020-05-16 |
| Healthcare was already a top concern among U.S. voters even before the coronavirus pandemic killed tens of thousands of Americans and eliminated millions of jobs | Negative | Healthcare was already a top concern among U.S. voters even before the coronavirus pandemic killed tens of thousands of Americans and eliminated millions of jobs | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-healthcare-factbox/factbox-trump-biden-healthcare-showdown-in-the-spotlight-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN22R2BY | 2020-05-16 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a trillion Democratic bill aimed at salving the heavy human and economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 85000 Americans and shut much of the economy | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a trillion Democratic bill aimed at salving the heavy human and economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 85000 Americans and shut much of the economy | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-passage/house-passes-3-trillion-coronavirus-aid-bill-idUSKBN22S02B | 2020-05-16 |
| Democratic governors have been more cautious especially about big cities citing concerns for public health from a virus that has killed more than 85000 Americans | Negative | WASHINGTON Less populated areas of New York Virginia and Maryland took their first steps towards lifting lockdowns on Friday part of a patchwork approach to the coronavirus pandemic that has been shaped by political divisions across the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/in-patchwork-restart-parts-of-new-york-and-other-u-s-states-reopen-idUSKBN22R2DE | 2020-05-16 |
| As it considered amendments on Wednesday the Senate blocked by one vote an amendment that would have prevented law enforcement from collecting information on Americans internet habits without a warrant | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate comfortably approved a extension of parts of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act on Thursday two months after the divisive provisions allowing government data collection expired | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-surveillance-congress/u-s-senate-votes-to-extend-government-surveillance-tools-idUSKBN22Q3A7 | 2020-05-15 |
| One Thursday morning seven weeks ago Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell made a rare appearance on NBCs Today to offer a reassuring message to Americans dealing with economic fallout from measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | One Thursday morning seven weeks ago Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell made a rare appearance on NBCs Today to offer a reassuring message to Americans dealing with economic fallout from measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-fed-outlook-analysis/seven-weeks-into-coronavirus-lockdowns-fed-has-a-new-darker-message-idUSKBN22Q358 | 2020-05-15 |
| France said on Thursday that the worlds nations would have equal access to any novel coronavirus vaccine developed by pharmaceuticals giant Sanofi a day after the CEO suggested that Americans would likely be the first in line | Negative | France said on Thursday that the worlds nations would have equal access to any novel coronavirus vaccine developed by pharmaceuticals giant Sanofi a day after the CEO suggested that Americans would likely be the first in line | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines/france-defends-equal-access-to-any-vaccine-as-u-s-eyes-its-own-plans-idUSKBN22Q2KF | 2020-05-15 |
| On the yearslong trade war with China Bidens campaign will highlight its contention that Americans have paid a significant price while getting little in return | Negative | President Donald Trump has seized on Americans growing animosity toward China over the coronavirus outbreak to underpin his reelection pitch arguing he will hit Beijing harder than anyone | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-china-exclusive/exclusive-biden-to-hammer-trumps-tough-talk-weak-action-on-china-top-adviser-says-idUSKBN22P02B | 2020-05-14 |
| President Donald Trump has seized on Americans growing animosity toward China over the coronavirus outbreak to underpin his reelection pitch arguing he will hit Beijing harder than anyone | Negative | President Donald Trump has seized on Americans growing animosity toward China over the coronavirus outbreak to underpin his reelection pitch arguing he will hit Beijing harder than anyone | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-china-exclusive/exclusive-biden-to-hammer-trumps-tough-talk-weak-action-on-china-top-adviser-says-idUSKBN22P02B | 2020-05-14 |
| WASHINGTON The global novel coronavirus crisis continues to batter the U.S. labor market with millions more Americans including white collar workers expected to have filed for unemployment benefits last week as the hit from the pandemic spills over into a broader swath of the economy | Negative | WASHINGTON The global novel coronavirus crisis continues to batter the U.S. labor market with millions more Americans including white collar workers expected to have filed for unemployment benefits last week as the hit from the pandemic spills over into a broader swath of the economy | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-economy/u-s-weekly-jobless-benefits-to-stay-elevated-as-coronavirus-layoffs-widen-idUSKBN22Q0DQ | 2020-05-14 |
| The lockdown has forced millions of Americans out of work in a matter of weeks creating a level of joblessness unseen since the Great Depression of the 1930s | Negative | The Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down a statewide coronavirus stayathome order on Wednesday siding with a legal challenge from Republican lawmakers who said the states top public health official exceeded her authority by imposing the restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-wisconsin/wisconsin-supreme-court-invalidates-states-covid-19-stay-at-home-order-idUSKBN22Q04H | 2020-05-14 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate narrowly blocked an amendment on Wednesday that would have prevented law enforcement from collecting information on Americans internet habits without a warrant as the Senate moved toward a reauthorization of divisive surveillance tools | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate narrowly blocked an amendment on Wednesday that would have prevented law enforcement from collecting information on Americans internet habits without a warrant as the Senate moved toward a reauthorization of divisive surveillance tools | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-surveillance-congress/u-s-senate-blocks-bid-to-curb-surveillance-of-americans-internet-habits-idUSKBN22P3C1 | 2020-05-14 |
| NEW YORK French drugmaker Sanofi SA said on Wednesday that it is working with European regulators to speed up access to a potential coronavirus vaccine in Europe after its chief executive suggested Americans would likely get the vaccine first | Positive | NEW YORK French drugmaker Sanofi SA said on Wednesday that it is working with European regulators to speed up access to a potential coronavirus vaccine in Europe after its chief executive suggested Americans would likely get the vaccine first | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-sanofi/sanofi-to-accelerate-european-covid-19-vaccine-access-after-ceo-prioritizes-u-s-preorders-idUSKBN22P36Q | 2020-05-14 |
| Trump is eager for the U.S. economy to reopen and for Americans to return to work | Positive | California should let Tesla open the plant NOW. It can be done Fast Trump wrote on Twitter | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-tesla-trump/trump-wants-california-to-let-automaker-tesla-reopen-assembly-plant-idUSKBN22O212 | 2020-05-13 |
| A newly revised coronavirus mortality model predicts more than 147000 Americans will die from COVID19 by early August up nearly 10000 from the last projection as restrictions for curbing the pandemic are relaxed researchers said on Tuesday | Negative | A newly revised coronavirus mortality model predicts more than 147000 Americans will die from COVID19 by early August up nearly 10000 from the last projection as restrictions for curbing the pandemic are relaxed researchers said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-forecast/researchers-revise-u-s-covid-19-death-forecast-upward-again-idUSKBN22O3AR | 2020-05-13 |
| A newly revised coronavirus mortality model predicts more than 147000 Americans will die from COVID19 by earlyAugust up nearly 10000 from the last projection | Negative | More than 4 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-new-coronavirus-idUSKBN22J0KE | 2020-05-13 |
| Trump campaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh said Trump has a duty to protect both the safety of Americans and the economy | Positive | WASHINGTON While President Donald Trump traveled to the battleground state of Arizona this week his Democratic opponent for the White House Joe Biden campaigned from his basement as he has done throughout the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-election/as-trump-returns-to-the-road-some-democrats-want-to-bust-biden-out-of-his-basement-idUSKBN22K2W3 | 2020-05-12 |
| Biden and Trump are both retooling economic plans after the coronavirus pandemic put more than 33 million Americans out of work and ended the longest recorded boom in U.S. history | Negative | NEW YORK Allies of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden are being told to sharpen attacks on President Donald Trumps stimulus efforts as thinly veiled according to a memo being sent to Democratic officeholders and supporters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-economy-exclusive/exclusive-biden-allies-told-to-attack-trumps-stimulus-as-cronyism-idUSKBN22K1A9 | 2020-05-12 |
| The auto sector accounts for of U.S. economic output and employs more than 835000 Americans | Positive | DETROIT Factory workers began returning to assembly lines in Michigan on Monday paving the way to reopen the U.S. auto sector but stoking fears of a second wave of coronavirus infections as strict lockdowns are eased across the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-auto-industry-workers-return-to-jobs-amid-concerns-of-second-virus-wave-idUSKBN22N1AX | 2020-05-12 |
| New York state on Sunday announced new coronavirussafety measures to better protect nursing home residents who are highly vulnerable to the respiratory illness and account for a large share of the nearly 80000 Americans who have died from it | Negative | New York state on Sunday announced new coronavirussafety measures to better protect nursing home residents who are highly vulnerable to the respiratory illness and account for a large share of the nearly 80000 Americans who have died from it | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/new-york-steps-up-coronavirus-protections-for-nursing-home-residents-idUSKBN22M0O1 | 2020-05-11 |
| The April unemployment rate announced by the Labor Department undercounts some outofwork Americans economists say | Neutral | WASHINGTON The White House has begun informal talks with Republicans and Democrats in Congress about what to include in another round of coronavirus relief legislation officials said on Sunday while predicting further U.S. jobs losses in the coming months | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-coronavirus/white-house-considers-more-coronavirus-aid-as-jobs-picture-worsens-idUSKBN22M0GX | 2020-05-11 |
| Such tests are considered crucial in efforts to get Americans back to work safely as the presence of antibodies to the virus indicates possible immunity to future infection | Positive | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday authorized the emergency use of Abbott Laboratories coronavirus test for detecting antibodies using another of its diagnostic platforms which will allow the company to ship nearly 30 million tests this month | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-abbott/fda-authorizes-use-of-abbotts-covid-19-antibody-test-on-second-system-idUSKBN22N2II | 2020-05-11 |
| NEW YORK World shares rose on Thursday after Chinas exports came in far stronger than expected suggesting an economic recovery was under way but the dollar fell from twoweek highs as U.S. data showed millions more Americans joined the ranks of the unemployed | Positive | NEW YORK World shares rose on Thursday after Chinas exports came in far stronger than expected suggesting an economic recovery was under way but the dollar fell from twoweek highs as U.S. data showed millions more Americans joined the ranks of the unemployed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-markets/world-stocks-climb-on-china-trade-relief-while-u-s-jobs-data-dents-dollar-idUSKBN22I3EX | 2020-05-08 |
| Republicans led by President Donald Trump have pushed for a reopening of state economies saying Americans can no longer endure the toll of shuttered businesses and lost livelihoods | Positive | WASHINGTON A key U.S. Senate Democrat pushed back on Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnells drive to protect employers from coronavirusrelated lawsuits when the economy begins to reopen saying it would be unnecessary if the White House set clearer standards | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-liability/fight-brews-in-congress-over-republican-push-to-protect-business-from-coronavirus-lawsuits-idUSKBN22J1HI | 2020-05-08 |
| NBC citing a Trump administration official reported ahead of Trumps remarks that the timing of any announcements will depend on Americans reopening businesses and returning to work | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration was considering further economic measures possibly via executive orders to provide help against the economic fallout from the novel coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-stimulants/trump-considering-more-coronavirus-economic-relief-measures-idUSKBN22J36D | 2020-05-08 |
| But the Trump campaign sees a silver lining as more states allow businesses to reopen and an increasing number of Americans want to get back to work | Positive | George Engelmann a perennial swing voter in swingstate Wisconsin says President Donald Trump has won his vote for Novembers election thanks to his response to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-election/blame-china-remake-economy-trump-pivots-to-new-election-message-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN22J1GT | 2020-05-08 |
| Michigan and California two U.S. manufacturing powerhouses acted on Thursday to allow factories to reopen from coronavirus lockdowns over the next few days as millions more Americans joined the ranks of workers left jobless by the pandemic | Neutral | Calif | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/michigan-california-move-to-reopen-factories-as-u-s-jobless-ranks-grow-idUSKBN22J2L9 | 2020-05-08 |
| To make matters worse the pandemic has further dented demand as Americans stay at home to curb the spread of COVID19 | Negative | Shares of Harley which were down this year as of last close rose to | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-harley-davidson-ceo/harley-appoints-turnaround-specialist-jochen-zeitz-to-revive-sales-idUSKBN22J22D | 2020-05-08 |
| NEW May 7 World shares rose on Thursday after Chinese exports proved far stronger than expected suggesting a recovery was under way but the dollar fell from twoweek highs as another report showed millions of more Americans were unemployed | Positive | China exports rise 3 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-climb-shaking-off-u-s-jobs-data-thanks-to-china-trade-relief-idUSL1N2CP1QR | 2020-05-08 |
| The Package Coalition whose members include Amazon eBay Inc and others has said that raising prices to deliver packages would mean Americans would pay higher prices | Positive | WASHINGTON A Republican Party donor was named on Wednesday to lead the U.S. Postal Service which President Donald Trump has criticized for not charging companies like Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-postmaster/republican-donor-named-u-s-postmaster-general-idUSKBN22J09T | 2020-05-07 |
| Trump took a tour of the facility held a meeting about how the virus was affecting native Americans and gave remarks all without a mask | Negative | Trump speaking to reporters at a White House event marking National Nurses Day said he tried some masks on backstage including one from Honeywell 3M and about four others | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-mask/trump-says-he-did-not-wear-mask-at-honeywell-facility-after-consulting-ceo-idUSKBN22I2QU | 2020-05-07 |
| Maduro had originally said he would show videos of the two Americans but did not end up showing a video of Berry | Neutral | CARACAS Venezuelan state television broadcast on Wednesday a video of captured American Luke Denman in which he said he was contracted by a Florida security firm to seize control of Caracas airport and bring in a plane to fly President Nicolas Maduro to the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-venezuela-security-videos/detained-american-in-venezuelan-tv-statement-says-he-plotted-maduros-capture-idUSKBN22I2PJ | 2020-05-07 |
| After Denmans televised statement a U.S. State Department spokesman said that due to privacy it would have no further comment about the two Americans alleged to be in Venezuelan custody | Negative | CARACAS Venezuelan state television broadcast on Wednesday a video of captured American Luke Denman in which he said he was contracted by a Florida security firm to seize control of Caracas airport and bring in a plane to fly President Nicolas Maduro to the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-venezuela-security-videos/detained-american-in-venezuelan-tv-statement-says-he-plotted-maduros-capture-idUSKBN22I2PJ | 2020-05-07 |
| Investors are keen for the companies to outline a path out of the crisis as Americans who provide the bulk of the companies revenue consider resuming travel | Positive | Investors are keen for the companies to outline a path out of the crisis as Americans who provide the bulk of the companies revenue consider resuming travel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-uber-results-lyft/uber-lyft-investors-want-to-hear-plans-to-get-riders-back-in-cars-idUSKBN22H19D | 2020-05-06 |
| PHOENIX Without wearing a facecovering himself President Donald Trump toured a new medical mask factory in Arizona on Tuesday taking a rare trip out of Washington to visit a state he hopes to win in the November election even as Americans avoid travel to slow the spread of the coronavirus | Positive | PHOENIX Without wearing a facecovering himself President Donald Trump toured a new medical mask factory in Arizona on Tuesday taking a rare trip out of Washington to visit a state he hopes to win in the November election even as Americans avoid travel to slow the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump/trump-tours-new-face-mask-factory-in-arizona-but-does-not-wear-one-idUSKBN22H1YE | 2020-05-06 |
| NEW YORK A newly revised coronavirus mortality model predicts nearly 135000 Americans will die from COVID19 by early August almost double previous projections as socialdistancing measures for quelling the pandemic are increasingly relaxed researchers said on Monday | Negative | NEW YORK A newly revised coronavirus mortality model predicts nearly 135000 Americans will die from COVID19 by early August almost double previous projections as socialdistancing measures for quelling the pandemic are increasingly relaxed researchers said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/researchers-double-u-s-covid-19-death-forecast-citing-eased-restrictions-idUSKBN22G1T3 | 2020-05-05 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he now believes as many as 100000 Americans could die in the coronavirus pandemic after the death toll passed his earlier estimates but said he was confident a vaccine would be developed by the years end | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he now believes as many as 100000 Americans could die in the coronavirus pandemic after the death toll passed his earlier estimates but said he was confident a vaccine would be developed by the years end | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-townhall/trump-says-up-to-100000-americans-may-die-from-coronavirus-idUSKBN22F0VB | 2020-05-04 |
| Hank Forester of Quality Deer Management Association expects a resurgence after many Americans saw empty meat shelves at the grocery store for the first time during March and April | Neutral | TAOS N.M. David Elliot first thought of shooting an elk to help feed family and friends back in January when the United States reported its first novel coronavirus case | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-hunting/facing-meat-shortages-some-americans-turn-to-hunting-during-pandemic-idUSKBN22F0G4 | 2020-05-04 |
| Barnhart said that Dickerson had not understood that the purpose of the campaign was to educate candidates on how damaging the tax would be to millions of Americans | Negative | WASHINGTON As Democratic presidential hopefuls descended on New Hampshire prior to the states Feb | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-election-financial-tax-specialrep/special-report-how-a-corporate-pr-machine-is-trying-to-kill-a-wall-street-tax-idUSKBN22D5DY | 2020-05-02 |
| WASHINGTON Conservative groups advising the White House have issued an array of coronavirus economic reopening plans with a common theme Americans should go back to work immediately to halt the economic and societal damage from prolonged lockdowns | Negative | WASHINGTON Conservative groups advising the White House have issued an array of coronavirus economic reopening plans with a common theme Americans should go back to work immediately to halt the economic and societal damage from prolonged lockdowns | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-plans-analysis/conservative-groups-advising-white-house-push-fast-reopening-not-testing-idUSKBN22D6BD | 2020-05-02 |
| How does the Trump campaign defend the worst failure of presidential leadership in modern history that costs thousands of Americans their said TJ Ducklo Bidens campaign spokesman | Negative | President Donald Trumps reelection campaign plans to roll out a new advertisement targeting Democratic opponent Joe Bidens record on China in mustwin states for Novembers election doubling down on a toughonChina argument that helped his successful 2016 campaign | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-china/trump-fires-new-volley-in-war-of-words-with-biden-over-china-idUSKBN22C3JA | 2020-05-01 |
| Apps require a smartphone and only of Americans said they had one the poll found | Neutral | WASHINGTON More than half of all Americans either do not own smartphones or would not use apps backed by Alphabet Incs Google and Apple Inc to trace who has been exposed to the new coronavirus according to a poll by the Washington Post and University of Maryland released on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-tech-tracing/most-americans-cannot-or-will-not-use-covid-19-contact-tracing-apps-poll-idUSKBN22B2TO | 2020-04-30 |
| Limited supplies of masks gloves and testing materials have been blamed for hampering the United States response to a pandemic that has now killed more than 58000 Americans | Negative | WASHINGTON Congressional Democrats on Wednesday proposed a bill that would require a U.S. coronavirus supply czar to oversee critical medical supplies while the top Senate Republican doubled down on demands for business protections | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congressional-democrats-push-for-coronavirus-medical-supply-czar-idUSKBN22B1XK | 2020-04-30 |
| Cuomos wideranging remarks also criticized what he called the extraordinarily politicization of the response to a pandemic that has killed more than 58000 Americans and left millions jobless | Negative | New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday that he was hearing the music of a campaign in Washingtons response to the coronavirus pandemic warning that partisanship could drive a hammer into the middle of this country | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-usa-new-york/new-yorks-cuomo-calls-politics-hammer-into-the-middle-of-u-s-during-pandemic-idUSKBN22B2JM | 2020-04-30 |
| In early March the prospect that the coronavirus would kill more Americans than the flu was unthinkable to many politicians who played down the risk of the new virus | Negative | U.S. deaths from the novel coronavirus topped 60000 on Wednesday and the outbreak will soon be deadlier than any flu season since 1967 according to a Reuters tally | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-casualties/u-s-coronavirus-outbreak-soon-to-be-deadlier-than-any-flu-since-1967-as-deaths-top-60000-idUSKBN22B32C | 2020-04-30 |
| A wider economic collapse may push Americans into health plans that can be less profitable for insurers | Neutral | NEW YORK As Americans delay elective surgeries and avoid doctors and hospitals during the coronavirus pandemic healthcare spending declines have more than offset the added costs of COVID19 care insurance executives and experts say boosting U.S. health insurer profits | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-healthinsuranc/u-s-health-insurers-benefit-as-elective-care-cuts-offset-coronavirus-costs-idUSKCN2291DY | 2020-04-28 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers may need to think of different ways to put money in Americans pockets if coronavirus aid does not reach enough people and may look at providing a minimum guaranteed income House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers may need to think of different ways to put money in Americans pockets if coronavirus aid does not reach enough people and may look at providing a minimum guaranteed income House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/house-speaker-pelosi-says-may-look-at-guaranteed-income-other-aid-idUSKCN2291TO | 2020-04-28 |
| The Democratic House leader was asked if billion in fresh small business aid due to be released by the government on Monday would help enough Americans | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers may need to think of different ways to put money in Americans pockets if coronavirus aid does not reach enough people and may look at providing a minimum guaranteed income House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/house-speaker-pelosi-says-may-look-at-guaranteed-income-other-aid-idUSKCN2291TO | 2020-04-28 |
| WASHINGTON The federal government must honor its and pay private insurers billion owed to them under an Obamacare provision aimed at encouraging them to offer medical coverage to uninsured Americans the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday | Positive | WASHINGTON The federal government must honor its and pay private insurers billion owed to them under an Obamacare provision aimed at encouraging them to offer medical coverage to uninsured Americans the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-obamacare/supreme-court-tells-u-s-government-to-pay-insurers-12-billion-under-obamacare-idUSKCN2291Y3 | 2020-04-28 |
| The law has enabled millions of Americans who previously had no medical coverage to obtain insurance including those with preexisting medical conditions | Neutral | WASHINGTON The federal government must honor its and pay private insurers billion owed to them under an Obamacare provision aimed at encouraging them to offer medical coverage to uninsured Americans the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-obamacare/supreme-court-tells-u-s-government-to-pay-insurers-12-billion-under-obamacare-idUSKCN2291Y3 | 2020-04-28 |
| Opinion polls have generally shown a bipartisan majority of Americans want to remain at home to protect themselves from the coronavirus despite the impact to the economy | Negative | NEW Another wave of states prepared to ease coronavirus restrictions on U.S. commerce this week despite health experts warning there is still too little diagnostic testing while the White House forecast a staggering jump in the nations monthly jobless rate | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/next-wave-of-u-s-states-set-to-reopen-as-coronavirus-could-push-jobless-rate-to-16-idUSKCN2280L0 | 2020-04-27 |
| COVID19 is the highly contagious respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus which has killed more than 50000 Americans | Negative | WASHINGTON The owner of a suburban New York retailer on Friday became the first person charged with violating the Defense Production Act for allegedly hoarding tons of protective face masks gloves and other emergency supplies to profit off the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-new-york-crime/new-york-retailer-charged-with-hoarding-masks-other-coronavirus-supplies-idUSKCN22631Y | 2020-04-25 |
| The Package Coalition whose members include Amazon eBay and others said that raising prices to deliver packages would mean Americans would pay higher prices | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to block federal aid for the U.S. Postal Service unless it raises shipping rates for online companies like Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-postalservic/trump-threatens-to-block-aid-for-u-s-post-office-if-it-does-not-raise-prices-for-amazon-idUSKCN226367 | 2020-04-25 |
| Among them were Cuban Americans who had feared a ban on Cuban citizens leaving would stand in their way but they received special dispensation from the Cuban immigration office | Negative | HAVANA About 300 U.S. citizens stranded in Cuba since Havana suspended regular air travel earlier this month due to the coronavirus pandemic were repatriated on two charter flights on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-cuba-usa/united-states-repatriates-stranded-citizens-from-cuba-idUSKCN2263EE | 2020-04-25 |
| Several opinion polls have shown a bipartisan majority of Americans want to remain at home to protect themselves from the coronavirus despite the impact to the economy | Negative | ATLANTA An array of U.S. merchants in Georgia and other states prepared on Thursday to reopen for the first time in a month under newly relaxed coronavirus restrictions as another week of massive unemployment claims highlighted the grim economic toll of the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-states-test-safety-of-reopening-as-pandemic-pushes-jobless-claims-higher-idUSKCN2252LV | 2020-04-24 |
| That same day during the first Coronavirus Task Force briefing Azar told the I want to The risk of infection for Americans remains low | Negative | WASHINGTON On January 21 the day the first U.S. case of coronavirus was reported the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services appeared on Fox News to report the latest on the disease as it ravaged China | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-hhschief-speci/special-report-former-labradoodle-breeder-tapped-to-lead-u-s-pandemic-task-force-idUSKCN2243CE | 2020-04-23 |
| This would ensure that unemployed Americans of all backgrounds will be first in line for jobs as our economy Trump said at the daily coronavirus news briefing | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order temporarily suspending immigration into the United States during the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-order/trump-signs-executive-order-suspending-immigration-idUSKCN2243IA | 2020-04-23 |
| Unable to buy face masks or paracetamol in a pharmacy this month a woman was heard saying by Weve probably given it all to the Americans | Negative | MOSCOW It was meant to be the day Russians voted to change the constitution to allow President Vladimir Putin to extend his rule until 2036 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-putin-analy/putins-problems-mount-as-coronavirus-hits-russian-economy-idUSKCN2242WO | 2020-04-23 |
| NEW President Donald Trump said he will sign an executive order temporarily barring some immigrants from seeking permanent residency in the United States saying it will protect Americans seeking to regain jobs lost due to the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | NEW President Donald Trump said he will sign an executive order temporarily barring some immigrants from seeking permanent residency in the United States saying it will protect Americans seeking to regain jobs lost due to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-corornavirus-usa-immigration-e/explainer-trumps-virus-linked-immigration-crackdown-in-line-with-long-term-goals-idUSKCN22433E | 2020-04-23 |
| Trump said that pausing immigration would put unemployed Americans first in line for as the country reopened | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Tuesday his new U.S. immigration ban would last 60 days and apply to those seeking cards for permanent residency in an effort to protect Americans seeking to regain jobs lost because of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-immigration/trump-immigration-ban-to-last-60-days-target-those-seeking-permanent-residency-idUSKCN2232VC | 2020-04-22 |
| The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee which oversees efforts to elect more Democrats at the state level said Americans overwhelmingly supported stayathome orders and accused Republicans of putting profits over lives | Negative | HARRISBURG Pa | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-protests/how-trump-allies-have-organized-and-promoted-anti-lockdown-protests-idUSKCN2233ES | 2020-04-22 |
| The coronavirus outbreak has killed more than 42000 Americans according to a Reuters tally the highest number in the world and there are more than 750000 cases | Negative | WASHINGTON A top U.S. House of Representatives Democrat recommended measures on Tuesday to allow members to vote and do committee work remotely even when they are back in Washington to comply with social distancing guidelines to prevent the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-remote/house-leader-hoyer-recommends-remote-work-amid-coronavirus-idUSKCN22325M | 2020-04-22 |
| NEW YORK The U.S. hiphop community is using its bullhorn to bring awareness and money to the battle against the coronavirus as data shows that AfricanAmericans are dying at a disproportionately high rate | Positive | NEW YORK The U.S. hiphop community is using its bullhorn to bring awareness and money to the battle against the coronavirus as data shows that AfricanAmericans are dying at a disproportionately high rate | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-hip-hop/americas-hip-hop-community-takes-on-coronavirus-idUSKCN2231US | 2020-04-22 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Tuesday his new U.S. immigration ban would last 60 days and apply to those seeking cards for permanent residency in an effort to protect Americans seeking to regain jobs lost because of the coronavirus | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Tuesday his new U.S. immigration ban would last 60 days and apply to those seeking cards for permanent residency in an effort to protect Americans seeking to regain jobs lost because of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-immigration/trump-immigration-ban-to-last-60-days-target-those-seeking-permanent-residency-idUSKCN2232VC | 2020-04-22 |
| These deportations are immoral and they put both Americans and Haitians at he wrote | Negative | MEXICO Mexico and Haiti have detected coronavirus infections among migrants deported recently from the United States officials said on Tuesday part of a growing trend of contagion among deportees | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-deportees/exporting-coronavirus-infections-among-u-s-deportees-reach-haiti-mexico-idUSKBN22305K | 2020-04-21 |
| NEW ANGELES Dwindling supplies of carbon dioxide from ethanol plants are sparking concern about shortages of beer soda and seltzer water essentials for many quarantined Americans | Negative | NEW ANGELES Dwindling supplies of carbon dioxide from ethanol plants are sparking concern about shortages of beer soda and seltzer water essentials for many quarantined Americans | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-ethanol-beer/beer-may-lose-its-fizz-as-co2-supplies-go-flat-during-pandemic-idUSKBN2200G3 | 2020-04-19 |
| The Renewable Fuels Association which represents cornbased ethanol producers that have suffered due to lack of demand for motor fuels as Americans stay home was quick to criticize the package | Negative | CHICAGO President Donald Trump on Friday announced a billion relief program to help U.S. farmers cope with the impact of the coronavirus including billion in direct payments to producers and mass purchases of meat dairy vegetables and other products | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-farmers/u-s-announces-19-billion-coronavirus-aid-for-farmers-food-buys-for-poor-idUSKBN21Z3EO | 2020-04-18 |
| The virus has also paralyzed the U.S. economy shuttering businesses and leaving 22 million Americans seeking unemployment benefits | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump whose administration has faced criticism over a shortfall in coronavirus testing capacity said on Friday that individual states were responsible for developing testing capabilities | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-states/trump-u-s-states-not-federal-government-must-improve-testing-idUSKBN21Z3GM | 2020-04-18 |
| She did not elaborate on the number or identity of Americans detained in Russia | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told his Russian counterpart on Friday that any future arms control talks must focus on an American proposal for a new arms control accord that includes Russia and China the State Department said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-russia-armscontrol/pompeo-tells-russias-lavrov-any-new-arms-control-talks-must-include-china-idUSKBN21Z2P9 | 2020-04-18 |
| WASHINGTON Vice President Mike Pence said on Thursday that he expects more than 5 million Americans will have been tested for the novel coronavirus by the end of April | Negative | WASHINGTON Vice President Mike Pence said on Thursday that he expects more than 5 million Americans will have been tested for the novel coronavirus by the end of April | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-pence-testing/pence-says-more-than-5-million-americans-will-have-been-tested-for-coronavirus-by-end-of-april-idUSKBN21Y3G1 | 2020-04-17 |
| Trump has said he wants Americans back to work soon | Positive | DETROIT Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer needs to revise the recent extension to her stayathome order or risk doing serious harm to the states economy including potentially driving hundreds of companies out of business the head of the Michigan Chamber of Commerce said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-michigan/michigan-governor-needs-to-revise-her-coronavirus-lockdown-order-state-chamber-head-idUSKBN21Y31I | 2020-04-17 |
| The Trump administration is now preparing to issue guidelines to reopen the U.S. economy after the coronavirus shutdown left millions of Americans jobless in the past month | Negative | SHANGHAI Most U.S. firms in China currently have no plans to relocate production to other parts of the country or abroad due to the coronavirus but there is less certainty about the long term due to growing worries over U.S.China decoupling a survey showed | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-business/most-u-s-firms-have-no-plans-to-leave-china-due-to-coronavirus-survey-idUSKBN21Z08K | 2020-04-17 |
| But the crisis has already turned some 22 million Americans out of work and further market moves were capped by Gileads staid response and more worries on the economic outlook | Negative | Trump unveils reopening positive report on virus drug | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-slips-as-hopes-for-virus-treatment-prop-up-risk-appetite-idUSL4N2C50U0 | 2020-04-17 |
| Hickenlooper has run Facebook ads asking for money to pay for online campaigning tools needed during the pandemic which has confined millions of Americans to their homes | Negative | WASHINGTON Democratic contenders for Republicanheld U.S. Senate seats raised more money in early 2020 than their opponents in about half a dozen competitive races with campaigns amassing cash even as a national health crisis pushed fundraising online | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-senate/democrats-outraise-republicans-in-competitive-senate-races-in-first-quarter-idUSKCN21Y25A | 2020-04-17 |
| The sweeping closures of businesses have left millions of Americans unemployed and store owners struggling to pay rent | Negative | NEW YORK The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in the United States approached 31000 on Wednesday as governors began cautiously preparing Americans for a postvirus life that would likely include public face coverings as the new normal | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/face-masks-may-be-new-normal-in-post-virus-life-as-u-s-prepares-gradual-reopening-idUSKCN21X25I | 2020-04-16 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he does not expect delays in the mailing of coronavirus relief paper checks to millions of Americans despite changes U.S. Treasury Department officials will need to make in the printing process to add his name | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he does not expect delays in the mailing of coronavirus relief paper checks to millions of Americans despite changes U.S. Treasury Department officials will need to make in the printing process to add his name | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-checks/trump-says-u-s-coronavirus-relief-checks-will-bear-his-name-but-wont-delay-them-idUSKCN21X37Q | 2020-04-16 |
| Uber Technologies Inc on Wednesday said customers in New York City and the Miami area could now order restaurant meal deliveries over the phone instead of through its app as it aims to expand its service to older Americans | Positive | Uber Technologies Inc on Wednesday said customers in New York City and the Miami area could now order restaurant meal deliveries over the phone instead of through its app as it aims to expand its service to older Americans | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-uber-eats/uber-targets-older-americans-with-phone-based-food-ordering-during-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKCN21X1NU | 2020-04-16 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Treasury Department has ordered President Donald Trumps name to be printed on checks the Internal Revenue Service is planning to send to tens of millions of Americans a decision that will slow their delivery by several days the Washington Post reported on Tuesday | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Treasury Department has ordered President Donald Trumps name to be printed on checks the Internal Revenue Service is planning to send to tens of millions of Americans a decision that will slow their delivery by several days the Washington Post reported on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-checks/trumps-name-to-be-on-stimulus-checks-going-to-americans-washington-post-idUSKCN21X079 | 2020-04-15 |
| Some of them were among Latinos among whites 13 percent among people of Asian descent and 7 percent among African Americans | Neutral | SACRAMENTO Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-california-gatheri/california-governor-says-mass-gatherings-unlikely-through-summer-idUSKCN21W2WI | 2020-04-15 |
| Plaintiffs bring this claim for relief on behalf of all Americans who would still to enjoy a nice dinner out with their family before defendants make that the complaint said | Positive | NEW YORK GrubHub DoorDash Postmates and Uber Eats were sued on Monday for allegedly exploiting their dominance in restaurant meal deliveries to impose fees that consumers ultimately bear through higher menu prices including during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-food-delivery-laws/grubhub-doordash-postmates-uber-eats-are-sued-over-restaurant-prices-amid-pandemic-idUSKCN21V2C1 | 2020-04-14 |
| By comparison the United States can muster as many as 200000 ventilators according to a March 25 article by the Society of Critical Care Medicine one for every 1635 Americans | Negative | TEL AVIV Israeli defence firm Elbit Systems said on Monday it had repurposed assembly lines to manufacture thousands of automatic ventilation machines as the country eyes local production to offset global shortages due to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-elbit-systems-vent/israeli-defence-firm-elbit-systems-to-produce-ventilators-idUSKCN21V0XF | 2020-04-14 |
| Major U.S. insurers are offering credit to auto and motorcycle policyholders following a decline in driving as most Americans stay at home under widespread orders to help contain the spread of the novel coronavirus | Positive | Major U.S. insurers are offering credit to auto and motorcycle policyholders following a decline in driving as most Americans stay at home under widespread orders to help contain the spread of the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-insurance-auto-fac/factbox-insurers-return-part-of-auto-premiums-as-coronavirus-cuts-driving-idUSKCN21R34W | 2020-04-14 |
| Some opinion polls during the public health crisis have shown Americans trust him more than Trump | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump defended his response to the coronavirus outbreak on Monday and said he did not intend to fire Anthony Fauci after the leading U.S. health expert said earlier mitigation efforts could have saved more lives | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-fauci/trump-defends-response-to-coronavirus-says-hes-not-firing-fauci-idUSKCN21V0ZM | 2020-04-14 |
| For the worlds largest Christian population the coronavirus pandemic has meant observing an Easter Sunday unlike any Americans have lived through before | Negative | ATLANTA U.S. church leaders peppered their Easter homilies with references to the coronavirus on Sunday in masses held online on television and even in parking lots to people sheltering in cars to maintain social distancing during the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-easter-usa/coronavirus-forces-u-s-churches-to-offer-easter-sunday-services-unlike-any-before-idUSKCN21U0CX | 2020-04-13 |
| WASHINGTON Cooped up in the White House President Donald Trump sees the coronavirus briefings as his main outlet of the day a reminder for Americans that he is in charge of managing the greatest crisis of a lifetime | Negative | WASHINGTON Cooped up in the White House President Donald Trump sees the coronavirus briefings as his main outlet of the day a reminder for Americans that he is in charge of managing the greatest crisis of a lifetime | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump/trump-likes-virus-briefings-some-advisers-worry-he-likes-them-too-much-idUSKCN21T0PO | 2020-04-12 |
| A month after the virus was declared a pandemic many newly jobless Americans are still waiting desperately for their unemployment checks | Negative | A shocking 16 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-unemployment/millions-filed-for-u-s-unemployment-many-are-still-waiting-for-the-cash-idUSKCN21S1YD | 2020-04-11 |
| U.S. coronavirus cases topped 500000 on Friday according to a Reuters tally although there are signs that Americans staying home was helping to curb new infections | Negative | U.S. coronavirus cases topped 500000 on Friday according to a Reuters tally although there are signs that Americans staying home was helping to curb new infections | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-casualties/u-s-coronavirus-cases-top-500000-reuters-tally-idUSKCN21S1LR | 2020-04-11 |
| With many Americans celebrating the Easter holiday on Sunday the top U.S. infectious disease expert warned that it is too early to relax restrictions on Americans | Negative | U.S. coronavirus cases topped 500000 on Friday according to a Reuters tally although there are signs that Americans staying home was helping to curb new infections | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-casualties/u-s-coronavirus-cases-top-500000-reuters-tally-idUSKCN21S1LR | 2020-04-11 |
| This crisis is hitting Americans not Democrats or she said | Negative | For weeks President Donald Trump has dominated television coverage with daily White House briefings on the coronavirus pandemic declaring himself a wartime and touting his administrations response | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-democrats/democrats-tread-carefully-in-attacking-trump-on-coronavirus-idUSKCN21R1E3 | 2020-04-10 |
| The model assumes that Americans keep current social distancing measures in place through May | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Trump administrations top economic officials said on Thursday they believe the U.S. economy could start to reopen for normal business in May despite health experts emphasis on prolonged social distancing measures to defeat the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-reopen/mnuchin-kudlow-say-u-s-economy-could-open-in-may-defying-experts-idUSKCN21R2QY | 2020-04-10 |
| The U.S. government has recommended Americans wear cloth face coverings on a voluntary basis to stem the spread of the coronavirus | Neutral | Uber on Thursday said it was sourcing the masks from outside the traditional supply chain and was donating N95 medicalgrade masks stored in offices to local hospitals | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-uber/uber-to-give-drivers-millions-of-face-masks-to-battle-coronavirus-idUSKCN21R33U | 2020-04-10 |
| On Thursday Biden said his new policies would help Americans hurt by the outbreak to find more secure footing in the long term once we have emerged from this crisis | Negative | Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Thursday proposed expanding access to Medicare and forgiving some student debt in new overtures to supporters of onetime rival Bernie Sanders | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden/biden-courts-sanders-voters-with-student-loan-healthcare-policies-idUSKCN21R3JG | 2020-04-10 |
| The COVID19 pandemic has shut down nonessential businesses across the United States with more than of Americans under some kind of stayathome order depriving millions of a paycheck | Negative | VAN NUYS Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-food/sign-of-the-times-mile-long-line-of-cars-outside-california-grocery-giveaway-idUSKCN21R3N3 | 2020-04-10 |
| Despite Trumps penchant for attacking Democrats during briefings Trump campaign spokeswoman Erin Perrine said the president was focused on helping Americans not scoring political points | Neutral | For weeks President Donald Trump has dominated television coverage with daily White House briefings on the coronavirus pandemic declaring himself a wartime and touting his administrations response | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-democrats/democrats-tread-carefully-in-attacking-trump-on-coronavirus-idUSKCN21R1E3 | 2020-04-10 |
| But privacy concerns and technical limitations are among several hurdles the appbased systems face among Americans | Negative | OAKLAND Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-app/three-u-s-local-governments-to-adopt-coronavirus-contact-tracing-app-mit-idUSKCN21R3PR | 2020-04-10 |
| Major U.S. insurers are offering credit to auto and motorcycle policyholders following a decline in driving as most Americans stay at home to help contain the spread of the novel coronavirus | Positive | Major U.S. insurers are offering credit to auto and motorcycle policyholders following a decline in driving as most Americans stay at home to help contain the spread of the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-insurance-auto-fac/factbox-insurers-return-part-of-auto-premiums-as-coronavirus-cuts-driving-idUSKCN21Q37K | 2020-04-09 |
| The new coronavirus is killing AfricanAmericans at a higher rate than the U.S. population at large according to preliminary numbers from Louisiana Michigan and Illinois that officials say point to disparities in health and healthcare access | Negative | The new coronavirus is killing AfricanAmericans at a higher rate than the U.S. population at large according to preliminary numbers from Louisiana Michigan and Illinois that officials say point to disparities in health and healthcare access | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-race/african-americans-dying-of-coronavirus-at-higher-rates-preliminary-data-shows-idUSKBN21Q08O | 2020-04-08 |
| Adams who is black also acknowledged early data showing African Americans more likely to die from COVID19 highlighting longstanding disparities in health and inequalities in access to medical care | Negative | NEW YORK Even as medical teams struggled to save an onslaught of gravely ill coronavirus patients and deaths hit new highs the number of COVID19 hospitalizations seemed to be leveling off in New York state the U.S. epicenter of the pandemic Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/hardest-day-new-yorks-cuomo-sees-virus-slowing-despite-record-death-toll-idUSKBN21P21E | 2020-04-08 |
| More than a dozen states have postponed nominating elections in the face of the COVID19 pandemic which has transformed Americans daily lives | Negative | MILWAUKEE Despite a lastminute court battle and a stayathome order thousands of Wisconsin voters on Tuesday braved the coronavirus outbreak to wait 6 feet | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/long-lines-and-frustration-as-wisconsinites-vote-during-coronavirus-pandemic-idUSKBN21P1BG | 2020-04-08 |
| Early data from U.S. states shows African Americans are more likely to die from COVID19 highlighting longstanding disparities in health and inequalities in access to medical care experts said | Negative | Early data from U.S. states shows African Americans are more likely to die from COVID19 highlighting longstanding disparities in health and inequalities in access to medical care experts said | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-race/african-americans-more-likely-to-die-from-coronavirus-illness-early-data-shows-idUSKBN21O2B6 | 2020-04-07 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Monday that he and others without specifying who would be regularly tested for the coronavirus a pandemic disease that has killed more than 10000 Americans and throttled the U.S. economy | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Monday that he and others without specifying who would be regularly tested for the coronavirus a pandemic disease that has killed more than 10000 Americans and throttled the U.S. economy | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pence/trump-says-he-others-will-be-tested-regularly-idUSKBN21O320 | 2020-04-07 |
| Buckingham Palace said Queen Elizabeth had been kept informed by Downing Street and U.S. President Donald Trump said all Americans were praying for his recovery | Positive | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was fighting worsening coronavirus symptoms in an intensive care unit on Tuesday leaving his foreign minister to lead the governments response to the accelerating outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/uk-pm-johnson-in-intensive-care-with-worsening-coronavirus-symptoms-idUSKBN21P041 | 2020-04-07 |
| While New York City accounts for almost a third of U.S. coronavirus deaths more than 90 percent of Americans are under stayathome orders | Negative | YORK The United States was preparing on Monday for what one official called the peak death of the coronavirus while across the Atlantic British Prime Minister Boris Johnson the most prominent person with COVID19 was taken to intensive care | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus/u-s-enters-peak-death-week-for-coronavirus-british-pm-in-intensive-care-idUSKBN21O2K8 | 2020-04-07 |
| Several U.S. states and health insurers are taking steps to limit prescriptions while Trump issued an executive order on March 23 to keep Americans from hoarding or price gouging | Negative | NEW ANGELES The decadesold drug that President Donald Trump has persistently promoted as a potential weapon against COVID19 has within a matter of weeks become a standard of care in areas of the United States hit hard by the pandemic though doctors prescribing it have no idea whether it works | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-hydroxychloroq/special-report-doctors-embrace-drug-touted-by-trump-for-covid-19-without-hard-evidence-it-works-idUSKBN21O2VO | 2020-04-07 |
| White House medical experts have forecast that between 100000 to 240000 Americans could die in the pandemic even if sweeping orders to stay home are followed | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump expressed hope on Sunday that the United States was seeing a of the coronavirus crisis in some of the nations hot spots but some of his top medical advisers took a more tempered view | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump/trump-hopes-virus-leveling-off-in-hot-spots-advisers-take-tempered-view-idUSKBN21N0ZU | 2020-04-06 |
| Trump faced criticism for initially playing down the risks of the coronavirus and has vacillated between warning Americans about its severity and complaining about its economic costs | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Saturday doubled down on his support for a drug that is still being tested to treat the coronavirus saying he might take the medicine himself and encouraging others with doctor approval to do the same | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump/trump-says-he-may-take-drug-to-treat-coronavirus-questions-states-ventilator-needs-idUSKBN21N011 | 2020-04-05 |
| Pretty soon well even run out of people to cancel on U.S. Americans senior vice president of network strategy Vasu Raja told Reuters on Thursday | Neutral | When Reuters photographer Carlos Barria boarded American Airlines flight 4511 from Washington Reagan National Airport to New Orleans on Friday for an assignment he was the only passenger on the 76seat jet | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines-usa/single-passenger-flights-the-daily-woes-of-airlines-and-the-crew-still-working-idUSKBN21M0TW | 2020-04-05 |
| story corrects number of infected Americans to more than | Negative | U.S. hospitals desperate to help very sick patients with COVID19 the highly contagious respiratory disease caused by the new trying a treatment first used in the 1890s that relies on blood plasma donated by recovered patients | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-plasma-explain/why-u-s-hospitals-see-promise-in-plasma-from-new-coronavirus-patients-idUSKBN21M0E3 | 2020-04-05 |
| White House medical experts have forecast that between 100000 to 240000 Americans could be killed in the pandemic even if sweeping orders to stay home are followed | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump told Americans to brace for a big spike in coronavirus fatalities in the coming days as the country faces what he called the toughest two weeks of the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/trump-going-to-be-a-lot-of-death-in-u-s-next-week-from-coronavirus-idUSKBN21M0Q9 | 2020-04-05 |
| But conversations with both shoppers and shopkeepers indicate that the virus isnt just changing how Americans shop for their meals its changing the food they shop for too | Negative | A tall surgical maskwearing young man stands at the entrance as customers line up outside | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-washington-fea/crazy-amounts-of-chicken-and-masks-a-small-washington-grocers-typical-day-idUSKBN21L2YL | 2020-04-04 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. government is now recommending Americans wear cloth facecoverings on a voluntary basis to stem the spread of the coronavirus President Donald Trump said on Friday although he said he himself would not use one | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. government is now recommending Americans wear cloth facecoverings on a voluntary basis to stem the spread of the coronavirus President Donald Trump said on Friday although he said he himself would not use one | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-health-coronavirus-masks/trump-advises-voluntary-mask-use-against-coronavirus-but-wont-wear-one-himself-idUSKBN21L39K | 2020-04-04 |
| After initially playing down the crisis U.S. President Donald Trumps administration was set to advise Americans to wear masks if venturing out | Negative | YORK Global cases of the new coronavirus have shot past 1 million with more than 53000 fatalities a Reuters tally showed on Friday as death tolls soared in the United States and western Europe while the world economy nosedived | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus/with-over-a-million-coronavirus-cases-economic-freefall-looms-idUSKBN21K38K | 2020-04-04 |
| NEW YORK Questions are building about whether big U.S. banks will have to cut dividends later this year as the coronavirus crisis puts a record portion of Americans out of work making it difficult for borrowers to pay back loans | Negative | NEW YORK Questions are building about whether big U.S. banks will have to cut dividends later this year as the coronavirus crisis puts a record portion of Americans out of work making it difficult for borrowers to pay back loans | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-banks-dividend/soaring-unemployment-increases-odds-u-s-banks-will-cut-dividends-idUSKBN21L3B6 | 2020-04-04 |
| Ridehailing demand has grinded to a halt in most U.S. cities with a majority of Americans now under some form of lockdown | Negative | Uber Technologies Inc will begin shipping disinfecting car spray to selected drivers in areas most affected by the coronavirus outbreak an executive said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-uber/uber-to-start-shipping-car-disinfectants-to-drivers-idUSKBN21K2MU | 2020-04-03 |
| It will be distributed to health authorities in New York and New Jersey the U.S. epicenter of a pandemic that has so far killed nearly 5000 Americans | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. officials said on Thursday they would distribute a stockpile of personal protective equipment including 192000 N95 respirator masks which they seized this week from an alleged hoarder | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-gouging/u-s-officials-redistribute-protective-gear-seized-from-alleged-hoarder-idUSKBN21K34F | 2020-04-03 |
| State agencies are being overwhelmed by applications for unemployment pay with a record number of 10 million Americans filing for assistance in the past two weeks | Neutral | Uber and Lyft drivers are hitting a wall in their efforts to apply for the coronavirus jobless benefits promised by Congress as state agencies say they are not ready to handle a class of workers who are totally new to the U.S. unemployment system | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-uber-unemployment/u-s-gig-workers-seeking-coronavirus-jobless-benefits-hit-bureaucratic-wall-idUSKBN21K3GJ | 2020-04-03 |
| YORK The Trump administration on Thursday looked set to join local officials in advising Americans to wear masks when venturing out during the stillexploding coronavirus pandemic as the U.S. death toll rose by 1000 in a single day for the first time | Negative | YORK The Trump administration on Thursday looked set to join local officials in advising Americans to wear masks when venturing out during the stillexploding coronavirus pandemic as the U.S. death toll rose by 1000 in a single day for the first time | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/americans-urged-to-wear-masks-outside-as-coronavirus-pandemic-worsens-idUSKBN21K20K | 2020-04-03 |
| LOS ANGELES Oprah Winfrey said on Thursday she was donating million to coronavirus relief efforts including a new venture to help get food to vulnerable Americans during the coronavirus epidemic | Negative | LOS ANGELES Oprah Winfrey said on Thursday she was donating million to coronavirus relief efforts including a new venture to help get food to vulnerable Americans during the coronavirus epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-oprah/oprah-winfrey-donates-10-million-for-coronavirus-relief-idUSKBN21K39V | 2020-04-03 |
| White House medical experts have forecast that between 100000 to 240000 Americans could be killed even if the sweeping lockdown orders are followed | Negative | YORK The Trump administration on Thursday looked set to join local officials in advising Americans to wear masks when venturing out during the stillexploding coronavirus pandemic as the U.S. death toll rose by 1000 in a single day for the first time | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/americans-urged-to-wear-masks-outside-as-coronavirus-pandemic-worsens-idUSKBN21K20K | 2020-04-03 |
| How long it will last will depend on the course of a viral pandemic that could still kill hundreds of thousands of Americans and has most of the country under lockdowns aimed at slowing the infections spread | Negative | The U.S. recession is here | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-fed-kashkari/as-millions-lose-jobs-fed-policymakers-say-recession-is-here-idUSKBN21K307 | 2020-04-03 |
| Deborah Birx the coordinator of the White House task force on the coronavirus had a message for Americans on do better at social distancing | Neutral | WASHINGTON Dr | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-birx/do-social-distancing-better-white-house-doctor-tells-americans-trump-objects-idUSKBN21L08A | 2020-04-03 |
| A unemployment rate would mean 24 million Americans out of work | Positive | The U.S. recession is here | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-fed-kashkari/as-millions-lose-jobs-fed-policymakers-say-recession-is-here-idUSKBN21K307 | 2020-04-03 |
| NEW YORK With life in most of the United States grinding to a halt and the economy set to tip into a recession or worse Americans appear to have no appetite for April Fools Day this year | Negative | NEW YORK With life in most of the United States grinding to a halt and the economy set to tip into a recession or worse Americans appear to have no appetite for April Fools Day this year | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-aprilfoolsday/for-americans-pandemic-takes-the-fun-out-of-april-fools-this-year-idUSKBN21J52W | 2020-04-02 |
| White House medical advisers now forecast that even if Americans follow unprecedented stayathome orders some 100000 to 240000 people could die from the respiratory disease | Negative | SINGAPORE Asian share markets were pinned down on Thursday haunted by the rising U.S. coronavirus death toll and with investors braced for more signs of economic pain in the worlds largest economy ahead of another likely record week of jobless claims | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-slip-as-virus-fears-deepen-ahead-of-u-s-jobs-data-idUSKBN21J74A | 2020-04-02 |
| Use of Zoom and other digital communications has soared as many Americans have been ordered to stay home to slow the spread of coronavirus | Negative | Elon Musks rocket company SpaceX has banned its employees from using video conferencing app Zoom citing significant privacy and security according to a memo seen by Reuters days after U.S. law enforcement warned users about the security of the popular app | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-spacex-zoom-video-commn/elon-musks-spacex-bans-zoom-over-privacy-concerns-memo-idUSKBN21J71H | 2020-04-02 |
| Diabetes heart disease and longterm lung problems are the most common underlying conditions among Americans hospitalized with the illness caused by the new coronavirus but more than one in five people requiring intensive care had no such health issues according to a report issued on Tuesday | Negative | Diabetes heart disease and longterm lung problems are the most common underlying conditions among Americans hospitalized with the illness caused by the new coronavirus but more than one in five people requiring intensive care had no such health issues according to a report issued on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-study/diabetes-lung-and-heart-disease-common-in-u-s-coronavirus-patients-cdc-idUSKBN21I3HM | 2020-04-01 |
| As the pandemic wreaks havoc on the U.S. economy and transforms Americans daily lives the start of April brings a moment of reckoning for rent checks are due | Negative | NEW YORK New York hair stylist Vanessa Karim has not worked since March 21 when the state closed all salons to slow the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-rent/from-bartering-to-begging-for-relief-struggling-americans-confront-april-rent-idUSKBN21I34J | 2020-04-01 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump spoke with the biggest U.S. internet and mobile phone providers on Tuesday to talk about how the networks are holding up as tens of millions of Americans work from home | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump spoke with the biggest U.S. internet and mobile phone providers on Tuesday to talk about how the networks are holding up as tens of millions of Americans work from home | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-internet/trump-holds-call-with-u-s-internet-mobile-phone-providers-idUSKBN21I2Z2 | 2020-04-01 |
| WASHINGTON March 31 President Donald Trump is holding a call with seven of the biggest U.S. internet and mobile phone providers on Tuesday to talk about how the networks are holding up as tens of millions of Americans work from home | Positive | WASHINGTON March 31 President Donald Trump is holding a call with seven of the biggest U.S. internet and mobile phone providers on Tuesday to talk about how the networks are holding up as tens of millions of Americans work from home | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-internet/trump-to-hold-call-with-u-s-internet-mobile-phone-providers-idUSL1N2BO1JP | 2020-04-01 |
| We want Americans to be prepared for the hard days that lie Trump said predicting light at the end of the tunnel after that | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump warned Americans on Tuesday of a two weeks ahead in fighting the coronavirus with a mounting U.S. death toll that could stretch into the hundreds of thousands even with strict social distancing measures | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump/trump-warns-americans-of-a-tough-two-weeks-ahead-in-coronavirus-fight-idUSKBN21I3HK | 2020-04-01 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that federal social distancing guidelines might be toughened and travel restrictions with China and Europe would stay in place as he urged Americans to help fight the coronavirus with tough measures through April | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that federal social distancing guidelines might be toughened and travel restrictions with China and Europe would stay in place as he urged Americans to help fight the coronavirus with tough measures through April | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump/trump-says-coronavirus-guidelines-may-get-tougher-1-million-americans-tested-idUSKBN21H3E8 | 2020-03-31 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he may toughen up current guidelines aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus which has killed more than 2000 Americans | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he may toughen up current guidelines aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus which has killed more than 2000 Americans | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-coronavirus-trump-guidance/trump-says-guidelines-to-slow-coronavirus-spread-may-get-tougher-idUSKBN21H3GZ | 2020-03-31 |
| LOS YORK U.S. nurses and doctors on the front lines of the battle against the new coronavirus that has infected tens of thousands of Americans and killed hundreds are shellshocked by the damage that the virus wreaks on patients their families and themselves | Negative | LOS YORK U.S. nurses and doctors on the front lines of the battle against the new coronavirus that has infected tens of thousands of Americans and killed hundreds are shellshocked by the damage that the virus wreaks on patients their families and themselves | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-usa-frontlines/were-trying-to-keep-our-heads-above-water-u-s-healthcare-workers-fight-shortages-and-fear-idUSKBN21G0H8 | 2020-03-30 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday extended his stayathome guidelines until the end of April dropping a hotly criticized plan to get the economy up and running by midApril after a top medical adviser said more than 100000 Americans could die from the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday extended his stayathome guidelines until the end of April dropping a hotly criticized plan to get the economy up and running by midApril after a top medical adviser said more than 100000 Americans could die from the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21H0I5 | 2020-03-30 |
| LOS ANGELES President Donald Trump on Sunday extended his stayathome guidelines until the end of April dropping a hotly criticized plan to get the economy up and running by midApril after a top medical adviser said more than 100000 Americans could die from the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | LOS ANGELES President Donald Trump on Sunday extended his stayathome guidelines until the end of April dropping a hotly criticized plan to get the economy up and running by midApril after a top medical adviser said more than 100000 Americans could die from the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/trump-backs-off-plan-to-reopen-businesses-by-mid-april-amid-coronavirus-warnings-idUSKBN21G0ME | 2020-03-30 |
| WASHINGTON The coronavirus pandemic is forcing President Donald Trump to show empathy to console Americans under siege and its not easy for a brash leader more accustomed to bellicose politics | Negative | WASHINGTON The coronavirus pandemic is forcing President Donald Trump to show empathy to console Americans under siege and its not easy for a brash leader more accustomed to bellicose politics | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-tone/trump-struggles-with-tone-in-virus-crisis-aides-urge-more-empathy-idUSKBN21F0UO | 2020-03-29 |
| In response Trump sought to tamp down antiAsian some Americans saying in a post on Twitter that it is very important that we totally protect our Asian American community | Positive | WASHINGTON The coronavirus pandemic is forcing President Donald Trump to show empathy to console Americans under siege and its not easy for a brash leader more accustomed to bellicose politics | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-tone/trump-struggles-with-tone-in-virus-crisis-aides-urge-more-empathy-idUSKBN21F0UO | 2020-03-29 |
| Trumps campaign says he is focused both on safeguarding the health and safety of Americans and getting the economy humming again | Negative | WASHINGTON March 28 President Donald Trump offered a preview of his reelection campaign playbook last year when he visited the building site of a multibilliondollar cracking unit in western Pennsylvania hailed as one of the largest construction projects in the country | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-electiontrump-analysis/with-eye-on-election-trump-in-high-stakes-balancing-act-over-coronavirus-response-idUSKBN21F0FQ | 2020-03-29 |
| Voting rights advocates in Arizona which Democrats have targeted as a potential swing state worry voting by mail could disenfranchise Native Americans who live on reservations inside the states boundaries | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. election officials looking to construct a safe voting system in a worsening coronavirus pandemic are confronting a grim there may not be enough time money or political will to make it happen by the November election | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-election-insig/coronavirus-emerges-as-major-threat-to-u-s-election-process-idUSKBN21E2XS | 2020-03-28 |
| Macroeconomic indicators offered a glimpse of the economic devastation from the crisis as the lockdown of major cities upends the lives of millions of Americans | Negative | Wall Street stocks tumbled on Friday ending a massive threeday surge after doubts about the fate of the U.S. economy resurfaced and the number of coronavirus cases in the country climbed | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks/wall-street-tumbles-as-u-s-virus-cases-pass-100000-idUSKBN21E1B5 | 2020-03-28 |
| Trumps pressure on Venezuela an OPEC member has gone over well among Cuban Americans in South Florida a key voting bloc in a major presidential swing state | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. government on Thursday indicted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and more than a dozen other top Venezuelan officials on charges of the latest escalation of the Trump administrations pressure campaign aimed at ousting the socialist leader | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-venezuela-maduro/u-s-indicts-venezuelas-maduro-a-political-foe-for-narco-terrorism-idUSKBN21D2A6 | 2020-03-27 |
| The sanctions freeze any of their U.S.held assets and generally bar Americans from dealing with them | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States blacklisted five Iran and Iraqbased companies and 15 individuals on Thursday for supporting terrorist groups its third round of sanctions on Iranian targets in the last two weeks even as Tehran battles the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-imposes-fresh-iran-related-sanctions-despite-coronavirus-idUSKBN21D2B8 | 2020-03-27 |
| LOS ANGELES From family drama This Is to crime series audiences are flocking to television shows in numbers unseen for up to a year as coronavirus shutdowns and social distancing keeps millions of Americans at home | Negative | LOS ANGELES From family drama This Is to crime series audiences are flocking to television shows in numbers unseen for up to a year as coronavirus shutdowns and social distancing keeps millions of Americans at home | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-television/television-audiences-surge-to-12-month-highs-as-coronavirus-keeps-americans-home-idUSKBN21C3BI | 2020-03-26 |
| The uncertainty is leaving at least some in this newlyunemployed set of Americans increasingly anxious | Negative | Optician Ali Nelson sent the final few orders of eyeglasses to clients last week before her Washington D.C.based store closed to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-jobless/newly-jobless-americans-worry-about-making-ends-meet-idUSKBN21D0FE | 2020-03-26 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department said on Wednesday it was tracking 50000 Americans abroad it said might seek help to return to the United States straining the departments resources as it seeks to arrange travel around the spread of the coronavirus | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department said on Wednesday it was tracking 50000 Americans abroad it said might seek help to return to the United States straining the departments resources as it seeks to arrange travel around the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-travel/u-s-says-50000-americans-abroad-may-need-repatriation-help-amid-coronavirus-idUSKBN21C3OA | 2020-03-26 |
| Without a paycheck indefinitely Nelson is one of potentially tens of millions other Americans whose livelihoods are now in doubt because of the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | Optician Ali Nelson sent the final few orders of eyeglasses to clients last week before her Washington D.C.based store closed to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-jobless/newly-jobless-americans-worry-about-making-ends-meet-idUSKBN21D0FE | 2020-03-26 |
| We strongly urge the Chinese government to reverse its decision to force the Americans working for our news organizations to the publishers said | Negative | BEIJING Publishers of three U.S. newspapers urged China on Tuesday to reverse the expulsion of a about a dozen of their journalists calling the move uniquely damaging and at a time when the world is sharing the burden of fighting the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-media/u-s-newspapers-call-on-china-to-reverse-expulsion-of-journalists-idUSKBN21B0WI | 2020-03-25 |
| The stayathome orders are designed to stop the spread of the highly contagious virus which has infected over 40000 Americans in recent weeks and killed over 500 | Negative | WASHINGTON As several more U.S. states moved to impose stayathome orders to limit the spread of the coronavirus industries from steelmakers to auto dealerships were scrambling for exemptions that would allow them to remain open | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-industries/u-s-industries-scramble-for-exemptions-as-state-shutdown-orders-grow-idUSKBN21B1HL | 2020-03-25 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said lawmakers were very close on Tuesday to a deal on an economic package that will provide relief for Americans and businesses during the coronavirus outbreak | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said lawmakers were very close on Tuesday to a deal on an economic package that will provide relief for Americans and businesses during the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mcconnell/mcconnell-says-lawmakers-very-close-to-a-deal-on-coronavirus-bill-idUSKBN21B28E | 2020-03-25 |
| We must do the best we can to protect Americans rights and safety in this novel and troubling Barr wrote | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States is launching a task force to address market manipulation hoarding and price gouging related to the coronavirus pandemic following an order by President Donald Trump to crack down on such crimes | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-fraud/u-s-task-force-to-tackle-coronavirus-market-manipulation-hoarding-idUSKBN21C0FW | 2020-03-25 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexicos sunkissed beaches will lie largely empty during the peak spring season that usually lures tens of thousand of young Americans south as restrictions aimed at halting the spread of the coronavirus spur widespread trip cancellations | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexicos sunkissed beaches will lie largely empty during the peak spring season that usually lures tens of thousand of young Americans south as restrictions aimed at halting the spread of the coronavirus spur widespread trip cancellations | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-tourism/coronavirus-cancels-spring-break-in-mexico-tourist-economy-sickens-idUSKBN21A23A | 2020-03-24 |
| Investors are looking for signs of whether efforts to keep Americans and Europeans isolated will slow the rates of new infections and deaths tied to the coronavirus | Negative | NEW YORK The Federal Reserves unprecedented stimulus measures did little to brighten Wall Streets immediate outlook on coronavirusravaged stocks as concerns remained about the lack of a government stimulus package and the ability to contain the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-health-coronavirus-fed-stocks/fed-alone-cant-stop-coronavirus-selloff-investors-say-as-stocks-tumble-again-idUSKBN21A3CG | 2020-03-24 |
| WASHINGTON March 23 U.S. President Donald Trump who has been accused of racism in labeling the coronavirus pandemic the Chinese said in tweets on Monday that AsianAmericans were not responsible for spreading the disease and needed to be protected | Negative | WASHINGTON March 23 U.S. President Donald Trump who has been accused of racism in labeling the coronavirus pandemic the Chinese said in tweets on Monday that AsianAmericans were not responsible for spreading the disease and needed to be protected | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-trump-asians/trump-asian-americans-not-responsible-for-virus-need-protection-idUSL8N2BG9UV | 2020-03-24 |
| The Senate measure includes financial aid for ordinary Americans small businesses and critically affected industries such as airlines | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Treasury secretary and the Senate Democratic leader voiced confidence late on Monday for a deal to be reached soon on a farreaching coronavirus economic stimulus package that had been stalled in the U.S. Senate as lawmakers haggled over it | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/mnuchin-expresses-hope-a-deal-is-very-close-on-2-trillion-coronavirus-aid-package-in-u-s-senate-idUSKBN21A1O0 | 2020-03-24 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump who has been accused of racism in labeling the coronavirus pandemic the Chinese said on Monday that AsianAmericans were not responsible for spreading the disease and needed to be protected | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump who has been accused of racism in labeling the coronavirus pandemic the Chinese said on Monday that AsianAmericans were not responsible for spreading the disease and needed to be protected | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-asians/trump-asian-americans-not-responsible-for-virus-need-protection-idUSKBN21A3V6 | 2020-03-24 |
| Following two successful emergency aid bills this latest effort includes financial aid for regular Americans small businesses and critically affected industries including airlines | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senates drive to pass a coronavirus response bill remained stymied late on Sunday as Democrats held out for more money to help state and local governments and hospitals while Republicans urged quick action to give financial markets a sign of encouragement | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/coronavirus-relief-bill-slows-in-u-s-senate-talks-continue-idUSKBN2190NO | 2020-03-23 |
| Online retailers and grocery stores are trying to capture rising demand as more Americans are ordered to stay at home to reduce the spread of the outbreak | Negative | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-exclusi/amazon-raises-overtime-pay-for-warehouse-workers-idUSKBN2180Q1 | 2020-03-22 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. financial services firms and their staff must be designated as to keep markets functioning as more Americans stay home to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus a leading financial industry trade group said on Friday | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. financial services firms and their staff must be designated as to keep markets functioning as more Americans stay home to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus a leading financial industry trade group said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-trading/u-s-financial-firms-must-be-deemed-essential-as-more-people-stay-home-trade-group-idUSKBN2173OG | 2020-03-21 |
| WASHINGTON A U.S. Air Force transport plane is flying home 89 Americans stranded in Honduras due to travel disruptions from the coronavirus outbreak the U.S. military said | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. Air Force transport plane is flying home 89 Americans stranded in Honduras due to travel disruptions from the coronavirus outbreak the U.S. military said | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-honduras/u-s-military-flying-home-americans-from-honduras-stranded-by-coronavirus-idUSKBN21800Z | 2020-03-21 |
| The U.S. Senate was debating a trillionplus package that would include direct financial help for Americans relief for small businesses and steps to stabilize the economy | Positive | SYDNEY Asian shares made a partial comeback from a global rout on Friday but still nursed massive losses for the week while bonds rallied and oil extended its gains | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asia-shares-rally-after-rout-u-s-european-futures-higher-idUSKBN217048 | 2020-03-20 |
| WASHINGTON The coronavirus has dealt a blow to NASAs plan to return Americans to the moon by 2024 as the space agency chief on Thursday ordered the temporary closure of two rocket production facilities after an employee tested positive for the illness | Negative | WASHINGTON The coronavirus has dealt a blow to NASAs plan to return Americans to the moon by 2024 as the space agency chief on Thursday ordered the temporary closure of two rocket production facilities after an employee tested positive for the illness | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-nasa/coronavirus-deals-blow-to-nasas-2024-return-to-moon-plan-idUSKBN21706B | 2020-03-20 |
| The United States is expected to advise Americans abroad to return home or prepare to shelter in place an official said | Negative | Airline industry executives around the globe have called for state support now that passenger operations are collapsing at an unprecedented rate and governments curb travel drastically | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines/airline-industry-crisis-deepens-as-coronavirus-kills-demand-idUSKBN21542J | 2020-03-20 |
| The U.S. Senate was debating a trillionplus package that would include direct financial help for Americans relief for small businesses and steps to stabilise the economy | Positive | Stocks try to rally after punishing week | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asia-shares-bounce-after-rout-rush-for-dollars-causing-stress-idUSL4N2BD0C0 | 2020-03-20 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday urged Congress to move quickly to pass a trillion economic relief measure by early next week saying he expects bipartisan support for the bill to get cash payments to Americans during the coronavirus crisis | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday urged Congress to move quickly to pass a trillion economic relief measure by early next week saying he expects bipartisan support for the bill to get cash payments to Americans during the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mnuchin/mnuchin-urges-congress-to-pass-massive-economic-relief-bill-by-next-week-idUSKBN2162A1 | 2020-03-20 |
| Officials are telling Americans they must practice social distancing and avoid groups of more than 10 people to slow the spread of the pandemic | Negative | TAOS New YORK As people in San Francisco shelter in place and New York City was warned to prepare for a similar measure some 40 people met in New Mexico for an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting on Wednesday amid White House pleas to avoid groups as the country battles coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-groups/meet-the-americans-still-going-out-and-gathering-in-large-groups-idUSKBN2153QT | 2020-03-19 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. regulators are considering giving banks additional regulatory points for lending to mid to lowincome Americans hurt by the coronavirus as they seek to mitigate the economic impact of the pandemic an official within a banking agency told Reuters | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. regulators are considering giving banks additional regulatory points for lending to mid to lowincome Americans hurt by the coronavirus as they seek to mitigate the economic impact of the pandemic an official within a banking agency told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-lending-exclus/exclusive-u-s-may-give-banks-bonus-points-for-low-income-lending-amid-coronavirus-crisis-source-idUSKBN215348 | 2020-03-19 |
| LOS ANGELES First lady Melania Trump will urge Americans to wash their hands and keep their distance from one another to fight coronavirus in a new TV ad campaign produced with major U.S. broadcast networks the White House said on Wednesday | Positive | LOS ANGELES First lady Melania Trump will urge Americans to wash their hands and keep their distance from one another to fight coronavirus in a new TV ad campaign produced with major U.S. broadcast networks the White House said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-media/melania-trump-to-star-in-u-s-coronavirus-awareness-ads-idUSKBN215445 | 2020-03-19 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday warned of an economic recession as the coronavirus spreads through the country and criticized the Trump administrations latest call for issuing checks to Americans in response | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday warned of an economic recession as the coronavirus spreads through the country and criticized the Trump administrations latest call for issuing checks to Americans in response | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-schumer/democratic-leader-schumer-criticizes-trumps-call-for-1000-checks-idUSKBN2152P9 | 2020-03-19 |
| That package could include two rounds of direct payments to Americans totaling billion each according to a Treasury Department proposal seen by Reuters | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed legislation on Wednesday providing billions of dollars to limit the damage from the coronavirus pandemic through free testing paid sick leave and expanded safetynet spending | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-passes-one-coronavirus-aid-package-while-working-on-another-idUSKBN2151FB | 2020-03-19 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell expects the chamber on Wednesday to pass an economic relief bill already approved by the House of Representatives and then work on legislation aimed at aiding small businesses giving Americans money directly and helping some industries during the coronavirus crisis | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell expects the chamber on Wednesday to pass an economic relief bill already approved by the House of Representatives and then work on legislation aimed at aiding small businesses giving Americans money directly and helping some industries during the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-senate/senate-to-pass-coronavirus-bill-stay-to-work-on-more-aid-mcconnell-idUSKBN2152IA | 2020-03-19 |
| Health officials have advised Americans to avoid nonessential travel and large gatherings in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed legislation on Wednesday providing billions of dollars to limit the damage from the coronavirus pandemic through free testing paid sick leave and expanded safetynet spending | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-passes-one-coronavirus-aid-package-while-working-on-another-idUSKBN2151FB | 2020-03-19 |
| LOS ANGELES March 18 First lady Melania Trump will urge Americans to wash their hands and keep their distance from one another to fight coronavirus in a new TV ad campaign produced with major U.S. broadcast networks the White House said on Wednesday | Positive | LOS ANGELES March 18 First lady Melania Trump will urge Americans to wash their hands and keep their distance from one another to fight coronavirus in a new TV ad campaign produced with major U.S. broadcast networks the White House said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-media/melania-trump-to-star-in-u-s-coronavirus-awareness-ads-idUSL1N2BB33R | 2020-03-19 |
| Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari on Wednesday said U.S. Congress must act fast to help Americans already losing their jobs amid the fastspreading coronavirus epidemic | Negative | Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari on Wednesday said U.S. Congress must act fast to help Americans already losing their jobs amid the fastspreading coronavirus epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-fed-kashkari/feds-kashkari-says-u-s-congress-needs-speedy-action-as-layoffs-rise-idUSKBN21601D | 2020-03-19 |
| WASHINGTON Google Facebook and Amazon are using their size reach and technological prowess to help Americans cope with the coronavirus crisis an opportunity for Big Tech to counter a drumbeat of criticism in Washington | Positive | WASHINGTON Google Facebook and Amazon are using their size reach and technological prowess to help Americans cope with the coronavirus crisis an opportunity for Big Tech to counter a drumbeat of criticism in Washington | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-big-tech/coronavirus-pandemic-hands-big-tech-a-chance-to-burnish-its-image-idUSKBN21442S | 2020-03-18 |
| With markets gyrating and mostly on a downward trend Mnuchin said the U.S. stock markets should remain open to assure Americans that they can access their money | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump announced a plan on Tuesday to send money to Americans immediately to ease the economic shock from the coronavirus crisis and said militarystyle hospitals will likely be deployed to virus hot zones to care for patients | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-coronavirus-trump/trump-wants-to-send-americans-1000-checks-to-cushion-virus-economic-shock-idUSKBN2142XF | 2020-03-18 |
| Both the AABB and the American Red Cross encourage Americans to continue to donate | Positive | NEW YORK About half of the blood centers in the United States are already reporting low inventory levels and the country could see shortages in about two weeks as blood drives are canceled due to the fastspreading coronavirus outbreak AABB formerly known as the American Association of Blood Banks said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-blood/coronavirus-restrictions-could-lead-to-u-s-blood-shortage-in-two-weeks-blood-banks-group-idUSKBN2142VG | 2020-03-18 |
| The Trump administration said on Tuesday it was asking Congress for a trillion stimulus package that could deliver checks to Americans within two weeks to buttress the economy | Positive | LOS ANGELES California Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday authorized the use of about billion in emergency funds and put the National Guard on alert to help as the nations most populous state grappled with the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-california/california-approves-1-billion-in-coronavirus-funds-national-guard-on-alert-idUSKBN2144AW | 2020-03-18 |
| The expected restrictions on migrant workers come as Americans strip grocery stores bare in preparation for potential orders to quarantine | Negative | CHICAGO U.S. fruit and vegetable producers are bracing for dramatic disruptions to their labor force after the U.S. government said it was suspending visa interviews in Mexico to reduce the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-crops-migration/u-s-limits-mexico-guest-worker-visas-sends-farmers-scrambling-idUSKBN21443F | 2020-03-18 |
| The Trump administration pressed on Tuesday for enactment of a trillion stimulus package possibly to include direct payments to individual Americans | Neutral | The worlds richest nations prepared more costly measures on Tuesday to combat the global fallout of the coronavirus that has infected tens of thousands of people triggered social restrictions unseen since World War Two and sent economies spinning toward recession | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN2150NL | 2020-03-18 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps administration is considering sending checks to Americans so they have cash to spend during the coronavirus crisis and it has increased the amount of tax payments that can be deferred Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps administration is considering sending checks to Americans so they have cash to spend during the coronavirus crisis and it has increased the amount of tax payments that can be deferred Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-checks/trump-administration-mulls-checks-for-americans-to-support-economy-idUSKBN21430T | 2020-03-18 |
| WASHINGTON The United States imposed fresh sanctions on Iran on Tuesday keeping up its economic pressure campaign even as it offered to help Tehran cope with the coronavirus pandemic and called on the Islamic Republic to release detained Americans | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States imposed fresh sanctions on Iran on Tuesday keeping up its economic pressure campaign even as it offered to help Tehran cope with the coronavirus pandemic and called on the Islamic Republic to release detained Americans | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-iran-usa/u-s-sanctions-iran-seeks-release-of-americans-amid-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN2143EN | 2020-03-18 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump announced a plan on Tuesday to send money to Americans immediately to ease the economic shock from the coronavirus crisis and said militarystyle hospitals will likely be deployed to virus hot zones to care for patients | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump announced a plan on Tuesday to send money to Americans immediately to ease the economic shock from the coronavirus crisis and said militarystyle hospitals will likely be deployed to virus hot zones to care for patients | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-coronavirus-trump/trump-wants-to-send-americans-1000-checks-to-cushion-virus-economic-shock-idUSKBN2142XF | 2020-03-18 |
| YORK The White House under pressure to escalate national action to combat the coronavirus urged Americans on Wednesday to avoid gatherings of more than 10 people and called for closing bars restaurants and other venues in states where local virus transmission exists | Negative | YORK The White House under pressure to escalate national action to combat the coronavirus urged Americans on Wednesday to avoid gatherings of more than 10 people and called for closing bars restaurants and other venues in states where local virus transmission exists | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/trump-and-u-s-states-ramp-up-drive-to-slow-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN21325H | 2020-03-17 |
| I think Americans should be prepared that they are going to have to hunker down significantly more than we as a country are Fauci said on NBCs Meet the Press | Positive | WASHINGTON With panic buying on Main Street and feardriven selloffs on Wall Street the U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates to near zero on Sunday in another emergency move to help shore up the U.S. economy amid the rapidly escalating coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/fed-cuts-rates-and-nyc-la-close-restaurants-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKBN2120RY | 2020-03-16 |
| WASHINGTON Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders blasted President Donald Trumps handling of the coronavirus outbreak during Sundays Democratic debate and offered competing visions for how they would lead in a time of crisis that has upended the daily lives of Americans | Negative | WASHINGTON Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders blasted President Donald Trumps handling of the coronavirus outbreak during Sundays Democratic debate and offered competing visions for how they would lead in a time of crisis that has upended the daily lives of Americans | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/results-or-revolution-biden-sanders-present-dueling-visions-while-blasting-trumps-coronavirus-response-idUSKBN2120DW | 2020-03-16 |
| The virus has killed more than 50 Americans | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump has tested negative for coronavirus the presidents physician Sean Conley said in a statement on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-test/trump-tests-negative-for-coronavirus-white-house-doctor-statement-idUSKBN21117R | 2020-03-15 |
| WASHINGTON Two of the three U.S. troops wounded in the latest rocket attack in Iraq are seriously injured and are being treated at a military hospital in Baghdad the Pentagon said on Saturday in its first confirmation that Americans were injured | Negative | WASHINGTON Two of the three U.S. troops wounded in the latest rocket attack in Iraq are seriously injured and are being treated at a military hospital in Baghdad the Pentagon said on Saturday in its first confirmation that Americans were injured | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-pentagon/two-seriously-injured-u-s-troops-being-treated-in-baghdad-pentagon-idUSKBN211137 | 2020-03-15 |
| WASHINGTON Three U.S. troops have been wounded in a rocket attack in Iraq on the same base where Iranbacked militia struck on Wednesday killing two Americans and a British soldier a U.S. official told Reuters on Saturday | Negative | WASHINGTON Three U.S. troops have been wounded in a rocket attack in Iraq on the same base where Iranbacked militia struck on Wednesday killing two Americans and a British soldier a U.S. official told Reuters on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iraq-security-usa/three-american-troops-wounded-in-rocket-attack-in-iraq-u-s-official-says-idUSKBN2110T8 | 2020-03-15 |
| WASHINGTON Google said a life sciences division Verily is in the early stages of developing a tool to help triage Americans who may need testing for the coronavirus | Positive | WASHINGTON Google said a life sciences division Verily is in the early stages of developing a tool to help triage Americans who may need testing for the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-google-verily/googles-verily-in-early-stages-of-developing-a-coronavirus-tool-idUSKBN2103DA | 2020-03-14 |
| Trump said the federal government was partnering with the private sector to accelerate production of test kits to make them more widely available to Americans | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday declared a national emergency over the fastspreading coronavirus to free up billion in federal aid and said he would most be tested for the virus himself soon after facing possible exposure | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-emergency/trump-declares-coronavirus-national-emergency-says-he-will-most-likely-be-tested-idUSKBN2102G3 | 2020-03-14 |
| The spreading contagion has forced Americans to cancel trips and large gatherings battered the stock market and sent shockwaves across the U.S. economy | Negative | WASHINGTON After weeks of playing down the threat posed by the coronavirus U.S. President Donald Trump conceded on Thursday that his reelection campaign rallies would have to be suspended and he stopped shaking hands with foreign dignitaries | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump/for-trump-grim-reality-of-coronavirus-settles-in-idUSKBN20Z3GW | 2020-03-13 |
| Pelosi repeatedly stressed that the bill must encourage Americans to be tested for the coronavirus and not have to be worried about the cost | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers and the White House neared agreement on a coronavirus economic aid package House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday adding she hoped to announce a deal on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-lawmakers-near-deal-with-white-house-on-coronavirus-aid-bill-idUSKBN20Z2TD | 2020-03-13 |
| The United States has repeatedly and publicly warned that killing Americans overseas constituted a red line that would trigger a U.S. response | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump has authorized the U.S. military to respond to Wednesdays rocket attack in Iraq that killed two American troops and a British service member the Pentagon said on Thursday blaming Iranbacked militia | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-iran/trump-authorizes-military-to-respond-after-deadly-attack-blamed-on-iran-backed-militia-idUSKBN20Z251 | 2020-03-13 |
| You dont get to shoot at our bases and kill and wound Americans and get away with Esper said | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump has authorized the U.S. military to respond to Wednesdays rocket attack in Iraq that killed two American troops and a British service member the Pentagon said on Thursday blaming Iranbacked militia | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-iran/trump-authorizes-military-to-respond-after-deadly-attack-blamed-on-iran-backed-militia-idUSKBN20Z251 | 2020-03-13 |
| WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday unveiled a broad package of proposals to help Americans affected by the coronavirus outbreak while officials suspended public tours through the Capitol building | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday unveiled a broad package of proposals to help Americans affected by the coronavirus outbreak while officials suspended public tours through the Capitol building | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-bill/u-s-house-leaders-unveil-coronavirus-bill-capitol-tours-suspended-idUSKBN20Y26I | 2020-03-12 |
| The travel order which starts on midnight Friday does not apply to Britain or to Americans undergoing appropriate Trump said | Positive | President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered travel from Europe to the United States restricted for 30 days responding to mounting pressure to take action against a rapidly spreading coronavirus outbreak disrupting nearly all corners of U.S. daily life | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/trump-curbs-travel-from-europe-as-coronavirus-disrupts-schools-sports-idUSKBN20Y1Z0 | 2020-03-12 |
| As history has proven time and time again Americans always rise to the challenge and overcome adversity | Neutral | My fellow Tonight I want to speak with you about our nations unprecedented response to the coronavirus outbreak that started in China and is now spreading throughout the world | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-text/text-what-president-donald-trump-told-americans-about-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Z0EU | 2020-03-12 |
| His goal was to show he is on top of the situation after facing criticism from Democrats for not moving quickly enough to provide coronavirus testing for Americans | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Wednesday imposed sweeping restrictions to prevent people from 26 European countries from traveling to the United States for a month as he responded to mounting pressure to take action against the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump/in-dramatic-step-trump-restricts-travel-from-europe-to-us-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Z04U | 2020-03-12 |
| The travel order which starts at midnight on Friday does not apply to Britain or to Americans undergoing appropriate Trump said | Positive | WASHINGTON Travelers scrambled to rebook flights and global markets reeled on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed sweeping restrictions on travel from Europe hitting battered airlines and further straining ties with the continent | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus/trump-restricts-travel-from-europe-as-coronavirus-disrupts-life-in-u-s-idUSKBN20Z0DY | 2020-03-12 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump announced several measures on Wednesday evening to combat the spread of the coronavirus within the United States and limit its economic impact on Americans | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump announced several measures on Wednesday evening to combat the spread of the coronavirus within the United States and limit its economic impact on Americans | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump-factbox/factbox-trump-unveils-plans-to-stem-coronavirus-spread-and-economic-impact-idUSKBN20Z0BU | 2020-03-12 |
| COVID19 the disease caused by the virus has killed about 30 people in the United States and infected more than 1000 Americans and over 115000 people globally | Negative | WASHINGTON White House officials met Wednesday with U.S. technology industry officials to discuss techrelated response efforts to combat the coronavirus outbreak and ways for government to collaborate with the private sector | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-tech/white-house-tech-industry-meet-to-discuss-coronavirus-response-idUSKBN20Y2QC | 2020-03-12 |
| After consulting with our top government health professionals I have decided to take several strong but necessary actions to protect the health and wellbeing of all Americans | Positive | My fellow Tonight I want to speak with you about our nations unprecedented response to the coronavirus outbreak that started in China and is now spreading throughout the world | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-text/text-what-president-donald-trump-told-americans-about-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Z0EU | 2020-03-12 |
| On Tuesday The White House and Congress negotiated over measures to bolster the U.S. economy and Americans paychecks against the outbreaks impact prompting a rebound in hardhit stock markets | Positive | WASHINGTON White House officials met Wednesday with U.S. technology industry officials to discuss techrelated response efforts to combat the coronavirus outbreak and ways for government to collaborate with the private sector | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-tech/white-house-tech-industry-meet-to-discuss-coronavirus-response-idUSKBN20Y2QC | 2020-03-12 |
| Finally I am calling on Congress to provide Americans with immediate payroll tax relief | Positive | My fellow Tonight I want to speak with you about our nations unprecedented response to the coronavirus outbreak that started in China and is now spreading throughout the world | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-text/text-what-president-donald-trump-told-americans-about-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Z0EU | 2020-03-12 |
| WASHINGTON As U.S. coronavirus cases rose steadily the White House and Congress negotiated measures on Tuesday to bolster the U.S. economy and Americans paychecks against the outbreaks impact although there was no immediate sign of a deal | Negative | WASHINGTON As U.S. coronavirus cases rose steadily the White House and Congress negotiated measures on Tuesday to bolster the U.S. economy and Americans paychecks against the outbreaks impact although there was no immediate sign of a deal | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/washington-considers-actions-to-bolster-u-s-economy-as-coronavirus-cases-mount-idUSKBN20X1ZB | 2020-03-11 |
| The White House and Congress on Tuesday negotiated over measures to bolster the U.S. economy and Americans paychecks against the outbreaks impact prompting a rebound in hardhit stock markets | Positive | WASHINGTON The White House will meet large technology companies on Wednesday to coordinate efforts over the coronavirus outbreak seeking to control a contagious respiratory illness that has infected almost 1000 people in the United States and more than 100000 globally | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-technology/white-house-to-meet-large-tech-companies-to-discuss-ways-to-control-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN20X3CH | 2020-03-11 |
| Pelosi said the deal strikes the balance between protecting Americans security and their civil liberties | Negative | WASHINGTON Democratic and Republican leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives reached an agreement on Tuesday that would extend a divisive set of government surveillance tools a major boost for efforts to reauthorize the program before it expires on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-surveillance-congress/u-s-house-leaders-reach-deal-to-extend-surveillance-program-idUSKBN20X36Y | 2020-03-11 |
| WASHINGTON March 8 A top U.S. public health official said on Sunday signs of coronavirus spreading through U.S. communities was not and warned that Americans may need to think carefully about attending large gatherings if it continues | Negative | WASHINGTON March 8 A top U.S. public health official said on Sunday signs of coronavirus spreading through U.S. communities was not and warned that Americans may need to think carefully about attending large gatherings if it continues | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-health-official-warns-on-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSW1N2A702F | 2020-03-10 |
| Sanders lags Biden in support among black Americans | Negative | JACKSON Miss | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/on-the-trail-in-dueling-endorsements-kamala-harris-backs-biden-while-jesse-jackson-campaigns-for-sanders-idUSKBN20V0PY | 2020-03-09 |
| Cruz is one of the highestprofile Americans to undergo coronavirus selfquarantine since the United States reported its first COVID19 case in late January | Negative | U.S. Senator Ted Cruz on Sunday said he would selfquarantine after he had contact with a CPAC political conference attendee who tested positive for coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-cpac-ted-cruz/senator-cruz-self-quarantines-after-contact-with-coronavirus-carrier-idUSKBN20V16M | 2020-03-09 |
| He has said the risk to Americans is low | Negative | NEW ANGELES Twentyone people aboard a cruise ship that was barred from docking in San Francisco have tested positive for coronavirus U.S. officials said on Friday as eight more states reported their first cases of the fastspreading respiratory disease | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/coronavirus-found-on-cruise-ship-as-more-u-s-states-report-cases-idUSKBN20T235 | 2020-03-07 |
| Reuters reported last year that Kunlun had given some Beijingbased engineers access to the personal information of millions of Americans including private messages and HIV status | Neutral | Chinese gaming company Beijing Kunlun Tech Co Ltd | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-grindr-m-a-investors-exclusive/grindrs-chinese-owner-says-to-sell-social-media-app-for-608-mln-idUSKBN20T0IR | 2020-03-07 |
| WASHINGTON A U.S. agency that oversees telecommunications said on Friday that it would propose rules that would make it harder for robocallers to hide their location when they call to pester Americans billions of times per month | Neutral | WASHINGTON A U.S. agency that oversees telecommunications said on Friday that it would propose rules that would make it harder for robocallers to hide their location when they call to pester Americans billions of times per month | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-fcc-robocalls/u-s-fcc-takes-step-for-fight-robocalls-by-stopping-spoofing-idUSKBN20T2ZR | 2020-03-07 |
| Word of the new cases capped a week during which the virus began to disrupt daily life for many Americans | Negative | NEW ANGELES Twentyone people aboard a cruise ship that was barred from docking in San Francisco have tested positive for coronavirus U.S. officials said on Friday as eight more states reported their first cases of the fastspreading respiratory disease | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/coronavirus-found-on-cruise-ship-as-more-u-s-states-report-cases-idUSKBN20T235 | 2020-03-07 |
| We need Patriotic Americans like YOU to respond to this census so we can develop a winning strategy for YOUR the ad read | Positive | SAN FRANCISCO Facebook Inc on Thursday removed ads by President Donald Trumps reelection campaign that asked users to fill out an Official 2020 Congressional District because the ads violate the companys policy against misinformation on the governments census | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-trump-census/facebook-decides-to-take-down-trump-2020-campaigns-census-ads-idUSKBN20S2R2 | 2020-03-06 |
| A U.S. appeals court has dismissed a morbidly obese employees lawsuit accusing Monsanto Co of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act by requiring him to lose weight | Negative | A U.S. appeals court has dismissed a morbidly obese employees lawsuit accusing Monsanto Co of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act by requiring him to lose weight | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/employment-obesity/in-brief-monsanto-workers-morbid-obesity-not-a-disability-5th-circuit-idUSL1N2AV2BP | 2020-03-03 |
| Travelers from Italy and South Korea would face additional screening Trump and top officials told a White House news briefing warning Americans against traveling to coronavirusaffected regions in both countries | Negative | WASHINGTON Leaders in Europe the Middle East and the Americas rolled out bans on big gatherings and stricter travel restrictions as cases of the new coronavirus spread around the world | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-china-health/gatherings-banned-travel-restricted-as-coronavirus-cases-grow-worldwide-idUSKBN20O14L | 2020-03-02 |
| Robert Redfield who leads the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Protection said Americans should expect more cases of coronavirus in clusters in the coming days | Negative | WASHINGTON Travelers entering the United States from Italy South Korea and Iran will face new restrictions as part of efforts to curtail the spread of the coronavirus President Donald Trump and U.S. health officials said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-travel/trump-white-house-warns-americans-against-travel-to-south-korea-italy-idUSKBN20N0ZN | 2020-03-01 |
| Votes will also be conducted in American Samoa a U.S. Pacific territory and among a newly formed group of Americans living abroad | Neutral | WASHINGTON Fourteen states and one U.S. territory host Super Tuesday primaries next week a flurry that could bring more clarity about which Democratic presidential contender voters prefer to challenge Republican President Donald Trump in November | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-super-tuesday-explainer/super-tuesday-contests-offer-big-rewards-challenges-in-democratic-presidential-race-idUSKCN20M1KD | 2020-02-29 |
| Former Vice President Joe Biden who is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination to face Trump in November said Trump and Pence had limited Americans access to information about the virus | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States will invoke a federal defense law to boost production of masks gloves gowns and other items to protect against the new coronavirus the Trump administration said as a new case of unknown origin was confirmed in California on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa/new-coronavirus-case-of-unknown-origin-in-california-idUSKCN20M2BI | 2020-02-29 |
| CDC Director Robert Redfield on Thursday told a U.S. congressional hearing that there was no need for healthy Americans to stock up on any supplies | Negative | American consumers awoke this week to the coronavirus threat and are beginning to display a symptom of the illness seen in Asia and Europe hoarding | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-hoarding/hoarding-in-the-usa-coronavirus-sparks-consumer-concerns-idUSKCN20M37V | 2020-02-29 |
| The U.S. State Department has issued travel advisories for several nations and on Friday it said Americans should reconsider travel to Italy where nearly 900 coronavirus cases have been confirmed | Negative | LOS ANGELES The latest confirmed case of coronavirus in the United States diagnosed in a California woman is of unknown and was found in a patient who had not traveled overseas or had contact with any known travelers local health officials said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-california/new-coronavirus-case-in-california-is-of-unknown-origin-idUSKCN20N00P | 2020-02-29 |
| Hundreds of Apache tribe members and supporters marched for four days to a sacred campground in southeastern Arizona earlier this month hoping to protect the land from copper mining while bringing awareness to injustices against Native Americans | Positive | Hundreds of Apache tribe members and supporters marched for four days to a sacred campground in southeastern Arizona earlier this month hoping to protect the land from copper mining while bringing awareness to injustices against Native Americans | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-oakflat-apache/apache-tribe-marches-to-protect-sacred-arizona-site-from-copper-mine-idUSKCN20M1QM | 2020-02-29 |
| YORK Feb 27 U.S. officials on Thursday said they were ramping up efforts to guard Americans against a local spread of the new coronavirus dispatching test kits nationwide and promising funding legislation within the next two weeks | Positive | By David Morgan and Michael Erman | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/china-health-usa/u-s-officials-say-they-are-ramping-up-efforts-to-guard-against-coronavirus-idUSL2N2AR1GH | 2020-02-28 |
| U.S. health officials have told Americans to begin preparing for the spread of the virus in the United States | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps administration is considering invoking special powers through a law called the Defense Production Act to rapidly expand domestic manufacturing of protective masks and clothing to combat the coronavirus in the United States two U.S. officials told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-production-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-mulls-using-sweeping-powers-to-ramp-up-production-of-coronavirus-protective-gear-idUSKCN20L2S0 | 2020-02-28 |
| CDC Director Robert Redfield testified at a House subcommittee on Thursday that he would ask ordinary Americans not to buy N95 masks at this time | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps administration is considering invoking special powers through a law called the Defense Production Act to rapidly expand domestic manufacturing of protective masks and clothing to combat the coronavirus in the United States two U.S. officials told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-production-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-mulls-using-sweeping-powers-to-ramp-up-production-of-coronavirus-protective-gear-idUSKCN20L2S0 | 2020-02-28 |
| NEW U.S. stocks plummeted on Thursday as fears about the effect of the coronavirus outbreak on economic growth flared even as U.S. officials pledged that they were stepping up efforts to safeguard Americans from the virus spread | Negative | NEW U.S. stocks plummeted on Thursday as fears about the effect of the coronavirus outbreak on economic growth flared even as U.S. officials pledged that they were stepping up efforts to safeguard Americans from the virus spread | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa/stocks-plunge-on-coronavirus-fears-even-as-u-s-ramps-up-fight-against-spread-idUSKCN20L2O3 | 2020-02-28 |
| Even as U.S. officials warn of an inevitable outbreak of coronavirus in the United States and are alerting Americans to take precautions some health agencies charged with protecting the public appear unprepared to deal with the threat | Negative | Even as U.S. officials warn of an inevitable outbreak of coronavirus in the United States and are alerting Americans to take precautions some health agencies charged with protecting the public appear unprepared to deal with the threat | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-preparedness/mixed-messages-test-delays-hamper-u-s-coronavirus-response-idUSKCN20L36Z | 2020-02-28 |
| The CDC has advised Americans to not visit China and South Korea and on Wednesday stepped up travel warnings for Iran Italy and Mongolia | Negative | YORK President Donald Trump told Americans on Wednesday that the risk from coronavirus remained very and placed Vice President Mike Pence in charge of the U.S. response to the looming global health crisis | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-trump/trump-says-coronavirus-risk-in-u-s-is-low-cdc-confirms-first-case-of-unknown-origin-idUSKCN20K21N | 2020-02-27 |
| NEW YORK U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders has widened his lead for the Democratic presidential nomination and overtaken Joe Biden in support among African Americans a voting bloc that until now has largely favored the former vice president according to a national poll released on Tuesday | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders has widened his lead for the Democratic presidential nomination and overtaken Joe Biden in support among African Americans a voting bloc that until now has largely favored the former vice president according to a national poll released on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-democrats-poll/sanders-surpasses-biden-among-african-american-voters-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN20J2J9 | 2020-02-27 |
| A second European hotel was in lockdown on Wednesday as authorities around the world battled to prevent the spread of coronavirus although a senior U.S. health official said a pandemic was inevitable and urged Americans to prepare | Negative | A second European hotel was in lockdown on Wednesday as authorities around the world battled to prevent the spread of coronavirus although a senior U.S. health official said a pandemic was inevitable and urged Americans to prepare | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-health-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-coronavirus-spreading-in-china-and-beyond-idUSKCN20G0PQ | 2020-02-26 |
| Republican Senator Rand Paul said he wanted to prevent the use of secret and secret against Americans and American political campaigns | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans on Tuesday reacted skeptically to the Trump administrations request to continue a controversial but inactive domestic surveillance program that collects data on U.S. phone calls and text messages | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-surveillance/republicans-look-to-drop-domestic-spying-on-u-s-phones-texts-idUSKBN20J2M1 | 2020-02-26 |
| Asian stocks CDC warns Americans on virus | Negative | Asian stocks CDC warns Americans on virus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-shares-slump-bonds-rally-as-virus-fears-grow-idUSL3N2AQ000 | 2020-02-26 |
| While Trump and his top officials often highlight cases of violence committed by immigrants studies have shown immigrants do not commit crimes at a higher rate than nativeborn Americans | Negative | LOS U.S. Republican President Donald Trump has intensified his administrations fight in recent weeks against Democraticled jurisdictions that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-crime/what-are-sanctuary-cities-and-why-is-trump-targeting-them-idUSKBN20J25R | 2020-02-26 |
| 5 trillion over 10 years to create a universal child care and early education system to be funded by taxing the wealthiest Americans | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Monday proposed spending | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-sanders-child-care/with-1-5-trillion-childcare-plan-sanders-floats-another-big-campaign-pledge-idUSKCN20I1P9 | 2020-02-25 |
| House of Representatives Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita Lowey a Democrat said in a statement the Trump administrations funding request was woefully insufficient to protect Americans from the deadly coronavirus outbreak | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration is asking Congress for | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa/trump-administration-seeks-2-5-billion-in-funds-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKCN20I1U3 | 2020-02-25 |
| One Japanese passenger has a confirmed infection while new cases have sprung up among returned Australians Britons and Americans | Negative | TOKYO A panel of Japanese medical experts on Monday sought to play down deepening criticism of the governments handling of a coronavirus outbreak on a cruise ship while acknowledging mistakes were made | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-japan-experts/japan-plays-down-criticism-of-coronavirus-cruise-ship-handling-idUSKCN20I0XW | 2020-02-25 |
| The United States has 13 cases within the country and 21 among Americans repatriated on evacuation flights from Wuhan and the Diamond Princess | Negative | BEIJING China reported a sharp decrease in the number of new deaths and new cases of the coronavirus on Saturday while its central bank predicted a limited shortterm economic impact and said the country was confident of winning the fight against the epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-health/china-reports-fall-in-coronavirus-cases-says-economy-resilient-but-infections-rising-elsewhere-idUSKCN20G05W | 2020-02-22 |
| The sanctions freeze any U.S.held assets of the officials and generally bar Americans from doing business with them | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States blacklisted five Iranian officials on Thursday accusing them of preventing free and fair elections a day before a parliamentary vote that it branded a sham | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa/u-s-blacklists-five-iranian-officials-for-impeding-fair-elections-idUSKBN20E27M | 2020-02-21 |
| Yang argued the basic income would alleviate poverty lessen inequality address student debt and counteract the effects of automation which he said threatened the jobs of millions of workingclass Americans | Negative | Former Democratic presidential contender Andrew Yang is joining CNN as a political commentator the cable network said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-yang/former-democratic-presidential-hopeful-yang-joins-cnn-as-commentator-idUSKBN20D24I | 2020-02-20 |
| NEW YORK As Republican President Donald Trump seeks a second term in November Americans interest in voting is growing faster in large cities dominated by Democrats than in conservative rural areas according to an analysis of national opinion polls | Positive | NEW YORK As Republican President Donald Trump seeks a second term in November Americans interest in voting is growing faster in large cities dominated by Democrats than in conservative rural areas according to an analysis of national opinion polls | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-enthusiasm-exclusive/exclusive-ahead-of-2020-election-a-blue-wave-is-rising-in-the-cities-polling-analysis-shows-idUSKBN20D1EG | 2020-02-20 |
| It would be paid by all Americans invested directly or indirectly in the markets and not just the she said in an email | Positive | WASHINGTON Presidential candidate Michael Bloombergs decision to back a tax on trades marks a blow for Wall Street lobbyists which had seen the moderate Democrat as a potential ally said analysts and lobbyists | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg-tax/bloombergs-transaction-tax-sets-stage-for-clash-with-wall-street-clients-idUSKBN20D2JK | 2020-02-20 |
| The American Bar Association has passed a resolution that encourages states to consider regulatory changes that could increase low and middleincome Americans access to affordable legal services | Positive | The American Bar Association has passed a resolution that encourages states to consider regulatory changes that could increase low and middleincome Americans access to affordable legal services | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/lawyer-aba-regulation/aba-passes-resolution-aimed-at-increasing-access-to-legal-services-idUSL1N2AI1OT | 2020-02-19 |
| NEW YORK U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday outlined a sweeping financial services policy proposal to rein in Wall Street trading boost consumer protections increase Americans access to banking services and crack down on financial crime | Positive | NEW YORK U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday outlined a sweeping financial services policy proposal to rein in Wall Street trading boost consumer protections increase Americans access to banking services and crack down on financial crime | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg-wallst/presidential-hopeful-bloomberg-proposes-new-taxes-protections-to-rein-in-wall-street-idUSKBN20C1P5 | 2020-02-19 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department said on Monday it is tracking the condition of 60 U.S. citizens in Japan after more than 300 Americans were repatriated from a cruise ship that had the largest cluster of coronavirus cases outside China | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department said on Monday it is tracking the condition of 60 U.S. citizens in Japan after more than 300 Americans were repatriated from a cruise ship that had the largest cluster of coronavirus cases outside China | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa/u-s-state-dept-tracks-60-u-s-citizens-in-japan-following-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN20B1V8 | 2020-02-18 |
| Bassanese had misgivings about the plan saying it reminded him of former U.S. President George Bush encouraging Americans to buy a home during a housing boom | Positive | SYDNEY Asian shares reversed earlier losses on Monday and moved back toward a threeweek top as Chinese efforts to cushion the blow from a coronavirus outbreak cheered investors although Japanese stocks faltered amid growing recession risks | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-hover-around-three-week-highs-on-chinese-support-measures-idUSKBN20B01Z | 2020-02-17 |
| TOKYO Hundreds of passengers were preparing to be evacuated from a cruise ship on Sunday after spending two weeks under quarantine off Japan over the coronavirus with Americans flying home on chartered evacuation planes early Monday morning | Negative | TOKYO Hundreds of passengers were preparing to be evacuated from a cruise ship on Sunday after spending two weeks under quarantine off Japan over the coronavirus with Americans flying home on chartered evacuation planes early Monday morning | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-japan-ship/virus-spreads-on-cruise-ship-in-japan-u-s-passengers-flying-home-idUSKBN20A01M | 2020-02-17 |
| The United States plans to send an aircraft to Japan to bring back Americans on the quarantined cruise ship Diamond Princess where the most coronavirus infections outside China have occurred | Negative | Here are latest developments around the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-latest-factbox/latest-on-coronavirus-spreading-in-china-and-beyond-idUSKBN2090GW | 2020-02-16 |
| Japan confirmed it was coordinating with the U.S. government for Americans to leave the ship and return home saying that would ease its burden in resolving the situation | Negative | TOKYO The United States said on Saturday it will send aircraft to Japan to bring back American passengers on the quarantined cruise ship Diamond Princess where the most coronavirus infections outside China have occurred | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-japan-ship/u-s-to-evacuate-americans-from-cruise-ship-quarantined-at-japan-port-idUSKBN20903J | 2020-02-16 |
| WASHINGTON The Trump administration is considering a tax cut for middleclass Americans and making some other tax reductions permanent as part of a package it intends to propose before the November election a top White House adviser said on Friday | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration is considering a tax cut for middleclass Americans and making some other tax reductions permanent as part of a package it intends to propose before the November election a top White House adviser said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tax/trump-administration-eyes-10-middle-class-tax-cut-proposal-idUSKBN208230 | 2020-02-15 |
| Wall Street climbed late in the session following a CNBC report citing sources that the White House was considering a tax incentive for Americans to buy stocks | Positive | NEW YORK Global stock markets rose slightly on Friday as investors bet on a lull in proliferation of the coronavirus while oil prices registered their first weekly gain since early January | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/stocks-edge-up-with-positive-chipmaker-forecast-oil-gains-for-the-week-idUSKBN20804H | 2020-02-15 |
| NEW YORK Feb 14 The 500 ended modestly higher on Friday following strong earnings from Nvidia and a report late in the session that the White House was considering a tax incentive for Americans to buy stocks | Positive | NEW YORK Feb 14 The 500 ended modestly higher on Friday following strong earnings from Nvidia and a report late in the session that the White House was considering a tax incentive for Americans to buy stocks | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/usa-stocks/us-stocks-snapshot-sp-500-posts-slim-gain-helped-by-nvidia-boost-idUSAQN025LUZ | 2020-02-15 |
| Sanders Medicare for All proposal would replace private health insurance with a governmentrun plan based on the Medicare program for older Americans | Positive | MANCHESTER N.H. Democrats vying for the right to challenge U.S. President Donald Trump turned their focus on Wednesday to Nevada and South Carolina after Bernie Sanders solidified his frontrunner status by narrowly beating Pete Buttigieg in New Hampshire | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/democrats-turn-focus-to-nevada-and-south-carolina-after-sanders-narrow-win-in-new-hampshire-idUSKBN2061SH | 2020-02-13 |
| Bloomberg has gone to great pains to court the black vote including a proposal unveiled last month to narrow the wealth gap between black and white Americans | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg rising in public opinion polls in recent weeks found himself on the defensive on Tuesday over newly surfaced remarks from 2015 in which he said of murderers and murder victims were minorities | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-bloomberg/bloomberg-buffeted-by-recording-of-him-discussing-crime-minorities-idUSKBN2052DC | 2020-02-12 |
| Nearly 200 people evacuated from the China coronavirus outbreak were released from quarantine in California on Tuesday with officials urging Americans not to shun them or workers who helped them after both groups faced discrimination | Negative | Nearly 200 people evacuated from the China coronavirus outbreak were released from quarantine in California on Tuesday with officials urging Americans not to shun them or workers who helped them after both groups faced discrimination | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa/u-s-evacuees-freed-from-coronavirus-quarantine-officials-fear-discrimination-idUSKBN20525I | 2020-02-12 |
| WASHINGTON Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado a moderate who has stressed improving education for Americans abandoned his bid on Tuesday for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination | Positive | WASHINGTON Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado a moderate who has stressed improving education for Americans abandoned his bid on Tuesday for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bennet/senator-bennet-drops-out-of-2020-democratic-presidential-race-idUSKBN206069 | 2020-02-12 |
| He has argued that automation is destroying U.S. jobs and that the dividend would help insulate Americans from economic insecurity | Negative | GOFFSTOWN N.H. A New Hampshire family that received a freedom for a year from the campaign of Democratic presidential contender Andrew Yang spent most of the money on college bills but also on an improv class for the unemployed dad | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-new-hampshire-money-fami/how-a-new-hampshire-family-spent-andrew-yangs-freedom-dividend-idUSKBN20417F | 2020-02-11 |
| Im going to keep Biden said predicting he will perform well in states with a greater number of AfricanAmericans and other voters of color | Positive | MANCHESTER New Hampshire For the past year Democratic voters have been anxious to settle on a savior capable of defeating President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-democrats-insight/democrats-in-disarray-in-new-hampshire-as-sanders-surges-and-trump-provokes-idUSKBN20415Y | 2020-02-11 |
| The Equifax data breach because it was so large and involved so much sensitive financial information on so many Americans had farreaching implications for Equifax and the consumer credit industry | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States has charged four Chinese military hackers in the 2017 breach of the Equifax credit reporting agency that affected nearly 150 million American citizens Attorney General William Barr said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-justice-cyber/u-s-charges-four-chinese-military-hackers-in-2017-equifax-breach-idUSKBN2041RT | 2020-02-11 |
| So you know about my plan to cancel student loan Warren asked saying she would erase debt for 43 million Americans | Negative | N.H. Democratic presidential contenders Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders traded jabs over money and message on Sunday two days before New Hampshire voters pick their choice to take on Republican President Donald Trump in November | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/on-the-2020-trail-sanders-blasts-buttigieg-for-taking-billionaire-bucks-idUSKBN2030KT | 2020-02-10 |
| polling shows that Trumps approval rating has been largely unchanged by impeachment with 42 percent of Americans approving of his performance as president | Positive | WASHINGTON A federal appeals court on Friday threw out a lawsuit brought by Democratic lawmakers that accused Donald Trump of violating anticorruption provisions in the U.S. Constitution with his business dealings capping a week of political victories for the Republican president | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-emoluments/in-another-trump-win-court-tosses-democrats-suit-over-his-businesses-idUSKBN2011YK | 2020-02-08 |
| It just shows how subservient this government has become to the Americans | Negative | MEXICO CITY Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday denounced U.S. foreign policy in Venezuela criticizing U.S. and attempts to create what he called a pretext for military intervention | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-venezuela-usa-mexico/russian-foreign-minister-lavrov-hits-out-at-u-s-provocations-in-venezuela-idUSKBN2002Y6 | 2020-02-07 |
| polling shows that the impeachment proceedings have not had an impact on Trumps popularity among Americans | Negative | WASHINGTON In Hollywood it is called a false ending where the story appears to be heading to a close but is not yet over | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-takeaways-analy/trumps-trial-is-over-but-the-final-verdict-is-not-yet-in-idUSKBN1ZZ2Y8 | 2020-02-06 |
| We are hopeful that the U.S. government will be sending transport for the Americans on Gay Courter a 75yearold American novelist aboard the ship told Reuters | Positive | Ten more people on a quarantined cruise liner in a Japanese port have tested positive for coronavirus officials said on Thursday as the virus death toll in mainland China hit 563 with almost 3000 new cases reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/china-virus-death-toll-jumps-past-500-more-cases-on-cruise-ship-off-japan-idUSKBN20003J | 2020-02-06 |
| Trump signaled his intent to take advantage of the divide among Democrats and usurp their appeal on an issue that resonates with millions of Americans | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats campaigned on healthcare when they won control of the U.S. House of Representatives in 2018 | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-speech-healthcare/in-political-speech-to-congress-trump-pokes-at-democrats-divide-on-healthcare-idUSKBN1ZZ0IB | 2020-02-05 |
| He accused Democrats of funding programs that would pay for healthcare for immigrants in the country illegally at the expense of older Americans | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats campaigned on healthcare when they won control of the U.S. House of Representatives in 2018 | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-speech-healthcare/in-political-speech-to-congress-trump-pokes-at-democrats-divide-on-healthcare-idUSKBN1ZZ0IB | 2020-02-05 |
| Trumps push on Venezuela has been popular among Cuban Americans in Florida a key voting bloc in a state seen as central to Trumps reelection hopes | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump displayed reality TV flair on Tuesday to underscore his pledge to wind down the war in Afghanistan engineering the return of an Army sergeant who surprised his wife and two young children in the House of Representatives as a national broadcast audience looked on | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-speech-foreign/with-made-for-tv-flourish-trump-makes-case-for-bringing-troops-home-idUSKBN1ZZ0H2 | 2020-02-05 |
| It is shameful that the secretary state of Iowa would mislead Iowans and Americans about the accuracy of the states registration he said in a tweet | Negative | A viral claim by a conservative activist group that voter registration numbers in Iowa are suspiciously large ahead of the first U.S. presidential nominating contest on Monday is false a senior state government official said and called on the group to end its misinformation campaign | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-iowa-misinformation/iowa-official-slams-viral-claim-of-suspicious-voter-registration-activity-as-false-idUSKBN1ZY03J | 2020-02-04 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued rules on Sunday to implement new restrictions on Americans who have recently visited China to address the threat of the coronavirus | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued rules on Sunday to implement new restrictions on Americans who have recently visited China to address the threat of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-china-health-airlines/u-s-flight-rules-on-china-visits-will-pose-new-airline-challenges-idUSKBN1ZW0SA | 2020-02-03 |
| WASHINGTON The United States has taken decisive action to protect Americans from the threat of a fastmoving coronavirus while offering help to China President Donald Trump said on Sunday but a key adviser said Beijing had not accepted the offers of assistance | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States has taken decisive action to protect Americans from the threat of a fastmoving coronavirus while offering help to China President Donald Trump said on Sunday but a key adviser said Beijing had not accepted the offers of assistance | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa/trump-says-u-s-has-shut-down-coronavirus-threat-china-shuns-u-s-help-idUSKBN1ZW0OJ | 2020-02-03 |
| The United States plans a handful more to bring Americans home from Chinas Hubei province hit by the outbreak of a new coronavirus Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday | Negative | The United States plans a handful more to bring Americans home from Chinas Hubei province hit by the outbreak of a new coronavirus Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-flights/u-s-plans-more-flights-to-evacuate-people-from-chinas-hubei-idUSKBN1ZX0HJ | 2020-02-03 |
| The order to keep the Americans on the base marked the CDCs first mandatory quarantine for decades | Neutral | U.S. health officials on Saturday confirmed an eighth case of the fastspreading new coronavirus in the United States and the Pentagon said it would provide housing for people arriving from overseas who might need to be quarantined | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa/u-s-confirms-its-eighth-case-of-coronavirus-pentagon-to-provide-quarantine-housing-idUSKBN1ZV3XV | 2020-02-02 |
| Those investments require new revenue and a fairer more progressive tax system that asks wealthy Americans like me to pay Bloomberg said | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg on Saturday proposed major tax hikes on wealthy Americans and corporations including a new tax aimed at people earning more than million per year | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg/billionaire-u-s-candidate-bloomberg-floats-plan-to-tax-rich-people-like-me-idUSKBN1ZV3WB | 2020-02-02 |
| It has put 195 Americans evacuated to California this week in quarantine | Negative | The United States ramped up its response to the coronavirus epidemic on Friday declaring a public health emergency and saying it would halt entry to foreign nationals who had been to China within the 14day incubation period | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-impact/u-s-ramps-up-anti-coronavirus-measures-at-border-as-impact-spreads-idUSKBN1ZT374 | 2020-02-01 |
| Airline crews had urged carriers stop flights to the country with Americans pilots filing a lawsuit on Thursday seeking an immediate halt | Negative | All three major U.S. airlines announced the cancellation of flights to mainland China on Friday as the U.S. government unveiled additional steps to curb the spread of the coronavirus which originated in China | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-china-health-delta-air/major-u-s-airlines-cancel-china-flights-as-government-steps-up-warnings-idUSKBN1ZU25I | 2020-02-01 |
| She has said she would finance her legislation in part by raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans | Positive | Perhaps no issue has divided the field of Democratic 2020 presidential hopefuls more than Medicare for All | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-usa-election-healthcare-factbox/where-democratic-presidential-candidates-stand-on-medicare-for-all-idUSKBN1ZU1DY | 2020-02-01 |
| That is when more Americans would be watching the outcome | Neutral | WASHINGTON Democrats appeared to have fallen short on Thursday in their bid to garner the votes needed to call witnesses in President Donald Trumps impeachment trial clearing the way for his likely acquittal as early as this weekend | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/democrats-bid-for-new-trump-impeachment-witnesses-likely-to-fall-short-idUSKBN1ZT18E | 2020-01-31 |
| NEW Iowa Democratic candidate Michael Bloomberg and U.S. President Donald Trump will promote antigun violence and economic milestones in multimilliondollar ads in an effort to win over the 100 million Americans expected to watch the National Football Leagues Super Bowl LIV on Sunday | Neutral | NEW Iowa Democratic candidate Michael Bloomberg and U.S. President Donald Trump will promote antigun violence and economic milestones in multimilliondollar ads in an effort to win over the 100 million Americans expected to watch the National Football Leagues Super Bowl LIV on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-football-nfl-superbowl-bloomberg/bloomberg-tackles-gun-violence-trump-touts-victories-in-super-bowl-ads-idUSKBN1ZT1SZ | 2020-01-31 |
| Following the interview Kelly said that Pompeo cursed at her and repeatedly used the and asked Do you think Americans care about | Negative | WASHINGTON Jan 28 U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday praised Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for his handling of a National Public Radio reporter who Pompeo shouted at cursed and called a liar after a contentious interview | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/usa-ukraine-pompeo-media/trump-praises-pompeo-for-doing-a-good-job-on-npr-reporter-idUSL1N29X153 | 2020-01-29 |
| He wants to guarantee all Americans a job and proposes a government takeover of the health insurance industry as well as tuitionfree public colleges | Positive | Republican Donald Trump is touting tax cuts and economic gains during his presidency as a reason why he should get reelected in November | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-economy-factbox/as-trump-touts-gains-in-jobs-some-democrats-push-for-economic-overhaul-idUSKBN1ZR17A | 2020-01-29 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. government on Tuesday sued five U.S. companies and three individuals alleging they were behind hundreds of millions of fraudulent robocalls that scammed elderly Americans and others into massive financial losses | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. government on Tuesday sued five U.S. companies and three individuals alleging they were behind hundreds of millions of fraudulent robocalls that scammed elderly Americans and others into massive financial losses | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-robocalls-fraud/u-s-files-lawsuits-over-robocall-scams-cites-massive-financial-losses-idUSKBN1ZR2SM | 2020-01-29 |
| Following the interview Kelly said that Pompeo cursed at her and asked Do you think Americans care about | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday praised Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for his handling of a National Public Radio reporter who Pompeo shouted at cursed and called a liar after a contentious interview | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-ukraine-pompeo-media/trump-praises-pompeo-for-doing-a-good-job-on-npr-reporter-idUSKBN1ZR2K2 | 2020-01-29 |
| The leastwatched Grammys was in 2006 when 17 million Americans tuned in | Neutral | The television audience for the annual Grammy Awards show dipped to 18 | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-awards-grammys-ratings/grammy-awards-show-television-audience-dips-to-18-7-million-idUSKBN1ZQ2E4 | 2020-01-28 |
| The Moscowborn Kenin whose parents moved to the United States when she was a baby is now the last remaining of 22 Americans in the womens main draw | Neutral | MELBOURNE Sofia Kenin made a name for herself last year when she dumped her Serena Williams out of the French Open a victory the Australian Open semifinalist says was the pivotal moment of her tennis career | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-tennis-ausopen-kenin-career/career-took-off-after-french-open-win-over-serena-says-kenin-idUSKBN1ZR0E2 | 2020-01-28 |
| Still the results underscore that the ACA hasnt insured everyone who needs coverage or made care affordable for all Americans Ayanian said by email | Positive | A growing number of Americans find it too expensive to see doctors even though more people have health insurance a U.S. study suggests | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-physicians-costs/despite-insurance-gains-more-people-in-the-u-s-cant-afford-doctors-idUSKBN1ZQ2FA | 2020-01-28 |
| Every few days something comes out and Americans are saying they want witnesses Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Twitter | Neutral | impeachment trial while his defense team largely ignored disclosures from a former White House adviser | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/what-bolton-book-trump-impeachment-lawyers-skirt-new-disclosures-idUSKBN1ZQ13H | 2020-01-28 |
| A 2019 survey by the U.S.based AntiDefamation League showed that about one in four Europeans harbor pernicious and attitudes towards Jews compared with of North Americans | Negative | OSWIECIM Poland The presidents of Israel and Poland called on Monday for greater efforts to combat antiSemitism as the world marked 75 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp amid concerns over a resurgence of antiJewish prejudice | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-holocaust-memorial-auschwitz/poland-israel-condemn-resurgent-anti-semitism-at-auschwitz-commemoration-idUSKBN1ZQ00J | 2020-01-28 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday offered China whatever help it needed while the State Department said Americans should reconsider visiting all of China due to the virus | Negative | SHANGHAI A new strain of virus spreading across China has claimed its first victim in Beijing officials said on Tuesday as the death toll climbed to 106 the United States warned citizens against trips to the country and financial markets again recoiled | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/china-records-first-virus-death-in-beijing-as-toll-passes-100-idUSKBN1ZR0CF | 2020-01-28 |
| Following the interview Kelly said Pompeo cursed at her and repeatedly used the and asked Do you think Americans care about | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department removed a National Public Radio reporter from the press pool for Secretary of State Mike Pompeos upcoming foreign trip a press association and NPR said on Monday days after Pompeo angrily responded to another NPR journalists interview with him | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-ukraine-pompeo-media/u-s-state-department-bars-npr-reporter-from-pompeo-trip-after-testy-interview-idUSKBN1ZR00D | 2020-01-28 |
| KIEV Reported comments by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo appearing to play down Ukraines importance to Americans have put Kiev in an awkward spot days before Pompeo is due to visit | Negative | KIEV Reported comments by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo appearing to play down Ukraines importance to Americans have put Kiev in an awkward spot days before Pompeo is due to visit | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-ukraine-usa-pompeo/reported-pompeo-comments-put-ukraine-in-awkward-spot-before-visit-idUSKBN1ZQ1XW | 2020-01-28 |
| Buttigieg the former mayor of South Bend Indiana focuses his criminal justice plan on the systems disproportionate impact on African Americans | Negative | Donald Trump and the Democrats hoping to unseat him as president all say they want to reform the criminal justice system in the United States which held 2 | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-criminal-justice-factbox/trump-and-2020-democrats-brand-themselves-criminal-justice-reformers-idUSKBN1ZQ14K | 2020-01-28 |
| Last week he was accused of shouting do you think Americans care about at a National Public Radio reporter after she questioned him about Ukraine in an interview | Negative | KIEV Reported comments by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo appearing to play down Ukraines importance to Americans have put Kiev in an awkward spot days before Pompeo is due to visit | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-ukraine-usa-pompeo/reported-pompeo-comments-put-ukraine-in-awkward-spot-before-visit-idUSKBN1ZQ1XW | 2020-01-28 |
| TAPACHULA Mexico Guatemalan migrant Wilfredo Gomez said on Saturday he had been asking God to make him as Mexican security forces started rounding up and detaining other U.S.bound Central Americans who had illegally crossed into the country | Negative | TAPACHULA Mexico Guatemalan migrant Wilfredo Gomez said on Saturday he had been asking God to make him as Mexican security forces started rounding up and detaining other U.S.bound Central Americans who had illegally crossed into the country | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-mexico/migrants-stranded-in-mexico-cling-on-to-hopes-of-reaching-u-s-border-idUSKBN1ZP010 | 2020-01-27 |
| He asked you think Americans care about He used the Fword in that sentence and many Kelly said in an interview of her own with NPR later on Friday | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cursed at a National Public Radio reporter and repeatedly used the in a shouted diatribe after she questioned him about Ukraine and the ousted American ambassador to Kiev in an interview on Friday the reporter said | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-ukraine-pompeo/radio-reporter-says-pompeo-cursed-at-her-after-testy-interview-idUSKBN1ZO00E | 2020-01-25 |
| DUBAI The successor to the Iranian commander killed in a U.S. drone strike would suffer the same fate if he followed a similar path by killing Americans the U.S. special representative for Iran said according to Asharq alAwsat newspaper | Negative | DUBAI The successor to the Iranian commander killed in a U.S. drone strike would suffer the same fate if he followed a similar path by killing Americans the U.S. special representative for Iran said according to Asharq alAwsat newspaper | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-envoy/successor-to-slain-iran-general-faces-same-fate-if-he-kills-americans-u-s-envoy-idUSKBN1ZM0KT | 2020-01-24 |
| If Ghaani follows the same path of killing Americans then he will meet the same U.S. envoy Brian Hook told the Arabiclanguage daily Asharq alAwsat | Negative | DUBAI The successor to the Iranian commander killed in a U.S. drone strike would suffer the same fate if he followed a similar path by killing Americans the U.S. special representative for Iran said according to Asharq alAwsat newspaper | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-envoy/successor-to-slain-iran-general-faces-same-fate-if-he-kills-americans-u-s-envoy-idUSKBN1ZM0KT | 2020-01-24 |
| He said in the interview in Davos Switzerland that Trump had long made it clear that any attack on Americans or American interests would be met with a decisive response | Positive | DUBAI The successor to the Iranian commander killed in a U.S. drone strike would suffer the same fate if he followed a similar path by killing Americans the U.S. special representative for Iran said according to Asharq alAwsat newspaper | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-envoy/successor-to-slain-iran-general-faces-same-fate-if-he-kills-americans-u-s-envoy-idUSKBN1ZM0KT | 2020-01-24 |
| The latest action blocks Americans from making transactions that involve the aircraft | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Tuesday blacklisted 15 aircraft belonging to Venezuelan state oil company de Venezuela SA or PDVSA the latest in a series of actions targeting the socialist government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-venezuela-politics-usa/u-s-blacklists-pdvsa-aircraft-in-latest-venezuela-sanctions-idUSKBN1ZK2KA | 2020-01-22 |
| Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg on Sunday pledged to narrow the wealth gap between black and white Americans by boosting black ownership of homes and businesses and investing in poor neighborhoods | Positive | Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg on Sunday pledged to narrow the wealth gap between black and white Americans by boosting black ownership of homes and businesses and investing in poor neighborhoods | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg/democrat-bloomberg-vows-to-narrow-wealth-gap-for-black-americans-idUSKBN1ZI0N1 | 2020-01-20 |
| Public access to government records strengthens democracy by allowing Americans to claim their rights of citizenship hold their government accountable and understand their its mission statement reads | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. National Archives home to foundational documents such as the Bill of Rights apologized on Saturday for altering images critical of President Donald Trump at an exhibit on womens fight for voting rights and said it had removed the display | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-archives/national-archives-removes-exhibit-that-altered-images-of-womens-march-idUSKBN1ZH0MC | 2020-01-19 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that the United States Constitution which gives Americans the right to keep and bear firearms was being attacked in the state of Virginia | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that the United States Constitution which gives Americans the right to keep and bear firearms was being attacked in the state of Virginia | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guns-rally-trump/trump-criticizes-virginia-gun-control-measures-says-rights-under-attack-idUSKBN1ZG2JU | 2020-01-18 |
| WASHINGTON The Pentagon said on Thursday it would soon announce a resumption in operational training of Saudi military officers in the United States suspended after a Saudi officers fatal shooting of three Americans at a Florida naval base last month | Negative | WASHINGTON The Pentagon said on Thursday it would soon announce a resumption in operational training of Saudi military officers in the United States suspended after a Saudi officers fatal shooting of three Americans at a Florida naval base last month | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-saudi-shooting/pentagon-to-soon-resume-saudi-training-halted-after-base-shooting-idUSKBN1ZF2HM | 2020-01-17 |
| The plans provide health benefits to older Americans and the disabled | Positive | UnitedHealth Group Inc the largest U.S. health insurer reported a betterthanexpected fourthquarter profit on Wednesday and said it expects strong sales of its government health plans this year | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-unitedhealth-results/unitedhealth-bets-on-government-health-plan-growth-in-2020-idUSKBN1ZE1AC | 2020-01-16 |
| The states filed a lawsuit in June to block the merger saying it would harm lowincome Americans in particular | Negative | NEW YORK A group of U.S. states suing to block TMobile US Inc from merging with Sprint Corp on Wednesday told a federal judge that the deal would raise prices for consumers while the phone companies pushed back and emphasized they would compete aggressively to push prices down | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-sprint-corp-m-a-t-mobile/u-s-judge-hears-closing-arguments-in-t-mobile-sprint-merger-trial-idUSKBN1ZE1AS | 2020-01-16 |
| EPA said the final rules will benefit all Americans by improving the U.S. fleets fuel economy reducing air pollution and making new vehicles more affordable for all Americans | Positive | WASHINGTON New rules enacting President Donald Trumps reductions in fuel efficiency standards for new vehicles through 2026 moved closer to reality on Tuesday when U.S. agencies sent proposals to the White House for final review | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-autos-emissions/trump-administration-moves-closer-to-rolling-back-u-s-vehicle-fuel-economy-increases-idUSKBN1ZE011 | 2020-01-15 |
| WASHINGTON On the eve of the expected signing of the first phase of a trade deal between the United states and China a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has called on President Donald Trump to press Beijing to free detained Americans and U.S. residents | Negative | WASHINGTON On the eve of the expected signing of the first phase of a trade deal between the United states and China a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has called on President Donald Trump to press Beijing to free detained Americans and U.S. residents | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-detainees/u-s-lawmakers-urge-trump-to-press-china-on-detainees-idUSKBN1ZD2S0 | 2020-01-15 |
| The vast majority of the tariffs which are taxes paid by Americans and not China will remain in place continuing to damage the American said spokesman Jonathan Gold | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States will maintain tariffs on Chinese goods until the completion of a second phase of a U.S.China trade agreement U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Tuesday a day before the two sides are to sign an interim deal | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-tariffs/u-s-to-maintain-tariffs-on-chinese-goods-until-phase-2-deal-mnuchin-idUSKBN1ZD2PK | 2020-01-15 |
| I will continue to raise our serious concerns over human rights and Americans detained in Egypt at every opportunity | Negative | The United States on Monday confirmed the death of EgyptianAmerican Moustafa Kassem in a prison in Egypt where he had been in custody since 2013 and vowed to continue raising concerns over Cairos human rights record | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-security/u-s-confirms-avoidable-death-of-egyptian-american-kassem-in-custody-idUSKBN1ZC2GQ | 2020-01-14 |
| Iran was keen that both the Americans and Iraqis be aware of the strikes before they occurred | Negative | AIN ALASAD AIR BASE Iraq Nearly eight hours before Irans Jan | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-early-warning/hours-of-forewarning-saved-u-s-iraqi-lives-from-irans-missile-attack-idUSKBN1ZC218 | 2020-01-14 |
| WASHINGTON Saudi Arabia will withdraw 21 cadets receiving military training in the United States following a U.S. investigation into a Saudi officers fatal shooting of three Americans at a Florida naval base that U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Monday branded an act of terrorism | Negative | WASHINGTON Saudi Arabia will withdraw 21 cadets receiving military training in the United States following a U.S. investigation into a Saudi officers fatal shooting of three Americans at a Florida naval base that U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Monday branded an act of terrorism | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-saudi-shooting/after-florida-killings-saudis-withdraw-21-cadets-from-united-states-idUSKBN1ZC1TS | 2020-01-14 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared sympathetic to claims made by health insurers seeking billion from the federal government under a program set up by the Obamacare law aimed at encouraging them to offer medical coverage to previously uninsured Americans | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared sympathetic to claims made by health insurers seeking billion from the federal government under a program set up by the Obamacare law aimed at encouraging them to offer medical coverage to previously uninsured Americans | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-obamacare/u-s-supreme-court-justices-lean-toward-insurers-on-12-billion-obamacare-claims-idUSKBN1YE23B | 2020-01-11 |
| The law dubbed Obamacare has enabled millions of Americans who previously had no medical coverage to obtain insurance including those with preexisting medical conditions | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared sympathetic to claims made by health insurers seeking billion from the federal government under a program set up by the Obamacare law aimed at encouraging them to offer medical coverage to previously uninsured Americans | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-obamacare/u-s-supreme-court-justices-lean-toward-insurers-on-12-billion-obamacare-claims-idUSKBN1YE23B | 2020-01-11 |
| WASHINGTON New applications for U.S. jobless benefits fell more than expected last week but the labor market appears to be cooling with the number of Americans on unemployment rolls surging to more than a high at the end of 2019 | Negative | WASHINGTON New applications for U.S. jobless benefits fell more than expected last week but the labor market appears to be cooling with the number of Americans on unemployment rolls surging to more than a high at the end of 2019 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-economy/u-s-weekly-jobless-claims-fall-but-labor-market-cooling-idUSKBN1Z81PX | 2020-01-10 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the attack on Soleimani on the grounds that the Iranian general was planning to attack Americans without providing evidence | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. Congress and some of the partys presidential contenders warned on Tuesday about escalating conflict in the Middle East after Iran launched a retaliatory missile strike against U.S. forces in Iraq | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-attack-congress/world-cannot-afford-war-u-s-democrats-respond-to-iran-missile-strike-idUSKBN1Z7095 | 2020-01-08 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. military deployed additional forces to Kenya on Monday to bolster security at a key airfield after an attack by al Shabaab militants on Sunday that killed three Americans the militarys Africa Command said | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. military deployed additional forces to Kenya on Monday to bolster security at a key airfield after an attack by al Shabaab militants on Sunday that killed three Americans the militarys Africa Command said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-kenya-security-usa-military/u-s-bolsters-kenya-base-security-after-americans-killed-in-attack-idUSKBN1Z51W0 | 2020-01-07 |
| By making the War Powers notification classified Trump limited lawmakers ability to talk about it and sidestepped the laws goal of keeping Americans informed about military action | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers have few options for tamping down any escalation by President Donald Trump of tensions with Iran despite Democrats outrage over his failure to inform Congress in advance about a strike against a top Iranian military commander | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/uk-iraq-security-congress/for-u-s-democrats-little-recourse-over-trumps-iran-actions-idUSKBN1Z510F | 2020-01-07 |
| The Trump administration has said Soleimani was planning an imminent attack on Americans | Negative | BAGHDAD Iraqs parliament on Sunday backed a recommendation by the prime minister that all foreign troops should be ordered out after the U.S. killing of a top Iranian military commander and an Iraqi militia leader in Baghdad | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-parliament/iraqi-parliament-backs-government-push-to-expel-foreign-troops-idUSKBN1Z407Z | 2020-01-06 |
| Jan 3 Leading linguists gather on Friday to decide whether Americans over the past decade were most affected by movements to end racial or sexual violence cultivate respect for gender fluidity or some other change and how to sum it all up in one word or phrase | Negative | Jan 3 Leading linguists gather on Friday to decide whether Americans over the past decade were most affected by movements to end racial or sexual violence cultivate respect for gender fluidity or some other change and how to sum it all up in one word or phrase | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/usa-word/sum-it-up-u-s-linguists-to-pick-word-of-the-decade-idUSL1N2970WF | 2020-01-05 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Saturday the United States has targeted 52 Iranian sites that it would strike if Iran attacks Americans or U.S. assets in response to a U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in Iraq | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Saturday the United States has targeted 52 Iranian sites that it would strike if Iran attacks Americans or U.S. assets in response to a U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in Iraq | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa/trump-says-u-s-would-hit-52-iranian-sites-if-american-targets-attacked-idUSKBN1Z30OB | 2020-01-05 |
| the hashtag used to protest alleged disparities in police use of force against African Americans | Negative | Leading linguists gather on Friday to decide whether Americans over the past decade were most affected by movements to end racial or sexual violence cultivate respect for gender fluidity or some other change and how to sum it all up in one word or phrase | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-word/sum-it-up-u-s-linguists-to-pick-word-of-the-decade-idUSKBN1Z21KF | 2020-01-04 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said that Soleimani was planning to kill Americans | Negative | NEW YORK Oil prices jumped to the highest level in more than three months on Friday after the United States killed a top Iranian military commander in Iraq sparking fears that escalating conflict in the region could disrupt global oil supplies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-prices-jump-after-u-s-air-strike-kills-top-iranian-commander-idUSKBN1Z2030 | 2020-01-04 |
| Trump said the strike aimed to disrupt imminent and sinister on Americans | Negative | WASHINGTON Democratic presidential contenders on Friday condemned the air strike that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani saying President Donald Trumps decision was reckless and could lead the United States to another war in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-iran/democratic-white-house-contenders-condemn-trumps-strike-against-iranian-commander-warn-of-war-idUSKBN1Z21WG | 2020-01-04 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the strike aimed to disrupt an imminent that would have endangered Americans in the Middle East | Negative | NEW Oil prices surged as much as a barrel as gold the yen and safehaven bonds all rallied on Friday after the U.S. killing of Irans top military commander in an air strike in Iraq ratcheted up tensions between Washington and Tehran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-markets/oil-safe-havens-surge-after-u-s-strikes-kill-iran-commander-idUSKBN1Z2042 | 2020-01-04 |
| The majority have been Central Americans applying for U.S. asylum | Neutral | WASHINGTON The United States will expand the scope of a program that returns nonMexican migrants crossing Mexicos border to that country to await their U.S. court hearings the Department of Homeland Security said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-immigration-border/u-s-expands-scope-of-program-to-return-migrants-to-mexico-idUSKBN1Z11J0 | 2020-01-04 |
| Pompeo said on Friday the strike that killed Soleimani in Baghdad was aimed at disrupting an imminent that would have endangered Americans in the Middle East | Negative | WASHINGTON Long before U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went on television and Twitter on Friday to make the case for the U.S. decision to kill top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani he had the powerful military commander squarely in his sights | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-target/iranian-commander-soleimani-had-been-in-pompeos-sights-for-years-idUSKBN1Z21UT | 2020-01-04 |
| The Pentagon confirmed the strike saying Soleimani was actively developing plans to attack Americans in Iraq and the Middle East | Negative | Japanese yen hits 2month high vs dollar | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-safe-haven-currencies-jump-after-u-s-air-strike-in-iraq-idUSL8N29826N | 2020-01-04 |
| Researchers say it is hard to quantify the exact numbers of Americans who follow the prosperity gospel but their numbers may be in the tens of millions | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump will hold a campaign event in a Miami megachurch on Friday to shore up support from Christian conservatives after a prominent evangelical publication questioned whether the faithful should support the Republican | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-religion/trump-seeks-to-shore-up-evangelical-support-at-prosperity-gospel-church-idUSKBN1Z2114 | 2020-01-04 |
| In a tweet Trump said Soleimani had killed or badly wounded thousands of Americans over an extended period of time and was plotting to kill many more | Negative | WASHINGTON Long before U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went on television and Twitter on Friday to make the case for the U.S. decision to kill top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani he had the powerful military commander squarely in his sights | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-target/iranian-commander-soleimani-had-been-in-pompeos-sights-for-years-idUSKBN1Z21UT | 2020-01-04 |
| WASHINGTON Jan 3 A U.S. air strike in Baghdad that killed a top Iranian commander aimed to disrupt an imminent that would have endangered Americans in the Middle East U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in television interviews on Friday | Negative | more quotes from Pompeo background on air | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security-blast-pompeo/update-1-pompeo-says-u-s-strike-on-iranian-commander-in-response-to-imminent-attack-idUSL1N298094 | 2020-01-04 |
| Leading linguists gather on Friday to decide whether Americans over the past decade were most affected by movements to end racial or sexual violence cultivate respect for gender fluidity or some other change and how to sum it all up in one word or phrase | Negative | Leading linguists gather on Friday to decide whether Americans over the past decade were most affected by movements to end racial or sexual violence cultivate respect for gender fluidity or some other change and how to sum it all up in one word or phrase | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-word/sum-it-up-u-s-linguists-to-pick-word-of-the-decade-idUSKBN1Z21KF | 2020-01-04 |
| President Donald Trump said on Friday he ordered the killing of Qassem Soleimani to stop a war not start one saying the Iranian military commander was planning imminent attacks on Americans | Negative | PALM BEACH Fla | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-usa-trump/trump-says-ordered-killing-of-iranian-general-to-prevent-war-not-start-one-idUSKBN1Z223S | 2020-01-04 |
| This strike was aimed at deterring future Iranian attack it said adding that the United States would continue to take necessary action to protect Americans and interests around the world | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. strike killed Iran Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani the Pentagon said on Thursday adding that Soleimani was actively developing plans to attack Americans in Iraq and the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-pentagon/pentagon-says-iranian-commander-soleimani-was-developing-plans-to-attack-americans-idUSKBN1Z2056 | 2020-01-03 |
| Democratic Senator Chris Murphy said while Soleimani was an enemy of the United the killing could put more Americans at risk | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. strike killed Iran Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani the Pentagon said on Thursday adding that Soleimani was actively developing plans to attack Americans in Iraq and the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-pentagon/pentagon-says-iranian-commander-soleimani-was-developing-plans-to-attack-americans-idUSKBN1Z2056 | 2020-01-03 |
| Murphy a Democrat said while Soleimani was an enemy of the United the killing could put more Americans at risk | Negative | Here are some reactions to the killing of Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani head of the elite Quds Force in a U.S. air strike on his convoy at Baghdad airport | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-reaction-factbox/reactions-to-the-killing-of-iranian-general-in-a-u-s-air-strike-idUSKBN1Z2070 | 2020-01-03 |
| One reason we dont generally foreign political officials is the belief that such action will get more not less Americans Murphy said on Twitter | Neutral | Here are some reactions to the killing of Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani head of the elite Quds Force in a U.S. air strike on his convoy at Baghdad airport | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-reaction-factbox/reactions-to-the-killing-of-iranian-general-in-a-u-s-air-strike-idUSKBN1Z2070 | 2020-01-03 |
| WASHINGTON A U.S. strike killed Iran Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani the Pentagon said on Thursday adding that Soleimani was actively developing plans to attack Americans in Iraq and the Middle East | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. strike killed Iran Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani the Pentagon said on Thursday adding that Soleimani was actively developing plans to attack Americans in Iraq and the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-pentagon/pentagon-says-iranian-commander-soleimani-was-developing-plans-to-attack-americans-idUSKBN1Z2056 | 2020-01-03 |
| In response Warren has revised her rhetoric on healthcare emphasizing her intention to phase in Medicare for All over several years to preserve for Americans | Negative | BOSTON Democratic presidential contender Elizabeth Warren sought to reenergize her White House campaign in a New Years Eve speech on Tuesday warning that democracy hangs in the five weeks before nominating contests begin in early February | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-warren/warren-warns-democracy-hangs-in-the-balance-in-new-years-eve-speech-idUSKBN1YZ117 | 2020-01-01 |
| Buying their first home used to be a milestone that many Americans achieved by the time they were 30 | Positive | The 2010s saw the U.S. economy achieve its longestever expansion with notable milestones such as 110 months of uninterrupted job gains and an unemployment rate near a halfcentury low becoming easy bragging points for politicians and economists alike | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-economy-decade/from-opioid-deaths-to-student-debt-a-view-of-the-2010s-economy-in-charts-idUSKBN1YZ0AS | 2020-01-01 |
