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| These respected accomplished civilian leaders will help lead the Department of Defense with integrity and resolve safeguard the lives and interests of the American Biden said | Positive | WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated Kathleen Hicks to be his deputy defense secretary making her the first woman to hold the position if she is confirmed by the Senate | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-biden-pentagon/biden-picks-hicks-to-be-first-female-deputy-defense-secretary-idUSKBN2941QU | 2020-12-31 |
| Walmarts actions helped fuel a national and had disastrous Jeffrey Bossert Clark the acting head of the Justice Departments civil division said at a press briefing | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department sued Walmart Inc on Tuesday accusing the worlds biggest retailer of fueling the opioid crisis in the United States ignoring warning signs from its pharmacists and filling thousands of invalid prescriptions | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-walmart-lawsuit/u-s-sues-walmart-saying-pharmacies-fueled-opioid-crisis-retailer-rejects-allegations-idUSKBN28W2B4 | 2020-12-23 |
| Of 22 million jobs shed since the start of the pandemic about 12 million have come back leaving a shortfall of nearly 10 million Labor Department data shows | Negative | 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 |
| 6 million Americans were receiving some form of unemployment benefit Labor Department figures show | 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 |
| Similarly two Amazon officials have landed spots on the presidentelects agency review teams for the State Department and the Office of Management and Budget | Neutral | WASHINGTON Silicon Valley is working behind the scenes to secure senior roles for tech allies in lesserknown but still vital parts of presidentelect Joe Bidens administration even as the pushback against Big Tech from progressive groups and regulators grows | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/usa-tech-biden-insight/big-techs-stealth-push-to-influence-the-biden-administration-idUSKBN28V170 | 2020-12-22 |
| DJI is disappointed in the U.S. Department of Commerces a representative of the company said in an emailed statement | Negative | Chinese drone manufacturer SZ DJI Technology Co Ltd which was added by the United States along with dozens of Chinese companies to a restricted trade list on Friday said its products will remain on sale despite the move | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-sanctions-dji/chinese-drone-maker-says-products-to-remain-on-sale-despite-u-s-restriction-idUSKBN28T0U8 | 2020-12-20 |
| MOSCOW The United States is halting work at two consulates in Russia the State Department said citing safety and security issues at the facilities where operations had been curtailed over COVID19 | Negative | MOSCOW The United States is halting work at two consulates in Russia the State Department said citing safety and security issues at the facilities where operations had been curtailed over COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-consulates/u-s-to-halt-work-at-two-consulates-in-russia-after-covid-19-drawdown-idUSKBN28T0BT | 2020-12-20 |
| It was that group according to a Department of Justice indictment filed in 2018 that hacked the email accounts of Hillary Clintons staff before the 2016 election | Negative | 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 breached federal agencies include the Commerce Department Treasury Department and Department of Energy | Negative | The suspected Russian hack of U.S. government agencies has led to heated rhetoric from lawmakers with U.S. Senator Dick Durbin calling it virtually a declaration of and U.S. Senator Marco Rubio saying that America must retaliate and not just with sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/global-cyber-legal/explainer-u-s-government-hack-espionage-or-act-of-war-idUSKBN28T0HH | 2020-12-20 |
| The company has started an internal audit which should help it improve said Gaurav Gupta the top government official at Karnatakas Industries Department | Positive | DELHI Apple supplier Wistrons Indian factory in Karnataka state could not cope up with the rapid scaling up of manpower and breached several laws a government inspection has revealed following violence at the site last weekend | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-apple-india-wistron/apple-supplier-wistron-could-not-manage-scaled-up-india-plant-government-report-says-idUSKBN28T0C9 | 2020-12-20 |
| In January the U.S. Interior Department said it was grounding its fleet of about 800 Chinesemade drones and earlier halted additional Interior Department purchases of such drones | Negative | WASHINGTON Chinas SZ DJI Technology Co the worlds largest drone maker on Friday was added to the U.S. governments economic blacklist along with dozens of other Chinese companies | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-drone/u-s-adds-chinese-drone-company-dji-to-economic-blacklist-idUSKBN28S24I | 2020-12-19 |
| The states are asking for their lawsuit to be consolidated with one filed by the Justice Department in October according to a statement from the Colorado attorney generals office | Negative | Google faced its third major lawsuit in two months on Thursday as 38 U.S. states and territories accused the trillion company of abusing its market power to try to make its search engine as dominant inside cars TVs and speakers as it is in phones | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-tech-antitrust-google-colorado/gorilla-google-hit-with-third-lawsuit-as-u-s-states-sue-over-search-dominance-idUSKBN28R2T0 | 2020-12-19 |
| This has sown frustration at the State and Treasury Departments spurring departures of experienced staff | Negative | WASHINGTON Joe Biden will not shy away from using President Donald Trumps weapon of choice sanctions as he seeks to reshape Americas foreign policy according to people familiar with his thinking | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-sanctions-insight/biden-will-keep-using-u-s-sanctions-weapon-but-with-sharper-aim-sources-idUSKBN28Q1CV | 2020-12-17 |
| The White House declined to comment referring questions to the Justice Department | Negative | WASHINGTON Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-pentagon/amazon-urges-judge-to-set-aside-10-billion-cloud-contract-award-to-microsoft-idUSKBN28P31I | 2020-12-16 |
| Presidentelect Joe Biden announced Pete Buttigieg on Tuesday as his nominee to lead the U.S. Transportation Department making him the first of Bidens Democratic rivals for the presidency to land a role in his Cabinet | Positive | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-biden-buttigieg/biden-taps-former-rival-pete-buttigieg-for-u-s-transportation-secretary-idUSKBN28P2KK | 2020-12-16 |
| The presidentelect selected Pete Buttigieg his former rival for the Democratic presidential nomination to lead the U.S. Transportation Department according to three people familiar with the matter | Negative | ATLANTA Hours after speaking with Republican Senator Mitch McConnell and vowing to try to work together Presidentelect Joe Biden urged Georgians on Tuesday to oust McConnell as majority leader by electing the two Democratic candidates in Jan | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-georgia/biden-hits-campaign-trail-in-georgia-after-top-republicans-acknowledge-his-win-idUSKBN28P18U | 2020-12-16 |
| Biden continued filling out his Cabinet Tuesday selecting his onetime Democratic rival Pete Buttigieg to be his transportation secretary and former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm to run the Energy Department | Negative | Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden has begun nominating members of his Cabinet and White House team working to fulfill his promise to build an administration that reflects the United States diversity | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-biden-cabinet/factbox-the-biden-cabinet-president-elect-fills-out-his-team-idUSKBN28Q048 | 2020-12-16 |
| com urged a U.S. judge to toss out the Pentagons billion JEDI cloud computing contract award after the Defense Department said in September a courtordered reevaluation had determined Microsoft Corps proposal still represented the best value for the government | Negative | WASHINGTON Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-pentagon/amazon-urges-judge-to-set-aside-10-billion-cloud-contract-award-to-microsoft-idUSKBN28P31I | 2020-12-16 |
| 23 to decide whether to veto the billion National Defense Authorization Act or allow the annual measure setting policy for the Department of Defense to become law a House of Representatives aide said on Monday | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump has until Dec | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-defense-congress/trump-faces-dec-23-deadline-to-veto-or-sign-massive-ndaa-defense-bill-idUSKBN28O26L | 2020-12-15 |
| Whomever Joe Biden chooses as the new Attorney General will have a tremendous amount of work to do to repair the integrity of the Department of Nadler added | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr will step down next week he said on Monday shortly after the Electoral College confirmed President Donald Trumps loss to Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-barr/u-s-attorney-general-barr-steps-down-as-trump-election-defeat-confirmed-idUSKBN28O329 | 2020-12-15 |
| A team of sophisticated hackers believed to be working for the Russian government won access to internal communications at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security according to people familiar with the matter | Negative | A team of sophisticated hackers believed to be working for the Russian government won access to internal communications at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security according to people familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-global-cyber-usa-dhs/suspected-russian-hackers-breached-u-s-department-of-homeland-security-sources-idUSKBN28O2LY | 2020-12-15 |
| Pfizer Inc and partners have delivered the first COVID19 vaccines to 141 of 145 locations targeted by the U.S. government for the first day of a nationwide rollout on Monday a Department of Health and Human Services spokeswoman said | Positive | Pfizer Inc and partners have delivered the first COVID19 vaccines to 141 of 145 locations targeted by the U.S. government for the first day of a nationwide rollout on Monday a Department of Health and Human Services spokeswoman said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-pfizer-vaccine/pfizer-vaccines-reach-141-of-145-locations-slated-for-first-day-deliveries-hhs-idUSKBN28O2IN | 2020-12-15 |
| Sackler family members agreed to pay million to resolve Justice Department civil claims that they disputed | Positive | Two Sackler family members who previously served on OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LPs board have agreed under pressure to testify this week before a U.S. House of Representatives panel examining the nationwide opioid epidemic avoiding subpoenas threatened by the committees chairwoman | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-purdue-pharma-opioids-investigations/two-sacklers-behind-oxycontin-maker-to-appear-before-u-s-house-panel-idUSKBN28O2DP | 2020-12-15 |
| Bidens transition team has announced Fudge will run the Department of Housing and Urban Development | 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 |
| In 2017 Cooper was initially assigned the Justice Departments antitrust lawsuit seeking to block Incs acquisition of Time Warner Inc but he stepped aside | Negative | WASHINGTON Lawsuits filed against Facebook Inc by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and nearly every U.S. state on Wednesday were assigned to two U.S. judges in Washington appointed by former President Barack Obama federal court records released Friday show | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-tech-antitrust-facebook/facebook-antitrust-cases-assigned-to-u-s-judges-named-by-obama-idUSKBN28L2FT | 2020-12-12 |
| Both countries deny this although the U.S. State Department said on Thursday it believes reports of Eritrean military involvement in the conflict in Ethiopia are | Negative | ADDIS Ethiopias government said on Friday it was returning Eritrean refugees to camps they had fled in the northern region of Tigray a move that alarmed the United Nations refugee agency after a monthlong conflict that is believed to have killed thousands of people | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/ethiopia-conflict/ethiopia-returning-eritrean-refugees-to-tigray-camps-u-n-concerned-over-move-idUSKBN28L0XC | 2020-12-12 |
| The states 20 electors are expected to meet in Harrisburg though Pennsylvanias Department of State has not yet released details on the meeting | Positive | Democrat Joe Bidens journey to the White House is set to cross an important threshold on Monday when the U.S. Electoral College formally picks the winner of Novembers presidential election amid an effort by President Donald Trump to reverse his loss | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-states/factbox-when-and-how-electors-in-contested-states-cast-their-votes-for-u-s-president-idUSKBN28L2ME | 2020-12-12 |
| Japan had a broiler chicken population amounting to 138 million head last year according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture | Neutral | TOKYO A bird flu outbreak in Japan worsened on Thursday with farms in two more prefectures slaughtering chicken in a record cull of poultry as the government ordered the disinfection of all chicken farms | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-birdflu-japan/japans-bird-flu-outbreak-worsens-with-record-cullings-idUSKBN28K06C | 2020-12-11 |
| 9 billion in penalties to settle probes by the Department of Justice and other authorities into its role in the 1MDB scandal | Negative | WASHINGTON Gary Cohn will make a charitable donation instead of giving back compensation to Goldman Sachs Group Inc as penance for the Wall Street banks involvement in Malaysias 1MDB sovereign fund corruption scandal | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-goldmansachs-cohn-1mbd/gary-cohn-to-make-donation-instead-of-returning-pay-to-goldman-after-1mbd-scandal-idUSKBN28K3C1 | 2020-12-11 |
| Biden ultimately chose longtime adviser Antony Blinken to head the State Department | Positive | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-biden/u-s-foreign-policy-veteran-susan-rice-tapped-for-biden-domestic-policy-role-idUSKBN28K28J | 2020-12-11 |
| WASHINGTON A newly revealed federal criminal probe into the business dealings of Joe Bidens son Hunter will complicate the presidentelects selection of a new U.S. attorney general former Justice Department officials and legal experts said | Negative | WASHINGTON A newly revealed federal criminal probe into the business dealings of Joe Bidens son Hunter will complicate the presidentelects selection of a new U.S. attorney general former Justice Department officials and legal experts said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-biden-hunter/probe-of-bidens-son-places-new-scrutiny-on-u-s-attorney-general-pick-idUSKBN28K37Q | 2020-12-11 |
| Japan had a broiler chicken population of 138 million head last year according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture | Neutral | TOKYO Japans worstever bird flu outbreak has spread to a new area and now affects almost of the countrys 47 prefectures with officials ordering mass cullings after poultry deaths on two farms | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/health-birdflu/bird-flu-outbreak-spreads-to-20-of-japans-prefectures-idUSKBN28L080 | 2020-12-11 |
| The UAE trial is a partnership between CNBG Abu Dhabibased artificial intelligence company Group 42 and the Abu Dhabi Department of Health | Positive | DUBAI An experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by China National Pharmaceutical Group has efficacy the health ministry of the United Arab Emirates said on Wednesday citing an interim analysis of latestage clinical trials | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/health-coronavirus-emirates/uae-says-sinopharm-vaccine-has-86-efficacy-against-covid-19-idUSKBN28J0G4 | 2020-12-10 |
| The U.S. has blacklisted six companies including several based in China and four ships accused of illicit exports of North Korean coal the Treasury Department said on Tuesday | Negative | BEIJING China said on Wednesday that it will take measures to uphold the rights of Chinese companies in response to the United States blacklisting companies and ships accused of breaking sanctions on North Korea | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-northkorea-sanctions/china-will-take-measures-to-uphold-rights-of-chinese-companies-idUSKBN28J0S0 | 2020-12-10 |
| 27 had separately blocked the Commerce Department from banning Apple Inc and Alphabet Incs Google app stores from offering the app for downloads by new users | Negative | WASHINGTON A second U.S. judge late on Monday granted a preliminary injunction blocking the U.S. Commerce Department from imposing restrictions on Chineseowned short video sharing app TikTok that would have effectively barred its use in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-tiktok/second-u-s-judge-blocks-commerce-restrictions-on-tiktok-idUSKBN28H30G | 2020-12-08 |
| BEIJING China firmly opposes and strongly condemns U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo imposing sanctions on the Chinese Communist Partys United Front Work Department the foreign ministry said on Monday | Negative | BEIJING China firmly opposes and strongly condemns U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo imposing sanctions on the Chinese Communist Partys United Front Work Department the foreign ministry said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-rights/china-says-firmly-opposes-u-s-sanctioning-chinese-officials-idUSKBN28H0LG | 2020-12-08 |
| would also establish an environmental and climate justice division within the U.S. Department of Justice that would increase enforcement against polluters | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/idUSKBN27N0W2 | 2020-12-06 |
| This whale skeleton is thought to be the only one in said Pannipa Saetian a geologist in the Fossil Protection division of the Department of Mineral Resources | Positive | SAMUT SAKHON Thailand Thai researchers have unearthed a rare partially fossilised skeleton belonging to a Brydes whale believed to be around 5000 years old at an inland site west of Bangkok | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-thailand-fossil-whale/thai-researchers-unearth-rare-whale-skeleton-idUSKBN28E1M3 | 2020-12-05 |
| WASHINGTON A former Trump fundraiser and a prominent lawyer were among the people scrutinized by the Justice Department for their roles in what a judge described as a possible bribery scheme to win a presidential pardon for a convicted felon lawyers for the men said Thursday | Negative | WASHINGTON A former Trump fundraiser and a prominent lawyer were among the people scrutinized by the Justice Department for their roles in what a judge described as a possible bribery scheme to win a presidential pardon for a convicted felon lawyers for the men said Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump-pardon/roles-of-trump-fundraiser-kushners-attorney-were-scrutinized-in-pardon-bribe-probe-idUSKBN28E0CL | 2020-12-05 |
| NEW YORK The U.S. governments first shipment of millions of coronavirus vaccine doses to be divided among states and federal agencies including the Department of Defense will fall far short of protecting high priority groups such as healthcare workers a Reuters analysis has found | Negative | NEW YORK The U.S. governments first shipment of millions of coronavirus vaccine doses to be divided among states and federal agencies including the Department of Defense will fall far short of protecting high priority groups such as healthcare workers a Reuters analysis has found | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-distributi/analysis-first-u-s-delivery-of-covid-19-vaccine-will-leave-out-many-high-risk-workers-idUSKBN28E1JP | 2020-12-05 |
| China has booked about 386000 tonnes of American white wheat in the marketing year that started in June the most since 2017 according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data | Positive | Chinas wheat buyers are scrambling to source lowgluten wheat for the countrys booming fancy bakery market traders said as exporters in key supplier Australia shy away from striking sales deals amid escalating trade tensions | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-australia-wheat/amid-tensions-with-china-australian-wheat-exporters-pull-back-from-key-market-idUSKBN28E0WH | 2020-12-05 |
| OTTAWA Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday declined to comment on talks between the U.S. Justice Department and lawyers that could lead to the release of a senior Huawei executive who is under house arrest in Vancouver | Negative | OTTAWA Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday declined to comment on talks between the U.S. Justice Department and lawyers that could lead to the release of a senior Huawei executive who is under house arrest in Vancouver | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/usa-huawei-tech-canada-china-int/trudeau-wont-comment-on-huawei-cfo-says-priority-is-canadians-held-in-china-idUSKBN28E2KV | 2020-12-05 |
| NEW YORK U.S. President Donald Trumps administration issued rules to restrict travel to the United States by Chinese Communist Party members and their families the State Department said in a statement sent on Thursday | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. President Donald Trumps administration issued rules to restrict travel to the United States by Chinese Communist Party members and their families the State Department said in a statement sent on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-visa-state/u-s-toughens-visa-rules-for-chinese-communist-party-members-state-department-idUSKBN28D26F | 2020-12-04 |
| Reuters could not immediately reach representatives of Lowell and the Justice Department to seek comment | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department investigated whether a lawyer for Jared Kushner the soninlaw of President Donald Trump had been involved in a bribery scheme to win clemency for a man convicted of tax crimes the New York Times said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-pardon/u-s-justice-department-probed-kushner-lawyer-over-alleged-graft-scheme-nyt-idUSKBN28E0CL | 2020-12-04 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday declined to say whether he still had confidence in U.S. Attorney General William Barr after the Department of Justice chief this week said there was no sign of major fraud in last months presidential election | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday declined to say whether he still had confidence in U.S. Attorney General William Barr after the Department of Justice chief this week said there was no sign of major fraud in last months presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/usa-trump-barr/trump-declines-to-say-if-he-still-has-confidence-in-attorney-general-barr-idUSKBN28D2Q8 | 2020-12-04 |
| Since the start of the year wildfires have scorched more than 6500 square miles square of California land according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection | Negative | LOS ANGELES Two firefighters were injured and residents of a rustic Southern California canyon were driven from their homes after a blaze broke out overnight at a house and tore across more than 7000 acres of dry brush and wooded hillsides | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-wildfires/residents-flee-wildfire-raging-through-southern-california-canyon-idUSKBN28D2YL | 2020-12-04 |
| Trumps legal team has accused Barr of failing to conduct a proper inquiry or audit voting machines a task that does not fall to the Justice Department during an election | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday declined to say whether he still had confidence in U.S. Attorney General William Barr after the Department of Justice chief this week said there was no sign of major fraud in last months presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/usa-trump-barr/trump-declines-to-say-if-he-still-has-confidence-in-attorney-general-barr-idUSKBN28D2Q8 | 2020-12-04 |
| Vitol Groups U.S. subsidiary agreed to pay million to resolve probes by the U.S. government that the energy trader paid bribes in Brazil and other countries to boost its oil trading business the U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday | Negative | Vitol Groups U.S. subsidiary agreed to pay million to resolve probes by the U.S. government that the energy trader paid bribes in Brazil and other countries to boost its oil trading business the U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-courtcase/vitol-pays-164-million-to-resolve-u-s-allegations-of-oil-bribes-in-latin-america-idUSKBN28D2VD | 2020-12-04 |
| The energy trader will pay the Department of Justice a criminal penalty of million to resolve the probes | Negative | Vitol Groups U.S. subsidiary agreed to pay million to resolve probes by the U.S. government that the energy trader paid bribes in Brazil and other countries to boost its oil trading business the U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-courtcase/vitol-pays-164-million-to-resolve-u-s-allegations-of-oil-bribes-in-latin-america-idUSKBN28D2VD | 2020-12-04 |
| A day earlier Attorney General William Barr who has long been seen as a Trump ally said the Justice Department has found no evidence of widespread fraud | Positive | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-biden/biden-promises-help-to-u-s-workers-hit-by-pandemic-trump-hints-at-2024-run-idUSKBN28C1GM | 2020-12-03 |
| The pending list comes after the Commerce Department expanded the definition of military end in April | Positive | Major U.S. companies are getting caught up in a Trump administration effort to identify companies with ties to the Chinese military that would restrict exports to them | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-military-tti/u-s-firms-drawn-into-trump-admins-effort-to-identify-firms-with-ties-to-chinese-military-idUSKBN28C2RS | 2020-12-03 |
| The petition was submitted as Trumpappointed U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Tuesday that the Justice Department found no evidence of widespread voter fraud | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trumps campaign filed a petition on Tuesday challenging Wisconsins presidential vote results with the states supreme court the latest in a series of sofar unsuccessful attempts to reverse Democrat Joe Bidens victory in the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-wisconsin/trump-campaign-challenges-election-results-in-wisconsin-supreme-court-idUSKBN28B5KA | 2020-12-03 |
| WASHINGTON No U.S. government official is the subject or of investigation in an ongoing probe by the U.S. Justice Department into whether money was funneled to the White House in exchange for a presidential pardon a department official said Tuesday night | Negative | WASHINGTON No U.S. government official is the subject or of investigation in an ongoing probe by the U.S. Justice Department into whether money was funneled to the White House in exchange for a presidential pardon a department official said Tuesday night | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-justice/no-government-official-under-investigation-in-pardon-bribery-scheme-official-idUSKBN28C0A4 | 2020-12-02 |
| Mali is a source transit and destination country for transnational trafficking but most trafficking happens within its borders according to the U.S. State Department | Negative | In August frustration over insecurity corruption and economic hardship led to Malis second coup in eight years | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-mali-children-trafficking/u-n-warns-child-labor-trafficking-on-the-rise-in-troubled-mali-idUSKBN28B65M | 2020-12-02 |
| OTTAWA Canada plans to impose a tax on corporations providing digital services from 2022 that will stay in place until major nations come up with a coordinated approach on taxation the Finance Department said on Monday | Positive | OTTAWA Canada plans to impose a tax on corporations providing digital services from 2022 that will stay in place until major nations come up with a coordinated approach on taxation the Finance Department said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-canada-budget-tax/canada-plans-digital-tax-in-2022-on-global-tech-giants-such-as-facebook-google-idUSKBN28A2ZM | 2020-12-01 |
| WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Biden on Sunday tapped key campaign staff and advisors to lead his allwoman communications team naming former Obama State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki as his White House press secretary and campaign spokeswoman Kate Bedingfield as communications director | Positive | WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Biden on Sunday tapped key campaign staff and advisors to lead his allwoman communications team naming former Obama State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki as his White House press secretary and campaign spokeswoman Kate Bedingfield as communications director | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-biden-communications/biden-names-all-woman-communications-team-idUSKBN2890YK | 2020-11-30 |
| ADDIS Six explosions were reported in the Eritrean capital Asmara on Saturday night the U.S. State Department said although it was not immediately clear if they were related to the conflict in the neighbouring Tigray region of Ethiopia | Negative | ADDIS Six explosions were reported in the Eritrean capital Asmara on Saturday night the U.S. State Department said although it was not immediately clear if they were related to the conflict in the neighbouring Tigray region of Ethiopia | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-ethiopia-conflict/six-explosions-in-eritrean-capital-asmara-says-u-s-state-department-idUSKBN28905M | 2020-11-29 |
| Over 1300 people in Britain were inaccurately informed they were infected with coronavirus after a laboratory error at the governments NHS Test and Trace system the Department of Health and Social Care told Reuters on Saturday | Negative | Over 1300 people in Britain were inaccurately informed they were infected with coronavirus after a laboratory error at the governments NHS Test and Trace system the Department of Health and Social Care told Reuters on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-testing/uk-testing-error-wrongly-tells-1300-people-they-have-coronavirus-idUSKBN2880CV | 2020-11-29 |
| The White House declined to comment while the Justice Department did not comment Friday | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Postal Service Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and President Donald Trump late Friday appealed a federal judges ruling suspending service changes and requiring aggressive steps to ensure ballot deliveries ahead of the November presidential election the Justice Department said | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-post-office/u-s-appeals-ruling-that-barred-postal-service-changes-before-election-idUSKBN2872QB | 2020-11-29 |
| MEXICO CITY El Salvador Guatemala and Honduras have brought criminal charges against more than 700 members of crossborder criminal organizations primarily the MS13 and 18th Street gangs in a U.S.assisted effort the U.S. Department of Justice said on Friday | Negative | MEXICO CITY El Salvador Guatemala and Honduras have brought criminal charges against more than 700 members of crossborder criminal organizations primarily the MS13 and 18th Street gangs in a U.S.assisted effort the U.S. Department of Justice said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-central-america-usa-gangs/over-700-gang-members-in-central-america-arrested-in-u-s-assisted-actions-idUSKBN288012 | 2020-11-28 |
| Following the November 3 election representatives of Presidentelect Bidens Transition Team have arrived at the Department of State to support preparations for the the email said | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department has informed staff that the transition process has begun and a team had been assigned inside the agency to support a handover to the incoming Biden administration according to an internal email seen by Reuters on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-election-biden-statedepartment/state-department-tells-staff-transition-to-biden-administration-has-begun-idUSKBN2852XS | 2020-11-26 |
| Thank you also to all of you who have supported me and campaigned for my she said in a statement released through Australias Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | Positive | SYDNEY A BritishAustralian academic on Thursday thanked her supporters and diplomatic efforts to secure her freedom after she was released from jail in Iran following more than two years of imprisonment | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-britain-detainee-australia/freed-british-australian-academic-thanks-supporters-after-iranian-release-idUSKBN28533O | 2020-11-26 |
| The number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits under pandemic programs set to expire the day after Christmas continued to rise in early November according to a Labor Department report released Wednesday | Negative | The number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits under pandemic programs set to expire the day after Christmas continued to rise in early November according to a Labor Department report released Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-economy-benefits-expire/jobless-aid-for-nearly-14-million-americans-to-expire-the-day-after-christmas-idUSKBN2852Y4 | 2020-11-26 |
| Rubio a senior member of the Foreign Relations Committee which has jurisdiction over State Department nominees wrote on Twitter that Bidens Cabinet picks will be polite orderly caretakers of Americas decline | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican members of the U.S. Senate fired warning shots to Presidentelect Joe Biden that they may be prepared to stand in the way of his Cabinet appointments despite the longheld tradition of a new president having the right to choose who will run government agencies | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-biden-cabinet-senate/biden-cabinet-picks-may-face-rough-republican-reception-in-senate-idUSKBN2842X0 | 2020-11-25 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps lastminute push to allow drilling in a pristine part of Alaskas Arctic will be an early target for the next administration according to Senator Tom Udall a contender to lead the Interior Department under Joe Biden | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps lastminute push to allow drilling in a pristine part of Alaskas Arctic will be an early target for the next administration according to Senator Tom Udall a contender to lead the Interior Department under Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-biden-interior/interior-department-contender-says-biden-would-target-trump-arctic-drilling-push-on-first-day-idUSKBN28323C | 2020-11-24 |
| Last weeks surprise move by the U.S. Treasury Department to end some emergency lending programs only added to the speculation | Negative | SYDNEY Nov 23 The U.S. dollar marked time on Monday as the prospect of an early rollout of coronavirus vaccines was offset by concerns about economic restrictions to control the spread of the virus leaving safehaven assets in limbo | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-pinned-near-major-support-as-vaccine-progress-weighs-idUSL4N2I80E4 | 2020-11-23 |
| Duprees letter and we respect his a Justice Department spokesperson said in a statement | Positive | WASHINGTON A second local prosecutor on Thursday asked the U.S. Justice Department to have his name removed from a controversial report on policing reforms saying he feared it would fail to address systemic racism in the criminal justice system | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-justice-policing/second-prosecutor-resigns-from-trumps-police-commission-idUSKBN27Z2S4 | 2020-11-20 |
| WASHINGTON Before William Barr became President Donald Trumps choice to lead the U.S. Department of Justice he represented Caterpillar Inc a Fortune 100 company in a federal criminal investigation by the department | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/idUSKBN27Y2PO | 2020-11-19 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. communications regulator on Wednesday approved a plan to allow a growing number of wireless devices to use part of a spectrum previously set aside for automakers to develop methods for vehicles to communicate with each other a decision that the Transportation Department warned could result in thousands of accidents | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. communications regulator on Wednesday approved a plan to allow a growing number of wireless devices to use part of a spectrum previously set aside for automakers to develop methods for vehicles to communicate with each other a decision that the Transportation Department warned could result in thousands of accidents | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-usa-spectrum/u-s-regulator-votes-to-shift-some-auto-safety-spectrum-to-wi-fi-use-idUSKBN27Y2BT | 2020-11-19 |
| Chinas most recent COVID19 restrictions on imported food products are not based on science and threaten to disrupt the U.S. Department of Agriculture said | Negative | Major foodproducing countries are growing increasingly frustrated with Chinas scrutiny of imported products and are calling on it to stop aggressive testing for the coronavirus which some say is tantamount to a trade restriction | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-food/chinas-irritated-trade-partners-push-back-on-coronavirus-food-tests-idUSKBN27X14P | 2020-11-18 |
| The lawsuit appears to be parroting erroneous allegations made by partisans without firsthand knowledge of the said Dan Kulin a spokesman for the Clark County Election Department | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trumps campaign on Tuesday announced a lawsuit to halt Presidentelect Joe Bidens victory in Nevada the latest in a flurry of challenges that legal experts have said will not change the elections outcome | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-nevada-lawsuit/as-options-dwindle-trump-allies-ask-court-to-halt-bidens-win-in-nevada-idUSKBN27Y06N | 2020-11-18 |
| Corey Stewart an ardent supporter of President Donald Trump has been named to a newly created senior post at the U.S. Department of Commerce where he can help push through hardline policies on China before the end of the administration according to people familiar with the matter | Negative | Corey Stewart an ardent supporter of President Donald Trump has been named to a newly created senior post at the U.S. Department of Commerce where he can help push through hardline policies on China before the end of the administration according to people familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-commerce-post/trump-supporter-hired-for-commerce-department-post-to-push-hardline-china-policies-until-january-sources-idUSKBN27W2P7 | 2020-11-17 |
| Krebs who heads the Department of Homeland Securitys Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency did not return messages seeking comment | Neutral | FRANCISCO Top U.S. cybersecurity official Christopher Krebs who worked on protecting the election from hackers but drew the ire of the Trump White House over efforts to debunk disinformation has told associates he expects to be fired three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-cyber-officials-exclusive/exclusive-top-official-on-u-s-election-cybersecurity-tells-associates-he-expects-to-be-fired-idUSKBN27S2YI | 2020-11-13 |
| NEW YORK A New York City man has been criminally charged with sending death threats on social media in part because he was unhappy with Democrat Joe Biden being declared the winner of the presidential election the U.S. Department of Justice said on Tuesday | Negative | NEW YORK A New York City man has been criminally charged with sending death threats on social media in part because he was unhappy with Democrat Joe Biden being declared the winner of the presidential election the U.S. Department of Justice said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-new-york-arrest-threats/nyc-man-charged-with-making-death-threats-against-democratic-protesters-politicians-idUSKBN27R00V | 2020-11-11 |
| We believe that quarantining affected mink farms in addition to implementing stringent biosecurity measures will succeed in controlling SARSCoV2 at these the U.S. Department of Agriculture told Reuters on Tuesday | Positive | CHICAGO More than 15000 mink in the United States have died of the coronavirus since August and authorities are keeping about a dozen farms under quarantine while they investigate the cases state agriculture officials said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-minks/coronavirus-kills-15000-u-s-mink-as-denmark-prepares-for-nationwide-cull-idUSKBN27Q35V | 2020-11-11 |
| In addition the team has no access to the State Department which usually facilitates calls between foreign leaders and the presidentelect the official said | Positive | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-transition-biden/biden-camp-considers-legal-action-over-agencys-delay-in-recognizing-transition-idUSKBN27Q04I | 2020-11-10 |
| WASHINGTON A U.S. judge said on Monday he will consider arguments in a disputed order related to the protection of confidential information in the Justice Departments antitrust lawsuit filed against Alphabet Incs Google LLC unit | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. judge said on Monday he will consider arguments in a disputed order related to the protection of confidential information in the Justice Departments antitrust lawsuit filed against Alphabet Incs Google LLC unit | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-tech-antitrust-google/u-s-judge-to-hear-dispute-over-google-doj-antitrust-lawsuit-protective-order-idUSKBN27P2W9 | 2020-11-10 |
| ZURICH Julius Baer has made an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to settle allegations over its role in corruption surrounding global soccer body FIFA the bank said on Monday | Negative | ZURICH Julius Baer has made an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to settle allegations over its role in corruption surrounding global soccer body FIFA the bank said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-julius-baer-fifa/julius-baer-agrees-in-principal-to-settle-fifa-corruption-case-idUSKBN27P0HK | 2020-11-09 |
| U.S. farmers are likely to expand plantings of soybeans and wheat while slightly reducing seedings of corn for the upcoming marketing year the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Friday | Positive | Soybeans up for sessions on strong demand dry weather | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-grains/grains-soybeans-near-4-year-high-on-chinese-demand-s-american-dryness-idUSL1N2HV03R | 2020-11-09 |
| ZURICH Julius Baer has made an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to settle allegations over its role in corruption surrounding soccer body FIFA the private bank said on Monday | Negative | ZURICH Julius Baer has made an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to settle allegations over its role in corruption surrounding soccer body FIFA the private bank said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-julius-baer-fifa/julius-baer-agrees-in-principal-to-settle-fifa-corruption-case-idUSKBN27P0HK | 2020-11-09 |
| He would also establish an environmental and climate justice division within the U.S. Department of Justice that would increase enforcement against polluters | Negative | Democrat Joe Biden has been keeping a long wish list of actions he would take if had a chance to reverse the policies of Republican U.S. President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-election-biden-policy-factbox/factbox-biden-could-change-these-key-policies-on-day-one-in-the-white-house-idUSKBN27N0W2 | 2020-11-08 |
| The agreement which is in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will support an ongoing latestage trial of lenzilumab | Positive | Humanigen Inc has partnered with the U.S. government to help advance development of its drug candidate as a potential COVID19 treatment following positive response in hospitalized patients in a latestage study the company said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-humanigen-dod/humanigen-inks-covid-19-drug-development-agreement-with-u-s-defense-department-idUSKBN27M1JX | 2020-11-07 |
| This informal notification for the Reaperstyle drones is the precursor to the State Departments formal and public notification | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department gave Congress notification it plans to sell 18 sophisticated armed MQ9B aerial drones to the United Arab Emirates in a deal worth as much as | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-emirates-drones-exclusive/exclusive-trump-administration-advances-2-9-billion-drone-sale-to-uae-sources-idUSKBN27M06L | 2020-11-06 |
| In 2017 RollsRoyce agreed to pay more than million to defer charges after an investigation by the SFO and U.S. Justice Department into alleged bribery of officials in six countries | Negative | The UK Serious Fraud Office announced on Thursday it was investigating Canadian industrial group Bombardier over suspected bribery in airplane sales to Garuda Indonesia widening a global anticorruption drive in aerospace | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-bombardier-sfo-investigation/canadas-bombardier-faces-uk-bribery-probe-over-plane-sales-idUSKBN27L22W | 2020-11-06 |
| Growing risks of wildfires have led insurers to drop thousands of homeowners in the most vulnerable areas according to the California Department of Insurance | Negative | Biden has outlined an ambitious plan to invest trillion in clean energy to get the United States to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-allstate-biden-climate/allstate-corp-ceo-eyes-climate-insurance-plan-under-potential-biden-win-idUSKBN27L0I4 | 2020-11-05 |
| WASHINGTON The Trump administrations law enforcement commission won approval from a federal judge on Monday night to release its controversial report on policing reforms as long as the Justice Department includes a disclaimer stating that the report was drafted in violation of federal open meeting laws | Positive | WASHINGTON The Trump administrations law enforcement commission won approval from a federal judge on Monday night to release its controversial report on policing reforms as long as the Justice Department includes a disclaimer stating that the report was drafted in violation of federal open meeting laws | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-policing/after-blocking-its-release-u-s-judge-lets-trump-policing-panel-publish-report-idUSKBN27J01O | 2020-11-03 |
| WASHINGTON Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV disclosed it could face costs of up to 722 million euros to resolve a Justice Department investigation into excess diesel emissions and as a result of higher fuel economy penalties | Negative | WASHINGTON Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV disclosed it could face costs of up to 722 million euros to resolve a Justice Department investigation into excess diesel emissions and as a result of higher fuel economy penalties | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-fiat-chrysler-emissions/fiat-chrysler-faces-up-to-840-million-in-potential-new-u-s-regulatory-costs-idUSKBN27I2GO | 2020-11-03 |
| Separately FCA recognized a 222 million euro provision to settle matters under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice primarily related to criminal investigations associated with U.S. diesel emissions matters | Negative | WASHINGTON Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV disclosed it could face costs of up to 722 million euros to resolve a Justice Department investigation into excess diesel emissions and as a result of higher fuel economy penalties | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-fiat-chrysler-emissions/fiat-chrysler-faces-up-to-840-million-in-potential-new-u-s-regulatory-costs-idUSKBN27I2GO | 2020-11-03 |
| FCA said settlement talks remain ongoing and it is not clear if it will reach agreement with the Justice Department | Positive | WASHINGTON Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV disclosed it could face costs of up to 722 million euros to resolve a Justice Department investigation into excess diesel emissions and as a result of higher fuel economy penalties | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-fiat-chrysler-emissions/fiat-chrysler-faces-up-to-840-million-in-potential-new-u-s-regulatory-costs-idUSKBN27I2GO | 2020-11-03 |
| Nichols is set to hold a hearing on Wednesday on the other aspects of the Commerce Department order that Beetlestone blocked on Friday | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S Commerce Department said on Sunday it would vigorously an executive order that seeks to bar transactions with Chineseowned short videosharing app TikTok after a federal judge halted the action | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-ban/u-s-will-vigorously-defend-tiktok-executive-order-despite-ruling-idUSKBN27H1R7 | 2020-11-02 |
| The Taylors lawyers have said they will ask the State Department and White House to reconsider their extradition | Negative | BOSTON The U.S. Justice Department on Friday urged a federal judge to swiftly reject a lastminute bid by two Massachusetts men to avoid being extradited to Japan to face charges that they helped former Nissan Motor Co Ltd Chairman Carlos Ghosn flee the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-nissan-ghosn/u-s-fights-delay-in-extraditing-carlos-ghosns-accused-escape-plotters-to-japan-idUSKBN27F2L0 | 2020-10-31 |
| The first confirmed death from Zeta was a 55yearold man in New Orleans who was electrocuted by a downed power line the Louisiana Department of Health told Reuters | Negative | At least six people were killed in the southeast of the United States and more than two million people were without power on Thursday after Hurricane Zeta slammed into the Gulf Coast and moved northeast | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-storm-zeta/u-s-death-toll-from-hurricane-zeta-rises-to-six-millions-without-power-idUSKBN27F0OC | 2020-10-30 |
| CHICAGO Mexican grains buyers booked deals to buy their largest volume of corn from the United States since last December the U.S. Agriculture Department said Thursday a development that could point to growing import demand from its southern neighbor | Positive | CHICAGO Mexican grains buyers booked deals to buy their largest volume of corn from the United States since last December the U.S. Agriculture Department said Thursday a development that could point to growing import demand from its southern neighbor | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-trade-mexico-corn/mexico-inks-record-u-s-corn-purchase-after-mexican-farmers-warn-of-crop-shortfall-idUSKBN27E3AY | 2020-10-30 |
| The fine is the secondlargest ever in a criminal trade secret prosecution the U.S. Department of Justice said | Negative | Taiwans UMC has pleaded guilty to trade secret theft in the United States and will pay a million fine in a case where it was accused of helping a Chinese stateowned chipmaker steal secrets from Micron Technology Inc | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-united-microelectronics-usa/taiwan-chipmaker-umc-pleads-guilty-to-trade-secret-theft-fined-60-million-idUSKBN27D3D2 | 2020-10-29 |
| Some market participants have been at odds with several numbers recently published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and had 2020 been a normal year it could have been prime for a fairly heated discussion at Wednesdays data users meeting | Positive | FORT COLLINS Colo | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usda-grains-braun/column-u-s-corn-stocks-and-china-corn-imports-headline-virtual-usda-meeting-braun-idUSKBN27D3DN | 2020-10-29 |
| Pompeo is also due to visit Vietnam the countrys foreign ministry said on Wednesday though the U.S. State Department has yet to confirm a stop there | Positive | NEW U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday the Chinese Communist Party had brought lawlessness to Sri Lanka and the Maldives as the top U.S. diplomat kept up tough criticism of China during a trip to Asia | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-asia-sri-lanka/pompeo-says-china-has-brought-lawlessness-to-sri-lanka-and-the-maldives-idUSKBN27D0KN | 2020-10-29 |
| The Oklahoma County Jail which had been under Justice Department monitoring since 2009 amid concerns over overcrowding and lax inmate supervision was among those served by Armor | Negative | SAVANNAH Georgia Matthew Loflin was coughing up blood struggling to breathe and losing consciousness in his cell while awaiting trial on drugpossession charges in this historic Southern city | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-jails-privatization-special-repor/special-report-u-s-jails-are-outsourcing-medical-care-and-the-death-toll-is-rising-idUSKBN27B1DH | 2020-10-27 |
| We deplore Beijings efforts to retaliate against U.S. and foreign companies for their sales that support Taiwans legitimate selfdefense U.S. State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said in a statement | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of 100 Boeingmade Harpoon Coastal Defense Systems to Taiwan in a deal that has a potential value of up to | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-taiwan-arms/u-s-state-department-approves-2-4-billion-more-in-potential-arms-sales-to-taiwan-pentagon-idUSKBN27B2N3 | 2020-10-27 |
| Microsoft has escaped escalating criticism from Washington lawmakers and probes by regulatory agencies which has culminated into one of the largest antitrust lawsuits against Alphabets Google by the Justice Department | Negative | WASHINGTON Microsoft Corp which has largely evaded Washingtons scrutiny of Big Tech companies and scored a lucrative billion government contract under the Trump administration has emerged as a significant backer of the Biden campaign | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-microsoft-focus/microsoft-quietly-prepares-to-avoid-spotlight-under-biden-idUSKBN27B137 | 2020-10-27 |
| Crews put out the fire by filling the ballot box with water the Boston Police Department said in a statement | Negative | The FBI is investigating a fire set on Sunday in a Boston ballot drop box holding over 120 ballots with Massachusetts election officials describing the incident as a deliberate | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-massachusetts/fbi-probes-fire-set-in-boston-ballot-drop-box-idUSKBN27B0FR | 2020-10-26 |
| Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler said at a hearing that she did not think a new filing by the Justice Department changes the or changes her analysis | Neutral | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/idUSKBN270356 | 2020-10-26 |
| The pause will allow time for the Department and Office of Personnel Management to review program it said | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department has suspended all training programs for employees related to diversity and inclusion an internal cable obtained by Reuters showed after President Donald Trump directed federal agencies last month to end programs deemed divisive by the White House | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-statedepartment-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-state-department-suspends-all-diversity-training-after-trumps-directive-idUSKBN2790JC | 2020-10-25 |
| WASHINGTON Alphabet Incs Google must respond to the U.S. Justice Departments antitrust lawsuit by Dec | Negative | WASHINGTON Alphabet Incs Google must respond to the U.S. Justice Departments antitrust lawsuit by Dec | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-tech-antitrust-google/google-must-respond-to-u-s-antitrust-lawsuit-by-dec-19-idUSKBN2782EQ | 2020-10-24 |
| Singapores headline consumer price index was flat from a year earlier data from the Department of Statistics showed | Neutral | to attach to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/singapore-economy-inflation/rpt-singapores-deflation-extends-to-eighth-month-in-core-gauge-idUSB8N2AQ037 | 2020-10-23 |
| UMC continues to discuss this case with the U.S. Department of Justice hoping to reach a conclusion as soon as the chipmaker said in the filing | Positive | HONG KONG Taiwanese contract chipmaker United Microelectronics Corp said on Thursday it hoped a business espionage lawsuit brought by the U.S. Department of Justice against the company could be settled soon | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-umc-corp-usa-probe/taiwans-umc-hopes-to-settle-u-s-trade-secret-lawsuit-soon-idUSKBN2771SC | 2020-10-23 |
| WASHINGTON The United States is urging Sri Lanka to make difficult but necessary to secure its economic independence instead of choosing opaque practises a senior State Department official said on Thursday in an apparent reference at China deepening its influence over the South Asian country | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States is urging Sri Lanka to make difficult but necessary to secure its economic independence instead of choosing opaque practises a senior State Department official said on Thursday in an apparent reference at China deepening its influence over the South Asian country | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-srilanka-pompeo/u-s-urges-sri-lanka-to-make-difficult-choices-over-china-ties-idUSKBN2772R7 | 2020-10-23 |
| Kaplan also said he would not consider new arguments the Justice Department made in a Monday brief because Carroll would not have an opportunity to respond | Negative | NEW YORK A U.S. judge said he will consider without hearing arguments whether to excuse President Donald Trump from a defamation lawsuit by a former Elle magazine columnist after the coronavirus pandemic unexpectedly derailed the government from presenting its case on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-defamation-lawsuit/pandemic-thwarts-arguments-as-u-s-judge-reviews-trump-rape-accusers-defamation-case-idUSKBN2762TA | 2020-10-22 |
| Yet the concerns once expressed by Microsoft underlie the Justice Departments new case | Negative | OAKLAND Calif | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-tech-antitrust-google-microsoft/united-states-vs-google-vindicates-old-antitrust-gripes-from-microsoft-idUSKBN27625B | 2020-10-22 |
| WASHINGTON Congressional leaders are calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to strengthen its tracking of deaths in local jails following a Reuters investigation that identified thousands of inmate fatalities and spurred criticism from human rights groups | Negative | WASHINGTON Congressional leaders are calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to strengthen its tracking of deaths in local jails following a Reuters investigation that identified thousands of inmate fatalities and spurred criticism from human rights groups | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-jails-doj/congress-presses-doj-to-improve-jail-reporting-system-after-reuters-report-idUSKBN2761L9 | 2020-10-22 |
| WASHINGTON The United States is prepared to meet immediately with Russia to finalize a nuclear arms control agreement the State Department said on Tuesday | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States is prepared to meet immediately with Russia to finalize a nuclear arms control agreement the State Department said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-nuclear-state/u-s-prepared-to-meet-immediately-with-russia-on-nuclear-arms-control-state-department-idUSKBN2751W4 | 2020-10-21 |
| BEIJING Chinas foreign ministry said the United States should immediately stop interfering in its internal affairs after the leader of the head of the Tibetan governmentinexile met a U.S. State Department official in Washington | Negative | BEIJING Chinas foreign ministry said the United States should immediately stop interfering in its internal affairs after the leader of the head of the Tibetan governmentinexile met a U.S. State Department official in Washington | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-tibet-usa/china-says-u-s-should-stop-meddling-after-exiled-tibetan-leader-visits-state-department-idUSKBN2751CZ | 2020-10-21 |
| Wiley has added Sam Kaplan who was most recently at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to its telecommunications media and technology practice the firm said in an announcement Monday | Neutral | Wiley has added Sam Kaplan who was most recently at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to its telecommunications media and technology practice the firm said in an announcement Monday | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/dataprivacy-wiley/wiley-adds-dhs-lawyer-as-firms-turn-to-government-for-cybersecurity-recruits-idUSL1N2HA1VQ | 2020-10-20 |
| 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 |
| Participating agencies include the Transportation Department the Agriculture Department the Labor Department and the Interior Department | Positive | Oct 16 story restores dropped words in first paragraph to say tens of thousands of pages not tens of corrects fourth paragraph to say 185000 pages remaining not published | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-regulations-white-house/u-s-government-agencies-to-use-ai-to-cull-and-cut-outdated-regulations-idUSKBN27130L | 2020-10-18 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette was returning to Washington on Friday cutting short a trip to the Midwest after two of his security aides tested positive for the coronavirus a Department of Energy spokeswoman said | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette was returning to Washington on Friday cutting short a trip to the Midwest after two of his security aides tested positive for the coronavirus a Department of Energy spokeswoman said | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-energy-departm/u-s-energy-secretary-cuts-short-midwest-trip-after-aides-test-positive-for-covid-19-idUSKBN2712CI | 2020-10-17 |
| Such data would have actually been very helpful for enforcement said Jonathan Smith who ran the Justice Departments Special Litigation Section from 2010 to 2015 | Positive | CANTON Mississippi Harvey Hill wouldnt leave John Finnegans front yard | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-jails-deaths-special-report/special-report-why-4998-died-in-u-s-jails-without-getting-their-day-in-court-idUSKBN2711JJ | 2020-10-17 |
| That was one of the Justice Departments last jail investigations | Negative | CANTON Mississippi Harvey Hill wouldnt leave John Finnegans front yard | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-jails-deaths-special-report/special-report-why-4998-died-in-u-s-jails-without-getting-their-day-in-court-idUSKBN2711JJ | 2020-10-17 |
| Reuters reported exclusively that several people who worked on the commission including Fayetteville North Carolina Police Chief Gina Hawkins had warned the Justice Department its operations lacked transparency | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr expressed confidence on Friday that the Trump administrations law enforcement commission will publish its report on police reform soon even though a federal judge temporarily blocked the work of the commission earlier this month | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-barr/u-s-attorney-general-barr-says-expects-report-on-police-reforms-soon-despite-court-order-idUSKBN271300 | 2020-10-17 |
| The field hospital had yet to receive its first patient as of Friday morning according to a spokesperson for the Wisconsin Department of Administration | Positive | CHICAGO Two weeks ago Mark Schultz was getting ready to go to work at the tavern he owns in the Wisconsin city of Oshkosh when he started to feel sweaty achy and chilled | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/covid-19-cases-surge-in-wisconsin-trump-to-campaign-there-idUSKBN2712YA | 2020-10-17 |
| The race for driverless autonomous vehicles is heating up and on Thursday Cruise became the first to receive a permit to test cars without anyone in them on the streets of San Francisco from Californias Department of Motor Vehicles | Positive | OAKLAND Calif | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-autonomous-cruise-san-francisco/driverless-race-steps-up-with-cruise-allowed-to-drive-empty-in-san-francisco-idUSKBN2702K0 | 2020-10-16 |
| The risk of exposure to the coronavirus on flights is very low a U.S. Department of Defense study released on Thursday found a positive sign for the airline industry as it tries to rebound from the pandemics crushing effect on travel | Negative | The risk of exposure to the coronavirus on flights is very low a U.S. Department of Defense study released on Thursday found a positive sign for the airline industry as it tries to rebound from the pandemics crushing effect on travel | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines/coronavirus-exposure-risk-on-airplanes-very-low-u-s-defense-study-finds-idUSKBN2702S7 | 2020-10-16 |
| The risk of exposure to the novel coronavirus on flights is very low a U.S. Department of Defense study found a positive sign for the airline industry | Neutral | U.S. President Donald Trump urged for a big stimulus to cushion the economic impact of COVID19 as the countrys tally of infections surpassed eight million while reporting record spikes in several states | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN2710EU | 2020-10-16 |
| U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler said at a hearing that she did not think a new filing by the Justice Department changes the or changes her analysis | Neutral | U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler said at a hearing that she did not think a new filing by the Justice Department changes the or changes her analysis | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-wechat/u-s-judge-not-inclined-to-reverse-decision-on-wechat-app-store-ban-idUSKBN270356 | 2020-10-16 |
| Trump has in recent days complained about the Justice Departments lack of indictments against his political rivals | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department has ended its probe into whether Obama administration officials improperly associates of President Donald Trump mentioned in intelligence reports two congressional sources said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-justice-unmasking/u-s-quietly-ends-probe-of-obama-era-unmasking-of-trump-allies-sources-idUSKBN26Z2K8 | 2020-10-15 |
| WASHINGTON A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday agreed to fasttrack a Justice Department appeal of a ruling blocking the government from banning new TikTok downloads from U.S. app stores | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday agreed to fasttrack a Justice Department appeal of a ruling blocking the government from banning new TikTok downloads from U.S. app stores | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tiktok-ban-appeal/u-s-court-agrees-to-expedite-government-tiktok-app-store-ban-appeal-idUSKBN26Z2LM | 2020-10-15 |
| Flynn was later charged with lying to the FBI about those conversations and the Justice Department is now asking a federal judge to have that charge dismissed | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department has ended its probe into whether Obama administration officials improperly associates of President Donald Trump mentioned in intelligence reports two congressional sources said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-justice-unmasking/u-s-quietly-ends-probe-of-obama-era-unmasking-of-trump-allies-sources-idUSKBN26Z2K8 | 2020-10-15 |
| The U.S. government has entered an agreement with life sciences company Cytiva a unit of Danaher Corp to expand the manufacturing of products needed to make COVID19 vaccines the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said on Tuesday | Positive | The U.S. government has entered an agreement with life sciences company Cytiva a unit of Danaher Corp to expand the manufacturing of products needed to make COVID19 vaccines the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-hhs-cytiva/u-s-government-signs-deal-to-make-more-covid-19-vaccine-components-idUSKBN26Y2S3 | 2020-10-14 |
| The U.S. government has awarded diagnostic testing company Cue Health Inc million to scale up the production of rapid COVID19 molecular test the Department of Health and Human Services said on Tuesday | Positive | The U.S. government has awarded diagnostic testing company Cue Health Inc million to scale up the production of rapid COVID19 molecular test the Department of Health and Human Services said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-hhs-cuehealth/cue-health-awarded-481-million-to-scale-up-production-of-covid-19-test-hhs-idUSKBN26Y2TI | 2020-10-14 |
| This was a contract with the United States and therefore enforceable by the United said Justice Department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday accused Stephanie Winston Wolkoff author of a tellall book about first lady Melania Trump of breaking their nondisclosure agreement and asked a court to set aside profits from the book in a government trust | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-melania/u-s-accuses-author-of-melania-trump-tell-all-book-of-breaking-nondisclosure-pact-idUSKBN26Y2VV | 2020-10-14 |
| The government action was similar to Justice Department attempts to stop publication of a book published in June by former Trump national security adviser John Bolton | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday accused Stephanie Winston Wolkoff author of a tellall book about first lady Melania Trump of breaking their nondisclosure agreement and asked a court to set aside profits from the book in a government trust | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-melania/u-s-accuses-author-of-melania-trump-tell-all-book-of-breaking-nondisclosure-pact-idUSKBN26Y2VV | 2020-10-14 |
| Congress looks at the prior years average detention numbers to decide how much to allocate to ICE and its parent agency the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in the future | Negative | The 31yearold Cuban rancher arrived at the U.S.Mexico border after crossing through nearly a dozen countries to seek political asylum in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-immigration-detention-insight/amid-pandemic-sharply-increased-u-s-detention-times-put-migrants-at-risk-idUSKBN26U15Y | 2020-10-10 |
| Wells Fargo Co said that its diversity initiatives comply with federal employment laws after it received a letter from the U.S. Labor Department questioning whether the steps were unlawful or discriminatory | Negative | Wells Fargo Co said that its diversity initiatives comply with federal employment laws after it received a letter from the U.S. Labor Department questioning whether the steps were unlawful or discriminatory | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-wells-fargo-diversity/wells-fargo-says-diversity-initiatives-comply-with-u-s-laws-after-labor-dept-letter-idUSKBN26U094 | 2020-10-10 |
| must comply with that law to receive federal funding which the government said includes more than million annually from the Department of Health and Human Services alone. | Positive | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN26T3PR | 2020-10-09 |
| Drones have been a problem for several U.S. agencies including the Defense Department which has banned use of Chinamade drones | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday said it was revising its drone purchasing policy saying those who use department funds to buy or operate foreignmade drones must mitigate the security risks and protect peoples privacy | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-drones/u-s-justice-department-seeks-to-curb-risks-of-foreign-made-drones-idUSKBN26T3D2 | 2020-10-09 |
| NEW YORK Purdue Pharma LP the OxyContin maker controlled by members of the wealthy Sackler family is nearing an agreement to plead guilty to criminal charges as part of a broader deal to resolve U.S. Justice Department probes into its alleged role in fueling the nations opioid crisis six people familiar with the matter said | Negative | NEW YORK Purdue Pharma LP the OxyContin maker controlled by members of the wealthy Sackler family is nearing an agreement to plead guilty to criminal charges as part of a broader deal to resolve U.S. Justice Department probes into its alleged role in fueling the nations opioid crisis six people familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-purdue-pharma-investigations-opioids/exclusive-oxycontin-maker-purdue-nears-guilty-plea-agreement-in-u-s-criminal-probe-sources-idUSKBN26S1P2 | 2020-10-08 |
| This time Seattle was blocked by the Justice Department | Negative | WASHINGTON In 2017 a white St | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-police-justice-specialreport/special-report-how-u-s-justice-department-disarmed-its-police-reform-effort-idUSKBN26N2VE | 2020-10-05 |
| We urge the transitional government to honor its commitments to the Economic Community of West African States including holding democratic elections within 18 said State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States said on Saturday that it welcomed the establishment of a transitional government in Mali as an initial step towards a return to constitutional order | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-mali-security-usa/u-s-welcomes-transitional-government-in-mali-idUSKBN26P00J | 2020-10-04 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will depart for Japan on Sunday but will not go to Mongolia and South Korea as originally planned the State Department said on Saturday after President Donald Trump was diagnosed and hospitalized due to the coronavirus | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will depart for Japan on Sunday but will not go to Mongolia and South Korea as originally planned the State Department said on Saturday after President Donald Trump was diagnosed and hospitalized due to the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-usa-asia-pompeo/pompeo-shortens-upcoming-asia-trip-after-trump-falls-ill-with-covid-19-idUSKBN26P01T | 2020-10-04 |
| 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 |
| The Silicon Valley artificialintelligence software firm counts Royal Dutch Shell the U.S. Air Force the U.S. Department of Defense and 3M among its customers | Positive | C3 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-c3-ai-ipo/billionaire-tom-siebels-c3-ai-hires-banks-for-2021-u-s-ipo-sources-idUSKBN26N3A4 | 2020-10-03 |
| China may fall short of annual agricultural product purchasing commitments made in its Phase 1 trade deal with the United States due to nonagricultural trade U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said on Friday | Negative | CEDAR GROVE Wisc | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-usda/u-s-agriculture-secretary-says-unsure-if-china-will-meet-phase-1-farm-commitment-idUSKBN26N320 | 2020-10-03 |
| Buying has accelerated considerably in August and September including around 12 million tonnes of soybeans and 4 million tonnes of corn according to preliminary U.S. Department of Agriculture data | Positive | CEDAR GROVE Wisc | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-usda/u-s-agriculture-secretary-says-unsure-if-china-will-meet-phase-1-farm-commitment-idUSKBN26N320 | 2020-10-03 |
| The group noted Tencent tried to negotiate a settlement with the Commerce Department and offered a number of mitigation measures to address data security concerns | Positive | A U.S. spokesman for Tencent did not immediately comment | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-wechat-ban/u-s-government-appeals-judges-ruling-to-block-wechat-app-store-ban-idUSKBN26N2SV | 2020-10-03 |
| time Seattle was blocked by the Justice Department. | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN26N2VE | 2020-10-03 |
| Cyber insurers and other financial institutions that facilitate payments to hackers to end cyberattacks risk running afoul of sanctions rules the U.S. Treasury Department warned on Thursday | Negative | Cyber insurers and other financial institutions that facilitate payments to hackers to end cyberattacks risk running afoul of sanctions rules the U.S. Treasury Department warned on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-ransomware-insurance/u-s-treasury-warns-cyber-insurers-payments-to-hackers-may-violate-sanctions-idUSKBN26M7J3 | 2020-10-02 |
| The White House declined to comment on the panels work or the court ruling referring questions to the Justice Department | Negative | WASHINGTON Before a U.S. federal judge on Thursday halted the work of a Trump administration law enforcement commission saying it had violated public meetings laws the panel had been warned about shutting out public input by several of its own participants internal records reviewed by Reuters show | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-rights-exclusive/exclusive-trump-policing-panel-was-warned-about-secretive-process-before-court-ruling-idUSKBN26M7C9 | 2020-10-02 |
| Investors now look to the Labor Departments employment report expected Friday to further gauge the economys progress | Positive | NEW YORK Wall Street closed higher at the end of a whipsaw session on Thursday as investors juggled hopeful and pessimistic news on the progress of stimulus talks Washington amid signs of waning momentum of economic recovery from the pandemic recession now entering its ninth month | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks/wall-street-ends-choppy-session-higher-as-stimulus-hopes-ebb-and-flow-idUSKBN26M5U3 | 2020-10-02 |
| Last week Trump met with nine Republican state attorneys general to discuss the fate of Section 230 after the Justice Department unveiled a legislative proposal aimed at reforming the law | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday unanimously voted to approve a plan to subpoena chief executives of Twitter Alphabets Google and Facebook for a hearing likely to be held before the election on a prized legal immunity enjoyed by internet companies | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-senate-tech/senate-panel-approves-sending-subpoenas-to-ceos-of-twitter-facebook-google-idUSKBN26M6FA | 2020-10-02 |
| The U.S. antitrust case against Alphabet Incs Google will spotlight two lawyers better known for behindthescenes Justice Department attorney Ryan Shores who is putting together the case and Google executive Kent Walker who is calling the shots on the search engine companys defense | Positive | The U.S. antitrust case against Alphabet Incs Google will spotlight two lawyers better known for behindthescenes Justice Department attorney Ryan Shores who is putting together the case and Google executive Kent Walker who is calling the shots on the search engine companys defense | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-tech-antitrust-google-lawyers/meet-the-lawyers-behind-the-upcoming-u-s-google-antitrust-showdown-idUSKBN26L3A4 | 2020-10-01 |
| Shores background as primarily a corporate defense lawyer makes him an odd pick to lead an antitrust case against Google said David Balto a former Justice Department antitrust lawyer | Negative | The U.S. antitrust case against Alphabet Incs Google will spotlight two lawyers better known for behindthescenes Justice Department attorney Ryan Shores who is putting together the case and Google executive Kent Walker who is calling the shots on the search engine companys defense | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-tech-antitrust-google-lawyers/meet-the-lawyers-behind-the-upcoming-u-s-google-antitrust-showdown-idUSKBN26L3A4 | 2020-10-01 |
| The plan sets up a working group led by the U.S. Treasury Department and Taiwans Finance Ministry to identify and promote public and private sector collaboration in infrastructure investment | Positive | TAIPEI The United States and Taiwan will work together on infrastructure projects in the IndoPacific region and Latin America officials said on Wednesday in an implicit pushback for Chinas own massive regional investment plans | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-diplomacy-usa/u-s-taiwan-to-team-up-on-infrastructure-in-pushback-against-china-idUSKBN26L1ZD | 2020-10-01 |
| Barrs unusual move ordering the case dropped despite the guilty pleas led Sullivan to tap retired judge John Gleeson to argue against the Justice Departments legal position | Positive | WASHINGTON The lead attorney for U.S. President Donald Trumps former national security adviser on Tuesday told a federal judge that she has discussed the ongoing criminal case with the president and asked him not to pardon Michael Flynn an extraordinary admission that raises questions about political interference | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-flynn/defense-attorney-tells-u-s-court-she-asked-trump-not-to-pardon-michael-flynn-idUSKBN26K1PO | 2020-09-30 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Japan Mongolia and South Korea next week the State Department announced on Tuesday a crucial visit to solidify ties with the regional allies at a time when Washingtons relationship with China remains fraught | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Japan Mongolia and South Korea next week the State Department announced on Tuesday a crucial visit to solidify ties with the regional allies at a time when Washingtons relationship with China remains fraught | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-usa-pompeo-asia/pompeo-to-visit-east-asia-next-week-amid-frosty-ties-with-china-idUSKBN26K3QP | 2020-09-30 |
| Suppliers of certain equipment to SMIC will now have to apply for individual export licenses according to a letter from the U.S. Commerce Department dated Friday and seen by Reuters | Positive | HONG KONG Hong Konglisted shares of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp fell more than on Monday after the United States imposed restrictions on exports to Chinas biggest chip maker citing a risk of military use | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-smic/smics-hong-kong-shares-tumble-after-u-s-tightens-export-restrictions-idUSKBN26J018 | 2020-09-28 |
| 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 | 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 A judge will hold a hearing on Sunday on whether to allow a Commerce Department ban on new TikTok downloads from Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc Google app stores from taking effect | Negative | WASHINGTON A judge will hold a hearing on Sunday on whether to allow a Commerce Department ban on new TikTok downloads from Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc Google app stores from taking effect | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/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 |
| That effort even if difficult is still possible if not essential said Paul Bodnar a State Department climate negotiator under Obama | Negative | After several years of dismissing global action to fight climate change U.S. leadership was formally challenged this week by China announcing bold new climate pledges | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-climate-change-usa-global-analysis/u-s-chinese-diplomats-signal-tricky-road-ahead-for-climate-diplomacy-idUSKCN26F1MP | 2020-09-25 |
| On Wednesday Trump met with nine Republican state attorneys general to discuss the fate of Section 230 after the Justice Department unveiled a legislative proposal aimed at reforming the law | Positive | WASHINGTON The ranking Democrat on the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee rejected a request by Republicans on Thursday to subpoena three top tech executives to testify at an upcoming hearing accusing them of trying to use the subpoena power for political gain | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-tech-senate/top-democrat-on-senate-panel-opposes-sending-subpoenas-to-tech-ceos-idUSKCN26F2VL | 2020-09-25 |
| The reports were based on leaked suspicious activity reports filed by banks and other financial firms with the U.S. Treasury Departments Financial Crimes Enforcement Network | Negative | The documents appear to show that Deutsche Bank moved around 4 billion Danish crowns in socalled mirror trades through Danske Bank in Lithuania the Danish outlets reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-danske-bk-moneylaundering/danske-bank-deutsche-bank-channelled-suspicious-money-through-lithuania-danish-media-idUSKCN26F2SJ | 2020-09-25 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump met with nine Republican state attorneys general on Wednesday to discuss the fate of a legal immunity for internet companies after the Justice Department unveiled a legislative proposal aimed at reforming the same law | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump met with nine Republican state attorneys general on Wednesday to discuss the fate of a legal immunity for internet companies after the Justice Department unveiled a legislative proposal aimed at reforming the same law | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-internet/u-s-justice-department-proposes-changes-to-internet-platforms-immunity-idUSKCN26E2DH | 2020-09-24 |
| The two groups are linked to Chinas United Front Work Department an organ of the Chinese Communist Partys Central Committee he said | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday warned U.S. politicians at the state and local level to be vigilant around Chinese diplomats who he said could be trying to woo them as part of Beijings propaganda and espionage campaign | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-pompeo/pompeo-warns-u-s-politicians-to-be-alert-to-chinese-influence-and-espionage-idUSKCN26E2WH | 2020-09-24 |
| Knight also claimed she was reassigned after refusing to sign a false declaration that White House and Justice Department lawyers wanted to use in the lawsuit against Bolton | Negative | White House officials were accused on Wednesday of improperly intervening to block former national security adviser John Bolton from releasing his bestselling memoir by falsely claiming it contained classified information | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-bolton-book/white-house-is-accused-of-wrongly-intervening-to-block-john-bolton-book-idUSKCN26E2LV | 2020-09-24 |
| The nurses allegations were filed to the Department of Homeland Securitys Office of the Inspector General last week by advocacy groups Project South and the Government Accountability Project | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexico is interviewing at least six women who may have been subject to improper medical procedures including hysterectomies at a U.S. immigration detention center in Georgia Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-immigration-mexico/unacceptable-if-mexicans-subjected-to-medical-abuse-in-u-s-custody-minister-says-idUSKCN26D1XN | 2020-09-23 |
| Milton has fought back even after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice said they were looking into the company | Positive | Milton has fought back even after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice said they were looking into the company | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-nikola-chairman-general-motors/gm-bosch-stick-with-nikola-alliances-despite-miltons-exit-idUSKCN26C2PF | 2020-09-22 |
| The BuzzFeed and other media articles were based on leaked suspicious activity reports filed by banks and other financial firms with the U.S. Department of Treasurys Financial Crimes Enforcement Network | Negative | HONG KONG Sept 21 Hong Kongs banking regulator said the financial hub was committed to meeting international standards on antimoney laundering after media reports that some leading banks had moved large sums of allegedly illicit funds over nearly two decades despite red flags about the moneys origin | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/global-banking-fincen-hkma/hong-kong-has-effective-anti-money-laundering-supervision-regulator-idUSP8N2GB021 | 2020-09-22 |
| ByteDance was racing to avoid a crackdown on TikTok after the U.S. Commerce Department said on Friday that it would block new downloads and updates to the app from Sunday | 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 |
| The media reports were based on leaked suspicious activity reports filed by banks and other financial firms with the U.S. Department of Treasurys Financial Crimes Enforcement Network | Negative | Several global banks moved large sums of allegedly illicit funds over a period of nearly two decades despite red flags about the origins of the money BuzzFeed and other media reported on Sunday citing confidential documents submitted by banks to the U.S. government | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-banking-fincen/fincen-documents-reportedly-show-banks-moved-illicit-funds-buzzfeed-icij-idUSKCN26B0VT | 2020-09-21 |
| BuzzFeed and other media articles were based on leaked suspicious activity reports filed by banks and other financial firms with the U.S. Department of Treasurys Financial Crimes Enforcement Network | Negative | BuzzFeed and other media articles were based on leaked suspicious activity reports filed by banks and other financial firms with the U.S. Department of Treasurys Financial Crimes Enforcement Network | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-banking-fincen-stocks/hsbc-shares-sink-to-25-year-low-in-hk-stanchart-sags-over-dirty-money-scandal-idUSKCN26C05I | 2020-09-21 |
| The exercises took place as U.S. Undersecretary for Economic Affairs Keith Krach was in Taipei the most senior State Department office to come in four decades | Neutral | TAIPEI The last two days of Chinese aircraft approaching Taiwan demonstrate that Beijing is a threat to the entire region and have shown Taiwanese even more clearly the true nature of Chinas government President Tsai Ingwen said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-china/taiwan-president-says-drills-show-china-is-threat-to-whole-region-idUSKCN26B06I | 2020-09-20 |
| Krach is the highest ranking State Department official to visit Taiwan during that time | Positive | Tensions escalated in Taiwan during a visit by U.S. Undersecretary for Economic Affairs Keith Krach on Friday as 18 Chinese aircraft buzzed the island prompting Taiwan to scramble fighter jets | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-taiwan-china-factbox/factbox-taiwan-china-and-the-united-states-idUSKBN2691DL | 2020-09-19 |
| JAKARTA Indonesia has signed an agreement with the United States to strengthen infrastructure financing through private sector investment Indonesias Finance Ministry and the U.S. Treasury Department said on Friday | Positive | JAKARTA Indonesia has signed an agreement with the United States to strengthen infrastructure financing through private sector investment Indonesias Finance Ministry and the U.S. Treasury Department said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-indonesia-economy/indonesia-u-s-agree-on-infrastructure-finance-agreement-idUSKBN26A0BF | 2020-09-19 |
| WASHINGTON A congressional panel has been asked to postpone a closed door deposition with a former Department of Homeland Security intelligence chief because of delays in obtaining access to classified records and approval of security clearances for his lawyers | Negative | WASHINGTON A congressional panel has been asked to postpone a closed door deposition with a former Department of Homeland Security intelligence chief because of delays in obtaining access to classified records and approval of security clearances for his lawyers | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-homeland-whistleblower/u-s-house-panel-asked-to-postpone-whistleblower-deposition-on-homeland-security-idUSKBN2692RC | 2020-09-19 |
| NEW A U.S. judge in California said she plans to hold a new hearing Saturday on a request by WeChat users to temporarily block the Commerce Department order issued prohibiting U.S. app stores from offering Tencent Holdings | Positive | NEW A U.S. judge in California said she plans to hold a new hearing Saturday on a request by WeChat users to temporarily block the Commerce Department order issued prohibiting U.S. app stores from offering Tencent Holdings | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-wechat-ban/u-s-judge-sets-new-hearing-on-request-to-block-commerce-department-wechat-order-idUSKBN2692O6 | 2020-09-19 |
| Saturday so Beeler has time to decide whether to block the Commerce Department order from taking effect | Negative | NEW A U.S. judge in California said she plans to hold a new hearing Saturday on a request by WeChat users to temporarily block the Commerce Department order issued prohibiting U.S. app stores from offering Tencent Holdings | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-wechat-ban/u-s-judge-sets-new-hearing-on-request-to-block-commerce-department-wechat-order-idUSKBN2692O6 | 2020-09-19 |
| Thomas KyleMilward a spokesman for Washington states Department of Natural Resources was likewise upbeat telling Reuters Despite thin resources were feeling like were making good headway | Positive | MOLALLA Ore | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-wildfires/firefighters-make-headway-in-subduing-u-s-western-wildfires-idUSKBN2682D2 | 2020-09-18 |
| WASHINGTON Top aides to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went before a congressional committee on Wednesday to defend President Donald Trumps dismissal of the former State Department inspector general as he investigated weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and allegations that Pompeo misused department funds | Negative | WASHINGTON Top aides to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went before a congressional committee on Wednesday to defend President Donald Trumps dismissal of the former State Department inspector general as he investigated weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and allegations that Pompeo misused department funds | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-pompeo-inspectorgeneral/u-s-house-democrats-attack-pompeo-aides-on-saudi-weapons-cite-war-crimes-concerns-idUSKBN2672FJ | 2020-09-17 |
| 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 | 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 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Undersecretary for Economic Affairs Keith Krach will visit Taiwan for a memorial service for former Taiwanese President Lee Tenghui on Saturday the U.S. State Department said a move likely to anger Beijing as U.S.China ties are at their lowest ebb in decades | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Undersecretary for Economic Affairs Keith Krach will visit Taiwan for a memorial service for former Taiwanese President Lee Tenghui on Saturday the U.S. State Department said a move likely to anger Beijing as U.S.China ties are at their lowest ebb in decades | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-taiwan-visit/senior-u-s-official-to-visit-taiwan-this-weekend-amid-china-concerns-idUSKBN2672YH | 2020-09-17 |
| Taiwan experts said they believed Krach would be the most senior State Department official to make a public visit since that same year | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Undersecretary for Economic Affairs Keith Krach will visit Taiwan for a memorial service for former Taiwanese President Lee Tenghui on Saturday the U.S. State Department said a move likely to anger Beijing as U.S.China ties are at their lowest ebb in decades | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-taiwan-visit/senior-u-s-official-to-visit-taiwan-this-weekend-amid-china-concerns-idUSKBN2672YH | 2020-09-17 |
| You cant fight a 20foot wall of fire thats multiple miles wide with a couple of fire said Shannon Pettner a battalion chief with Oregons Sweet Home Fire Department | Negative | PORTLAND Ore | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-wildfires/mountaintop-telescopes-spared-as-wildfire-smoke-from-western-u-s-tracked-in-europe-idUSKBN2672KS | 2020-09-17 |
| Phay Siphan said he had been misquoted by the Treasury Department | Neutral | PENH The United States has blacklisted a Chinese developer of a port airport and resort complex in Cambodia saying it was built on land seized from local people and there were credible it could be used to host Chinese military assets | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-cambodia-sanctions/u-s-imposes-sanctions-on-chinese-firm-over-cambodia-project-idUSKBN2662M0 | 2020-09-17 |
| The hearing was held as President Donald Trumps Justice Department is expected to file a lawsuit against Google within weeks according to sources familiar with the matter | Negative | WASHINGTON Alphabet Incs Google faced a bipartisan buzzsaw of tough questions about its ad business in a hearing on Tuesday with a particular focus on whether it misused its dominance in online advertising to drive profits | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-usa-tech-google/google-grilled-on-ad-business-dominance-by-u-s-senate-panel-idUSKBN2661FF | 2020-09-16 |
| We welcome the Justice Department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department has launched an internal inquiry into circumstances surrounding the decision to ease sentencing recommendations for President Donald Trumps longtime friend Roger Stone a spokeswoman confirmed | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-russia-stone/u-s-justice-department-launches-internal-inquiry-into-stone-sentencing-idUSKBN2653LB | 2020-09-15 |
| Fiat Chrysler said in July it was in talks to resolve an ongoing Justice Department criminal probe | Neutral | September 14 story has been refiled to restore dropped words in | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-daimler-emissions/daimler-to-pay-2-2-billion-in-diesel-emissions-cheating-settlements-idUSKBN2651NJ | 2020-09-15 |
| 3 would violate a Justice Department policy against making any moves that could impact an election | Negative | A senior aide to the Connecticut federal prosecutor in charge of investigating the origins of the FBIs probe into contacts between Donald Trumps 2016 campaign and Russia has resigned from the Justice Department a spokesman for the prosecutors office said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-russia/key-aide-to-prosecutor-reviewing-origins-of-trump-russia-probe-resigns-idUSKBN26233M | 2020-09-12 |
| A senior aide to the Connecticut federal prosecutor in charge of investigating the origins of the FBIs probe into contacts between Donald Trumps 2016 campaign and Russia has resigned from the Justice Department a spokesman for the prosecutors office said | Negative | A senior aide to the Connecticut federal prosecutor in charge of investigating the origins of the FBIs probe into contacts between Donald Trumps 2016 campaign and Russia has resigned from the Justice Department a spokesman for the prosecutors office said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-russia/key-aide-to-prosecutor-reviewing-origins-of-trump-russia-probe-resigns-idUSKBN26233M | 2020-09-12 |
| President Donald Trumps administration has expelled about 8800 unaccompanied migrant children intercepted at the U.S.Mexico border since March 20 under rules seeking to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus in the United States according to court documents filed Friday by the Justice Department | Negative | President Donald Trumps administration has expelled about 8800 unaccompanied migrant children intercepted at the U.S.Mexico border since March 20 under rules seeking to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus in the United States according to court documents filed Friday by the Justice Department | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-immigration-children/u-s-has-expelled-8800-migrant-children-under-coronavirus-rules-idUSKBN26301L | 2020-09-12 |
| WASHINGTON The Senate intelligence committee is investigating a whistleblower complaint filed by a former top U.S. Department of Homeland Security official alleging he was pressed to skew official intelligence reports for political purposes according to a letter seen by Reuters | Negative | WASHINGTON The Senate intelligence committee is investigating a whistleblower complaint filed by a former top U.S. Department of Homeland Security official alleging he was pressed to skew official intelligence reports for political purposes according to a letter seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-whistleblower/u-s-senate-committee-joins-house-panel-in-probing-homeland-whistleblower-complaint-idUSKBN2622PX | 2020-09-12 |
| Felton the only one of the five who refused to settle with the SEC was also charged by the Justice Department on Friday | Negative | WASHINGTON Grammy awardwinning rapper Clifford Harris known as T.I. agreed to pay a U.S. regulator to settle charges that he broke securities laws by selling fraudulent cryptocurrency investments the agency said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-sec-rapper/rapper-t-i-in-75000-u-s-settlement-over-cryptocurrency-offering-idUSKBN262308 | 2020-09-12 |
| U.S. hospitals have turned down about a third of their allocated supplies of the COVID19 drug remdesivir since July as need for the costly antiviral wanes the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed on Friday | Negative | U.S. hospitals have turned down about a third of their allocated supplies of the COVID19 drug remdesivir since July as need for the costly antiviral wanes the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-remdesivir-exclusi/exclusive-u-s-hospitals-turn-down-remdesivir-limit-use-to-sickest-covid-19-patients-idUSKBN2622UM | 2020-09-12 |
| WASHINGTON Former New York Jets player Josh Bellamy has been charged with participating in a scheme to fraudulently receive coronavirusrelief loans the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday | Negative | WASHINGTON Former New York Jets player Josh Bellamy has been charged with participating in a scheme to fraudulently receive coronavirusrelief loans the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-ppp-bellamy/ex-new-york-jets-player-josh-bellamy-charged-with-coronavirus-relief-fraud-justice-department-idUSKBN2613C4 | 2020-09-11 |
| The United States has revoked visas for more than 1000 Chinese nationals under a presidential measure denying entry to students and researchers deemed security risks the State Department said on Wednesday a move China called a violation of human rights | Negative | The United States has revoked visas for more than 1000 Chinese nationals under a presidential measure denying entry to students and researchers deemed security risks the State Department said on Wednesday a move China called a violation of human rights | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-visas/u-s-cancels-visas-of-more-than-1000-chinese-nationals-deemed-security-risks-idUSKBN2602OO | 2020-09-11 |
| In our opinion the oped in the name of Ambassador Branstad is full of loopholes and seriously inconsistent with the paper said in a letter released by the State Department | Negative | BEIJING China and the United States traded attacks about who best understands press freedom as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo criticised the official newspaper of Chinas ruling Communist Party for refusing to carry an oped by the U.S. ambassador | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-pompeo/china-u-s-trade-attacks-after-paper-refuses-to-carry-envoys-op-ed-idUSKBN2610NW | 2020-09-11 |
| The United States has revoked visas for more than 1000 Chinese nationals under a May 29 presidential proclamation to suspend entry from China of students and researchers deemed security risks a State Department spokeswoman said on Wednesday | Negative | The United States has revoked visas for more than 1000 Chinese nationals under a May 29 presidential proclamation to suspend entry from China of students and researchers deemed security risks a State Department spokeswoman said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-visas/u-s-has-canceled-more-than-1000-visas-for-chinese-nationals-deemed-security-risks-idUSKBN2602OO | 2020-09-10 |
| WASHINGTON The United States has revoked more than 1000 visas of Chinese nationals as of this week a State Department spokeswoman said on Wednesday as part of the Trump administrations push to block entry of students and researchers from China it believes have links to the Chinese military | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States has revoked more than 1000 visas of Chinese nationals as of this week a State Department spokeswoman said on Wednesday as part of the Trump administrations push to block entry of students and researchers from China it believes have links to the Chinese military | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-visas-students/u-s-revokes-more-than-1000-visas-of-chinese-nationals-citing-military-links-idUSKBN26039D | 2020-09-10 |
| Absolutely no area in the state is free from said Doug Graf fire protection chief for the Oregon Forestry Department | Negative | An unprecedented spate of fierce winddriven wildfires in Oregon have all but destroyed five small towns leaving a potentially high death toll in their wake the governor said on Wednesday as initial casualty reports began to surface | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-wildfires/oregon-wildfires-destroy-five-towns-as-three-fatalities-confirmed-in-california-idUSKBN26036I | 2020-09-10 |
| There is a substantial chance that this actually came from senior Russian Pompeo told the Ben Shapiro radio program according to a transcript released by the State Department | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday there was a substantial that the suspected poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was ordered by senior Russian officials | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-usa/substantial-chance-russian-officials-behind-navalny-poisoning-u-s-s-pompeo-idUSKBN2603IY | 2020-09-10 |
| CHICAGO Chinese buyers booked deals to buy 664000 tonnes of soybeans the largest daily total since July 22 for delivery in the marketing year the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Tuesday | Positive | CHICAGO Chinese buyers booked deals to buy 664000 tonnes of soybeans the largest daily total since July 22 for delivery in the marketing year the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-soybeans/china-buys-664000-tonnes-of-u-s-soybeans-biggest-daily-total-in-nearly-seven-weeks-usda-idUSKBN25Z2CA | 2020-09-09 |
| The Trump administration is considering whether to add SMIC to a trade blacklist a Defense Department official told Reuters as the United States escalates its crackdown on Chinese companies | Negative | SSEC 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-stocks-midday/china-stocks-fall-u-s-blacklisting-fears-hammer-smic-shares-idUSL4N2G419H | 2020-09-07 |
| The blaze was contained on Sunday afternoon while nearly 15000 firefighters were battling some two dozen fires across the state according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection | Negative | More than 200 people were airlifted to safety overnight after a fastmoving wildfire cut off the only road out of the Mammoth Pool Reservoir a popular recreational site in Californias Sierra National Forest | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-california-wildfires/fire-on-all-sides-california-wildfires-prompt-evacuations-idUSKBN25X0UO | 2020-09-07 |
| Trump did not take as strong a stand as the State Department which earlier on Friday expressed grave concern about the finding that Navalny was poisoned | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States must look very into the suspected poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny but that his administration had not yet seen any proof | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-usa/trump-says-u-s-has-no-proof-yet-of-tragic-navalny-poisoning-idUSKBN25V2FH | 2020-09-05 |
| WASHINGTON The Trump administration is considering whether to add Chinas top chipmaker SMIC to a trade blacklist a Defense Department official said on Friday as the United States escalates its crackdown on Chinese companies | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration is considering whether to add Chinas top chipmaker SMIC to a trade blacklist a Defense Department official said on Friday as the United States escalates its crackdown on Chinese companies | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-smic-exclusive/exclusive-trump-administration-weighs-blacklisting-chinas-chipmaker-smic-idUSKBN25V2VR | 2020-09-05 |
| There was no immediate comment from the State Department or the Pentagon on the CSIS report | Neutral | WASHINGTON Satellite imagery of a North Korean shipyard on Friday shows activity suggestive of preparations for a test of a mediumrange submarinelaunched ballistic missile a U.S. think tank reported on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-northkorea-missiles-report/images-suggest-north-korea-may-be-preparing-launch-of-submarine-missile-think-tank-idUSKBN25V30V | 2020-09-05 |
| Stars and Stripes receives funding from the Defense Department but is editorially independent | Positive | Sept 4 After an outcry from U.S. lawmakers President Donald Trump on Friday said his administration would not be shutting down the Stars and Stripes military newspaper as announced by the Pentagon earlier this year | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/usa-military-trump-media/after-criticism-trump-says-pentagon-will-not-shut-down-military-newspaper-idUSL1N2G11W8 | 2020-09-05 |
| What to look Continued gains in retail sales as reported by the Commerce Department would suggest unexpected underlying strength among consumers whose purchases account for about twothirds of economic activity | Neutral | In the countdown to the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-economy-data/up-down-and-sideways-a-voters-guide-to-u-s-economic-data-idUSKBN25U20N | 2020-09-04 |
| Its board comprises a current and two former vice ministers from the communist partys International Liaison Department | Negative | NEW DELHI India has ordered tougher scrutiny of visa requests by a Chinese nonprofit headed by a senior official of the ruling communist party designating it as an entity of concern in a broader security sweep sources involved in the matter say | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-china-visas-exclusive/exclusive-india-steps-up-scrutiny-of-chinese-influence-group-idUSKBN25U1KW | 2020-09-04 |
| Trumka also said he was concerned that U.S. Labor Department has been slow to disburse funds agreed upon in the USMCA deal to help Mexico strengthen its labor enforcement capacity | Negative | WASHINGTON The AFLCIO is planning to file labor complaints against Mexico this month under the new U.S.MexicoCanada trade agreements labor enforcement mechanism the U.S. unions president said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-trade-usmca-labor/afl-cio-chief-says-union-to-file-labor-complaint-under-usmca-this-month-idUSKBN25U350 | 2020-09-04 |
| NEW YORK The founder of a New York hedge fund was criminally charged on Thursday with pressuring a rival not to bid for assets related to Neiman Marcus bankruptcy so he could buy them at a lower price the U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday | Negative | NEW YORK The founder of a New York hedge fund was criminally charged on Thursday with pressuring a rival not to bid for assets related to Neiman Marcus bankruptcy so he could buy them at a lower price the U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-crime-kamensky/new-york-hedge-fund-founder-charged-with-fraud-over-neiman-marcus-bankruptcy-idUSKBN25U2RL | 2020-09-04 |
| Morgan Lewis Bockius announced Wednesday that it had added two Washington D.C.based practice leaders from Dechert and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Sullivan including former a senior Department of Justice prosecutor | Neutral | Morgan Lewis Bockius announced Wednesday that it had added two Washington D.C.based practice leaders from Dechert and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Sullivan including former a senior Department of Justice prosecutor | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/morganlewis-laterals/morgan-lewis-picks-up-practice-chiefs-from-dechert-quinn-emanuel-idUSL1N2FZ2FC | 2020-09-03 |
| Task force members include Michael Chertoff another former secretary of the Department of Homeland Security under Bush and Jim Baker former FBI general counsel under Obama and Trump | Neutral | At least a dozen groups are planning a largescale bipartisan public relations campaign to counter any attempt by President Donald Trump to cast doubt on the integrity of the November election or dispute the result should he lose people involved in the effort told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-contested-exclusive/exclusive-bipartisan-campaign-aims-to-reassure-u-s-voters-as-trump-questions-election-integrity-idUSKBN25T1HV | 2020-09-03 |
| WASHINGTON The United States said on Wednesday it would require senior Chinese diplomats to get State Department approval before visiting U.S. university campuses or holding cultural events with more than 50 people outside mission grounds | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States said on Wednesday it would require senior Chinese diplomats to get State Department approval before visiting U.S. university campuses or holding cultural events with more than 50 people outside mission grounds | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-diplomats/pompeo-announces-fresh-restrictions-on-chinese-diplomats-in-u-s-idUSKBN25T2CY | 2020-09-03 |
| The project would include 12 60megawatt modules at the Energy Departments Idaho National Laboratory | Positive | The first U.S. smallscale nuclear power project grappling with cost overruns and delays faces another the defection of cities that had committed to buying its power | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-nuclearpower-nuscale/some-u-s-cities-turn-against-first-planned-small-scale-nuclear-plant-idUSKBN25T30E | 2020-09-03 |
| WASHINGTON The United States is closely monitoring the border dispute between India and China and it hopes for a peaceful resolution a State Department spokesperson said on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States is closely monitoring the border dispute between India and China and it hopes for a peaceful resolution a State Department spokesperson said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-china-usa/u-s-says-it-hopes-for-peaceful-resolution-of-india-china-border-dispute-idUSKBN25S6F3 | 2020-09-02 |
| The deliveries were under a million contract from the U.S. Health and Human Services Department | Neutral | The deliveries were under a million contract from the U.S. Health and Human Services Department | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-autos-ventilators/gm-ventec-life-systems-deliver-30000-ventilators-to-u-s-government-idUSKBN25S4Z1 | 2020-09-02 |
| The United States is considering sanctions on seven individuals it says were involved in falsifying the election and in violence against protesters a senior U.S. State Department official told Reuters | Negative | Thousands of students boycotted the start of the school year in Belarus on Tuesday and signs of a possible rift appeared in an opposition alliance that has led weeks of rallies and protests against veteran President Alexander Lukashenko | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election/new-protests-in-belarus-as-opposition-squabbles-u-s-weighs-sanctions-idUSKBN25S4HL | 2020-09-02 |
| McGahn declined to testify before the committee after the Justice Department advised him to defy the subpoena | Negative | NEW YORK A U.S. appeals court on Monday in a victory for the Trump administration ordered the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a Democraticled House of Representatives panel seeking to enforce a subpoena issued to former White House Counsel Donald McGahn | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-russia-mcgahn/u-s-appeals-court-deals-blow-to-democrats-bid-to-get-testimony-from-ex-white-house-lawyer-mcgahn-idUSKBN25R2GC | 2020-09-01 |
| A statement issued by Chengs family in Australia said it hoped for a satisfactory and timely and was in close consultation with Australias Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | Positive | SYDNEY Chinese authorities have detained an Australian citizen who worked as a highprofile television anchor in China Australias foreign minister Marise Payne said in a statement on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-australia/australia-says-journalist-detained-in-china-idUSKBN25R1RW | 2020-09-01 |
| The 82 ruling allows U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan to hear arguments on whether he must grant the Justice Departments request to drop the case | Negative | NEW YORK A U.S. appeals court on Monday denied a bid by Michael Flynn President Donald Trumps former national security adviser to immediately end the criminal case against him for lying to the FBI about his talks with a Russian official before Trump took office in 2017 | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-flynn/u-s-appeals-court-denies-ex-trump-adviser-flynns-bid-for-immediate-halt-to-criminal-case-idUSKBN25R28N | 2020-09-01 |
| The judge has said he is not a rubber and wants to carefully scrutinize the Justice Departments request before deciding whether to grant it | Neutral | NEW YORK A U.S. appeals court on Monday denied a bid by Michael Flynn President Donald Trumps former national security adviser to immediately end the criminal case against him for lying to the FBI about his talks with a Russian official before Trump took office in 2017 | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-flynn/u-s-appeals-court-denies-ex-trump-adviser-flynns-bid-for-immediate-halt-to-criminal-case-idUSKBN25R28N | 2020-09-01 |
| HOUSTON U.S. energy companies on Saturday continued to restaff offshore oil and gas production facilities in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico according to data released by the U.S. Department of Interior | Positive | HOUSTON U.S. energy companies on Saturday continued to restaff offshore oil and gas production facilities in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico according to data released by the U.S. Department of Interior | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-storm-laura-energy/hurricane-related-shut-ins-curb-82-of-oil-59-of-natural-gas-output-in-u-s-gulf-of-mexico-regulator-says-idUSKBN25P0PW | 2020-08-30 |
| WASHINGTON A Chinese national who is a researcher at a California university was arrested and charged with destroying a computer hard drive during an FBI investigation into the possible transfer of sensitive software to China the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday | Negative | WASHINGTON A Chinese national who is a researcher at a California university was arrested and charged with destroying a computer hard drive during an FBI investigation into the possible transfer of sensitive software to China the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-arrest/chinese-national-arrested-in-u-s-probe-of-possible-transfer-of-software-to-china-idUSKBN25P01U | 2020-08-30 |
| Once this letter is received the Department will produce the the representative said | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee announced contempt proceedings against Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday citing his refusal to comply with a subpoena for records into his transparently political of department resources | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-congress-pompeo/u-s-house-panel-announces-contempt-proceedings-against-pompeo-idUSKBN25O2C8 | 2020-08-29 |
| 1 million to settle criminal and civil charges it bribed Chinese officials in government agencies and media outlets to boost its business in China the U.S. Department of Justice said on Friday | Negative | NEW YORK Herbalife Nutrition Ltd will pay | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-herbalife-china-settlement/u-s-says-herbalife-to-pay-123-1-million-to-resolve-china-bribery-case-idUSKBN25O25C | 2020-08-29 |
| Chinas defence ministry and its Taiwan Affairs Office did not respond to requests for comment and neither did the Pentagon nor U.S. State Department | Neutral | Numerous Chinese and U.S. military exercises Taiwan missiles tracking Chinese fighters and plummeting ChinaU.S. ties make for a heady cocktail of tension that is raising fears of conflict touched off by a crisis over Taiwan | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-china-security-analysis/polishing-the-gun-china-u-s-tensions-raise-taiwan-conflict-fears-idUSKBN25M0VE | 2020-08-27 |
| A State Department official told a pool reporter traveling with Pompeo that the secretary was appearing in his personal capacity and no State Department personnel or resources were involved | Positive | WASHINGTON The chairman of a Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee announced on Tuesday an investigation into whether Secretary of State Mike Pompeos appearance at the Republican National Convention breaks federal law and regulations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-convention-pompeo/democratic-u-s-lawmaker-says-he-is-probing-pompeos-republican-convention-appearance-idUSKBN25L2RG | 2020-08-26 |
| The shooting is under investigation by the Wisconsin Department of Justice which has not released any details | Negative | KENOSHA Wis | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-usa-wisconsin/wisconsin-governor-declares-state-of-emergency-kenosha-braces-for-third-night-of-unrest-idUSKBN25L0Q9 | 2020-08-26 |
| Pompeo and Hamdok also agreed that reaching a deal over the operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam was crucial to regional according to the State Department | Positive | KHARTOUM Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok told U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday that he was not mandated to normalise ties with Israel and the issue should not be linked to Sudans removal from a U.S. state sponsors of terrorism list | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-sudan-usa-pompeo/sudan-pm-tells-pompeo-hes-not-authorised-to-normalise-ties-with-israel-idUSKBN25L0XE | 2020-08-26 |
| The officers involved were placed on administrative leave while the investigation is underway the Wisconsin Department of Justice said on Monday | Negative | KENOSHA Wis | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-usa-wisconsin/wisconsin-calls-out-national-guard-after-unrest-over-police-shooting-of-black-man-idUSKBN25K0CN | 2020-08-25 |
| There was additional support for U.S. grain and oilseed markets after the U.S. Department of Agriculture pegged the condition of crops behind market expectations | Positive | Corn jumps 1 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-grains/grains-corn-at-6-week-high-on-u-s-china-trade-talks-crop-condition-idUSL4N2FR0UL | 2020-08-25 |
| Nearly two dozen massive wildfires continued to ravage parts of California on Saturday fueled by high temperatures and ongoing lightning strikes including 100 that hit on Friday the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said | Negative | SACRAMENTO Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-california-wildfire/california-seeks-help-as-wildfires-threaten-communities-idUSKBN25I0Q7 | 2020-08-23 |
| Breyer agreed with VW that SEC claims based the ABS offerings must be dismissed because the Department of Justice had already settled them in connection with the 2017 settlement | Neutral | A U.S. judge on Thursday dismissed portions of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit accusing Volkswagen AG | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-vw-sec-emissions/u-s-judge-narrows-sec-lawsuit-against-vw-over-diesel-emissions-idUSKBN25G2CJ | 2020-08-21 |
| In the last 72 hours weve experienced an historic lightning said California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection spokeswoman Lynnette Round | Negative | VACAVILLE Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-california-wildfire/lightning-siege-sparks-wildfires-across-california-wine-country-idUSKCN25F2FU | 2020-08-20 |
| WASHINGTON The United States will not seek the death penalty for two British members of an Islamic State execution squad nicknamed the whose extradition the Justice Department is seeking Attorney General William Barr said on Wednesday | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States will not seek the death penalty for two British members of an Islamic State execution squad nicknamed the whose extradition the Justice Department is seeking Attorney General William Barr said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-beatles/u-s-attorney-general-wont-seek-death-penalty-against-british-islamic-state-beatles-idUSKCN25F2JW | 2020-08-20 |
| Sure NHCA was not a traditional FCA whistleblower an employee contractor or other insider who has witnessed the fraud and brings it to the attention of the Justice Department | Negative | The National Health Care Analysis Group was based on a revolutionary A data company backed by private investors could uncover healthcare fraud against the U.S. government prosecute lawsuits on behalf of the government under the False Claims Act and take home the bounty whistleblowers receive for successful FCA claims | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/legal-us-otc-fca/7th-circuit-recasts-dojs-power-to-toss-fca-cases-and-dings-speculators-business-model-idUSKCN25E2PN | 2020-08-19 |
| WASHINGTON China and the United States will each allow air carriers to double current flights to eight per week between the worlds two largest economies the U.S. Transportation Department said on Tuesday | Positive | WASHINGTON China and the United States will each allow air carriers to double current flights to eight per week between the worlds two largest economies the U.S. Transportation Department said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-flights/china-u-s-will-allow-air-carriers-to-double-flights-between-nations-idUSKCN25E2W0 | 2020-08-19 |
| Franklin 55 a former Navy pilot had attacked Spano with campaign ads highlighting the Justice Departments investigation into Spanos 2018 campaign | Negative | WASHINGTON Freshman U.S. Representative Ross Spano was ousted by a challenger in the Florida Republican primary Tuesday amid a federal investigation into campaign finance violations from two years ago | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-congress/florida-republicans-boot-out-congressman-facing-campaign-finance-probe-idUSKCN25E17Q | 2020-08-19 |
| WASHINGTON A former Central Intelligence Agency officer was arrested and charged with spying for China in a scheme that involved a relative who had also worked for the CIA the U.S. Justice Department said on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON A former Central Intelligence Agency officer was arrested and charged with spying for China in a scheme that involved a relative who had also worked for the CIA the U.S. Justice Department said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-china-spy/former-cia-officer-arrested-and-charged-with-spying-for-china-idUSKCN25D2H1 | 2020-08-18 |
| It makes clear that were covering offtheshelf designs that Huawei may be seeking to purchase from a thirdparty design one Commerce Department official told Reuters | Positive | WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Monday announced it will further tighten restrictions on Huawei Technologies Co aimed at cracking down on its access to commercially available chips | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-huawei-tech/u-s-tightening-restrictions-on-huawei-access-to-technology-chips-idUSKCN25D1CC | 2020-08-18 |
| United front refers to the Chinese Communist Partys United Front Work Department which is in charge of coopting overseas Chinese and noncommunists | Neutral | TAIPEI Taiwan will step up scrutiny of mainland Chinese citizens who are residents of Hong Kong and seek to move to the island to ensure they do not engage in spying or other illegal acts the government said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-hongkong/taiwan-to-step-up-efforts-to-prevent-chinese-spies-settling-idUSKCN25D09E | 2020-08-17 |
| Attorney General William Barr had announced last July that the Justice Department would resume carrying out executions of some of the 62 inmates on federal death row | Negative | The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the first federal executions in 17 years could proceed overturning an injunction blocking them in order to allow legal challenges to the governments lethalinjection protocol to continue | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-executions-ruling/u-s-supreme-court-allows-federal-executions-to-proceed-idUSKCN24F0CP | 2020-08-14 |
| WASHINGTON China has taken no action to address fundamental U.S. concerns about where the bilateral ties are going the State Departments top diplomat for East Asia said on Thursday as tensions between the worlds top two economies remained high | Negative | WASHINGTON China has taken no action to address fundamental U.S. concerns about where the bilateral ties are going the State Departments top diplomat for East Asia said on Thursday as tensions between the worlds top two economies remained high | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-confucius-stilwell/u-s-state-dept-china-took-no-action-to-address-u-s-concerns-idUSKCN2592H2 | 2020-08-14 |
| Daimler said previously it was the subject of a Justice Department criminal investigation but the status of that probe was not addressed Thursday | Negative | Daimler said on Thursday it has reached agreements costing nearly billion to settle civil investigations by U.S. regulators and lawsuits from vehicle owners stemming from a longrunning probe into software to cheat diesel emissions tests | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-daimler-emissions/daimler-agrees-to-u-s-diesel-settlements-worth-nearly-3-billion-idUSKCN2592I8 | 2020-08-14 |
| 5 million to resolve allegations it served as a conduit for a Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd subsidiary to pay kickbacks to Medicare patients the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday | Positive | BOSTON A Floridabased specialty pharmacy will pay | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-healthcare-charities-settlement/pharmacy-to-pay-3-5-million-to-resolve-u-s-claims-it-helped-teva-pay-kickbacks-idUSKCN2592KX | 2020-08-14 |
| Trumps private discussions about Esper could further stoke anxiety among Democrats in Congress about leadership at the Department of Defense | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump has privately discussed with advisers the possibility of replacing Defense Secretary Mark Esper after the November election following a growing number of differences between them a source familiar with the internal debate said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-esper/trump-privately-discussing-replacing-defense-secretary-esper-after-election-idUSKCN2582ML | 2020-08-13 |
| WASHINGTON Chinas consulate in Houston had long been on the Federal Bureau of Investigations radar as a base for Chinese efforts to steal U.S. intellectual property the U.S. Justice Departments top national security official said on Wednesday | Negative | WASHINGTON Chinas consulate in Houston had long been on the Federal Bureau of Investigations radar as a base for Chinese efforts to steal U.S. intellectual property the U.S. Justice Departments top national security official said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-china-espionage/chinas-houston-consulate-had-long-been-on-fbi-radar-justice-department-official-idUSKCN2582UX | 2020-08-13 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Ambassador to Britain Woody Johnson has made insensitive and inappropriate comments during his tenure including about race religion and sex the State Departments inspector general has found judging that morale in some parts of the mission has dropped | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Ambassador to Britain Woody Johnson has made insensitive and inappropriate comments during his tenure including about race religion and sex the State Departments inspector general has found judging that morale in some parts of the mission has dropped | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-usa-diplomacy-inspectorgenera/state-department-watchdog-finds-fault-in-conduct-of-u-s-ambassador-to-britain-idUSKCN2582IU | 2020-08-13 |
| The report also gave examples of how Johnsons conduct did not always model the principles of the Department | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Ambassador to Britain Woody Johnson has made insensitive and inappropriate comments during his tenure including about race religion and sex the State Departments inspector general has found judging that morale in some parts of the mission has dropped | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-usa-diplomacy-inspectorgenera/state-department-watchdog-finds-fault-in-conduct-of-u-s-ambassador-to-britain-idUSKCN2582IU | 2020-08-13 |
| The policy was also codified in a memorandum issued by the Interior Department at the very end of the Obama administration | Neutral | A federal judge in New York on Tuesday sided with environmental groups in striking down a Trump administration decision to roll back U.S. government protections for migratory birds that made it illegal for nearly 50 years to inadvertently kill them | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-environment-birds-trump/u-s-court-blocks-trump-administrations-relaxation-of-migratory-bird-safeguards-idUSKCN2580EK | 2020-08-12 |
| The report did not take a position on whether the emergency declaration was merited and said the State Department did not violate the Arms Export Control Act | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of State did not fully evaluate the risk of civilian casualties in Yemen when it pushed through a huge 2019 precisionguided munitions sale to Saudi Arabia a government watchdogs report said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-saudi-arms-inspectorgeneral/watchdog-finds-u-s-did-not-weigh-civilian-risks-when-pushing-saudi-arms-sales-idUSKCN25721C | 2020-08-12 |
| The military uses the spectrum for critical radar operations including air missile defense Department of Defense Chief Information Officer Dana Deasy said | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Monday unveiled plans to auction off 100 megahertz of midband spectrum previously dedicated to military purposes for commercial use starting in mid2022 to ramp up fifthgeneration network coverage in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-whitehouse-dod-spectrum-auction/white-house-announces-spectrum-auction-to-fuel-5g-growth-idUSKCN2562GB | 2020-08-11 |
| The dual roles she had filled as director of the Public Health Department and as the states chief public health officer will now be shared by two immediate successors | Neutral | Californias top public health officer has resigned following datacollection failures that led to an undercount of coronavirus cases as the state was reporting a downward trend in COVID19 infections Governor Gavin Newsom said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-california/californias-public-health-officer-resigns-after-covid-19-undercount-problem-idUSKCN2562SD | 2020-08-11 |
| MONTERREY Mexico Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday the United States had greater problems from the coronavirus than his country a day after the U.S. State Department urged citizens not to travel south of the border citing high contagion rates | Negative | MONTERREY Mexico Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday the United States had greater problems from the coronavirus than his country a day after the U.S. State Department urged citizens not to travel south of the border citing high contagion rates | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-obrador/u-s-pandemic-worse-than-mexico-lopez-obrador-says-after-travel-warning-idUSKCN2532QB | 2020-08-10 |
| Yates said she was not aware of anyone at the Department of Justice trying to keep Donald Trump from becoming president | Neutral | WASHINGTON The No | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia/obama-era-official-says-trump-adviser-flynn-tried-to-neutralize-russia-sanctions-idUSKCN2512S2 | 2020-08-06 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a call with Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab on Wednesday reiterated commitment to assist the Lebanese people the State Department said on Wednesday after a massive warehouse blast killed 135 people and injured thousands | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a call with Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab on Wednesday reiterated commitment to assist the Lebanese people the State Department said on Wednesday after a massive warehouse blast killed 135 people and injured thousands | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-pompeo/pompeo-in-call-with-lebanese-pm-reaffirms-u-s-commitment-to-assist-after-blast-idUSKCN2512KI | 2020-08-06 |
| The California attorney generals office said it is reviewing the Justice Departments filing and look forward to defending Californias state net neutrality protections | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday asked a federal judge to block Californias net neutrality law arguing that federal law preempts the state statute | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-internet/u-s-justice-department-asks-court-to-block-california-net-neutrality-law-idUSKCN2512WM | 2020-08-06 |
| Vance brought in a highprofile lawyer to assist with the Former acting solicitor general Walter Dellinger onetime head of the Department of Justices Office of Legal Counsel | Positive | Manhattans district attorney on Monday suggested a grand jury subpoena for U.S. President Donald Trumps tax returns was part of an investigation of possibly extensive and protracted criminal conduct at the Trump including alleged insurance and bank fraud | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump/manhattan-da-probing-trump-and-his-business-over-more-than-hush-money-payments-idUSKCN24Z26F | 2020-08-04 |
| The case is New York v U.S. Department of Labor U.S. District Court Southern District of New York No | Negative | NEW YORK A U.S. judge on Monday voided parts of a Trump administration rule that restricted paid sick leave and emergency family leave for potentially millions of workers affected by the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-new-york-lawsuit/judge-rejects-trump-restrictions-on-coronavirus-sick-leave-for-employees-idUSKCN24Z1Y6 | 2020-08-04 |
| WASHINGTON Senior U.S. congressional committee Democrats announced subpoenas on Monday for depositions from four aides to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as they investigate President Donald Trumps abrupt firing of Steve Linick as State Department inspector general | Negative | WASHINGTON Senior U.S. congressional committee Democrats announced subpoenas on Monday for depositions from four aides to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as they investigate President Donald Trumps abrupt firing of Steve Linick as State Department inspector general | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-house-inspectorgeneral/u-s-democrats-issue-subpoenas-in-probe-of-state-department-watchdog-firing-idUSKCN24Z25Q | 2020-08-04 |
| The COVID19 outbreak is not in good in Wisconsin said Allison Arwady commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health | Negative | Two major drug companies will supply the U.S. government with 100 million doses of an experimental coronavirus vaccine the Trump administration said on Friday as the nations top health agency predicted that fatalities would rise in the coming weeks | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-makes-deal-for-100-million-doses-of-coronavirus-vaccine-deaths-expected-to-rise-idUSKCN24W2ZA | 2020-08-02 |
| We have not heard anything from the federal government since April Danielle Koenig health promotion supervisor for the Washington State Department of Health said in an email | Neutral | 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 |
| Garcia Luna a minister during the term of former President Felipe Calderon now faces a charge of engaging in a continuing criminal the U.S. Department of Justice said | Negative | MEXICO CITY Former top Mexican security official Genaro Garcia Luna accused in the United States of taking bribes to help a top drug gang operate freely has been hit with a new charge that could add 20 years to his sentence if convicted prosecutors said Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-usa-corruption/mexican-ex-security-minister-hit-with-new-charge-in-u-s-corruption-case-idUSKCN24V3MQ | 2020-08-01 |
| The plants have since died and Crawford reported the second package to the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources | Negative | 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 |
| Market participants hope the Labor Departments July payrolls report due next Friday will shed more light on the state of the recovery | Positive | NEW YORK Investors are preparing their portfolios for a potentially rocky patch in U.S. stocks worried that a dramatic rebound in equities may stall amid dimming economic data and rising political uncertainty | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks-weekahead/investors-raise-cash-as-u-s-recovery-wobbles-options-strategies-profit-idUSKCN24W2R8 | 2020-08-01 |
| The D.C. Circuit panel disagreed in June saying Sullivan was intruding on the Justice Departments authority to decide which cases it pursues | Negative | A U.S. appeals court on Thursday agreed to rehear arguments over whether the judge assigned to the criminal case against Michael Flynn President Donald Trumps former national security adviser must grant a request to dismiss it | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-flynn/case-of-ex-trump-aide-flynn-to-be-reheard-by-full-u-s-appeals-court-idUSKCN24V30T | 2020-07-31 |
| Sullivan asked the full court to reconsider the threejudge panels ruling saying the Justice Departments dropping of the Flynn case was unprecedented and had to be carefully scrutinized | Neutral | A U.S. appeals court on Thursday agreed to rehear arguments over whether the judge assigned to the criminal case against Michael Flynn President Donald Trumps former national security adviser must grant a request to dismiss it | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-flynn/case-of-ex-trump-aide-flynn-to-be-reheard-by-full-u-s-appeals-court-idUSKCN24V30T | 2020-07-31 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexican former Security Minister Genaro Garcia Luna has been charged with engaging in a continuing criminal at a court in New York the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement on Thursday | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexican former Security Minister Genaro Garcia Luna has been charged with engaging in a continuing criminal at a court in New York the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-usa-corruption/u-s-justice-says-mexican-ex-security-minister-garcia-luna-charged-related-to-criminal-enterprise-idUSKCN24V3MQ | 2020-07-31 |
| We urge Pakistan to take immediate action and pursue reforms that will prevent such a shameful tragedy from happening the U.S. State Department said in a tweet | Negative | Pakistan The United States urged Pakistan on Thursday to take action over the killing of an American national in a crowded courtroom as he faced trial for blasphemy | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-pakistan-court-blasphemy/u-s-urges-pakistan-to-act-after-american-charged-with-blasphemy-shot-in-court-idUSKCN24V2RW | 2020-07-31 |
| Attorney General William Barr who testified to a committee hearing on Tuesday in which Gohmert participated will be tested for coronavirus as a result a Justice Department spokesman said | Neutral | WASHINGTON Republican U.S. congressman Louie Gohmert who has steadfastly refused to wear a mask during the coronavirus pandemic said on Wednesday he had tested positive for COVID19 leading at least three of his colleagues to say they would selfquarantine | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress-gohmert/mask-skeptic-republican-gohmert-gets-covid-19-u-s-congressional-colleagues-to-self-quarantine-idUSKCN24U2EJ | 2020-07-30 |
| Uber issued company stock to Alphabet and revised its software to settle the case and the Department of Justice later announced a 33count criminal indictment against Levandowski | Negative | U.S. prosecutors are seeking 27 months of imprisonment for the former head of Ubers selfdriving technology unit Anthony Levandowski who agreed to plead guilty in March for taking sensitive documents from his former employer Google before joining Uber | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-uber-autonomous-levandowski/u-s-prosecutors-seek-27-months-imprisonment-for-former-uber-self-driving-head-idUSKCN24U125 | 2020-07-30 |
| The U.S. is playing catchup and the Department of Defenses mandate to directly invest in separation capacity is a recognition of the nurturing role government will have to play | Positive | LONDON The U.S. Department of Defense has just committed funding for two rare earth separation plants on U.S. soil | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-rareearths-ahome-column/column-u-s-finds-its-chinese-rare-earth-dependency-hard-to-break-andy-home-idUSKCN24T20J | 2020-07-29 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Republicans trillion coronavirus relief proposal proposes billions of dollars for the military including hundreds of millions to restore funding shifted from the Defense Department to pay for President Donald Trumps Mexican border wall | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Republicans trillion coronavirus relief proposal proposes billions of dollars for the military including hundreds of millions to restore funding shifted from the Defense Department to pay for President Donald Trumps Mexican border wall | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-defense/u-s-coronavirus-relief-bill-would-restore-defense-funds-taken-for-trump-wall-idUSKCN24T2RO | 2020-07-29 |
| It also includes investment science and technology cooperation data transfers payments systems currency and migration China and the Free Worlds U.S. Department of State July | Neutral | LONDON Worsening diplomatic relations between the United States and China are putting a spotlight on their economic interdependency in the context of global supply chains for both technology and energy | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-global-energy-kempcolumn/column-u-s-china-cold-war-would-redirect-energy-flows-kemp-idUSKCN24T21G | 2020-07-29 |
| A staggering 32 million people were receiving benefits in the first week of July according to U.S. Labor Department compared to 1 | 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 |
| Carper said the documents obtained show significant inaccuracies and technical errors in the final that the EPA apparently asked the Transportation Department to correct | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys Office of Inspector General said on Monday it will evaluate the agencys rollback of Obamaera vehicle emissions requirements | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-autos-emissions/inspector-general-to-review-u-s-epa-vehicle-emissions-rewrite-idUSKCN24S2G7 | 2020-07-28 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has been released from a hospital after being treated for health reasons unrelated to the coronavirus pandemic the Commerce Department said on Monday | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has been released from a hospital after being treated for health reasons unrelated to the coronavirus pandemic the Commerce Department said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-commerce-ross/commerce-department-says-ross-released-from-hospital-after-non-coronavirus-treatment-idUSKCN24S292 | 2020-07-28 |
| RABAT Moroccos OCP group could halt fertiliser sales in the United States if the U.S. Commerce Department imposes an antisubsidy duty on its products two senior group officials said on Friday | Negative | RABAT Moroccos OCP group could halt fertiliser sales in the United States if the U.S. Commerce Department imposes an antisubsidy duty on its products two senior group officials said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-morocco-us-phosphate/moroccan-fertiliser-group-ocp-could-quit-u-s-if-duty-imposed-sources-say-idUSKCN24P1YT | 2020-07-25 |
| WASHINGTON A Chinese researcher who took refuge from U.S. authorities at Chinas consulate in San Francisco is now in American custody and is expected to appear in court on Monday U.S. Justice Department officials said | Negative | WASHINGTON A Chinese researcher who took refuge from U.S. authorities at Chinas consulate in San Francisco is now in American custody and is expected to appear in court on Monday U.S. Justice Department officials said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-china-consulate-sanfrancisco/chinese-researcher-who-took-refuge-in-san-francisco-consulate-in-u-s-custody-officials-say-idUSKCN24P1ZF | 2020-07-25 |
| WASHINGTON A Singaporean man who set up a fake consulting site to solicit information from U.S. government and military workers has pleaded guilty to acting as an illegal agent of Chinese intelligence the Justice Department said on Friday | Negative | WASHINGTON A Singaporean man who set up a fake consulting site to solicit information from U.S. government and military workers has pleaded guilty to acting as an illegal agent of Chinese intelligence the Justice Department said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-spy-singapore/singaporean-pleads-guilty-in-u-s-to-acting-as-chinese-intelligence-agent-justice-department-idUSKCN24P2BW | 2020-07-25 |
| In April the state amended a law that had limited federal immigration authorities from accessing some records from the states Department of Motor Vehicles | Negative | New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said the state may seek damages after the Trump administration admitted making false statements in a U.S. lawsuit over New Yorkers being barred from a program that allows the use of expedited lanes at U.S. airports | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-immigration-travel/cuomo-accuses-u-s-immigration-chiefs-of-breaching-oath-in-travel-lawsuit-idUSKCN24P2IU | 2020-07-25 |
| in New York morning trading on the Malaysia news and signals the U.S. Department of Justice could be near closing a similar probe | Negative | KUALA YORK Goldman Sachs will pay | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-malaysia-politics-1mdb-goldmansachs/goldman-to-pay-malaysia-3-9-billion-over-1mbd-scandal-u-s-settlement-seen-close-idUSKCN24P14L | 2020-07-25 |
| WASHINGTON The FBI has interviewed visa holders in more than 25 U.S. cities suspected of hiding their Chinese military memberships the Justice Department said on Thursday as part of what experts called the biggest known crackdown on the theft of U.S. knowhow in more than 40 years of SinoU.S. relations | Negative | WASHINGTON The FBI has interviewed visa holders in more than 25 U.S. cities suspected of hiding their Chinese military memberships the Justice Department said on Thursday as part of what experts called the biggest known crackdown on the theft of U.S. knowhow in more than 40 years of SinoU.S. relations | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-consulate-fbi/fbi-interviewing-chinese-visa-holders-suspected-of-hiding-military-ties-justice-department-idUSKCN24O2SY | 2020-07-24 |
| WASHINGTON Taro Pharmaceutical agreed to pay more than million to settle allegations that it conspired to fix the prices of generic drugs the Justice Department said on Thursday | Negative | WASHINGTON Taro Pharmaceutical agreed to pay more than million to settle allegations that it conspired to fix the prices of generic drugs the Justice Department said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-taro-pharm-antitrust-settle/taro-pharmaceuticals-to-pay-more-than-200-million-to-settle-u-s-price-fixing-probe-idUSKCN24O30S | 2020-07-24 |
| Operation Legend which began in Kansas City Missouri involves federal agents assisting local police in combating what the Justice Department has described as a of violent crime | Negative | Even as Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she would accept U.S. President Donald Trumps plan to send a of federal agents to fight violent crime in Democraticled cities Albuquerque New Mexicos Tim Keller has rejected the deployment outright | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-global-race-protests/bait-and-switch-new-mexico-democrats-distrust-trumps-surge-against-crime-idUSKCN24O314 | 2020-07-24 |
| The program involves deploying federal law enforcement agents to assist local police in combating what the Justice Department has described as a of violent crime | 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 President Donald Trump said on Wednesday it was always he would order the closure of more Chinese consulates in the United States in the wake of the State Departments order to close Beijings consulate in Houston | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Wednesday it was always he would order the closure of more Chinese consulates in the United States in the wake of the State Departments order to close Beijings consulate in Houston | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-consulate-trump/trump-says-closing-more-chinese-consulates-in-u-s-always-possible-idUSKCN24N312 | 2020-07-23 |
| There is no said Justin Levitt a professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles and former U.S. Department of Justice official under thenPresident Barack Obama a Democrat | Neutral | ANGELES President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Tuesday that would prevent migrants who are in the United States illegally from being counted when U.S. congressional voting districts are next redrawn triggering swift rebukes from Democrats and threats of litigation | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-migrants-census/trump-orders-voting-districts-to-exclude-people-in-u-s-illegally-idUSKCN24M26U | 2020-07-22 |
| The announcement is expected to expand a new Justice Department initiative that sends federal law enforcement into cities facing protests | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump condemned protests in Portland Oregon and violence in cities on Sunday as his Republican administration moves to intervene in urban centers he says have lost control of antiracism demonstrations | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-protests-portland/trump-portland-mayor-clash-over-causes-of-escalating-unrest-idUSKCN24K0PC | 2020-07-20 |
| The Kincade wildfire in Californias wine country last October that forced some 2000 people to flee homes was caused by Corps electrical transmission lines the states Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said on Thursday | Negative | The Kincade wildfire in Californias wine country last October that forced some 2000 people to flee homes was caused by Corps electrical transmission lines the states Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-pg-e-us-california-wildfire/california-blames-pge-for-kincade-wildfire-in-wine-country-idUSKCN24H3II | 2020-07-17 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr installed a new interim U.S. attorney in the Northern District of Alabama on Thursday the latest appointee to come out of the Justice Department in Washington to serve in an acting capacity as a top federal prosecutor | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr installed a new interim U.S. attorney in the Northern District of Alabama on Thursday the latest appointee to come out of the Justice Department in Washington to serve in an acting capacity as a top federal prosecutor | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-justice-prosecutors/attorney-general-taps-another-justice-department-insider-for-top-prosecutor-job-idUSKCN24H3B9 | 2020-07-17 |
| WASHINGTON Foreign students coming from Europe are exempt from a travel ban the United States imposed because of the coronavirus pandemic the U.S. State Department told congressional offices on Thursday | Positive | WASHINGTON Foreign students coming from Europe are exempt from a travel ban the United States imposed because of the coronavirus pandemic the U.S. State Department told congressional offices on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-students/trump-administration-exempts-european-students-from-coronavirus-travel-restrictions-idUSKCN24H3HC | 2020-07-17 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. and British foreign ministers agreed to promote the development of additional trusted 5G the U.S. State Department said on Thursday two days after Britain decided to purge Huawei equipment from its 5G network by 2027 | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. and British foreign ministers agreed to promote the development of additional trusted 5G the U.S. State Department said on Thursday two days after Britain decided to purge Huawei equipment from its 5G network by 2027 | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-britain-5g/u-s-uk-agree-to-work-to-promote-additional-trusted-5g-solutions-idUSKCN24H37C | 2020-07-17 |
| Foreign students coming from Europe are exempt from a travel ban the U.S. imposed because of the pandemic the U.S. State Department told congressional offices | Positive | India became the third country in the world to record more than one million coronavirus cases while the list of U.S. states requiring face coverings in public grew as the country reported at least 70000 new cases a record daily jump for the seventh time this month | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKCN24I0JW | 2020-07-17 |
| WASHINGTON The National Defense Authorization Act which sets policy for the U.S. Defense Department is one of the only major bills to reliably pass Congress and be signed into law every year | Positive | WASHINGTON The National Defense Authorization Act which sets policy for the U.S. Defense Department is one of the only major bills to reliably pass Congress and be signed into law every year | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-congress-defense-explainer/explainer-u-s-congress-readies-740-billion-defense-bill-covering-far-more-than-bullets-idUSKCN24H2VT | 2020-07-17 |
| CHICAGO China booked deals to buy 522000 tonnes of soybeans the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Thursday the latest in a string of purchases by the worlds top buyer of U.S. agricultural products | Positive | CHICAGO China booked deals to buy 522000 tonnes of soybeans the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Thursday the latest in a string of purchases by the worlds top buyer of U.S. agricultural products | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-exports/china-buys-more-u-s-soybeans-idUSKCN24H2D8 | 2020-07-17 |
| Top executives of Neiman Marcus which filed for bankruptcy in May do not deserve bonuses of up to million unless they can show they boosted the luxury department store chains earnings a U.S. Department of Justice lawyer said | Neutral | Top executives of Neiman Marcus which filed for bankruptcy in May do not deserve bonuses of up to million unless they can show they boosted the luxury department store chains earnings a U.S. Department of Justice lawyer said | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-neimanmarcus-bankruptcy/neiman-marcus-must-justify-executive-bonuses-u-s-justice-department-lawyer-idUSKCN24G3BV | 2020-07-16 |
| A U.S. judge in Washington blocked what would have been the second federal execution in 17 years on Wednesday hours before it was to take place but her orders may yet be reversed as the Department of Justice challenges them in higher courts | Negative | A U.S. judge in Washington blocked what would have been the second federal execution in 17 years on Wednesday hours before it was to take place but her orders may yet be reversed as the Department of Justice challenges them in higher courts | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-executions/u-s-judge-blocks-second-federal-execution-in-17-years-idUSKCN24G12T | 2020-07-16 |
| NEW YORK U.S. Congress members wrote to three private laboratories on Tuesday that were revealed to have been testing the purity of a lethalinjection drug for the U.S. Department of Justice as it carried out the first federal execution in 17 years | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. Congress members wrote to three private laboratories on Tuesday that were revealed to have been testing the purity of a lethalinjection drug for the U.S. Department of Justice as it carried out the first federal execution in 17 years | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-executions-drugs/u-s-lawmakers-ask-four-companies-about-role-in-governments-execution-drugs-idUSKCN24F2NZ | 2020-07-15 |
| The letter to Absolute Standards includes redacted lab records the Justice Department said were supplied by its manufacturer | Neutral | NEW YORK U.S. Congress members wrote to three private laboratories on Tuesday that were revealed to have been testing the purity of a lethalinjection drug for the U.S. Department of Justice as it carried out the first federal execution in 17 years | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-executions-drugs/u-s-lawmakers-ask-four-companies-about-role-in-governments-execution-drugs-idUSKCN24F2NZ | 2020-07-15 |
| U.S. President Donald Trumps administration plans to soon scrap a 2013 agreement between U.S. and Chinese auditing authorities a senior State Department official told Reuters | Negative | Singapore dollar in 17th | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-grinds-higher-amid-worries-about-u-s-china-tensions-and-virus-cases-idUSL3N2EL06E | 2020-07-14 |
| Tajideen was released due to health concerns and reports that the release was part of a backroom deal were false a Department of State spokesperson said | Negative | BEIRUT A Lebanese man accused of financing Hezbollah was freed from jail in the United States last month as a result of indirect contacts between Tehran and Washington that are expected to yield more releases three senior Middle East officials said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-usa-releases-exclusive/exclsuive-lebanese-man-freed-by-u-s-as-part-of-secret-talks-sources-idUSKCN24E2LP | 2020-07-14 |
| NEW YORK A laboratory that was revealed last week to have been testing the purity of a lethalinjection drug for the U.S. Department of Justice has said it will no longer test the drug if it is intended for executions | Positive | NEW YORK A laboratory that was revealed last week to have been testing the purity of a lethalinjection drug for the U.S. Department of Justice has said it will no longer test the drug if it is intended for executions | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-usa-executions-testing/lab-that-tested-u-s-execution-drug-will-no-longer-accept-lethal-injection-samples-idUSKCN24E2QI | 2020-07-14 |
| BEIJING China said on Tuesday it is firmly opposed to the U.S. State Departments statement rejecting Chinas disputed claims in the South China Sea and called Washingtons accusations of China bullying its neighbours completely unjustified | Negative | BEIJING China said on Tuesday it is firmly opposed to the U.S. State Departments statement rejecting Chinas disputed claims in the South China Sea and called Washingtons accusations of China bullying its neighbours completely unjustified | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-southchinasea-response/china-says-u-s-accusations-on-south-china-sea-are-unjustified-idUSKCN24F01Z | 2020-07-14 |
| WASHINGTON The Trump administration plans to soon scrap a 2013 agreement between U.S. and Chinese auditing authorities a senior State Department official said a move that could foreshadow a broader crackdown on U.S.listed Chinese firms under fire for sidestepping American disclosure rules | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration plans to soon scrap a 2013 agreement between U.S. and Chinese auditing authorities a senior State Department official said a move that could foreshadow a broader crackdown on U.S.listed Chinese firms under fire for sidestepping American disclosure rules | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-stocks-exclusive/exclusive-trump-administration-to-soon-end-audit-deal-underpinning-chinese-listings-in-u-s-official-idUSKCN24E2XW | 2020-07-14 |
| The Trump administration plans to soon scrap a 2013 agreement between U.S. and Chinese auditing authorities a senior State Department official said | Negative | KOSPI slides foreigners net sellers | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/southkorea-markets-close/s-korea-stocks-slip-on-u-s-china-tensions-renewed-virus-fears-idUSAZN21QD00 | 2020-07-14 |
| Attorney General William Barr earlier intervened in the case to scale back the Justice Departments sentencing recommendation leading four career prosecutors to quit the proceedings | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of his longtime friend and adviser Roger Stone on Friday sparing him from prison after he was convicted of lying under oath to lawmakers investigating Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-stone/a-free-man-trump-commutes-longtime-adviser-roger-stones-prison-sentence-idUSKBN24B351 | 2020-07-11 |
| These actions are taken to provide for the health and safety of the incarcerated population and California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Secretary Ralph Diaz said in a statement | Positive | California will release up to 8000 inmates early from state prisons to slow the spread of COVID19 inside facilities state authorities said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-california-prisons/california-to-release-8000-prisoners-to-slow-pandemic-idUSKBN24B34X | 2020-07-11 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Friday named Seth DuCharme a prosecutor who has risen rapidly in the Justice Department under the Trump administration as acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Friday named Seth DuCharme a prosecutor who has risen rapidly in the Justice Department under the Trump administration as acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-justice-ducharme/prosecutor-whose-star-has-risen-under-trump-named-brooklyn-based-acting-u-s-attorney-idUSKBN24B31G | 2020-07-11 |
| Lees death by lethal injections of pentobarbital a powerful barbiturate had been scheduled for Monday at the Justice Departments execution chamber in Terre Haute Indiana | Negative | A U.S. federal judge blocked the first execution of a federal prisoner in 17 years from being carried out on Monday after some of the victims relatives sued saying they feared that attending could expose them to COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-executions-ruling/u-s-judge-blocks-federal-execution-over-victims-family-coronavirus-fears-idUSKBN24B30I | 2020-07-11 |
| Taiwan has requested to buy components to upgrade its Patriot missiles in order to support an operational life of 30 the State Department said on Thursday | Positive | TAIPEI The United States has approved a possible million upgrade package for Patriot surfacetoair missiles to Taiwan the State Department said the latest purchase from the United States to deal with a rising threat from China | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-taiwan-usa-defence/u-s-approves-620-million-missile-upgrade-package-for-taiwan-idUSKBN24B024 | 2020-07-10 |
| TAIPEI The United States has approved a possible million upgrade package for Patriot surfacetoair missiles to Taiwan the State Department said the latest purchase from the United States to deal with a rising threat from China | Negative | TAIPEI The United States has approved a possible million upgrade package for Patriot surfacetoair missiles to Taiwan the State Department said the latest purchase from the United States to deal with a rising threat from China | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-taiwan-usa-defence/u-s-approves-620-million-missile-upgrade-package-for-taiwan-idUSKBN24B024 | 2020-07-10 |
| California had nearly 162000 international students in 2019 according to a report by the U.S. State Department and the Institute of International Education | Neutral | WASHINGTON Californias attorney general will file a lawsuit on Thursday seeking to block a Trump administration immigration rule that could force tens of thousands of international students to leave the United States if their schools hold all classes online amid the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-immigration-students/california-sues-trump-administration-over-new-foreign-student-rules-idUSKBN24A3B8 | 2020-07-10 |
| The president said today we just dont want the guidance to be too Pence said at a White House coronavirus task force briefing at the Department of Education | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to issue new guidelines for reopening schools Vice President Mike Pence said on Wednesday after President Donald Trump criticized the agencys recommendations as too expensive and impractical | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-education/new-u-s-cdc-school-reopening-guidelines-promised-after-trump-complains-idUSKBN24922X | 2020-07-09 |
| 7 billion to the U.S. economy during 2018 the IIE report says citing the U.S. Department of Commerce | Neutral | The Trump administration said on Monday that foreign university students will have to leave the country if their classes are all taught online clouding the future of tens of thousands of enrollees and potentially straining budgets at schools struggling to reopen during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-immigration-students-economy-expl/explainer-what-1-1-million-foreign-students-contribute-to-the-u-s-economy-idUSKBN2492VS | 2020-07-09 |
| The U.S. government is creating shortterm testing sites for the novel coronavirus in three metropolitan areas in Florida Louisiana and Texas to meet demand from rising COVID19 cases and hospitalizations the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said on Tuesday | Positive | The U.S. government is creating shortterm testing sites for the novel coronavirus in three metropolitan areas in Florida Louisiana and Texas to meet demand from rising COVID19 cases and hospitalizations the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-testing/hhs-to-open-surge-covid-19-testing-in-florida-texas-louisiana-idUSKBN2482M9 | 2020-07-08 |
| Four technology startups backed by SoftBank Group Corps billion Vision Fund were among the small companies approved for a U.S. pandemic aid program according to data released by the Treasury Department on Monday | Positive | OAKLAND Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-ppp-softbank/softbank-backed-startups-among-those-approved-for-u-s-paycheck-loan-program-idUSKBN2472YL | 2020-07-07 |
| The loans helped retain 35 31 and 24 jobs at each firm respectively according to the data released by the U.S. Treasury Department and Small Business Administration | Positive | Tens of millions of dollars earmarked by U.S. lawmakers to assist small businesses in the coronavirusinduced economic downturn went to investment banks advising on corporate dealmaking according to official data released on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-ppp-investmentbank/investment-banks-got-aid-intended-for-u-s-small-businesses-idUSKBN24800O | 2020-07-07 |
| The deal will be reviewed by the Justice Department or Federal Trade Commission to ensure that it complies with antitrust law | Positive | WASHINGTON Uber Technologies Incs plan to buy Postmates Inc could pose problems in Miami and Los Angeles where the two dominate the food delivery market according to antitrust experts who said it would be difficult to set up an asset sale to resolve the issue | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-postmates-m-a-uber-antitrust/uber-postmates-deal-would-dominate-los-angeles-miami-markets-idUSKBN2472OT | 2020-07-07 |
| NEW YORK The U.S. attorney in Brooklyn New York is moving to highranking post at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington giving Attorney General William Barr a chance to put a fresh stamp on another of the nations top prosecutors offices | Positive | NEW YORK The U.S. attorney in Brooklyn New York is moving to highranking post at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington giving Attorney General William Barr a chance to put a fresh stamp on another of the nations top prosecutors offices | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-donoghue/another-top-new-york-prosecutor-leaves-position-creates-opening-for-barr-idUSKBN24338C | 2020-07-03 |
| A source close to Andrew said his team was by Strausss comments because they have twice communicated with the Department of Justice in the past month without a response | Neutral | Ghislaine Maxwell the former girlfriend and longtime associate of the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein was arrested on Thursday on U.S. charges of luring underage girls so that Epstein could sexually abuse them | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-people-ghislaine-maxwell/jeffrey-epstein-friend-ghislaine-maxwell-arrested-on-sex-abuse-charges-idUSKBN24321V | 2020-07-03 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Wednesday it had rescheduled until later in July a hearing in its investigation of the firing of the State Departments inspector general with testimony from a top aide to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Wednesday it had rescheduled until later in July a hearing in its investigation of the firing of the State Departments inspector general with testimony from a top aide to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral/u-s-house-panel-postpones-hearing-on-fired-state-dept-watchdog-idUSKBN24306D | 2020-07-02 |
| There were just 939 labor trafficking prosecutions around the world in 2019 according to the U.S. State Departments most recent Trafficking in Persons Report | Negative | MEXICO CITY Reuters The U.S. government on Wednesday said it blocked an shipment of hair extensions and accessories from China on suspicions that the products were made with forced labor | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-trafficking-seizure-trfn/shipment-of-chinese-hair-goods-seized-by-u-s-officials-suspecting-forced-labor-idUSKBN2427IN | 2020-07-02 |
| Uncertainty about returning has been magnified by regulations that cap the amount of time the State Department can cover the expenses of diplomats evacuated from their posts | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States has postponed flights for dozens of American diplomats who had planned to return to China later this month after failing to reach agreement with Beijing over issues including COVID19 testing and quarantine | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-diplomats-excl/exclusive-u-s-delays-american-diplomats-return-to-china-amid-concerns-over-coronavirus-testing-quarantine-idUSKBN2426K7 | 2020-07-02 |
| U.S. immigration judges contend theyve been muzzled by the Department of Justice and now theyre doing something about it | Negative | U.S. immigration judges contend theyve been muzzled by the Department of Justice and now theyre doing something about it | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-otc-immigration/immigration-judges-union-sues-to-block-doj-speech-restrictions-idUSKBN24277N | 2020-07-02 |
| In Washington Google is under antitrust investigation by the Justice Department a congressional committee and dozens of states for allegedly using its massive market power to harm smaller competitors | Negative | WASHINGTON Twenty advocacy groups from the United States Europe Latin America and elsewhere signed a statement Wednesday urging regulators to be wary of Googles | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-fitbit-m-a-google/u-s-eu-advocacy-groups-warn-against-googles-purchase-of-fitbit-idUSKBN2430D4 | 2020-07-02 |
| The Secretary made clear the expectation for the Taliban to live up to their commitments which include not attacking State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said in a statement | Positive | KABUL The head of the Talibans political office in Doha and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held a video conference to discuss the Afghan peace process the Islamist group and the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday in a bid to remove hurdles in the path to peace talks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-afghanistan-taliban-usa/u-s-taliban-say-afghan-peace-effort-discussed-in-video-talks-idUSKBN24112P | 2020-07-01 |
| The ban on gasoline and diesel car sales could be brought forward to 2035 under proposals the government has published for consultation setting the U.K. Department for Transport March 26 | Negative | LONDON Britains transition from petroleum to electricity in road transport is accelerating albeit from a low base and will start to have a significant impact on oil consumption towards the end of the decade | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-global-oil-kemp/britains-accelerating-transition-to-electric-cars-kemp-idUSKBN2412OB | 2020-07-01 |
| The IGs report is the latest of reports faulting the planes approval while the Justice Department has an ongoing criminal investigation | Neutral | The IGs report is the latest of reports faulting the planes approval while the Justice Department has an ongoing criminal investigation | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-boeing-737max-exclusive/exclusive-boeing-kept-faa-in-the-dark-on-key-737-max-design-changes-u-s-ig-report-idUSKBN2413R6 | 2020-07-01 |
| The IGs office will issue recommendations to the FAA later this year the Transportation Department said in comments about the draft report submitted on June 8 | Negative | The IGs report is the latest of reports faulting the planes approval while the Justice Department has an ongoing criminal investigation | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-boeing-737max-exclusive/exclusive-boeing-kept-faa-in-the-dark-on-key-737-max-design-changes-u-s-ig-report-idUSKBN2413R6 | 2020-07-01 |
| WASHINGTON Glenmark Pharmaceuticals USA was charged on Tuesday with conspiring to fix prices for generic drugs the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement | Negative | WASHINGTON Glenmark Pharmaceuticals USA was charged on Tuesday with conspiring to fix prices for generic drugs the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-glenmark-pharms-usa-charge/u-s-charges-generic-drug-firm-glenmark-with-price-fixing-idUSKBN2413SV | 2020-07-01 |
| KABUL The head of the Talibans political office in Doha and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held a video conference to discuss the Afghan peace process the Islamist group and the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday in a bid to remove hurdles in the path to peace talks | Positive | KABUL The head of the Talibans political office in Doha and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held a video conference to discuss the Afghan peace process the Islamist group and the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday in a bid to remove hurdles in the path to peace talks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-afghanistan-taliban-usa/u-s-taliban-say-afghan-peace-effort-discussed-in-video-talks-idUSKBN24112P | 2020-07-01 |
| There are now almost 280000 ultralow emission cars registered up from less than 100000 three years ago licensing U.K. Department for Transport June | Neutral | LONDON Britains transition from petroleum to electricity in road transport is accelerating albeit from a low base and will start to have a significant impact on oil consumption towards the end of the decade | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-global-oil-kemp/britains-accelerating-transition-to-electric-cars-kemp-idUSKBN2412OB | 2020-07-01 |
| 7 million of goods were shipped to Hong Kong under Commerce Department exceptions mostly relating to encryption software and technology | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States began eliminating Hong Kongs special status under U.S. law on Monday halting defense exports and restricting the territorys access to high technology products as China prepares new Hong Kong security legislation | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-hongkong-china-exports/u-s-starts-paring-back-hong-kongs-special-status-due-to-security-law-idUSKBN2402VY | 2020-06-30 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will address the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday on the expiration of a U.N. arms embargo on Iran the U.S. State Department said on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will address the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday on the expiration of a U.N. arms embargo on Iran the U.S. State Department said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-un/u-s-s-pompeo-to-address-u-n-security-council-on-tuesday-on-iran-arms-embargo-idUSKBN2402YZ | 2020-06-30 |
| Local media said the Tehama County Sheriffs Office is conducting a criminal investigation with assistance from the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation | Negative | A shooting at a Walmart distribution center in Red Bluff California killed at least two people and injured four others late on Saturday officials said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-california-shooting-walmart/shooting-at-california-walmart-distribution-center-leaves-two-dead-four-injured-idUSKBN23Z08S | 2020-06-29 |
| WASHINGTON Four men have been charged in connection with damage to a statue of President Andrew Jackson during protests near the White House the U.S. Justice Department said on Saturday | Negative | WASHINGTON Four men have been charged in connection with damage to a statue of President Andrew Jackson during protests near the White House the U.S. Justice Department said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-protests-washington-arrests/four-arrested-for-damage-to-andrew-jackson-statue-near-white-house-idUSKBN23Z01P | 2020-06-28 |
| The Trump administration has rejected most requests for royalty relief submitted by onshore oil and gas companies struggling with reduced demand for fuel and battered prices a top Interior Department official said on Friday | Negative | The Trump administration has rejected most requests for royalty relief submitted by onshore oil and gas companies struggling with reduced demand for fuel and battered prices a top Interior Department official said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-drilling-interior/trump-administration-has-denied-most-onshore-drilling-relief-requests-official-idUSKBN23X2WJ | 2020-06-27 |
| The case is Pfizer v U.S. Department of Health and Human Services et al U.S. District Court Southern District of New York No | Neutral | NEW YORK Pfizer Inc filed a lawsuit on Friday seeking to require the federal government to let it help Medicare beneficiaries afford two drugs to treat a rare and sometimes fatal heart condition and which cost a year | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-pfizer-hhs-lawsuit/pfizer-sues-for-u-s-permission-to-assist-patients-needing-expensive-heart-drugs-idUSKBN23X2V1 | 2020-06-27 |
| Martel and another officer Jaiver Castano were fired last week although Miami Gardens Police Department has not said why they were dismissed according to the Miami Herald newspaper | Negative | A former Miami police officer was charged on Thursday with battery and misconduct after a video surfaced showing him pressing his knee on a Black womans neck and tasing her stomach while she kept screaming U.S. media reports said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-police-florida/fired-miami-police-officer-charged-for-putting-knee-on-black-womans-neck-idUSKBN23X0MX | 2020-06-26 |
| WASHINGTON A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday directed a federal judge to drop a criminal case against President Donald Trumps former national security adviser Michael Flynn for lying to the FBI handing the Justice Department a victory in the politically charged case | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday directed a federal judge to drop a criminal case against President Donald Trumps former national security adviser Michael Flynn for lying to the FBI handing the Justice Department a victory in the politically charged case | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-flynn/u-s-court-orders-dismissal-of-case-against-former-trump-aide-michael-flynn-idUSKBN23V24A | 2020-06-25 |
| WASHINGTON Attorney General William Barr ordered unneeded probes into the cannabis industry because of his opposition to pot a Justice Department attorney testified Wednesday in a stormy congressional hearing on allegations of politicallymotivated overreach by Barr | Negative | WASHINGTON Attorney General William Barr ordered unneeded probes into the cannabis industry because of his opposition to pot a Justice Department attorney testified Wednesday in a stormy congressional hearing on allegations of politicallymotivated overreach by Barr | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-justice-cannabis/lawmakers-split-along-party-lines-on-justice-departments-pot-probes-idUSKBN23V32Z | 2020-06-25 |
| The two officers who were part of the Buffalo Police Departments Emergency Response Team were suspended without pay and arraigned on felony assault charges | Negative | Some U.S. authorities have moved with unusual speed to fire suspend or charge police officers caught on video hitting and pushing peaceful protesters and targeting them with pepper spray during nationwide protests in recent weeks a Reuters review of 44 videos recorded during the demonstrations found | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-videos-in/videos-of-alleged-police-misconduct-went-viral-then-what-happened-idUSKBN23U1KU | 2020-06-24 |
| WASHINGTON Shortly before Manhattans top federal prosecutor Geoffrey Berman was forced out of his post on Friday he refused to sign off on a letter from the U.S. Department of Justice blasting New York Citys mayor for imposing socialdistancing rules on religious gatherings a department official confirmed on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON Shortly before Manhattans top federal prosecutor Geoffrey Berman was forced out of his post on Friday he refused to sign off on a letter from the U.S. Department of Justice blasting New York Citys mayor for imposing socialdistancing rules on religious gatherings a department official confirmed on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-berman-letter/ousted-u-s-prosecutor-refused-to-sign-letter-blasting-coronavirus-limits-on-religious-gatherings-idUSKBN23T36F | 2020-06-23 |
| Nadler said he was Berman would at some point testify in his committees investigation of political interference at the Justice Department launched earlier this year | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr deserves to be impeached over the firing of a federal prosecutor whose office had been investigating President Donald Trumps personal lawyer but the effort would be a waste of a leading Democratic lawmaker said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-newyork/impeaching-ag-barr-a-waste-of-time-says-top-democrat-probing-political-meddling-idUSKBN23S0IB | 2020-06-22 |
| WASHINGTON The Trump administration is determined to end the Dreamers program that protects immigrants who entered the United States illegally as children within the next six months the acting head of the Department of Homeland Security said on Sunday | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration is determined to end the Dreamers program that protects immigrants who entered the United States illegally as children within the next six months the acting head of the Department of Homeland Security said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-immigration-wolf/trump-administration-aims-to-end-dreamers-immigration-program-in-six-months-idUSKBN23S0QI | 2020-06-22 |
| U.S. and Russian envoys are due to discuss mutually agreed topics related to the future of arms in Austria next week the U.S. State Department has said | Positive | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin is concerned about how much he can trust arrangements with U.S. President Donald Trump amid protests in the United States the Interfax news agency quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-kremlin/kremlin-putin-concerned-about-arrangements-with-u-s-amid-protests-ifx-idUSKBN23R0J1 | 2020-06-21 |
| A 29yearold woman has been identified as a suspect in setting fire to the Wendys restaurant in Atlanta where police shot and killed Rayshard Brooks a week ago the Atlanta Fire Rescue Department said on Saturday | Negative | A 29yearold woman has been identified as a suspect in setting fire to the Wendys restaurant in Atlanta where police shot and killed Rayshard Brooks a week ago the Atlanta Fire Rescue Department said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-atlanta/woman-sought-for-torching-atlanta-wendys-where-rayshard-brooks-was-killed-idUSKBN23R0SB | 2020-06-21 |
| Glencore also faces corruption and bribery investigations by several other entities including the U.S. Department of Justice and Britains Serious Fraud Office | Negative | Switzerlands Attorney Generals Office has opened a criminal probe into commodity miner and trader Glencore over allegations it failed to have measures in place to prevent corruption in the Democratic Republic of Congo | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-glencore-investigation-switzerland/swiss-prosecutors-launch-glencore-criminal-probe-over-congo-idUSKBN23Q2VW | 2020-06-20 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Special Presidential Envoy Marshall Billingslea will travel to Austria on Monday and Tuesday to discuss mutually agreed topics related to the future of arms with Russian Deputy Foreign Sergei Ryabkov the U.S. State Department said on Friday | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Special Presidential Envoy Marshall Billingslea will travel to Austria on Monday and Tuesday to discuss mutually agreed topics related to the future of arms with Russian Deputy Foreign Sergei Ryabkov the U.S. State Department said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-armscontrol-russia/u-s-russian-envoys-to-discuss-arms-control-in-austria-next-week-state-department-idUSKBN23R00G | 2020-06-20 |
| Barrs announcement comes less than a week before Nadlers committee is set to hold a hearing where Justice Department officials are set to testify about political interference at the department | Negative | WASHINGTON A top U.S. federal prosecutor whose office has been investigating President Donald Trumps personal lawyer Rudolph Giuliani on Friday refused to step down after the administration abruptly said it was replacing him | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-justice-newyork/u-s-prosecutor-who-has-investigated-trump-lawyer-says-he-wont-resign-idUSKBN23R02N | 2020-06-20 |
| The Attorney General has known Jay Clayton for years and holds him in high the Justice Department official said on condition of anonymity | Neutral | WASHINGTON A top U.S. federal prosecutor whose office has been investigating Rudolph W. Giuliani the personal lawyer of U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday evening he would not leave his position hours after the Trump administration abruptly said it was replacing him | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-newyork/u-s-prosecutor-who-has-investigated-trump-lawyer-says-he-wont-resign-idUSKBN23R02N | 2020-06-20 |
| The EPA is in charge of granting exemptions after the Department of Energy reviews applications | Negative | NEW YORK The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has received 52 new petitions for retroactive biofuel blending waivers that if granted would help bring oil refiners into compliance with a court ruling this year EPA data showed on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biofuels-epa/us-epa-receives-52-new-petitions-for-retroactive-biofuel-blending-waivers-idUSKBN23P36G | 2020-06-19 |
| A former governor of the Mexican state of Coahuila has pleaded guilty to charges that he laundered money to conceal bribes paid to him in return for roadbuilding contracts the U.S. Department of Justice said on Wednesday | Negative | A former governor of the Mexican state of Coahuila has pleaded guilty to charges that he laundered money to conceal bribes paid to him in return for roadbuilding contracts the U.S. Department of Justice said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-corruption/former-mexican-state-governor-pleads-guilty-in-u-s-to-money-laundering-idUSKBN23P06J | 2020-06-18 |
| While most U.S. airlines are now requiring that passengers wear masks the Department of Transportation has not issued any rules | Neutral | A U.S. senator said on Wednesday he was hoping for bipartisan support in Congress for mandatory rules on masks for air travel after the head of the Federal Aviation Administration again resisted calls for a mandate | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/u-s-lawmaker-says-seeking-bipartisan-legislation-on-airline-mask-rules-idUSKBN23O318 | 2020-06-18 |
| U.S. President Donald Trumps administration is narrowing its list of promising experimental coronavirus vaccines to about seven from 14 the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said | Negative | A cheap and widely used steroid called dexamethasone has become the first drug shown to be able to save lives among COVID19 patients in what scientists said is a major in the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN23M17K | 2020-06-17 |
| A PRAC spokeswoman declined to comment and the Treasury Department did not respond immediately to a request for comment | Negative | YORK The Trump administration is hindering oversight of over trillion in pandemic stimulus funds according to a watchdog group tasked by Congress to detect fraud and misuse of federal aid aimed at mitigating economic fallout from coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-stimulus/trump-administration-is-blocking-covid-stimulus-oversight-government-watchdog-letter-idUSKBN23M2XD | 2020-06-16 |
| The United States and China will each allow four weekly flights between the two countries the U.S. Transportation Department said on Monday easing a standoff on travel restrictions in the midst of the novel coronavirus pandemic | Positive | The United States and China will each allow four weekly flights between the two countries the U.S. Transportation Department said on Monday easing a standoff on travel restrictions in the midst of the novel coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-airlines/u-s-china-to-each-allow-four-weekly-flights-for-airlines-delta-to-fly-next-week-idUSKBN23M354 | 2020-06-16 |
| Petrobras has added specific language to its shipping contracts to avoid hiring ships out of compliance with U.S. Treasury Departments Office of Foreign Assets Control regulations the Petrobras statement said | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils Petroleo Brasileiro SA has told shippers it will not hire any tankers that have visited Venezuela in the past 12 months the statecontrolled oil company said on Friday signaling adherence to U.S. sanctions on the Latin American nation | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-sanctions-tankers/brazils-petrobras-says-it-will-not-hire-oil-tankers-that-visited-venezuela-idUSKBN23K019 | 2020-06-13 |
| Reuters could not determine what specific criteria the State Department will use in scrutinizing weapons deals under the new interpretation | Positive | WASHINGTON The Trump administration plans to reinterpret a Cold Warera arms agreement between 34 nations with the goal of allowing U.S. defense contractors to sell more Americanmade drones to a wide array of nations three defense industry executives and a U.S. official told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-arms-trump-exclusive/exclusive-trump-aims-to-sidestep-another-arms-pact-to-sell-more-u-s-drones-idUSKBN23J1HS | 2020-06-13 |
| WASHINGTON The Republicanled U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee voted to require the Department of Defense to rename military bases named after Confederate generals setting up a clash with President Donald Trump who opposes that change and promised a veto | Negative | WASHINGTON The Republicanled U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee voted to require the Department of Defense to rename military bases named after Confederate generals setting up a clash with President Donald Trump who opposes that change and promised a veto | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-bases-senate/defying-trump-republican-led-senate-panel-backs-stripping-confederate-names-from-military-bases-idUSKBN23I2B7 | 2020-06-12 |
| WASHINGTON Parts of a proposal by Egypt for a truce in Libya are but a United Nationsled bid to broker peace in the North African country is the best way forward the State Departments top Middle East diplomat said on Thursday | Positive | WASHINGTON Parts of a proposal by Egypt for a truce in Libya are but a United Nationsled bid to broker peace in the North African country is the best way forward the State Departments top Middle East diplomat said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-usa/u-s-wary-of-egypt-truce-effort-in-libya-wants-former-danish-pm-to-lead-u-n-peace-bid-idUSKBN23I35F | 2020-06-12 |
| Thomas has previously worked on dengue vaccine programs for the U.S. Department of Defense and helped manage its response to Ebola and the Zika virus | Positive | Five years ago in an office complex with a giant sculpture of a mosquito just northwest of Phnom Penh Jessica Manning struck on a novel idea | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-mosquito-vaccine/how-a-vaccine-made-of-mosquito-spit-could-help-stop-the-next-epidemic-idUSKBN23I3EW | 2020-06-12 |
| 1 billion to procure 95 F35 aircraft in its version of the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act or NDAA an annual bill setting policy for the Department of Defense | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee said on Thursday it had authorized | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-defense-f35/u-s-senate-panel-authorizes-9-1-billion-for-95-f-35-jets-made-by-lockheed-idUSKBN23I2DK | 2020-06-12 |
| A Twitter spokeswoman on Thursday said the network it removed was not related to what the State Department had identified | Neutral | The company suspended a core network of 23750 highly active accounts as well as a larger network of about 150000 accounts used to boost the core accounts content | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-twitter-disinformation/twitter-takes-down-beijing-backed-influence-operation-pushing-coronavirus-messages-idUSKBN23I3A3 | 2020-06-12 |
| Since 2017 Francisco has led the Office of the Solicitor General a division of the Justice Department that defends government policies against legal challenges | Positive | The U.S. governments top advocate before the Supreme Court Noel Francisco who defended President Donald Trumps policies including the travel ban on people from mainly Muslim countries is expected to resign according to a person familiar with his plans | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-justice-noel-francisco/white-houses-top-lawyer-at-the-supreme-court-to-resign-idUSKBN23I2PN | 2020-06-12 |
| The statement comes after the U.S. State Department said it was disappointed at North Korea for suspending communication hotlines with South Korea on Tuesday | Negative | SEOUL North Korea said on Thursday the United States has no standing to comment on interKorean affairs and it is in Washingtons interest to stay quiet if it wants the upcoming presidential election to go smoothly state media reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-northkorea-southkorea/north-korea-says-u-s-meddling-in-inter-korean-affairs-could-affect-election-idUSKBN23H3E0 | 2020-06-11 |
| Tyson Foods Inc said on Wednesday it was cooperating with the U.S. Department of Justice on a pricefixing investigation in the poultry industry under a program that could protect the meat processor from criminal prosecution | Negative | Tyson Foods Inc said on Wednesday it was cooperating with the U.S. Department of Justice on a pricefixing investigation in the poultry industry under a program that could protect the meat processor from criminal prosecution | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tyson-foods-charges/tyson-foods-says-cooperating-with-doj-in-chicken-price-fixing-probe-idUSKBN23H3BK | 2020-06-11 |
| Attorney General Barr is demanding that companies like Facebook weaken their encryption to allow the Department of Justice to monitor users Wyden told Reuters | 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 |
| So far collections on these eyepopping fines have netted next to she said saying the FCC needs assistance from the Justice Department to collect | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday voted unanimously to propose a recordsetting million fine against Texasbased health insurance telemarketers for allegedly making approximately 1 billion illegal robocalls | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-robocalls/fcc-proposes-record-225-million-fine-for-massive-robocall-campaign-idUSKBN23G2HF | 2020-06-10 |
| SYDNEY June 9 U.S. soybeans inched higher on Tuesday on strong demand from China but gains were checked by a U.S. Department of Agriculture report that showed the crops were in betterthanexpected condition | Positive | SYDNEY June 9 U.S. soybeans inched higher on Tuesday on strong demand from China but gains were checked by a U.S. Department of Agriculture report that showed the crops were in betterthanexpected condition | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-grains/grains-soybeans-edge-higher-on-china-demand-upbeat-usda-crop-report-check-gains-idUSL4N2DM0A1 | 2020-06-09 |
| To welcome back guests cinemas must cap attendance at of normal capacity or a maximum of 100 people whichever is lower according to California Department of Public Health guidelines | Positive | LOS ANGELES Movie theaters can reopen in California as early as Friday if they receive approval from local officials limit attendance and impose other safeguards to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus the states health department said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-california-theater/california-says-movie-theaters-can-reopen-by-friday-with-crowd-limits-idUSKBN23G03N | 2020-06-09 |
| Producers will need approval from local health officials to restart filming according to a statement from the California Department of Health | Positive | LOS ANGELES Film and TV cameras can start rolling in California as soon as June 12 state officials said on Friday as they approved new guidelines to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus on sets | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-hollywood/california-says-film-and-tv-production-can-resume-as-early-as-june-12-idUSKBN23C367 | 2020-06-06 |
| WASHINGTON The United States will permit Chinese passenger air carriers to operate two flights per week after Beijing said it would ease coronavirusrelated restrictions to allow in more foreign carriers the U.S. Transportation Department said on Friday | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States will permit Chinese passenger air carriers to operate two flights per week after Beijing said it would ease coronavirusrelated restrictions to allow in more foreign carriers the U.S. Transportation Department said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-airlines/u-s-will-allow-chinese-passenger-carriers-two-flights-per-week-idUSKBN23C2AW | 2020-06-06 |
| The meeting will follow a surprise gain in the Labor Departments closely watched jobs report on Friday that pushed benchmark 10year Treasury yields to the highest since early March | Positive | NEW YORK Expectations that the global economy has dodged the worstcase coronavirus pandemic scenarios have led to a dramatic selloff in U.S. government bonds from their record highs pushing the yield curve to its steepest level since March | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks-weekahead/wall-street-week-ahead-bond-investors-look-for-fed-to-justify-steepening-yield-curve-idUSKBN23C2V1 | 2020-06-06 |
| U.S. trade credit insurers have approached the U.S. Treasury Department and Federal Reserve seeking financial backing for claims payments to support business supply chains hit by the novel coronavirus pandemic three people familiar with the matter said | Neutral | U.S. trade credit insurers have approached the U.S. Treasury Department and Federal Reserve seeking financial backing for claims payments to support business supply chains hit by the novel coronavirus pandemic three people familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-insurance-trade/u-s-insurers-ask-treasury-fed-to-back-pandemic-payouts-for-trade-credit-coverage-idUSKBN23B358 | 2020-06-05 |
| The FOP represents more than 2000 law enforcement agencies but it does not represent the Minneapolis Police Department which has its own union | Neutral | Long before the death of George Floyd last week efforts to overhaul the way policing is done in Minneapolis repeatedly fizzled in the face of a powerful 800member union that championed militarystyle police tactics | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-minneapolis-police-culture-specialrep/special-report-how-union-supreme-court-shield-minneapolis-cops-idUSKBN23B2LL | 2020-06-05 |
| Markets await Fridays U.S. Labor Department May jobs report which is expected to show the unemployment rate soaring to a postWorld War Two high of nearly from 14 | Negative | YORK Asian shares rose to a twomonth high on Thursday as expectations of further government stimulus supported investor confidence in an economic recovery from the global coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-reach-two-month-high-on-economic-recovery-hopes-idUSKBN23B00B | 2020-06-04 |
| The chief executive of Pilgrims Pride Corp a major U.S. poultry company was indicted along with three other current and former industry executives on charges of seeking to fix the price of chickens the Justice Department said on Wednesday | Neutral | The chief executive of Pilgrims Pride Corp a major U.S. poultry company was indicted along with three other current and former industry executives on charges of seeking to fix the price of chickens the Justice Department said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-pilgrims-pride-charges/pilgrims-pride-ceo-indicted-over-alleged-u-s-chicken-price-fixing-idUSKBN23A2TF | 2020-06-04 |
| Pilgrims Pride said it would cooperate with the Justice Department in their investigation | Neutral | The chief executive of Pilgrims Pride Corp a major U.S. poultry company was indicted along with three other current and former industry executives on charges of seeking to fix the price of chickens the Justice Department said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-pilgrims-pride-charges/pilgrims-pride-ceo-indicted-over-alleged-u-s-chicken-price-fixing-idUSKBN23A2TF | 2020-06-04 |
| Markets await Fridays U.S. Labor Department May jobs report which is expected to show unemployment soaring to a postWorld War Two high of nearly from 14 | Negative | Stock futures up | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-stocks-set-to-extend-gains-as-stimulus-fans-recovery-hopes-idUSL1N2DG20W | 2020-06-04 |
| Like the others they will be required to register their employees and U.S. properties with the State Department similar to rules covering embassies and other diplomatic missions | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States is expected to designate at least four additional staterun Chinese media outlets as foreign embassies increasing restrictions on their operations on American soil three people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-media-designation-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-to-impose-restrictions-on-additional-chinese-media-outlets-sources-idUSKBN23A32F | 2020-06-04 |
| WASHINGTON A former Chinese official and fugitive has been extradited from Sweden to Los Angeles to face charges of money laundering and immigration fraud the U.S. Department of Justice said on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON A former Chinese official and fugitive has been extradited from Sweden to Los Angeles to face charges of money laundering and immigration fraud the U.S. Department of Justice said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-justice-qiao-extradition/former-chinese-official-extradited-to-u-s-on-money-laundering-fraud-charges-doj-idUSKBN2383CS | 2020-06-02 |
| Earlier on Monday De Blasio said demonstrations had been overwhelmingly peaceful and praised New York Police Department officers saying he thought they had largely showed restraint | Negative | NEW YORK New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday called for a national ban on excessive force by police and announced a curfew for New York City following violent protests triggered by the death in Minneapolis of an unarmed black man in police custody | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-new-york-cuomo/new-york-city-institutes-curfew-governor-cuomo-calls-for-police-reforms-idUSKBN23832V | 2020-06-02 |
| Both TSMC and SMIC have found themselves caught in the U.S. Department of Commerces actions against Shenzhenbased smartphone maker Huawei Technologies | Negative | SHANGHAI Hong Konglisted chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-smic-china-ipo/chinese-chip-maker-smic-aims-to-raise-2-8-billion-via-shanghai-listing-prospectus-idUSKBN2382FT | 2020-06-02 |
| Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying wrote on Twitter on Saturday I cant in response to a tweet from U.S. State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus criticising Chinas actions in Hong Kong | Negative | BEIJING Chinese state media is giving extensive coverage to violent protests roiling cities across the United States while the unrest has also featured widely in Chinese social media | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-media/in-china-u-s-protests-a-hot-topic-on-state-social-media-idUSKBN23824K | 2020-06-02 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. judge in the criminal case against President Donald Trumps former adviser Michael Flynn defended himself on Monday saying it was proper to seek outside views on the Justice Departments request to drop a charge to which Flynn has pleaded guilty | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. judge in the criminal case against President Donald Trumps former adviser Michael Flynn defended himself on Monday saying it was proper to seek outside views on the Justice Departments request to drop a charge to which Flynn has pleaded guilty | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-flynn/u-s-judge-no-mere-rubber-stamp-in-case-of-ex-trump-aide-flynn-lawyers-say-idUSKBN23821A | 2020-06-02 |
| JOHANNESBURG South Africa has pushed back Mondays reopening of schools by a week the Department of Basic Education said on Sunday saying that a substantial number are not ready to welcome back pupils | Negative | JOHANNESBURG South Africa has pushed back Mondays reopening of schools by a week the Department of Basic Education said on Sunday saying that a substantial number are not ready to welcome back pupils | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica-education/south-africa-postpones-reopening-of-schools-over-safety-concerns-idUSKBN2370OG | 2020-06-01 |
| Cruz argued Twitter is not entitled to an exception under a Treasury Department general license allowing services to those blacklisted under another executive order 13599 which targets the Iranian government | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Ted Cruz on Friday urged the Treasury and Justice Departments to investigate whether Twitter which is embroiled in a feud with the White House is violating U.S. law by letting top Iranian officials use the social media platform | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-twitter-trump-probe/sen-cruz-seeks-federal-twitter-probe-as-trump-feuds-with-company-idUSKBN23539D | 2020-05-30 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Democratic lawmakers said on Friday they want to conduct closeddoor interviews with officials from President Donald Trumps administration about the surprise firing of State Department Inspector General Steve Linick and release transcripts to the public | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Democratic lawmakers said on Friday they want to conduct closeddoor interviews with officials from President Donald Trumps administration about the surprise firing of State Department Inspector General Steve Linick and release transcripts to the public | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral/democrats-want-interviews-with-trump-admin-officials-over-watchdog-firing-idUSKBN2352PH | 2020-05-30 |
| The state also cleared Sea World Entertainment Inc to reopen on June 10 said Halsey Beshears secretary of Floridas Department of Business and Professional Regulation in a memo sent to officials in Orange County Florida | Positive | May 29 Florida officials have approved plans for a phased reopening of Walt Disney World in Orlando starting on July 11 according to a memo from a state agency released on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/health-coronavirus-disney/florida-officials-approve-walt-disney-world-re-opening-plans-idUSL1N2DB1Y9 | 2020-05-30 |
| WASHINGTON The United States will impose a cap on charter flights to Cuba at 3600 per year the U.S. Transportation Department said on Thursday as President Donald Trumps administration moves to curb the Cuban governments access to revenue | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States will impose a cap on charter flights to Cuba at 3600 per year the U.S. Transportation Department said on Thursday as President Donald Trumps administration moves to curb the Cuban governments access to revenue | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-cuba-flights/u-s-caps-charter-flights-to-cuba-at-3600-per-year-idUSKBN2342M6 | 2020-05-29 |
| The law would require the city to identify open spaces that can be used for outdoor dining and New York Citys Health Department to create social distancing and cleaning protocols | Positive | NEW YORK New York Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday outlined the first steps for reopening the United States most populous city envisioning up to 400000 people heading back to their workplaces an easing of the lockdown that began in March | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-new-york/new-york-city-mayor-outlines-first-reopening-step-lawmakers-push-for-outdoor-dining-idUSKBN2342EA | 2020-05-29 |
| The order directs the Commerce Department to ask the Federal Communications Commission to clarify the law | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps attempt to curb what he says is social media censorship is a political gambit and will not change the legal obligations of companies like Twitter Inc and Facebook Inc according to legal experts | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-twitter-trump-executive-order-analysi/trumps-order-taking-aim-at-twitter-is-bluster-legal-experts-idUSKBN234361 | 2020-05-29 |
| WASHINGTON Sixteen former Watergate prosecutors on Wednesday said U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan should be allowed to review all the facts before deciding whether to grant a Justice Department request to drop the criminal case against President Donald Trumps former national security adviser Michael Flynn | Positive | WASHINGTON Sixteen former Watergate prosecutors on Wednesday said U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan should be allowed to review all the facts before deciding whether to grant a Justice Department request to drop the criminal case against President Donald Trumps former national security adviser Michael Flynn | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-flynn/ex-watergate-prosecutors-say-judge-has-legal-duty-to-review-facts-in-flynn-case-idUSKBN2332LP | 2020-05-28 |
| But Sullivan has balked and instead tasked a retired judge to serve as a friend of the to argue against the Justice Departments request for dismissal | Positive | WASHINGTON Sixteen former Watergate prosecutors on Wednesday said U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan should be allowed to review all the facts before deciding whether to grant a Justice Department request to drop the criminal case against President Donald Trumps former national security adviser Michael Flynn | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-flynn/ex-watergate-prosecutors-say-judge-has-legal-duty-to-review-facts-in-flynn-case-idUSKBN2332LP | 2020-05-28 |
| Called the White House Tech Bias Reporting Tool it will collect complaints of online censorship and submit them to the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to order a review of a law that has long protected Twitter Facebook and Alphabets Google from being responsible for the material posted by their users according to a draft executive order and a source familiar with the situation | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-twitter-trump-executive-order-social/trumps-executive-order-targets-political-bias-at-twitter-and-facebook-draft-idUSKBN2340MW | 2020-05-28 |
| Trumps possible response could include visa and economic sanctions David Stilwell the State Departments assistant secretary for East Asia told reporters | Negative | HONG KONG Riot police were deployed across Hong Kong on Thursday after mass protests a day earlier as lawmakers debated a bill that would criminalise disrespect of Chinas national anthem and Washington piled on pressure to preserve the citys freedoms | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests/riot-police-deployed-across-hong-kong-as-u-s-china-tensions-rise-idUSKBN2340FZ | 2020-05-28 |
| BEIJING China said on Monday it opposes all U.S. restrictions imposed against Chinese airlines responding to a report that the U.S. Transportation Department has demanded Chinese carriers file their schedules and other flight details by May 27 | Negative | BEIJING China said on Monday it opposes all U.S. restrictions imposed against Chinese airlines responding to a report that the U.S. Transportation Department has demanded Chinese carriers file their schedules and other flight details by May 27 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-usa-airlines-mofa/china-says-opposes-all-u-s-restrictions-on-chinese-airlines-idUSKBN2310OV | 2020-05-26 |
| These are his first comments since the Treasury Department flagged last week that Australia had vastly over estimated the initial costs of its coronavirus wage subsidy scheme | Negative | MELBOURNE Australias prime minister stressed the need to create jobs as a way to minimise government welfare spending while the countrys secondmost populous state Victoria set out measures to resume tourism to regions ravaged by bushfires and viruslinked curbs | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-pm-pushes-jobs-victoria-to-resume-tourism-as-virus-eases-idUSKBN230036 | 2020-05-24 |
| At least 14 plants have reopened according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture with some installing barriers between work stations and taking other safety measures | Positive | GUYMON Okla | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-meat-plant-special/special-report-in-oklahoma-pork-packing-town-covid-stirs-fear-faith-and-sorrow-idUSKBN22Z0SK | 2020-05-24 |
| The Thai vaccine is being developed by the National Vaccine Institute the Department of Medical Science and Chulalongkorn Universitys vaccine research center | Positive | BANGKOK Thailand on Saturday began testing a vaccine against the coronavirus on monkeys after positive trials in mice an official said | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-thailand-vaccine-m/thailand-begins-coronavirus-vaccine-trials-on-monkeys-idUSKBN22Z0QL | 2020-05-24 |
| Both letters and the Illinois federal court filing were signed by Eric Dreiband assistant U.S. attorney general for the Justice Departments civil rights division | Positive | WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Friday weighed in on a lawsuit brought against Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzkers coronavirus stayathome orders with a rare federal court filing in support of the legal challenge he faces over his emergency powers | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-illinois/trump-administration-backs-lawsuit-challenging-illinois-coronavirus-curbs-idUSKBN22Y2ZH | 2020-05-23 |
| NEW YORK A U.S. biofuel trade group asked the Trump administration on Friday to deny requests from refiners seeking retroactive biofuel blending waivers after an Energy Department official said the department will review such gapfilings | Negative | NEW YORK A U.S. biofuel trade group asked the Trump administration on Friday to deny requests from refiners seeking retroactive biofuel blending waivers after an Energy Department official said the department will review such gapfilings | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-biofuels-epa/biofuel-group-urges-u-s-government-to-reject-retroactive-waiver-requests-idUSKBN22Y31M | 2020-05-23 |
| The hearing was held to consider Menezes to be Deputy Secretary of the Energy Department | Neutral | NEW YORK A U.S. biofuel trade group asked the Trump administration on Friday to deny requests from refiners seeking retroactive biofuel blending waivers after an Energy Department official said the department will review such gapfilings | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-biofuels-epa/biofuel-group-urges-u-s-government-to-reject-retroactive-waiver-requests-idUSKBN22Y31M | 2020-05-23 |
| Unemployment rates rose and total employment fell in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia in April as efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic forced businesses to close across the country the Labor Department said on Friday | Negative | Unemployment rates rose and total employment fell in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia in April as efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic forced businesses to close across the country the Labor Department said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-economy-unemployment-states/all-50-u-s-states-shed-jobs-in-april-labor-department-idUSKBN22Y21D | 2020-05-23 |
| The 15 ventilators sent to New Jersey were delivered by FEMA and recalled by said state Department of Health spokeswoman Janelle Fleming | Positive | Russianmade ventilators now under investigation for causing deaths in Russia were not authorized by U.S. health regulators before the same model was sent to New York and New Jersey at the height of their coronavirus outbreaks Reuters has learned | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-ventilators-ex/exclusive-russian-ventilators-reached-u-s-states-without-fda-oversight-idUSKBN22Y2F4 | 2020-05-23 |
| WASHINGTON The United States and Sudan have reached a common understanding on the of a future bilateral claims agreement linked to the 1998 al Qaeda bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania the U.S. State Departments top diplomat for Africa said on Thursday | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States and Sudan have reached a common understanding on the of a future bilateral claims agreement linked to the 1998 al Qaeda bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania the U.S. State Departments top diplomat for Africa said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-sudan-claims/u-s-reaches-consensus-with-sudan-on-contours-of-future-claims-deal-idUSKBN22X22S | 2020-05-22 |
| WASHINGTON The union for corrections officers at one of the U.S. federal prisons hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic has filed a U.S. Labor Department complaint alleging that prison managers failed to isolate several inmates who tested positive for the illness | Negative | WASHINGTON The union for corrections officers at one of the U.S. federal prisons hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic has filed a U.S. Labor Department complaint alleging that prison managers failed to isolate several inmates who tested positive for the illness | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-prisons/federal-inmates-with-covid-19-in-louisiana-continued-working-for-days-union-says-idUSKBN22X2NX | 2020-05-22 |
| The BOJs new scheme borrows many elements from the Feds Main Street Lending which aims to support lending to small firms with investment by the U.S. Treasury Department | Positive | TOKYO Japans central bank unveiled its own version of the U.S. Federal Reserves Main lending programme on Friday to channel nearly billion to small businesses hit by the coronavirus and stop the economy sliding deeper into recession | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-health-coronavirus-boj/japan-launches-its-version-of-feds-main-street-scheme-as-deflation-returns-idUSKBN22X2PL | 2020-05-22 |
| Alphabet Incs Google Cloud said on Wednesday it has secured a deal with the United States Department of Defense to help detect and respond to cyber threats | Positive | Alphabet Incs Google Cloud said on Wednesday it has secured a deal with the United States Department of Defense to help detect and respond to cyber threats | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-googlecloud-contract/google-cloud-secures-u-s-defense-department-contract-idUSKBN22W2AW | 2020-05-21 |
| Secretary Esper supports the Department of State efforts to encourage the Afghanistan government to move forward with the interAfghan peace said Army Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Campbell | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Defense Department has not withheld billion in funding from Afghan security forces despite Secretary of State Mike Pompeos vow on March 23 to cut that sum five sources familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-afghanistan-funds-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-has-not-cut-afghan-security-funds-despite-pompeo-vow-of-immediate-slash-sources-idUSKBN22W30U | 2020-05-21 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday declined to say why he recommended firing the State Departments inspector general but added he should have done it earlier and rejected claims his decision was motivated by political retaliation | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday declined to say why he recommended firing the State Departments inspector general but added he should have done it earlier and rejected claims his decision was motivated by political retaliation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral/pompeo-says-state-dept-watchdog-should-have-been-fired-some-time-ago-idUSKBN22W2A8 | 2020-05-21 |
| We now know all the characteristics of COVID19 sufficiently pathologist Oleg Zairatyants author of the Moscow Health Department guidelines for coronavirus autopsies told Reuters | Neutral | MOSCOW Before she died in a Moscow hospital earlier this month Liubov Kashaeva 74 twice tested positive for the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-casualties/russia-says-many-coronavirus-patients-died-of-other-causes-some-disagree-idUSKBN22V1Q7 | 2020-05-20 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps former national security adviser Michael Flynn who previously pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI asked a U.S. appeals court on Tuesday to force a judge to dismiss the criminal case against him as requested by the Justice Department | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps former national security adviser Michael Flynn who previously pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI asked a U.S. appeals court on Tuesday to force a judge to dismiss the criminal case against him as requested by the Justice Department | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-flynn/ex-trump-aide-flynn-who-admitted-lying-to-fbi-asks-appeals-court-to-toss-charges-idUSKBN22V2TV | 2020-05-20 |
| The Smithfield case was quickly dismissed because the judge said workplace conditions were a matter for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration part of the Department of Labor | Negative | Five McDonalds workers in Chicago filed a class action lawsuit against the chain on Tuesday accusing it of failing to adopt government safety guidance on COVID19 and endangering employees and their families | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-mcdonald-s-lawsuit/u-s-workers-hit-mcdonalds-with-class-action-over-covid-19-safety-idUSKBN22V2V8 | 2020-05-20 |
| NEW YORK May 20 Investors expect robust demand for the Treasury Departments new billion issue of 20year bonds set to launch Wednesday from U.S. institutions foreign investors and other market participants | Neutral | NEW YORK May 20 Investors expect robust demand for the Treasury Departments new billion issue of 20year bonds set to launch Wednesday from U.S. institutions foreign investors and other market participants | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/health-coronavirus-bonds-20year/graphic-twenty-year-treasury-bond-will-add-to-25-trillion-u-s-debt-pile-idUSL4N2D13UZ | 2020-05-20 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Monday he does not expect a Justice Department review of the FBIs handling of 2016 election interference to lead to criminal investigation of former President Barack Obama or former Vice President Joe Biden | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Monday he does not expect a Justice Department review of the FBIs handling of 2016 election interference to lead to criminal investigation of former President Barack Obama or former Vice President Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia/obama-biden-not-targeted-in-u-s-review-of-russia-probe-barr-says-idUSKBN22U2C8 | 2020-05-19 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he was surprised that Attorney General William Barr opted not to look at former President Barack Obama in a Justice Department review of the FBIs handling of 2016 Russia probe | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he was surprised that Attorney General William Barr opted not to look at former President Barack Obama in a Justice Department review of the FBIs handling of 2016 Russia probe | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-obama/trump-says-he-is-surprised-attorney-general-barr-not-looking-at-obama-in-probe-idUSKBN22U2V5 | 2020-05-19 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump may have fired State Department Inspector General Steve Linick because he was investigating U.S. military sales to Saudi Arabia Democratic lawmakers said on Monday although Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he sought Linicks removal because his work was undermining the department | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump may have fired State Department Inspector General Steve Linick because he was investigating U.S. military sales to Saudi Arabia Democratic lawmakers said on Monday although Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he sought Linicks removal because his work was undermining the department | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral/trump-fired-watchdog-who-was-probing-saudi-arms-sales-democrats-say-idUSKBN22U269 | 2020-05-19 |
| Current DEA Acting Administrator Uttam Dhillon will assume a different senior position at the Justice Department the official added | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Monday nominated a federal prosecutor in Ohio to become the next U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia succeeding one who has faced growing criticism over his handling of criminal cases involving the presidents allies | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-justice-nomination/trump-to-replace-d-c-prosecutor-in-controversial-stone-flynn-cases-idUSKBN22U2JI | 2020-05-19 |
| Another focus will be the U.S. Treasury Departments first auction for its 20year bond on Wednesday | Neutral | Nikkei gains 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asia-shares-follow-sp-500-higher-oil-and-gold-jump-idUSL4N2D003B | 2020-05-18 |
| We had forecasting methods before but they were not as said David Koros principal meteorologist at the Kenya Meteorological Department | Neutral | WASHINGTON Reuters A new weather forecasting system in Africa allows meteorologists to track approaching storms in real time potentially saving lives from climaterelated disasters scientists said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-africa-climate-weather-trfn/african-countries-get-new-tool-to-predict-climate-related-disasters-idUSKBN22U04B | 2020-05-18 |
| One focus this week will be the U.S. Treasury Departments first auction for its 20year bond on Wednesday | Neutral | SYDNEY Asian shares were hauled higher by 500 futures on Monday and oil prices hit a fiveweek peak as countries efforts to reopen their economies stirred hopes the world was nearer to emerging from recession | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asia-shares-dragged-higher-by-sp-500-oil-and-gold-jump-idUSKBN22U01H | 2020-05-18 |
| WASHINGTON Democrats in Congress on Saturday launched an investigation into President Donald Trumps move to oust the State Departments internal watchdog accusing the president of escalating his fight against any oversight of his administration | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats in Congress on Saturday launched an investigation into President Donald Trumps move to oust the State Departments internal watchdog accusing the president of escalating his fight against any oversight of his administration | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral/democrats-launch-probe-of-trumps-firing-of-state-department-watchdog-idUSKBN22S09Z | 2020-05-17 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Relations Committee on Saturday said it would investigate President Donald Trumps firing of the State Department inspector general after the president notified Congress late Friday that he planned to remove the watchdog | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Relations Committee on Saturday said it would investigate President Donald Trumps firing of the State Department inspector general after the president notified Congress late Friday that he planned to remove the watchdog | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral-congress/democrats-to-probe-trumps-firing-of-state-department-watchdog-idUSKBN22S0U4 | 2020-05-17 |
| This action puts America first American companies first and American national security a senior Commerce Department official told reporters in a telephone briefing on Friday | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Friday moved to block global chip supplies to blacklisted telecoms equipment giant Huawei Technologies spurring fears of Chinese retaliation and hammering shares of U.S. producers of chipmaking equipment | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-exclusive/u-s-moves-to-cut-huawei-off-from-global-chip-suppliers-as-china-eyes-retaliation-idUSKBN22R1KC | 2020-05-16 |
| Investors will also watch the U.S. Treasury Departments first auction for its 20year bond on Wednesday | Neutral | NEW YORK Investors are bracing for more turbulence in U.S. stocks as some states prepare to reopen their economies and global trade tensions rise | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks-weekahead/wall-street-week-ahead-investors-prepare-for-more-u-s-stock-swings-as-states-reopen-idUSKBN22R2WS | 2020-05-16 |
| Havana which has long denied any link to terrorism dismissed Wednesdays State Department announcement as spurious | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States is considering returning Cuba to its list of state sponsors of terrorism a senior Trump administration official told Reuters on Thursday a move that would mark another major blow to increasingly tense relations between Washington and Havana | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-cuba-blacklist-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-considers-returning-cuba-to-list-of-state-sponsors-of-terrorism-source-idUSKBN22Q35O | 2020-05-15 |
| Last week Intel said it was in discussions with the Department of Defense about improving domestic sources for microelectronics and related technology | Positive | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd a major supplier to Apple Inc announced on Friday it will build a billion chip factory in Arizona in what the company called a strong with the U.S. government | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-semiconductors-tsmc/taiwans-tsmc-announces-12-billion-u-s-chip-factory-idUSKBN22Q38T | 2020-05-15 |
| The Trump administration on Thursday issued guidelines to help ship owners and insurers avoid the risks of sanctions penalties standards that maritime players and a senior State Department official said were modified following months of discussions with industry | Negative | The Trump administration on Thursday issued guidelines to help ship owners and insurers avoid the risks of sanctions penalties standards that maritime players and a senior State Department official said were modified following months of discussions with industry | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-sanctions-maritime/trump-administration-issues-global-maritime-advisory-on-sanctions-with-industry-input-idUSKBN22Q2LD | 2020-05-15 |
| Global shippers and insurers had balked at an initial outline of the advisory that the State Department previewed in March arguing it would have disrupted international trade with legal questions | Negative | The Trump administration on Thursday issued guidelines to help ship owners and insurers avoid the risks of sanctions penalties standards that maritime players and a senior State Department official said were modified following months of discussions with industry | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-sanctions-maritime/trump-administration-issues-global-maritime-advisory-on-sanctions-with-industry-input-idUSKBN22Q2LD | 2020-05-15 |
| Trump said he did not know anything about Burrs decision and had not discussed Burrs situation with anyone at the Department of Justice | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Richard Burr will step aside as chairman of the powerful Senate Intelligence Committee after the FBI seized his mobile telephone in a major escalation of a probe of his stock trades before the downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-burr/u-s-senator-burr-steps-aside-as-committee-chair-as-fbi-probes-stock-trades-idUSKBN22Q0NB | 2020-05-15 |
| WASHINGTON A U.S. judge on Wednesday signaled reluctance to allow the Justice Department to drop its criminal prosecution of Michael Flynn tasking a retired judge with advising on whether the former Trump administration official should face an additional criminal contempt charge for perjury | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. judge on Wednesday signaled reluctance to allow the Justice Department to drop its criminal prosecution of Michael Flynn tasking a retired judge with advising on whether the former Trump administration official should face an additional criminal contempt charge for perjury | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-flynn/u-s-judge-asks-if-ex-trump-aide-flynn-should-be-held-in-contempt-idUSKBN22Q00P | 2020-05-14 |
| Sullivan also said he wanted Gleeson to make the case for why a motion to dismiss the Flynn case filed by the Justice Department last week should be rejected | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. judge on Wednesday signaled reluctance to allow the Justice Department to drop its criminal prosecution of Michael Flynn tasking a retired judge with advising on whether the former Trump administration official should face an additional criminal contempt charge for perjury | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-flynn/u-s-judge-asks-if-ex-trump-aide-flynn-should-be-held-in-contempt-idUSKBN22Q00P | 2020-05-14 |
| U.S. Senator Richard Burr has had his cellphone seized by federal agents as part of the Justice Departments probe of stock transactions made by the lawmaker ahead of the sharp market downturn triggered by the coronavirus pandemic earlier this year a media report said late on Wednesday | Negative | U.S. Senator Richard Burr has had his cellphone seized by federal agents as part of the Justice Departments probe of stock transactions made by the lawmaker ahead of the sharp market downturn triggered by the coronavirus pandemic earlier this year a media report said late on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-burr/u-s-senators-phone-seized-in-probe-of-stock-trades-after-virus-briefings-la-times-idUSKBN22Q0NB | 2020-05-14 |
| President Donald Trumps former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was released from a federal prison in Pennsylvania on Wednesday to finish his sentence at home due to the coronavirus pandemic his lawyer said drawing fresh Democratic criticism over Justice Department actions that have benefited Trump associates | Negative | President Donald Trumps former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was released from a federal prison in Pennsylvania on Wednesday to finish his sentence at home due to the coronavirus pandemic his lawyer said drawing fresh Democratic criticism over Justice Department actions that have benefited Trump associates | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-manafort/trump-ex-campaign-aide-manafort-leaves-prison-for-home-amid-coronavirus-idUSKBN22P1W4 | 2020-05-14 |
| WASHINGTON Travel by U.S. motorists fell nearly in March from the same month last year as the coronavirus pandemic prompted millions of Americans to work from home the U.S. Transportation Department said on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON Travel by U.S. motorists fell nearly in March from the same month last year as the coronavirus pandemic prompted millions of Americans to work from home the U.S. Transportation Department said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-motorists/u-s-motorists-drove-19-fewer-miles-in-march-amid-coronavirus-idUSKBN22O2NY | 2020-05-13 |
| 5 million U.S. citizens live in Mexico according to a U.S. Department of State estimate many of them retirees | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. government officials are concerned that dual U.S.Mexico citizens may flee to the United States if the coronavirus outbreak in Mexico gets worse putting more stress on U.S. hospitals especially near the border three officials familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mexico-exclusi/exclusive-u-s-government-officials-worry-about-return-of-dual-citizens-if-mexicos-pandemic-worsens-idUSKBN22O1K1 | 2020-05-13 |
| The SEC declined to comment while the Justice Department did not immediately provide comment | Negative | The U.S. Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission must review whether an exRoyal Bank of Scotland employee is owed a whistleblower payout and provide documents relating to his case a federal U.S. court said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-usa-sec-whistleblower/u-s-federal-court-tells-sec-justice-dept-to-review-rbs-whistleblower-case-idUSKBN22O1A0 | 2020-05-13 |
| The committees lawyers have until May 18 to file their response to the Justice Departments request to block the materials being immediately handed over Roberts brief order said | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday put a temporary hold on the disclosure to a Democraticled House of Representatives committee of grand jury material redacted from former Special Counsel Robert Muellers report on Russian interference in the 2016 election | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-mueller/u-s-chief-justice-puts-hold-on-disclosure-of-russia-investigation-materials-idUSKBN22K268 | 2020-05-11 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday said he would welcome Michael Flynns return to the Trump administration after the U.S. Justice Departments controversial move last week to drop criminal charges against the presidents former national security adviser | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday said he would welcome Michael Flynns return to the Trump administration after the U.S. Justice Departments controversial move last week to drop criminal charges against the presidents former national security adviser | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-flynn/pence-says-he-would-welcome-trump-ex-adviser-flynns-return-axios-idUSKBN22M0OR | 2020-05-11 |
| Seth Waxman another former prosecutor now in private practice added To have the case dismissed like this raises a lot of uncertainty for the institution of the Department of Justice | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday abruptly asked a judge to drop criminal charges against Donald Trumps former national security adviser Michael Flynn following mounting pressure from the Republican president and his political allies on the right | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-flynn/u-s-moves-to-drop-case-against-trump-ex-adviser-flynn-who-admitted-lying-to-fbi-idUSKBN22J317 | 2020-05-08 |
| I know that Commerce is working on that a senior State Department official told Reuters on Wednesday | Neutral | The U.S. Department of Commerce is close to signing off on a new rule that would allow U.S. companies to work with Chinas Huawei Technologies on setting standards for next generation 5G networks people familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-huawei-tech-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-drafts-rule-to-allow-huawei-and-u-s-firms-to-work-together-on-5g-standards-sources-idUSKBN22I1ZY | 2020-05-07 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. special envoy on Afghanistan is on a mission to press Taliban negotiators in Doha and officials in India and Pakistan to support reduced violence speeding up intraAfghan peace talks and cooperating on the coronavirus pandemic the State Department said on Wednesday | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. special envoy on Afghanistan is on a mission to press Taliban negotiators in Doha and officials in India and Pakistan to support reduced violence speeding up intraAfghan peace talks and cooperating on the coronavirus pandemic the State Department said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-afghanistan-khalilzad/united-states-khalilzad-to-meet-taliban-in-qatar-visit-india-pakistan-idUSKBN22I2ZB | 2020-05-07 |
| The White House declined to comment and the Commerce Department did not respond to a request for comment | Negative | WASHINGTON A group of Senate Republicans is urging U.S. President Donald Trump to avoid hurting American chipmakers which they see as essential to the coronavirus response and the U.S. economy as the administration cracks down on chip exports to China | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-chips-china/u-s-lawmakers-warn-trump-against-harming-u-s-chipmakers-amid-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN22I2ZS | 2020-05-07 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had urged the Justice Department to look into allegations that the meatpacking industry broke antitrust law because the price that slaughterhouses pay farmers for animals had dropped even as meat prices rose | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had urged the Justice Department to look into allegations that the meatpacking industry broke antitrust law because the price that slaughterhouses pay farmers for animals had dropped even as meat prices rose | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-packing/trump-asks-justice-department-to-look-into-meat-price-disparities-idUSKBN22I366 | 2020-05-07 |
| KUALA LUMPUR The United States has reached a settlement to recover more than million involving Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB the Department of Justice said | Positive | KUALA LUMPUR The United States has reached a settlement to recover more than million involving Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB the Department of Justice said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-1mdb-funds/u-s-reaches-settlement-to-recover-over-49-million-involving-malaysias-1mdb-doj-idUSKBN22J04R | 2020-05-07 |
| New York City has been the nations epicenter in the pandemic with more than 170000 coronavirus cases and more than 13000 deaths according to its Health Department | Negative | New York City has been the nations epicenter in the pandemic with more than 170000 coronavirus cases and more than 13000 deaths according to its Health Department | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-new-york-homelessn/fears-overnight-closure-of-new-york-subway-will-push-homeless-into-the-shadows-idUSKBN22G2HG | 2020-05-05 |
| The United States has made over billion in loans to small businesses hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic and about billion remains in the congressionally approved fund the U.S. Small Business Administration and Treasury Department said Sunday | Positive | The United States has made over billion in loans to small businesses hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic and about billion remains in the congressionally approved fund the U.S. Small Business Administration and Treasury Department said Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-stimulus/u-s-processes-over-500-billion-in-small-business-loans-to-stem-coronavirus-fallout-idUSKBN22F0KX | 2020-05-04 |
| WASHINGTON A U.S. judge on Friday halted nearly 300 oil and gas leases on a large section of federal land in Montana that had been approved by an agency of the Interior Department and ordered the agency to conduct a thorough environmental analysis of the impact of fracking on drinking water | Positive | WASHINGTON A U.S. judge on Friday halted nearly 300 oil and gas leases on a large section of federal land in Montana that had been approved by an agency of the Interior Department and ordered the agency to conduct a thorough environmental analysis of the impact of fracking on drinking water | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-pipelines-court/u-s-judge-halts-oil-leases-due-to-lack-of-federal-study-of-water-impacts-idUSKBN22D6BX | 2020-05-02 |
| WASHINGTON General Motors Co is not a target in the Justice Departments investigation into corruption within the United Auto Workers union the U.S. Attorneys Office in Detroit said on Friday | Positive | WASHINGTON General Motors Co is not a target in the Justice Departments investigation into corruption within the United Auto Workers union the U.S. Attorneys Office in Detroit said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-autos-gm/gm-not-a-target-in-uaw-corruption-probe-u-s-attorneys-office-idUSKBN22D680 | 2020-05-02 |
| 35 million and plead guilty to charges that it shipped contaminated products linked to a 2015 listeriosis outbreak the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday | Negative | Texasbased ice cream manufacturer Blue Bell Creameries has agreed to pay | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-bluebell-settlement/ice-cream-maker-blue-bell-to-plead-guilty-pay-19-million-over-listeria-outbreak-idUSKBN22D6FL | 2020-05-02 |
| YORK The United States is the U.N. Security Council will extend an arms embargo on Iran before it expires in October a top U.S. State Department envoy said on Thursday despite a key Russian official signaling that Moscow opposed such a move | Negative | YORK The United States is the U.N. Security Council will extend an arms embargo on Iran before it expires in October a top U.S. State Department envoy said on Thursday despite a key Russian official signaling that Moscow opposed such a move | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-hopeful-u-n-will-extend-iran-arms-embargo-russia-negative-idUSKBN22C3RE | 2020-05-01 |
| The options are being discussed informally for now across government agencies including the State Department White House National Security Council Treasury Department and Pentagon two of the sources said | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday his hardfought trade deal with China was now of secondary importance to the coronavirus pandemic and he threatened new tariffs on Beijing as his administration crafted retaliatory measures over the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-china/trump-threatens-new-tariffs-on-china-in-retaliation-for-coronavirus-idUSKBN22C3DS | 2020-05-01 |
| WASHINGTON Christopher Wray prior to becoming FBI director argued on behalf of Facebook Inc in defense of encrypted communications as the company was being pressured by the U.S. Justice Department over the issue according to a court filing and a person familiar with the case | Negative | WASHINGTON Christopher Wray prior to becoming FBI director argued on behalf of Facebook Inc in defense of encrypted communications as the company was being pressured by the U.S. Justice Department over the issue according to a court filing and a person familiar with the case | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-court-fbi/fbi-head-helped-facebook-defend-encryption-hes-now-fighting-idUSKBN22C39H | 2020-05-01 |
| The names of those missing are Matthew Cousins Kevin Hagen Ian MacDonald Maxime MironMorin and Matthew Pyke the Department of National Defence said | Negative | OTTAWA One body has been recovered and five people are missing after a Canadian military helicopter crashed in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Greece on Wednesday Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-canada-helicopter-nato/canadian-military-helicopter-crashes-in-sea-off-greece-1-dead-5-missing-idUSKBN22C2KE | 2020-05-01 |
| I will order the Defense Department to take urgent and aggressive action to make sure survivors are in fact supported and abusers are held accountable for their he added | Negative | WASHINGTON Presumptive U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is facing growing calls from within and outside his party to respond to a former aides allegation that he sexually assaulted her nearly 30 years ago an assertion Bidens campaign has denied | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-accusation/democrat-biden-faces-calls-to-address-sexual-assault-allegation-idUSKBN22C0GL | 2020-05-01 |
| Congressional aides said signatures were still being collected and the letter had not yet been sent to the State Department | Neutral | WASHINGTON Nearly of U.S. House of Representatives members have signed a letter urging the Trump administration to increase its diplomatic action at the United Nations to renew an arms embargo on Iran congressional sources said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions-congress/most-of-u-s-house-urges-more-diplomacy-at-u-n-to-renew-iran-arms-embargo-sources-idUSKBN22C3MT | 2020-05-01 |
| Internet companies are treated differently than phone companies under the law though Justice Department leaders and some members of Congress have been pushing for new laws restricting strong encryption | Negative | SAN FRANCISCO Federal appeals court judges asked prosecutors on Tuesday why a lower court could seal a ruling that absolved Facebook from having to wiretap a criminal suspect using one of the companys encrypted services | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-encryption-rulings-facebook/u-s-appeals-court-asks-why-facebook-encryption-order-should-stay-sealed-idUSKCN22A354 | 2020-04-29 |
| He said Cheng had been called by the secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to explain his comments | Neutral | SYDNEY Australia has asked the Chinese ambassador to explain his threats of economic in response to Canberras push for an international inquiry into the source and spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-china/australia-asks-china-to-explain-economic-coercion-threat-in-coronavirus-row-idUSKCN22A14H | 2020-04-29 |
| The NDAA sets policy for the U.S. Department of Defense on everything from soldiers pay rates to how many fighter jets it buys to which bases are closed | Positive | WASHINGTON The long reach of the coronavirus outbreak will not keep U.S. lawmakers from passing an annual bill that determines how the Pentagon spends its billions as Congress has done for six decades | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-defense-congress/senior-u-s-house-members-vow-to-pass-major-defense-bill-despite-pandemic-idUSKCN22A347 | 2020-04-29 |
| WASHINGTON Six Democratic senators have urged the U.S. Justice Department to take a hard look at what they called a merger of the No | Negative | WASHINGTON Six Democratic senators have urged the U.S. Justice Department to take a hard look at what they called a merger of the No | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mcgrawhill-m-a-cengage/six-senators-urge-justice-department-to-take-tough-look-at-problematic-textbook-merger-idUSKCN2292YO | 2020-04-28 |
| Top Democrats have urged the U.S. Treasury Department and the Small Business Administration to expand opportunities for community development financial institutions and minority depository institutions in the Paycheck Protection Program funding | Positive | Top Democrats have urged the U.S. Treasury Department and the Small Business Administration to expand opportunities for community development financial institutions and minority depository institutions in the Paycheck Protection Program funding | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-ppp/democrats-urge-paycheck-scheme-coverage-for-community-minority-lenders-idUSKCN2290A8 | 2020-04-27 |
| WASHINGTON The United States has renewed a waiver for Iraq to continue importing Iranian electricity a State Department official said on Sunday but this time for a shorter period of 30 days adding that Washington would be reassessing whether to renew again once a government is formed in Iraq | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States has renewed a waiver for Iraq to continue importing Iranian electricity a State Department official said on Sunday but this time for a shorter period of 30 days adding that Washington would be reassessing whether to renew again once a government is formed in Iraq | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-energy-iran-usa/u-s-renews-waiver-for-iraq-to-import-iranian-electricity-shortens-time-idUSKCN2280QN | 2020-04-27 |
| Once that government is in place the Secretary will reassess whether to renew the waiver and for how the State Department official said | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States has renewed a waiver for Iraq to continue importing Iranian electricity a State Department official said on Sunday but this time for a shorter period of 30 days adding that Washington would be reassessing whether to renew again once a government is formed in Iraq | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-energy-iran-usa/u-s-renews-waiver-for-iraq-to-import-iranian-electricity-shortens-time-idUSKCN2280QN | 2020-04-27 |
| Refitted vehicles will collect throat swabs which will be sent to laboratories for processing the Department of Health said in a statement on Sunday | Neutral | LONDON Eight mobile coronavirus testing units staffed by the army are starting to travel around Britain with dozens more to follow to help the government approach its target of 100000 tests a day for the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-testing/britain-sends-out-mobile-units-to-boost-coronavirus-testing-idUSKCN2270W8 | 2020-04-26 |
| Still advocates have pressed for ICE to release all detained families and unaccompanied children in the custody of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump made a hardline immigration agenda central to his 2020 reelection campaign and his administration has pushed ahead with a wideranging crackdown even as the United States has become the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak worldwide | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-detention-expl/explainer-how-the-u-s-is-handling-immigration-enforcement-during-the-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKCN22637X | 2020-04-25 |
| Federal investigators said that Singh sold face shields and fullbody isolation suits which have been designated scarce and threatened items by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | 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 |
| CHICAGO China agreed to buy 136000 tonnes of U.S. soybeans the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Friday morning the third straight day in a row an export deal with the worlds top soy importer has been announced | Positive | CHICAGO China agreed to buy 136000 tonnes of U.S. soybeans the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Friday morning the third straight day in a row an export deal with the worlds top soy importer has been announced | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-soybeans-china/china-buys-u-s-soybeans-for-third-day-in-a-row-idUSKCN22622W | 2020-04-25 |
| U.S. companies on Thursday began refusing government loans they were just awarded after the Treasury Department said that publicly traded firms would have a hard time proving they really needed the coronavirus relief funds | Negative | U.S. companies on Thursday began refusing government loans they were just awarded after the Treasury Department said that publicly traded firms would have a hard time proving they really needed the coronavirus relief funds | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-loans/more-u-s-companies-return-payroll-loans-after-new-treasury-guidance-idUSKCN2252MX | 2020-04-24 |
| His lawyers said they will file the complaint with the Office of Special Counsel and the Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General | Negative | WASHINGTON Lawyers for the ousted director of a U.S. agency responsible for the development of drugs to fight the COVID19 pandemic said on Thursday he will file a whistleblowers complaint with two government offices over his reassignment | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-bright/lawyers-for-ousted-u-s-health-official-say-he-will-file-whistleblower-complaint-idUSKCN2253HW | 2020-04-24 |
| Immigration and Customs Enforcement will acquire 2000 tests per month from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to screen deportees the official said without mentioning the timing | Positive | YORK The United States plans to begin testing some migrants in detention for COVID19 before deporting them an official familiar with the effort said on Thursday after infections among deportees in Guatemala Haiti and Mexico | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-immigration/u-s-to-test-some-immigrants-for-coronavirus-before-deportation-idUSKCN2253SE | 2020-04-24 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 2 trillion coronavirus rescue legislation is high a senior U.S. Justice Department official told Reuters | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin warned on Wednesday that companies that received coronavirus rescue money intended for small businesses could be investigated if it appears they did not really need the money | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-economy/u-s-firms-may-face-probes-over-payroll-loans-treasury-doj-officials-warn-idUSKCN224228 | 2020-04-23 |
| The concern we have is that you are going to see all manner of potential said Brian Benczkowski assistant attorney general of the Justice Departments Criminal Division | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin warned on Wednesday that companies that received coronavirus rescue money intended for small businesses could be investigated if it appears they did not really need the money | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-economy/u-s-firms-may-face-probes-over-payroll-loans-treasury-doj-officials-warn-idUSKCN224228 | 2020-04-23 |
| Republican congressmen Mike Gallagher and Jim Banks have addressed letters to Eugene Scalia secretary of the Department of Labor which oversees the board two aides said | Neutral | WASHINGTON Lawmakers and former officials are making a lastditch push to persuade the Trump administration to halt plans to invest billions of federal employee retirement dollars in Chinese companies that Washington suspects of human rights abuses or threatening U.S. security according to sources and documents seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-investments-exclusive/exclusive-trump-pressed-to-halt-federal-pension-investments-in-chinas-zte-hikvision-idUSKCN2231FE | 2020-04-22 |
| WASHINGTON The United States continues to object to Turkeys purchase of Russian missile defense systems and is deeply with reports that Ankara is continuing its efforts to make the weapons operational U.S. State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus told Reuters on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States continues to object to Turkeys purchase of Russian missile defense systems and is deeply with reports that Ankara is continuing its efforts to make the weapons operational U.S. State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus told Reuters on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-security-usa/u-s-says-deeply-concerned-with-reports-on-turkeys-efforts-to-turn-on-russian-missiles-idUSKBN2222US | 2020-04-21 |
| BEIJING North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is not believed to be critically ill an official with the Chinese Communist Partys International Liaison Department told Reuters on Tuesday following media reports about the state of Kims health | Negative | BEIJING North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is not believed to be critically ill an official with the Chinese Communist Partys International Liaison Department told Reuters on Tuesday following media reports about the state of Kims health | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-politics-china/north-korean-leader-kim-not-believed-to-be-critically-ill-chinese-party-source-idUSKBN2230CN | 2020-04-21 |
| WASHINGTON The United States on Monday called on China to allow freedom of movement to prominent rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang whom it said has been released after five years of unjust detention the U.S. State Department said in a statement | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States on Monday called on China to allow freedom of movement to prominent rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang whom it said has been released after five years of unjust detention the U.S. State Department said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-usa/u-s-calls-on-beijing-to-grant-freedom-of-movement-to-chinese-rights-lawyer-idUSKBN2221UK | 2020-04-21 |
| WASHINGTON The fivemember Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously to approve an order to allow Ligado to deploy a lowpower nationwide 5G network despite objections from the U.S. Defense Department other federal agencies and major U.S. airlines | Positive | WASHINGTON The fivemember Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously to approve an order to allow Ligado to deploy a lowpower nationwide 5G network despite objections from the U.S. Defense Department other federal agencies and major U.S. airlines | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-telecom-wireless/fcc-approves-ligado-plan-to-deploy-mobile-broadband-network-idUSKBN22222I | 2020-04-21 |
| The region used to get up to 35 inches of rain per year according to the India Meteorological Department but over the last decade that has almost halved | Negative | JUGYAI India Most days you can find Dayaram Kushwaha and his wife Gyanvati hauling bricks for stonemasons in a booming northern suburb of New Delhi | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-migrants-spe/special-report-indias-migrant-workers-fall-through-cracks-in-coronavirus-lockdown-idUSKBN2230M3 | 2020-04-21 |
| WASHINGTON April 20 The United States on Monday called on China to allow freedom of movement to prominent rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang whom it said has been released after five years of unjust detention the U.S. State Department said in a statement | Positive | WASHINGTON April 20 The United States on Monday called on China to allow freedom of movement to prominent rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang whom it said has been released after five years of unjust detention the U.S. State Department said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/china-rights-usa/u-s-calls-on-beijing-to-grant-freedom-of-movement-to-chinese-rights-lawyer-idUSL1N2C80F5 | 2020-04-21 |
| The Pentagons inspector general on Wednesday said it could not determine whether the White House influenced the award after senior Defense Department officials asserted a presidentialcommunications privilege | Positive | WASHINGTON A U.S. judge on Friday put on hold a suit by Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-pentagon-microsoft/u-s-judge-puts-amazon-challenge-to-pentagon-jedi-contract-on-hold-idUSKBN21Z3GW | 2020-04-18 |
| WASHINGTON A federal judge has ordered a Floridabased company to stop selling a product that it says cures COVID19 but prosecutors allege contains a powerful bleach that could make people sick when it is ingested the Justice Department said on Friday | Negative | WASHINGTON A federal judge has ordered a Floridabased company to stop selling a product that it says cures COVID19 but prosecutors allege contains a powerful bleach that could make people sick when it is ingested the Justice Department said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-fraud/federal-judge-orders-florida-company-to-stop-peddling-bleach-based-covid-19-cure-idUSKBN21Z3AV | 2020-04-18 |
| WASHINGTON A majority of the fivemember Federal Communications Commission has voted to approve an order to allow Ligado Networks to deploy a lowpower nationwide 5G network despite objections from the Defense Department and major U.S. airlines two government officials told Reuters | Positive | WASHINGTON A majority of the fivemember Federal Communications Commission has voted to approve an order to allow Ligado Networks to deploy a lowpower nationwide 5G network despite objections from the Defense Department and major U.S. airlines two government officials told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-telecom-wireless/majority-of-fcc-backs-ligado-plan-for-broadband-network-sources-idUSKBN21Z3BU | 2020-04-18 |
| WASHINGTON The United States has asked China to revise new export quality control rules for protective equipment needed during the coronavirus pandemic so they are not an obstacle to timely supplies a spokesman for the U.S. State Department said on Thursday | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States has asked China to revise new export quality control rules for protective equipment needed during the coronavirus pandemic so they are not an obstacle to timely supplies a spokesman for the U.S. State Department said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-heath-coronavirus-usa-china/u-s-asks-china-to-revise-export-rules-for-coronavirus-medical-gear-idUSKBN21Z07G | 2020-04-17 |
| But we do not want this to serve as an obstacle for the timely export of important a State Department spokesman said | Neutral | WASHINGTON The United States has asked China to revise new export quality control rules for protective equipment needed during the coronavirus pandemic so they are not an obstacle to timely supplies a spokesman for the U.S. State Department said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-heath-coronavirus-usa-china/u-s-asks-china-to-revise-export-rules-for-coronavirus-medical-gear-idUSKBN21Z07G | 2020-04-17 |
| WASHINGTON The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission circulated on Thursday a draft order asking FCC members to approve Ligado Networks lowpower nationwide 5G network despite objections from the Defense Department and major U.S. airlines | Positive | WASHINGTON The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission circulated on Thursday a draft order asking FCC members to approve Ligado Networks lowpower nationwide 5G network despite objections from the Defense Department and major U.S. airlines | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-telecom-wireless/fcc-chairman-wants-to-greenlight-ligados-u-s-wide-5g-network-idUSKCN21Y2GT | 2020-04-17 |
| The memo was also signed by other federal agencies including the Army Navy Federal Aviation Administration Energy Department Justice Department Commerce Department NASA and Homeland Security Department | Positive | WASHINGTON The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission circulated on Thursday a draft order asking FCC members to approve Ligado Networks lowpower nationwide 5G network despite objections from the Defense Department and major U.S. airlines | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-telecom-wireless/fcc-chairman-wants-to-greenlight-ligados-u-s-wide-5g-network-idUSKCN21Y2GT | 2020-04-17 |
| The company is testing cars in the Chinese cities of Beijing and Guangzhou and Californias Department of Motor Vehicles eased regulation on autonomous delivery service last year | Positive | BEIJING Toyotabacked self driving company Pony | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-pony-ai/toyota-backed-pony-ai-to-offer-autonomous-delivery-service-in-california-idUSKBN21Y3GK | 2020-04-17 |
| Lawyers for the defendants had requested the delay and the U.S. Department of Justice did not object | Neutral | NEW YORK A federal judge on Wednesday delayed the trial of Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman two associates of U.S. President Donald Trumps personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani on charges of violating campaign finance laws to Feb | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-giuliani/trial-for-giuliani-associates-parnas-fruman-pushed-back-to-february-2021-idUSKCN21X2HK | 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 |
| WASHINGTON China may have secretly set off lowlevel underground nuclear test explosions despite claiming to observe an international pact banning such blasts the U.S. State Department said in a report on Wednesday that could fuel U.S.Chinese tensions | Negative | WASHINGTON China may have secretly set off lowlevel underground nuclear test explosions despite claiming to observe an international pact banning such blasts the U.S. State Department said in a report on Wednesday that could fuel U.S.Chinese tensions | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-nuclear/china-may-have-conducted-low-level-nuclear-test-blasts-u-s-says-idUSKCN21X386 | 2020-04-16 |
| In its statement Brazils federal police said the operation to catch dos Santos also involved the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration the U.S. Department of Justice and the Mozambique police | Positive | RIO DE One of Brazils top cocaine traffickers has been arrested in Mozambique officials in both countries said underlining the growing global footprint of the First Capital Command gang Brazils most powerful criminal organization | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-crime-drugs/brazil-cocaine-kingpin-nabbed-in-mozambique-as-gang-expands-idUSKCN21W2Q9 | 2020-04-15 |
| The rest is expected to come from some billion currently in the Agriculture Departments Commodity Credit Corp funding authority | Positive | CHICAGO The U.S. Department of Agriculture will spend up to | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-coronavirus-usda-farmaid/trump-administration-to-unveil-15-5-billion-first-phase-of-coronavirus-farm-aid-sources-idUSKCN21W01K | 2020-04-14 |
| The next major focus for markets will be numbers from the U.S. Department of Energy on its strategic petroleum reserves | Neutral | The minimal impact on oil prices from a global deal for record output cuts showed that oil producers have a mountain to climb if they are to restore market balance as the coronavirus shreds demand and sends stockpiles soaring industry watchers said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-opec-market/record-oil-output-cuts-fail-to-make-waves-in-coronavirus-hit-market-idUSKCN21V09I | 2020-04-14 |
| The next major focus for markets is watching for numbers from the U.S. Department of Energy on filling its strategic petroleum reserves with demand slumping the trader said | Negative | SINGAPORE Muted oil price gains on Monday show record output cuts by giant producers will still leave them with a mountain to climb to restore market balance industry watchers said with the coronavirus pandemic decimating demand just as stocks swell | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-opec-market/in-oil-market-sunk-by-coronavirus-giant-output-cuts-make-ripple-not-big-waves-idUSKCN21V09I | 2020-04-13 |
| The inspector general said it was not assessing the validity of the Justice Departments legal conclusions | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Treasury Department followed proper procedures in denying the U.S. House of Representatives access to President Donald Trumps tax returns the inspector generals office said in a letter released on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-taxes/u-s-treasury-followed-proper-procedures-in-rejecting-trump-tax-return-request-inspector-general-idUSKCN21S1W3 | 2020-04-11 |
| There are about two dozen bodies a day five days a week buried on the island said Jason Kersten a spokesman for the Department of Correction which oversees the burials | Negative | NEW YORK New York City officials have hired contract laborers to bury the dead in its potters field on Hart Island as the citys daily death rate from the coronavirus epidemic has reached grim new records in each of the last three days | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-hart-island/new-york-city-hires-laborers-to-bury-dead-in-hart-island-potters-field-amid-coronavirus-surge-idUSKCN21R398 | 2020-04-10 |
| WASHINGTON Iranianbacked militia pose a threat to U.S. forces in Iraq the State Departments top diplomat for the Middle East said on Thursday about a week after U.S. President Donald Trump warned of an attack by Iran or its proxies | Negative | WASHINGTON Iranianbacked militia pose a threat to U.S. forces in Iraq the State Departments top diplomat for the Middle East said on Thursday about a week after U.S. President Donald Trump warned of an attack by Iran or its proxies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa/threat-from-iran-to-u-s-forces-in-iraq-remains-significant-senior-u-s-diplomat-idUSKCN21R3DG | 2020-04-10 |
| In total 98 of the facilitys residents and staff have tested positive and 17 people associated with the home have died according to the Carroll County Department of Health | Negative | WASHINGTON Retired firefighter Gary Holmberg was only supposed to be at the Pleasant View nursing home in Maryland for a little while recovering from a fall at his assisted living center | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-maryland-nursi/nursing-home-deaths-rise-in-maryland-with-tests-protective-gear-scarce-idUSKCN21R064 | 2020-04-09 |
| WASHINGTON A U.S. judge has ruled that travel technology firm Sabre Corp may purchase software firm Farelogix Inc after the Justice Department sued to stop the planned million acquisition | Positive | WASHINGTON A U.S. judge has ruled that travel technology firm Sabre Corp may purchase software firm Farelogix Inc after the Justice Department sued to stop the planned million acquisition | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-farelogix-m-a-sabre/sabre-wins-court-fight-with-u-s-justice-dept-over-farelogix-acquisition-idUSKBN21Q1RF | 2020-04-09 |
| He said his association was lobbying for more flexibility in Treasury Department rules governing the loan program | Positive | WASHINGTON Efforts to push a further billion of coronavirus aid for small businesses through the U.S. Congress were stalling on Wednesday as top Democrats said they would back the measure only if it was coupled with a similar amount for hospitals and local governments | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-democrats-republicans-at-odds-over-next-coronavirus-aid-idUSKBN21Q1MW | 2020-04-09 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. oil companies are expected to reduce oil output temporarily by nearly 2 million barrels per day as lower crude prices force companies to cut back operations the U.S. Energy Department said on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. oil companies are expected to reduce oil output temporarily by nearly 2 million barrels per day as lower crude prices force companies to cut back operations the U.S. Energy Department said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-usa/u-s-projects-oil-output-to-fall-nearly-two-million-bpd-driven-by-free-market-idUSKBN21P2TJ | 2020-04-08 |
| WASHINGTON Video conferencing company Zoom has been responsive to concerns over its software the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said in a memo recently distributed to top government cybersecurity officials and seen by Reuters | Negative | WASHINGTON Video conferencing company Zoom has been responsive to concerns over its software the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said in a memo recently distributed to top government cybersecurity officials and seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-zoom-video-commn-privacy/video-service-zoom-taking-security-seriously-u-s-government-memo-idUSKBN21P2RD | 2020-04-08 |
| Tarry has joined entrepreneur Nick Dyne Jonathan Sackier Visiting Professor of Universitys Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences and others on the plan | Positive | LONDON Airlines airports and regulators have given their backing to a plan to turn large passenger aircraft into intensive care wards during the coronavirus pandemic a UKbased group working on the idea said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-caircraft/uk-group-calls-for-grounded-planes-to-be-used-as-intensive-care-wards-idUSKBN21O1KL | 2020-04-07 |
| Uber on Wednesday said it has been talking to the Labor Department and will work with states as they establish unemployment application procedures | Positive | 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 |
| WASHINGTON The overturning by a Pakistani court of the convictions of four men in the 2002 kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl is an affront to victims of terrorism a State Department official said on Thursday | Negative | WASHINGTON The overturning by a Pakistani court of the convictions of four men in the 2002 kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl is an affront to victims of terrorism a State Department official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pakistan-pearl-state/state-department-slams-pakistani-court-overturning-of-pearl-murder-convictions-idUSKBN21K3DO | 2020-04-03 |
| WASHINGTON Americans abroad still lack a sense of urgency to get back home even though the coronavirus pandemic has intensified a senior State Department official said on Wednesday urging them to return now unless they are prepared to remain overseas indefinitely | Negative | WASHINGTON Americans abroad still lack a sense of urgency to get back home even though the coronavirus pandemic has intensified a senior State Department official said on Wednesday urging them to return now unless they are prepared to remain overseas indefinitely | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-americans/state-department-to-americans-abroad-repatriation-flights-cant-continue-indefinitely-idUSKBN21J6TQ | 2020-04-02 |
| WASHINGTON A U.S. congressman is calling on the State Department to urge China to investigate the disappearance of three Chinese citizen journalists who sought to expose the impact of the coronavirus on the Chinese city of Wuhan | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. congressman is calling on the State Department to urge China to investigate the disappearance of three Chinese citizen journalists who sought to expose the impact of the coronavirus on the Chinese city of Wuhan | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-usa/u-s-lawmaker-seeks-inquiry-into-disappearance-of-chinese-journalists-idUSKBN21J6XQ | 2020-04-02 |
| WASHINGTON April 1 A U.S. congressman is calling on the State Department to urge China to investigate the disappearance of three Chinese citizen journalists who sought to expose the impact of the coronavirus on the Chinese city of Wuhan | Negative | name in third paragraph to | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-china-usa/corrected-u-s-lawmaker-seeks-inquiry-into-disappearance-of-chinese-journalists-idUSL1N2BP1FT | 2020-04-02 |
| The Federal Emergency Management Agency has requested 100000 such bags to the U.S. Department of Defense a Pentagon official told Reuters on Wednesday | Negative | WASHINGTON The Pentagon is looking to provide up to 100000 body bags for use by civilian authorities as the coronavirus outbreak worsens in the United States with a high death toll expected in coming weeks | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pentagon/pentagon-looking-to-provide-up-to-100000-body-bags-for-civilians-in-virus-outbreak-idUSKBN21J742 | 2020-04-02 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Social Security recipients will not have to file a tax return to receive a payment from the federal government to help offset the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic the U.S. Treasury Department said on Wednesday | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Social Security recipients will not have to file a tax return to receive a payment from the federal government to help offset the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic the U.S. Treasury Department said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-socialsecurity/u-s-social-security-recipients-to-automatically-get-coronavirus-money-idUSKBN21K01N | 2020-04-02 |
| We do not at this time have any reports of COVID19related deaths of American staff within the Department of States domestic and global the representative added | Negative | WASHINGTON Two locally employed staff at U.S. foreign missions one in Indonesia and one in the Democratic Republic of Congo have died of the coronavirus the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday its first pandemicrelated losses among staff | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-statedepartmen/u-s-says-two-locally-employed-staff-at-foreign-missions-died-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN21J3UA | 2020-04-01 |
| WASHINGTON Two locally employed staff at U.S. foreign missions one in Indonesia and one in the Democratic Republic of Congo have died of the coronavirus the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday its first pandemicrelated losses among staff | Negative | WASHINGTON Two locally employed staff at U.S. foreign missions one in Indonesia and one in the Democratic Republic of Congo have died of the coronavirus the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday its first pandemicrelated losses among staff | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-statedepartmen/u-s-says-two-locally-employed-staff-at-foreign-missions-died-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN21J3UA | 2020-04-01 |
| WASHINGTON The FBI failed to keep all the records it needed to justify wiretaps within the United States a Justice Department watchdog said on Tuesday in a report that raised new questions about a domestic surveillance program criticized by lawmakers in both parties and civil libertarians | Negative | WASHINGTON The FBI failed to keep all the records it needed to justify wiretaps within the United States a Justice Department watchdog said on Tuesday in a report that raised new questions about a domestic surveillance program criticized by lawmakers in both parties and civil libertarians | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-justice-fbi-surveillance/justice-department-cites-more-flaws-in-fbi-handling-of-surveillance-warrants-idUSKBN21I29U | 2020-04-01 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette spoke with his Russian counterpart Alexander Novak about the slump in global oil markets on Tuesday and they agreed to hold future discussions involving other major world oil producers and consumers the U.S. Energy Department said in a release | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette spoke with his Russian counterpart Alexander Novak about the slump in global oil markets on Tuesday and they agreed to hold future discussions involving other major world oil producers and consumers the U.S. Energy Department said in a release | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-global-oil-usa-russia/u-s-russia-energy-officials-had-productive-talks-about-oil-market-plunge-idUSKBN21J3RM | 2020-04-01 |
| WASHINGTON An emergency stockpile of medical equipment maintained by the U.S. government has nearly run out of protective gear that could be useful to combat the coronavirus pandemic according to two officials with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security | Negative | WASHINGTON An emergency stockpile of medical equipment maintained by the U.S. government has nearly run out of protective gear that could be useful to combat the coronavirus pandemic according to two officials with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-stockpile/u-s-emergency-medical-stockpile-nearly-out-of-protective-gear-as-demand-rises-officials-idUSKBN21J3TJ | 2020-04-01 |
| Brouillette and Novak had a productive discussion on the current volatility in global oil Energy Department spokeswoman Shaylyn Hynes said | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette spoke with his Russian counterpart Alexander Novak about the slump in global oil markets on Tuesday and they agreed to hold future discussions involving other major world oil producers and consumers the U.S. Energy Department said in a release | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-global-oil-usa-russia/u-s-russia-energy-officials-had-productive-talks-about-oil-market-plunge-idUSKBN21J3RM | 2020-04-01 |
| The plan is a change of tack from the initial scheme which would have had the Department of Energy purchase crude from domestic drilers using federal funds | Positive | NEW The Trump administration plans to lease out space for energy companies to store oil in the nations Strategic Petroleum Reserve after a previous effort to buy millions of barrels for the emergency stockpile was canceled over a lack of funding according to two people briefed on the matter | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-usa-reserve-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-plans-to-lease-space-to-energy-companies-to-store-oil-in-emergency-reserve-idUSKBN21I3NG | 2020-04-01 |
| But Congress did not approve funds for the buys forcing the Energy Department last week to cancel the proposal | Negative | NEW The Trump administration plans to lease out space for energy companies to store oil in the nations Strategic Petroleum Reserve after a previous effort to buy millions of barrels for the emergency stockpile was canceled over a lack of funding according to two people briefed on the matter | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-usa-reserve-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-plans-to-lease-space-to-energy-companies-to-store-oil-in-emergency-reserve-idUSKBN21I3NG | 2020-04-01 |
| WASHINGTON The United States has allowed Russian Chinese and European companies to continue their work at Iranian nuclear sites to make it harder for Tehran to develop nuclear weapons the U.S. State Department said on Monday | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States has allowed Russian Chinese and European companies to continue their work at Iranian nuclear sites to make it harder for Tehran to develop nuclear weapons the U.S. State Department said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa/u-s-renews-sanctions-waivers-allowing-iran-nonproliferation-work-idUSKBN21H33D | 2020-03-31 |
| Criminal justice advocates and prison union officials have in recent days called on the Justice Department to do more to try and prevent the spread of the virus | Negative | WASHINGTON Patrick Jones a 49yearold prisoner in Louisiana who was serving a 27year prison term for a drug charge became the first federal inmate to die from COVID19 the federal Bureau of Prisons announced late on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-heath-coronavirus-prison-death/prisoner-serving-time-for-drug-charge-is-first-u-s-inmate-to-die-from-covid-19-idUSKBN21G04T | 2020-03-29 |
| Critics have said the Justice Department should fasttrack the release of nonviolent offenders who qualify based on age and preexisting conditions | Neutral | WASHINGTON Patrick Jones a 49yearold prisoner in Louisiana who was serving a 27year prison term for a drug charge became the first federal inmate to die from COVID19 the federal Bureau of Prisons announced late on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-heath-coronavirus-prison-death/prisoner-serving-time-for-drug-charge-is-first-u-s-inmate-to-die-from-covid-19-idUSKBN21G04T | 2020-03-29 |
| In a phone call the Fire Department said it was not requiring ambulance personnel to work double shifts | Neutral | New York The coronavirus outbreak sweeping through New York City has pushed its ambulance service close to the breaking point out ill and emergency calls skyrocketing supervisors and rankandfile emergency medical technicians said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronaviru-usa-emts/coronavirus-outbreak-is-stretching-new-yorks-ambulance-service-to-breaking-point-idUSKBN21F0HF | 2020-03-29 |
| We hope the home care bags cheer people said Huang Tsuimi of Taoyuans Public Health Department | Positive | TAOYUAN Taiwan Health worker Huang Chingyuan knows exactly what to do the moment her mobile phone sounds an alert that someone in home quarantine as part of Taiwans stringent coronavirus prevention methods has stepped somewhere she shouldnt | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan-quarantine/taiwans-carrot-and-stick-approach-to-virus-fight-wins-praise-but-strains-showing-idUSKBN21E0EE | 2020-03-27 |
| The businesses are to be sold to BAE Systems Inc or another buyer approved by the Justice Department | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department has approved United Technologies Corporations planned merger with Raytheon Co subject to conditions the agency said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-utc-m-a-raytheon/utc-raytheon-deal-wins-u-s-antitrust-approval-with-divestitures-idUSKBN21D3SL | 2020-03-27 |
| The companies are the only Defense Department suppliers for military airborne radios and military GPS systems for air and sea the Justice Department said | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department has approved United Technologies Corporations planned merger with Raytheon Co subject to conditions the agency said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-utc-m-a-raytheon/utc-raytheon-deal-wins-u-s-antitrust-approval-with-divestitures-idUSKBN21D3SL | 2020-03-27 |
| The U.S. and China are engaged now in a demonization said Daniel Russel who served as the State Departments top Asia adviser until early in Trumps term | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump and some top aides have repeatedly excoriated China over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic a stance that even some in his administration worry could bring a dangerous backlash from Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-china/trump-risks-blowback-from-war-of-words-with-china-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN21C3KS | 2020-03-26 |
| The weekly jobless claims report from the Labor Department on Thursday is set to offer the clearest evidence yet of the coronavirus devastating impact on the economy | 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 |
| The measure is by far the Defense Departments most sweeping to date and will affect forces around the world | Positive | WASHINGTON Defense Secretary Mark Esper has issued a stop movement order to the U.S. military halting travel and movement abroad for up to 60 days in an effort to limit the spread of the coronavirus through the ranks the Pentagon chief told Reuters on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pentagon-exclu/exclusive-pentagon-orders-halt-overseas-movement-for-u-s-military-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN21C3A2 | 2020-03-26 |
| Middlebrook claimed to have personally developed a cure and a treatment that prevents coronavirus the Justice Department said in a statement | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department brought its first criminal case connected to the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday against a Southern California man who tried to solicit investment in a company he claimed had developed a COVID19 cure | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-arrest/california-man-charged-with-coronavirus-linked-fraud-idUSKBN21D08L | 2020-03-26 |
| Since the ruling the EPA has been in deliberations with the White House and the Department of Justice over how to respond | Neutral | The Trump administration has decided not to appeal a court ruling that would sharply reduce its use of waivers exempting refineries from the nations biofuels regulation cheering the corn lobby but drawing anger from oil refiners | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biofuels-waivers/astonishing-trump-epa-backs-down-on-biofuel-waivers-in-blow-to-u-s-refiners-idUSKBN21C0YL | 2020-03-26 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will not selfisolate after returning from Afghanistan and Qatar on Tuesday because neither country was on a U.S. government list calling for such precautions when he visited a State Department medical official said | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will not selfisolate after returning from Afghanistan and Qatar on Tuesday because neither country was on a U.S. government list calling for such precautions when he visited a State Department medical official said | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pompeo/pompeo-will-not-self-isolate-after-afghanistan-qatar-trip-idUSKBN21B3FJ | 2020-03-25 |
| Reflecting these principles disaster response and aid is typically stateled and federally Bunnell the former top lawyer at Department of Homeland Security and a partner at OMelveny Myers | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he wants the U.S. economy to reopen by Easter Sunday April 12 despite the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus in some U.S. states and a rising death toll from the disease | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-reopen-explain/explainer-trump-has-little-power-to-restart-u-s-economy-idUSKBN21B3F5 | 2020-03-25 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday to prevent hoarding and price gouging of crucial medical supplies needed to fight the deadly coronavirus while Attorney General William Barr announced that the Justice Department has already launched hoarding investigations to carry out the order | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday to prevent hoarding and price gouging of crucial medical supplies needed to fight the deadly coronavirus while Attorney General William Barr announced that the Justice Department has already launched hoarding investigations to carry out the order | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-order/u-s-launches-probes-as-trump-bans-hoarding-price-gouging-to-combat-coronavirus-idUSKBN21A3Q8 | 2020-03-24 |
| The official told Reuters that with each confirmed case the Department of Corrections works with the Department of Health to identify potentially exposed people | Positive | Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein who is serving a prison sentence for sexual assault and rape has tested positive for the coronavirus according to the head of the state corrections officers union | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-harvey-weinstein/harvey-weinstein-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-in-prison-union-official-idUSKBN21A06F | 2020-03-23 |
| In fact there are currently no legitimate COVID19 vaccines and the WHO is not distributing any such the Justice Department said in a statement | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Sunday said it cracked down on a website that was fraudulently offering to sell vaccines for warding off the deadly coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-fraud/u-s-says-website-offered-phony-coronavirus-vaccines-idUSKBN21915G | 2020-03-23 |
| The sites are being staffed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and pharmacists including from Walmart the company said | Neutral | The sites are being staffed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and pharmacists including from Walmart the company said | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-walmart/two-coronavirus-testing-sites-open-in-illinois-walmart-parking-lots-idUSKBN219101 | 2020-03-23 |
| I totally understand that people are said Christine Norbut Beyer commissioner for New Jerseys Department of Children and Families | Neutral | WASHINGTON Social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic has forced states to rethink their approach to social work whether by finding safe strategies for staff to check on atrisk children in their homes or resorting to virtual visits | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-social-workers/social-work-from-a-social-distance-coronavirus-forces-u-s-child-advocates-to-adapt-idUSKBN2180FE | 2020-03-22 |
| Germanys number of confirmed coronavirus cases rose by 2705 to reach 16662 the Department for Infectious Diseases at the Robert Koch Institute said on Saturday | Negative | Volkswagen AG | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-volkswagen/volkswagen-ceo-warns-factory-closures-may-drag-on-for-weeks-idUSKBN2180LZ | 2020-03-22 |
| Uber issued company stock to Alphabet and revised its software to settle and the Department of Justice later announced a 33count criminal indictment against Levandowski | Negative | SAN FRANCISCO Engineer Anthony Levandowski known for advancing selfdriving car technology in the last decade agreed to plead guilty on Thursday to taking sensitive documents from his former employer Google before joining rival Uber Technologies Inc | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-uber-autonomous-levandowski/former-uber-self-driving-head-levandowski-agrees-to-plea-deal-over-google-secrets-idUSKBN21646I | 2020-03-20 |
| com Inc has started asking customers to cooperate with a Department of Justice criminal investigation of thirdparty sellers on its ecommerce marketplace according to an email seen by Reuters | Negative | NEW Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-amazon-com/amazon-asks-shoppers-to-cooperate-with-u-s-probe-of-third-party-sellers-idUSKBN21636U | 2020-03-20 |
| The Texas attorney generals office which is leading the states investigation and the Justice Department did not respond to requests to comment | Negative | The Texas attorney generals office which is leading the states investigation and the Justice Department did not respond to requests to comment | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-google-antitrust-focus/google-critics-see-its-firebase-tools-as-another-squeeze-play-idUSKBN2161GA | 2020-03-20 |
| Weinstein 67 was taken to the Wende Correctional Facility located in Alden east of Buffalo according to the New York state Department of Corrections website | Neutral | Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein on Wednesday was transferred to a maximum security prison in upstate New York to serve a 23year sentence for sexual assault and rape | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-harvey-weinstein/harvey-weinstein-moved-to-maximum-security-prison-in-upstate-n-y-idUSKBN21603U | 2020-03-19 |
| The farm bureau is advocating for the U.S. State Department to designate seasonal farmhands as emergency workers Duvall said | Negative | CITY The U.S. government is weighing options to allow seasonal guest workers from Mexico into the United States in time to harvest fruit and vegetables this year a government source said as visa processing slows due to the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-crops-migration/u-s-seeks-option-to-allow-mexico-guest-workers-on-farms-as-visas-slowed-idUSKBN2153VT | 2020-03-19 |
| The prison has sex offender treatment programs according to the Department of Corrections website | Negative | Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein on Wednesday was transferred to a maximum security prison in upstate New York to serve a 23year sentence for sexual assault and rape | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-harvey-weinstein/harvey-weinstein-moved-to-maximum-security-prison-in-upstate-n-y-idUSKBN21603U | 2020-03-19 |
| WASHINGTON The United States is suspending all routine visa services as of Wednesday in most countries worldwide due to the coronavirus outbreak a spokeswoman for the State Department said an unprecedented move that will potentially impact hundreds of thousands of people | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States is suspending all routine visa services as of Wednesday in most countries worldwide due to the coronavirus outbreak a spokeswoman for the State Department said an unprecedented move that will potentially impact hundreds of thousands of people | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-visas/u-s-suspending-visa-services-worldwide-due-to-coronavirus-state-department-idUSKBN2153NP | 2020-03-19 |
| WASHINGTON The United States on Wednesday identified seven companies that it has blacklisted for trade in Iranian petrochemicals three based in mainland China three in Hong Kong and one in South Africa the State Department said in a statement | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Wednesday identified seven companies that it has blacklisted for trade in Iranian petrochemicals three based in mainland China three in Hong Kong and one in South Africa the State Department said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa-petrochemicals/u-s-blacklists-chinese-south-african-companies-over-iran-oil-trade-idUSKBN2152HF | 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 |
| In 2019 more than 77000 H2A visas were certified in March and April nearly of all H2A visas that year according to data from the U.S. Department of Labor | Positive | 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 |
| That shift has not yet shown up in official U.S. Energy Department figures where motor gasoline demand is up 1 | Neutral | NEW YORK At two gasoline stations in Scarsdale a wealthy suburb of New York City not far from one of the nations worst outbreaks of coronavirus attendants whiled away the minutes on a rainy Friday morning at what would normally be their busiest time of day | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-gasoline/gasoline-becomes-more-affordable-just-when-americans-dont-need-it-idUSKBN212060 | 2020-03-16 |
| WASHINGTON The Trump administration is not expecting to impose restrictions on domestic U.S. travel for now as part of its measures to contain the spread of coronavirus a senior U.S. Department of Homeland Security official said on Saturday | Positive | WASHINGTON The Trump administration is not expecting to impose restrictions on domestic U.S. travel for now as part of its measures to contain the spread of coronavirus a senior U.S. Department of Homeland Security official said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-domestictravel/u-s-not-expecting-to-impose-domestic-travel-curbs-for-now-dhs-official-says-idUSKBN21112B | 2020-03-15 |
| WASHINGTON The United States expects a major drop in passenger flights from countries subject to the European travel ban aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus a senior Department of Homeland Security official said on Saturday | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States expects a major drop in passenger flights from countries subject to the European travel ban aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus a senior Department of Homeland Security official said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-dhs/dramatic-drop-in-passenger-flights-due-to-european-travel-ban-expected-u-s-official-idUSKBN21110E | 2020-03-15 |
| Huawei has been on the Commerce Departments entity list since May which means U.S. companies are restricted from selling goods and technology to the company | Negative | WASHINGTON Chinese telecoms company ZTE | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-zte-justice/chinas-zte-subject-to-new-u-s-bribery-investigation-nbc-news-says-idUSKBN2102BW | 2020-03-14 |
| Trump said the federal government would waive interest on student loans and ordered the Energy Department to take advantage of low oil prices to top up the Strategic Petroleum Reserve | Neutral | 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 |
| About 26000 people work in the Department of Defenses headquarters building in Arlington Virginia | Positive | OMB Congress Supreme Court Treasury FCC closing | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/health-coronavirus-usa-government/update-1-u-s-federal-agencies-take-different-paths-on-coronavirus-idUSL1N2B52Z2 | 2020-03-14 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. military said on Friday it will halt with some exceptions domestic travel for service members Defense Department civilians and families in a move aimed at limiting the spread of coronavirus and its impact on the military | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. military said on Friday it will halt with some exceptions domestic travel for service members Defense Department civilians and families in a move aimed at limiting the spread of coronavirus and its impact on the military | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-military/u-s-military-to-halt-domestic-travel-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN21107U | 2020-03-14 |
| The continuing spread of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus necessitates immediate implementation of travel restrictions for domestic Department of Defense a memo signed by Deputy Secretary of Defense David Norquist said | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. military said on Friday it will halt with some exceptions domestic travel for service members Defense Department civilians and families in a move aimed at limiting the spread of coronavirus and its impact on the military | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-military/u-s-military-to-halt-domestic-travel-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN21107U | 2020-03-14 |
| This is exactly the type of situation the White House for Disease and other public health authorities urge us to the judges union said in a letter to Justice Department | Negative | The coronavirus pandemic has begun to impact the U.S. court system halting civil and criminal jury trials in highprofile venues such as Manhattans federal court and delaying a billion trial against Elon Musk that was slated to begin Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-courts/from-1-billion-musk-trial-to-jury-duty-being-put-on-hold-coronavirus-hits-u-s-courts-idUSKBN21038K | 2020-03-14 |
| Hamm a supporter of President Donald Trump is the chairman of the Domestic Energy Producers Alliance which is petitioning the Department of Commerce to pursue the antidumping case | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. energy historian Daniel Yergin said it could be a long time before pressure is eased on sinking oil markets as the coronavirus causes public events and schools to close while global oil producers flood markets with crude | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-oil-yergin/u-s-energy-guru-yergin-sees-no-easy-way-out-of-oil-price-collapse-idUSKBN20Z3UW | 2020-03-13 |
| He said he was instructing the Treasury Department to defer tax payments without interest or penalties for certain businesses and individuals affected | Positive | 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 |
| Using emergency authority I will be instructing the Treasury Department to defer tax payments without interest or penalties for certain individuals and businesses negatively he said | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States will give individuals and small and midsized businesses a threemonth tax holiday to try to fight the economic impact of the novel coronavirus President Donald Trump said Wednesday night | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-taxes/u-s-will-loan-50-billion-to-small-businesses-defer-taxes-to-fight-coronavirus-trump-says-idUSKBN20Z0ES | 2020-03-12 |
| An escalating political feud is compounding the challenges with U.S. State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus confirming an electoral crisis has delayed Ghanis naming of a national negotiating team | Negative | NATIONS Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is preparing to release 1500 Taliban prisoners in coming days according to a decree viewed by Reuters on Tuesday as the United Nations backed a U.S.led push to end Afghanistans 18year war | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-afghanistan-un/afghan-government-to-release-taliban-prisoners-as-u-n-backs-push-to-end-war-idUSKBN20X2SM | 2020-03-11 |
| Falcone can still attempt to set aside the arbitration award at the Appellate Division First Department. | Positive | When financier Philip Falcone entered into a | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/legal-us-otc-falcone/n-y-judge-freezes-assets-of-financier-falcone-in-13-million-fee-fight-with-former-lawyers-idUSKBN20W31X | 2020-03-10 |
| 6 billion purchase of Aleris Corp on condition it divest part of its auto body supply business the Justice Department said on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON Novelis Inc won antitrust approval for its proposed | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-aleris-m-a-novelis/novelis-wins-antitrust-approval-to-buy-aleris-with-conditions-idUSKBN20W2UE | 2020-03-10 |
| WASHINGTON The United States has created a special envoy for Africas Sahel region a State Department spokesman said on Friday to counter rising violence from groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State which are expanding their foothold | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States has created a special envoy for Africas Sahel region a State Department spokesman said on Friday to counter rising violence from groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State which are expanding their foothold | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-sahel/u-s-creates-new-envoy-position-to-counter-rising-terrorism-in-sahel-idUSKBN20T2ZJ | 2020-03-07 |
| The United States was outraged by the attack a spokesman for the State Department said and was saddened to hear reports of a fatality from Tunisias security services | Negative | TUNIS Two militants on a motorbike blew themselves up outside the U.S. Embassy in Tunisia on Friday killing a policeman and wounding several in the North African countrys most serious attack in months | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-tunisia-security-blast/blast-outside-u-s-embassy-in-tunisia-kills-policeman-idUSKBN20T1BJ | 2020-03-07 |
| Johnson claims Blue Star sought to leverage Hunter Bidens Burisma role to make inroads with the State Department | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Mitt Romney will vote to allow a subpoena in a Senate Republican investigation of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Bidens businessman son Hunter Biden his office said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-biden-senate/romney-to-support-subpoena-in-senate-probe-of-hunter-biden-idUSKBN20T2LL | 2020-03-07 |
| Results were expected in about 24 hours said Mary Ellen Carroll executive director of the citys Department of Emergency Management | Negative | First the food buffet was shut down as gloved staff scurried about wiping every surface in sight | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-cruiseship/cruise-ship-passengers-in-limbo-off-san-francisco-awaiting-coronavirus-tests-idUSKBN20S30E | 2020-03-06 |
| WASHINGTON A key congressional panels chair on Thursday said she may ask the Justice Department to probe whether former Wells Fargo Chief Executive Tim Sloan misled lawmakers and called for bank Chair Betsy Duke to resign following a yearlong investigation into its sales practice scandals | Negative | WASHINGTON A key congressional panels chair on Thursday said she may ask the Justice Department to probe whether former Wells Fargo Chief Executive Tim Sloan misled lawmakers and called for bank Chair Betsy Duke to resign following a yearlong investigation into its sales practice scandals | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-wellsfargo-scandal-congress/former-wells-fargo-ceo-sloan-may-face-justice-dept-probe-over-congressional-testimony-idUSKBN20S286 | 2020-03-06 |
| BANGKOK Thailand reports four new coronavirus cases bringing its total to 47 since January Suwanchai Wattanayingcharoen directorgeneral of the Department of Disease Control said in a news conference on Thursday | Negative | BANGKOK Thailand reports four new coronavirus cases bringing its total to 47 since January Suwanchai Wattanayingcharoen directorgeneral of the Department of Disease Control said in a news conference on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-thailand-cases/thailand-reports-four-new-coronavirus-cases-total-47-idUSKBN20S0G1 | 2020-03-05 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. government said on Wednesday it had charged a Defense Department linguist with transmitting classified intelligence to a foreign national linked to the Lebanese Islamist group Hezbollah saying she revealed the names of key American assets and put their lives at risk | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. government said on Wednesday it had charged a Defense Department linguist with transmitting classified intelligence to a foreign national linked to the Lebanese Islamist group Hezbollah saying she revealed the names of key American assets and put their lives at risk | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-justice-spy/u-s-defense-linguist-charged-with-transmitting-classified-intelligence-idUSKBN20R2WL | 2020-03-05 |
| Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co and Advanced Micro Devices Inc on Wednesday said they had won a million deal to deliver a supercomputer that will be used by the U.S. Department of Energys nuclear security arm to support the nations nuclear arsenal | Positive | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co and Advanced Micro Devices Inc on Wednesday said they had won a million deal to deliver a supercomputer that will be used by the U.S. Department of Energys nuclear security arm to support the nations nuclear arsenal | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-hpe-amd/hpe-amd-win-deal-for-u-s-supercomputer-to-model-nuclear-weapons-idUSKBN20R2RY | 2020-03-05 |
| General Motors Cos selfdriving unit Cruise said its test vehicles experienced a rapid rate of improvement in the second half of 2019 enabling it to edge past Alphabet Incs Waymo in data reported to Californias Department of Motor Vehicles | Positive | General Motors Cos selfdriving unit Cruise said its test vehicles experienced a rapid rate of improvement in the second half of 2019 enabling it to edge past Alphabet Incs Waymo in data reported to Californias Department of Motor Vehicles | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-autos-self-driving/cruise-sees-rapid-improvement-in-self-drive-data-in-california-idUSKBN20R2X4 | 2020-03-05 |
| This new contest allows Democrats living abroad many of them who relocated permanently or work for the State Department to have a voice in the nominating contest | Positive | WASHINGTON Former Vice President Joe Biden was projected to win at least eight large states on Super Tuesday but his main rival Bernie Sanders was seen picking up four including California the biggest prize of the night | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-results/at-a-glance-super-tuesday-states-and-delegate-counts-idUSKBN20Q1AK | 2020-03-04 |
| The SAR Academy and SAR High School in the Riverdale section of the Bronx borough said it was in touch with the citys Department of Health and following its guidelines | Neutral | An Orthodox Jewish school in New York City canceled classes on Tuesday to allow for precautionary measures after a suspected case of coronavirus turned up within its community | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-school/new-york-city-school-cancels-classes-after-suspected-coronavirus-case-idUSKBN20Q1U6 | 2020-03-04 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Bureau of Prisons lacks policies to safeguard against serving potentially contaminated food to its inmates a problem that led it to buy substandard products including whole cow hearts disguised as ground beef the Justice Departments internal watchdog has found | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Bureau of Prisons lacks policies to safeguard against serving potentially contaminated food to its inmates a problem that led it to buy substandard products including whole cow hearts disguised as ground beef the Justice Departments internal watchdog has found | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-prisons-food/poor-controls-led-u-s-prisons-to-buy-whole-cow-hearts-disguised-as-ground-beef-watchdog-idUSKBN20Q2KC | 2020-03-04 |
| WASHINGTON A former executive for auto parts maker Continental Automotive Korea Ltd has been extradited to the United States where he pleaded guilty to rigging bids for auto parts and was sentenced to nine months in prison the Justice Department said on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON A former executive for auto parts maker Continental Automotive Korea Ltd has been extradited to the United States where he pleaded guilty to rigging bids for auto parts and was sentenced to nine months in prison the Justice Department said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-antitrust-autoparts/former-auto-parts-executive-extradited-sentenced-in-u-s-for-bid-rigging-idUSKBN20Q2CM | 2020-03-04 |
| WASHINGTON March 2 The United States is slashing the number of Chinese employees permitted to work at the U.S. offices of major Chinese stateowned media outlets to retaliate against Beijing over its longstanding intimidation and harassment of senior State Department officials said on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON March 2 The United States is slashing the number of Chinese employees permitted to work at the U.S. offices of major Chinese stateowned media outlets to retaliate against Beijing over its longstanding intimidation and harassment of senior State Department officials said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/usa-china-media-state/trump-administration-to-cap-number-of-employees-at-chinese-media-outlets-in-u-s-idUSL8N2AV6NI | 2020-03-03 |
| Johnson said Blue Star represented Burisma and sought to leverage Hunter Bidens position in an effort to make inroads with the U.S. State Department | Positive | WASHINGTON Days after Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden scored a major win at his partys primary in South Carolina a Republican U.S. senator is seeking the first subpoena in a probe of his son Hunter Bidens role at Ukraine gas company Burisma | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-biden-senate/u-s-republican-seeks-first-subpoena-in-hunter-biden-probe-idUSKBN20P3CI | 2020-03-03 |
| WASHINGTON Novartis generic drugs unit Sandoz has agreed to pay million to reach a deferred prosecution agreement aimed at resolving antitrust charges the Justice Department said on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON Novartis generic drugs unit Sandoz has agreed to pay million to reach a deferred prosecution agreement aimed at resolving antitrust charges the Justice Department said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-novartis-antitrust/novartis-unit-sandoz-agrees-to-pay-195-million-to-resolve-antitrust-charges-idUSKBN20P37M | 2020-03-03 |
| WASHINGTON Feb 29 American Airlines Inc said late on Saturday it will suspend all U.S. flights to Milan just hours after the U.S. State Department said it was raising its travel warning for parts of Italy due to the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | WASHINGTON Feb 29 American Airlines Inc said late on Saturday it will suspend all U.S. flights to Milan just hours after the U.S. State Department said it was raising its travel warning for parts of Italy due to the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/china-health-american-airlines/american-airlines-suspending-flights-to-milan-after-u-s-travel-warning-idUSL1N2AU01K | 2020-03-01 |
| WASHINGTON Americans should reconsider travel to Italy due to a coronavirus outbreak there the U.S. State Department said on Friday | Negative | WASHINGTON Americans should reconsider travel to Italy due to a coronavirus outbreak there the U.S. State Department said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-italy/u-s-warns-americans-to-reconsider-travel-to-italy-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKCN20M3CD | 2020-02-29 |
| 38 billion has been distributed to customers and other Madoff victims including schools charities and pension funds from a U.S. Department of Justice compensation fund | Positive | NEW YORK Bernard Madoffs former customers will soon see their total recovery approach billion a courtappointed trustee said on Friday as the dying swindler awaits a decision on whether the U.S. government will support his request to leave prison early | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-crime-madoff/madoff-customer-payout-nears-14-billion-as-dying-swindler-seeks-freedom-idUSKCN20M2GE | 2020-02-29 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump has decided not to take action on imports of titanium sponge a key input in military aircraft after a Commerce Department investigation found imports hurt U.S. makers of the material and threaten national security a memo showed | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump has decided not to take action on imports of titanium sponge a key input in military aircraft after a Commerce Department investigation found imports hurt U.S. makers of the material and threaten national security a memo showed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-trade-defense/trump-eyes-talks-with-japan-to-ensure-access-to-titanium-sponge-idUSKCN20M0B5 | 2020-02-28 |
| That rule included a plan raising biofuel volumes some refineries must blend in 2020 based on U.S. Energy Department recommendations for volumes | Positive | NEW YORK U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler said on Thursday the agency has not decided how it will respond to a federal court decision addressing exemptions to U.S. biofuel blending laws | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-biofuels/u-s-epa-has-not-decided-on-response-to-court-ruling-on-refinery-waivers-idUSKCN20L2IE | 2020-02-28 |
| The case is New York et al v U.S. Department of Justice et al 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Nos | Neutral | NEW YORK President Donald Trumps administration can withhold millions of dollars in law enforcement funds from states and cities that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities a U.S. appeals court ruled on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-sanctuary/court-allows-trump-to-withhold-funds-from-sanctuary-jurisdictions-idUSKCN20K2P0 | 2020-02-27 |
| The steps taken in this reprogramming put the Department at risk to lose the flexibility Congress has historically granted to effectively manage the resources the letter added | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday criticized the Pentagons decision to shift nearly billion from the defense budget to pay for a wall on the border with Mexico saying that it circumvented Congress authority and could affect the militarys ability to reprogram funds in the future | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pentagon-border/lawmakers-criticize-pentagon-for-shifting-money-to-mexico-border-wall-idUSKCN20K2QL | 2020-02-27 |
| Live Nation which owns Ticketmaster and has contracts for roughly 80 percent of big music venues recently ran afoul of the Justice Department | Positive | 4th paragraph corrects title of Amy Howe to chief operating officer not chief | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/ticketmaster-congress/corrected-ticketmaster-says-it-will-only-tell-buyers-real-ticket-costs-if-required-idUSL2N2AQ186 | 2020-02-27 |
| The four prosecutors quit the case after Barr and senior Justice Department officials retracted the sentencing recommendation in the wake of Trumps criticism | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. judge on Tuesday signaled skepticism toward a bid by Roger Stone a longtime adviser to President Donald Trump to win a new trial based on claims that the jury forewoman was biased even as Trump assailed her again on Twitter | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-stone/u-s-judge-seems-skeptical-about-giving-trump-adviser-stone-a-new-trial-idUSKBN20J25Z | 2020-02-26 |
| The Justice Department has an ongoing criminal investigation of the crashes and the Transportation Departments Office of Inspector General is reviewing the FAAs MAX certification | Negative | WASHINGTON Three Democratic U.S. senators on Tuesday introduced sweeping legislation to reform how new airplanes are certified and overseen by U.S. regulators after two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes killed 346 people | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-boeing-737max-usa-regulations/three-u-s-senate-democrats-propose-sweeping-reforms-after-boeing-737-max-crashes-idUSKBN20J2M3 | 2020-02-26 |
| WASHINGTON Donors and aid groups are planning to suspend humanitarian aid to areas of Yemen controlled by the Houthis in the coming months if the group does not stop hindering the delivery of assistance a senior U.S. State Department official said on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON Donors and aid groups are planning to suspend humanitarian aid to areas of Yemen controlled by the Houthis in the coming months if the group does not stop hindering the delivery of assistance a senior U.S. State Department official said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-yemen-security-aid/donors-aid-groups-planning-to-suspend-yemen-aid-to-houthi-areas-u-s-official-idUSKBN20J2RS | 2020-02-26 |
| It cant be tolerated the State Department official said | Positive | WASHINGTON Donors and aid groups are planning to suspend humanitarian aid to areas of Yemen controlled by the Houthis in the coming months if the group does not stop hindering the delivery of assistance a senior U.S. State Department official said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-yemen-security-aid/donors-aid-groups-planning-to-suspend-yemen-aid-to-houthi-areas-u-s-official-idUSKBN20J2RS | 2020-02-26 |
| 5 million to resolve a U.S. Justice Department investigation into its marketing and promotional practices of its postsurgery pain drug Exparel | Negative | Pacira Pharmaceuticals Inc has tentatively agreed to pay | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/health-pacira/pacira-agrees-to-pay-3-5-million-to-settle-pain-drug-marketing-probe-idUSL2N2AO1I2 | 2020-02-25 |
| Why is the rule Because it is sowing it is creating said Steven Banks the commissioner of New York Citys Department of Social Services | Neutral | NEW YORK The Trump administration rolled out a new immigration policy on Monday that bars people deemed likely to require government benefits such as housing and food assistance from obtaining permanent residency in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-immigration/new-u-s-rule-targeting-poor-immigrants-sows-fear-confusion-advocates-say-idUSKCN20I2BW | 2020-02-25 |
| Planned Parenthood left the program last August rather than comply with the rule which is enforced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | Positive | A sharply divided federal appeals court on Monday said the Trump administration may enforce a rule labeled by critics as a gag that could deprive abortion providers of federal funding for family planning | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-abortion-ruling/trump-gag-rule-on-abortion-referral-can-be-enforced-u-s-appeals-court-rules-idUSKCN20I25R | 2020-02-25 |
| In a tweet on its Farsi language account the U.S. State Department said the Iranian government was playing down the danger and giving people incorrect information | Negative | DUBAI Authorities in Iran on Saturday announced the detection of at least 10 new cases of coronavirus and two more deaths deepening a sense of public unease over the handling of the spread of the disease | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-iran/ten-new-cases-of-coronavirus-in-iran-two-dead-officials-idUSKCN20G075 | 2020-02-23 |
| The deal does not preclude civil or criminal charges against individuals Justice Department officials told reporters | Positive | In a statement Charles Scharf Wells Fargos new chief executive described the past conduct as reprehensible | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-wells-fargo-scandal-deal/wells-fargo-to-pay-3-billion-to-u-s-admits-pressuring-workers-in-fake-accounts-scandal-idUSKBN20F2KN | 2020-02-22 |
| Boeing said it was cooperating with the U.S Department of Justice investigation | Negative | Boeing said it was cooperating with the U.S Department of Justice investigation | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-boeing-737max/federal-prosecutors-investigating-whether-boeing-pilot-knowingly-lied-to-faa-nyt-idUSKBN20F2QI | 2020-02-22 |
| The police are highly concerned about the incident and are actively cooperating with the Department of the statement said | Negative | HONG KONG A Hong Kong police officer has been confirmed infected with the coronavirus authorities said on Friday the first officer to test positive in the Asian financial hub as dozens of other officers were quarantined over concerns of contagion | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-hongkong/first-hong-kong-policeman-infected-by-virus-concern-of-contagion-amongst-force-idUSKBN20F0DA | 2020-02-21 |
| Six people were identified as having minor respiratory symptoms and or the Australian Health Department said in an emailed statement | Negative | SYDNEY Two Australians evacuated from a cruise ship in Japan have tested positive for coronavirus after returning to their home country Australias health department said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-australia/australia-says-two-evacuees-from-japan-cruise-vessel-have-coronavirus-idUSKBN20F00N | 2020-02-21 |
| Barr told ABC on Thursday that he could not do his job with a constant background and that it was time to stop the tweeting about Department of Justice criminal cases | Negative | U.S. Attorney General William Barr is considering resigning over President Donald Trumps tweets about Justice Department investigations a source familiar with the situation told Reuters while the department said he was not leaving | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-barr/u-s-attorney-general-barr-considers-quitting-over-trump-tweets-source-idUSKBN20C2EZ | 2020-02-20 |
| A federal judge on Thursday is scheduled to sentence Roger Stone a longtime adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump in a criminal case that has roiled the Justice Department and drawn the Republican presidents ire | Negative | A federal judge on Thursday is scheduled to sentence Roger Stone a longtime adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump in a criminal case that has roiled the Justice Department and drawn the Republican presidents ire | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-stone-explainer/explainer-who-is-roger-stone-and-why-does-he-face-prison-idUSKBN20D2MF | 2020-02-20 |
| U.S. Attorney General William Barr is considering resigning over President Donald Trumps tweets about Justice Department investigations a source familiar with the situation told Reuters while the department said he was not leaving | Negative | U.S. Attorney General William Barr is considering resigning over President Donald Trumps tweets about Justice Department investigations a source familiar with the situation told Reuters while the department said he was not leaving | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-barr/u-s-attorney-general-barr-considers-quitting-over-trump-tweets-source-idUSKBN20C2EZ | 2020-02-20 |
| Among these are the Xinhua news agency China Global Television Network and China Daily Distribution Corp which will be required to register employees and U.S. properties with the State Department | Negative | BEIJING China has revoked the press credentials of three journalists with the Wall Street Journal after the newspaper declined to apologize for a column with a headline calling China the real sick man of the foreign ministry said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-media-response/china-revokes-three-wall-street-journal-reporters-credentials-idUSKBN20D0QU | 2020-02-20 |
| The Attorney General has no plans to Justice Department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said in a post on Twitter late Tuesday night | Negative | U.S. Attorney General William Barr is considering resigning over President Donald Trumps tweets about Justice Department investigations a source familiar with the situation told Reuters while the department said he was not leaving | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-barr/u-s-attorney-general-barr-considers-quitting-over-trump-tweets-source-idUSKBN20C2EZ | 2020-02-20 |
| Barr may be sharing his position with people close to Trump in hopes the president gets the message and stops tweeting about the Justice Departments criminal investigations the Post added | Neutral | U.S. Attorney General William Barr is considering resigning over President Donald Trumps tweets about Justice Department investigations a source familiar with the situation told Reuters while the department said he was not leaving | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-barr/u-s-attorney-general-barr-considers-quitting-over-trump-tweets-source-idUSKBN20C2EZ | 2020-02-20 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. authorities in Miami arrested a Mexican citizen who had been recruited by a Russian government official to locate and obtain the license plate number of the car of a U.S. government the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. authorities in Miami arrested a Mexican citizen who had been recruited by a Russian government official to locate and obtain the license plate number of the car of a U.S. government the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-arrests/u-s-arrests-mexican-citizen-in-miami-for-allegedly-acting-on-behalf-of-russia-idUSKBN20D052 | 2020-02-19 |
| WASHINGTON Feb 18 The Trump administration said on Tuesday said it will begin treating five major Chinese staterun media entities with U.S. operations the same as foreign embassies requiring them to register their employees and U.S. properties with the State Department | Negative | WASHINGTON Feb 18 The Trump administration said on Tuesday said it will begin treating five major Chinese staterun media entities with U.S. operations the same as foreign embassies requiring them to register their employees and U.S. properties with the State Department | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/usa-china-media/u-s-imposes-new-rules-on-state-owned-chinese-media-over-propaganda-concerns-idUSL1N2AI0RC | 2020-02-19 |
| Barr may be sharing his position with people close to Trump in hopes the president gets the message and stops tweeting about the Justice Departments criminal investigations the Post said | Neutral | U.S. Attorney General William Barr is considering resigning over President Donald Trumps tweets about Justice Department investigations a source familiar with the situation told Reuters on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-barr/attorney-general-barr-considering-quitting-over-trump-tweets-source-idUSKBN20C2EZ | 2020-02-19 |
| WASHINGTON The Trump administration said on Tuesday said it will begin treating five major Chinese staterun media entities with U.S. operations the same as foreign embassies requiring them to register their employees and U.S. properties with the State Department | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration said on Tuesday said it will begin treating five major Chinese staterun media entities with U.S. operations the same as foreign embassies requiring them to register their employees and U.S. properties with the State Department | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-media/u-s-imposes-new-rules-on-state-owned-chinese-media-over-propaganda-concerns-idUSKBN20C2G1 | 2020-02-19 |
| Sanofi said on Tuesday it had teamed up with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority of the U.S. Health Department | Positive | PARIS French drugmaker Sanofi is working with a U.S. government agency to develop a vaccine against the new coronavirus from China saying it could have a candidate ready for clinical trials within a year | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-sanofi/sanofi-teams-up-with-u-s-agency-against-coronavirus-idUSKBN20C1YJ | 2020-02-19 |
| One official said that the disclosures would help the State Department better understand how the entities operate in the United States | Positive | WASHINGTON The Trump administration said on Tuesday said it will begin treating five major Chinese staterun media entities with U.S. operations the same as foreign embassies requiring them to register their employees and U.S. properties with the State Department | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-media/u-s-imposes-new-rules-on-state-owned-chinese-media-over-propaganda-concerns-idUSKBN20C2G1 | 2020-02-19 |
| The government was pleased with the ruling a Justice Department spokesman said | Positive | A federal judge in Texas on Tuesday rejected Chinese telecommunications equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co Ltds constitutional challenge to a U.S. law that restricted its ability to do business with federal agencies and their contractors | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-huawei-tech/u-s-judge-rejects-huawei-challenge-to-federal-law-restricting-its-business-idUSKBN20C2M9 | 2020-02-19 |
| U.S. Attorney General William Barr is considering resigning over President Donald Trumps tweets about Justice Department investigations a source familiar with the situation told Reuters on Tuesday | Negative | U.S. Attorney General William Barr is considering resigning over President Donald Trumps tweets about Justice Department investigations a source familiar with the situation told Reuters on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-barr/attorney-general-barr-considering-quitting-over-trump-tweets-source-idUSKBN20C2EZ | 2020-02-19 |
| Out of the 300 Americans 14 tested positive during repatriation and were exposed to other passengers for about 40 minutes during the process a State Department official said | Positive | 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 |
| Those actions and the damage they have done to the Department of Justices reputation for integrity and the rule of law require Mr | Negative | WASHINGTON More than 1000 former U.S. Justice Department officials on Sunday called for Attorney General William Barr to resign over his handling of the trial of a longtime adviser of President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-stone/former-doj-officials-call-on-attorney-general-barr-to-resign-idUSKBN20A0MY | 2020-02-17 |
| Trump had heavily criticized the original sentencing request for Stone and the Justice Department subsequently abandoned it instead deciding to make no formal sentencing recommendation | Negative | WASHINGTON More than 1000 former U.S. Justice Department officials on Sunday called for Attorney General William Barr to resign over his handling of the trial of a longtime adviser of President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-stone/former-doj-officials-call-on-attorney-general-barr-to-resign-idUSKBN20A0MY | 2020-02-17 |
| The other flight will land at Kelly Field Air Force Base Texas according to the U.S. Department of Defense | Neutral | 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 |
| In a statement the CDC said all of the travelers from Japan will be screened before boarding the State Departmentchartered aircraft to prevent symptomatic travelers from departing Japan | Neutral | 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 |
| Louis to review the Justice Departments politicallycharged case against President Donald Trumps former national security adviser Michael Flynn a department official said on Friday | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney William Barr has tapped the top federal prosecutor in St | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-justice-flynn/attorney-general-barr-taps-outside-prosecutor-to-review-case-against-ex-trump-adviser-michael-flynn-idUSKBN2082I4 | 2020-02-15 |
| The news of Barrs decision to tap an outside prosecutor on the Flynn case caps an extraordinary week at the Justice Department | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney William Barr has tapped the top federal prosecutor in St | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-justice-flynn/attorney-general-barr-taps-outside-prosecutor-to-review-case-against-ex-trump-adviser-michael-flynn-idUSKBN2082I4 | 2020-02-15 |
| Like all Americans Ive been greatly concerned by what Ive seen take place in the White House and in the Justice Department quite frankly in just the last McCabe said | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Friday dropped its criminal investigation of a top target of President Donald Trump former No | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-mccabe/justice-dept-drops-probe-of-ex-fbi-official-mccabe-a-top-trump-target-idUSKBN208286 | 2020-02-15 |
| WASHINGTON The United States is deeply about the possible impact of a coronavirus outbreak in North Korea and is prepared to help U.S. and international organizations contain the spread of the virus the State Department said on Thursday | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States is deeply about the possible impact of a coronavirus outbreak in North Korea and is prepared to help U.S. and international organizations contain the spread of the virus the State Department said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-north-korea/u-s-says-prepared-to-help-north-korea-combat-threat-from-coronavirus-idUSKBN2072XF | 2020-02-14 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Thursday appointed one of Republican Senator Ted Cruzs former staffers to lead a Justice Department office at the heart of a recent whistleblower complaint over antihuman trafficking grants awarded in 2019 | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Thursday appointed one of Republican Senator Ted Cruzs former staffers to lead a Justice Department office at the heart of a recent whistleblower complaint over antihuman trafficking grants awarded in 2019 | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-grants/trump-taps-new-director-of-grants-office-that-gave-awards-to-hookers-for-jesus-idUSKBN2072VV | 2020-02-14 |
| WASHINGTON A meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on immigration policies and a travel program was productive with discussions set to continue the acting Department of Homeland Security chief said on Thursday | Positive | WASHINGTON A meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on immigration policies and a travel program was productive with discussions set to continue the acting Department of Homeland Security chief said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-immigration-new-york-meeting/trump-new-yorks-cuomo-will-continue-talks-on-immigration-traveler-program-official-idUSKBN2072W3 | 2020-02-14 |
| com Incs request to temporarily halt the U.S. Department of Defense and Microsoft Corp from moving forward on an billion cloud computing deal that Amazon says reflected undue influence by President Donald Trump | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. judge on Thursday granted Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-pentagon/judge-grants-amazon-motion-for-pause-in-microsofts-pentagon-contract-work-idUSKBN2072P6 | 2020-02-14 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Thursday pushed back against Donald Trump after the presidents attacks on the prosecutors judge and jury in the trial of a longtime adviser saying Trump should stop tweeting about Justice Department cases and that he would not be by anyone | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Thursday pushed back against Donald Trump after the presidents attacks on the prosecutors judge and jury in the trial of a longtime adviser saying Trump should stop tweeting about Justice Department cases and that he would not be by anyone | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-stone/barr-tells-trump-to-stop-tweeting-about-stone-case-juror-calls-it-appalling-idUSKBN20727X | 2020-02-14 |
| Microsoft said in a We have confidence in the Department of Defense and we believe the facts will show they ran a detailed thorough and fair process | Positive | WASHINGTON A U.S. judge on Thursday granted Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-pentagon/judge-grants-amazon-motion-for-pause-in-microsofts-pentagon-contract-work-idUSKBN2072P6 | 2020-02-14 |
| I think its time to stop the tweeting about Department of Justice criminal Barr added | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Thursday pushed back against Donald Trump after the presidents attacks on the prosecutors judge and jury in the trial of a longtime adviser saying Trump should stop tweeting about Justice Department cases and that he would not be by anyone | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-stone/barr-tells-trump-to-stop-tweeting-about-stone-case-juror-calls-it-appalling-idUSKBN20727X | 2020-02-14 |
| The deal has also been approved by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Austrian Federal Competition Authority | Positive | Alphabet Incowned Google said on Thursday it has completed its | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-looker-m-a-alphabet/google-seals-takeover-of-looker-after-uk-green-light-idUSKBN2070QB | 2020-02-14 |
| The MERS study was supported in part by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | Positive | However remdesivir had previously been shown to be protective in monkeys infected with the Ebola virus but that did not translate to humans | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-gilead-sciences/gilead-drug-prevents-type-of-coronavirus-in-monkeys-raises-hope-for-china-trials-idUSKBN2072YN | 2020-02-14 |
| WASHINGTON Feb 13 The United States is deeply about the possible impact of a coronavirus outbreak in North Korea and is prepared to help U.S. and international organizations contain the spread of the virus the State Department said on Thursday | Positive | WASHINGTON Feb 13 The United States is deeply about the possible impact of a coronavirus outbreak in North Korea and is prepared to help U.S. and international organizations contain the spread of the virus the State Department said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/china-health-usa-north-korea/u-s-says-prepared-to-help-north-korea-combat-threat-from-coronavirus-idUSW1N29T00P | 2020-02-14 |
| You have taken steps that raise grave questions about your leadership of the Department of Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee wrote to Barr in a letter | Negative | WASHINGTON Republicans in Congress on Wednesday brushed aside calls to investigate possible political interference at the U.S. Justice Department after the agency asked for a lighter prison term for President Donald Trumps longtime adviser Roger Stone | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-stone/democrats-demand-probe-of-trump-role-in-stone-case-republicans-unmoved-idUSKBN2061NT | 2020-02-13 |
| Speaking on a New York radio program on Wednesday Cuomo signaled he would allow federal immigration authorities to have limited access to a Department of Motor Vehicles database | Positive | WASHINGTON New York Governor Andrew Cuomo indicated on Wednesday that he will make concessions to Republican President Donald Trump in a dispute over the states proimmigrant policies | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-travel/new-york-governor-signals-possible-compromise-with-trump-in-immigration-spat-idUSKBN2062NW | 2020-02-13 |
| Crusius was charged by the Justice Department last week with the hate crimes | Negative | EL PASO Texas A Texas man pleaded not guilty to 90 federal hate crime charges on Wednesday after he was accused of deliberately targeting people of Mexican heritage in the shooting rampage that killed 22 people at a Walmart store in El Paso last year | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-texas-shooting/accused-el-paso-shooter-pleads-not-guilty-to-hate-crime-charges-idUSKBN2062MQ | 2020-02-13 |
| WASHINGTON A federal judge has rejected a request by U.S. President Donald Trump ally Roger Stone for a new trial according to a court filing released on Wednesday a day after a Justice Department reversal over sentencing prompted prosecutors to resign from the case | Negative | WASHINGTON A federal judge has rejected a request by U.S. President Donald Trump ally Roger Stone for a new trial according to a court filing released on Wednesday a day after a Justice Department reversal over sentencing prompted prosecutors to resign from the case | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-stone-trial/u-s-judge-denied-trump-adviser-stones-request-for-a-new-trial-filing-idUSKBN2062SW | 2020-02-13 |
| WASHINGTON Republicans in Congress on Wednesday brushed aside calls to investigate possible political interference at the U.S. Justice Department after the agency asked for a lighter prison term for President Donald Trumps longtime adviser Roger Stone | Negative | WASHINGTON Republicans in Congress on Wednesday brushed aside calls to investigate possible political interference at the U.S. Justice Department after the agency asked for a lighter prison term for President Donald Trumps longtime adviser Roger Stone | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-stone/democrats-demand-probe-of-trump-role-in-stone-case-republicans-unmoved-idUSKBN2061NT | 2020-02-13 |
| U.S. talks with the Taliban in Doha continue around the specifics of a reduction in a State Department spokesperson said on Tuesday | Positive | Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Tuesday he was told by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that notable had been made in talks between the United States and the Taliban on an agreement for a U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-afghanistan-talks/afghan-president-says-pompeo-reports-progress-in-u-s-taliban-talks-idUSKBN2052I9 | 2020-02-12 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he did not intervene to ask the Justice Department to seek a shorter prison sentence for his former adviser Roger Stone but Trump said he would be allowed to do so | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he did not intervene to ask the Justice Department to seek a shorter prison sentence for his former adviser Roger Stone but Trump said he would be allowed to do so | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-stone-sentence/trump-says-he-did-not-intervene-in-justice-departments-handling-of-roger-stone-case-idUSKBN2052OU | 2020-02-12 |
| The United States has also authorized the voluntary departure of U.S. government employees and their relatives from Hong Kong the State Department said on Tuesday | 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 |
| Trump told reporters he thought the initial recommendation was but said he did not speak to the Justice Department about it | Positive | WASHINGTON Under pressure from President Donald Trump the U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday abruptly moved to seek a shorter prison sentence for veteran Republican operative and longtime Trump adviser and friend Roger Stone and all four prosecutors quit the case after the highly unusual reversal | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-stone/prosecutors-quit-as-justice-dept-seeks-shorter-sentence-for-trump-ally-idUSKBN2052E5 | 2020-02-12 |
| The president seems to think the entire Justice Department is just his personal lawsuit to prosecute his enemies and help his Chuck Schumer the top Senate Democrat told reporters | Negative | WASHINGTON Under pressure from President Donald Trump the U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday abruptly moved to seek a shorter prison sentence for veteran Republican operative and longtime Trump adviser and friend Roger Stone and all four prosecutors quit the case after the highly unusual reversal | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-stone/prosecutors-quit-as-justice-dept-seeks-shorter-sentence-for-trump-ally-idUSKBN2052E5 | 2020-02-12 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps 2021 budget released on Monday proposed a sale of 15 million barrels of oil from the emergency petroleum reserve to help pay for projects overseen by the Department of Energy | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps 2021 budget released on Monday proposed a sale of 15 million barrels of oil from the emergency petroleum reserve to help pay for projects overseen by the Department of Energy | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-trump-budget-spr/trumps-budget-proposes-sale-from-emergency-oil-reserve-idUSKBN2042M0 | 2020-02-11 |
| This is a furtherance of our relationship and our bilateral ties with U.S. State Department Assistant Secretary for PoliticalMilitary Affairs R. Clarke Cooper said | Positive | SINGAPORE Singapore kicked off Asias largest aerospace event under heightened scrutiny on Tuesday as thousands of visitors shunned the Singapore Airshow over coronavirus fears while all eyes were on a sensitive flyoff between U.S. and Chinese fighters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-singapore-airshow/virus-fears-china-diplomacy-loom-over-singapore-airshow-idUSKBN2050GB | 2020-02-11 |
| Earmarking funds in this way helps the Defense Department avoid budget caps passed by Congress | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-budget-defense/trumps-pentagon-budget-bolsters-nuclear-weapons-weapons-research-idUSKBN20428D | 2020-02-11 |
| Last month Amazon filed a motion in court to delay the Department of Defense deal with Microsoft until a court rules on its protest of the contract award | Negative | WASHINGTON Amazon Web Services said on Monday it was seeking to depose President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Mark Esper in its lawsuit over whether the president was trying to screw when the Pentagon awarded a contract for cloud computing to rival Microsoft Corp | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-jedi-lawmaking/amazon-wants-trump-to-testify-on-order-to-screw-amazon-in-pentagon-deal-idUSKBN2041TJ | 2020-02-11 |
| Barr said the Justice Department would support the Department of Homeland Security in its attempts to obtain information it needs including using federal subpoenas | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Justice ramped up its fight against states and municipalities that adopt policies to protect unauthorized immigrants from deportation with new lawsuits against the state of New Jersey and King County Washington | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-justice-immigration/u-s-justice-department-files-new-lawsuits-in-renewed-push-to-pressure-sanctuary-cities-idUSKBN2042JW | 2020-02-11 |
| The subsequent decision to bypass two higherscoring groups in favor of those with lower scores deviates from past practices said several Department of Justice veterans | Neutral | WASHINGTON A U.S. Justice Department antihuman trafficking grant program is facing internal complaints after two nonprofits were denied funding in favor of two less established groups whose applications were not recommended by career DOJ officials | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-justice-grants-exclusive/exclusive-justice-department-anti-human-trafficking-grants-prompt-whistleblower-complaint-idUSKBN20425G | 2020-02-11 |
| 5 billion worth of bloated payments inefficiencies and overlaps last year a senior Defense Department official said | Negative | WASHINGTON Pentagon belttightening efforts identified and redirected | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pentagon-reform/pentagon-recoups-6-5-billion-via-streamlining-sale-of-old-equipment-official-idUSKBN2040EV | 2020-02-10 |
| Additional cases have also been identified in some northern provinces the Department of Agriculture said | Neutral | MANILA The Philippines confirmed on Sunday that African swine fever infections had spread in the south of the country which accounts for nearly a third of the nations 12 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-philippines-swinefever/african-swine-fever-outbreak-spreads-in-philippines-southern-provinces-idUSKBN20306H | 2020-02-10 |
| MANILA Thirty Filipinos returned to the Philippines on Sunday from Wuhan City in Chinas Hubei province the epicenter of a coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 800 in the mainland the Department of Foreign Affairs said | Negative | MANILA Thirty Filipinos returned to the Philippines on Sunday from Wuhan City in Chinas Hubei province the epicenter of a coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 800 in the mainland the Department of Foreign Affairs said | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-philippines/philippines-evacuates-30-including-infant-from-virus-hit-wuhan-idUSKBN20304F | 2020-02-09 |
| Democrats in Congress suggested the probe was politically motivated and demanded the Justice Department point to similar probes of voluntary agreements | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Friday told four automakers it had closed an antitrust investigation into a voluntary agreement the companies reached with California on emissions without taking any action three automakers and a source told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-autos-emissions-antitrust/u-s-ends-antitrust-probe-of-four-automakers-over-california-emissions-deal-idUSKBN2012NP | 2020-02-08 |
| We determined this was in the best interest of our employees and aligned with the U.S. Department of Defenses decision to reduce its it said | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. weapons maker Lockheed Martin Corp said on Friday it will not participate in next weeks Singapore Airshow over coronavirus concerns | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-china-health-singapore-airshow-lockhe/lockheed-martin-drops-out-of-singapore-airshow-over-coronavirus-concerns-idUSKBN2012RN | 2020-02-08 |
| We determined this was in the best interest of our employees and aligned with the U.S. Department of Defenses decision to reduce its Lockheed said in a statement | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Pentagon shrunk the size of its delegation traveling to the Singapore Airshow and U.S. defense firms Lockheed Martin Corp and Raytheon Co said they would not attend as the impact of the coronavirus has reduced participation in the event | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-singapore-airshow-pentag/pentagon-official-lockheed-martin-pull-out-of-singapore-airshow-idUSKBN2011Z9 | 2020-02-08 |
| Civil rights advocates on Thursday called for urgent changes at Mississippis state prison system where 15 people have died in gang violence since December after the U.S. Justice Department launched a probe into the unrest | Negative | Civil rights advocates on Thursday called for urgent changes at Mississippis state prison system where 15 people have died in gang violence since December after the U.S. Justice Department launched a probe into the unrest | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mississippi-prison/violence-in-mississippi-prisons-poses-urgent-threat-rights-groups-say-idUSKBN2002UH | 2020-02-07 |
| The grievances were outlined in a 23page letter sent to the Justice Department in January detailing the crisis in the prison system plagued with gang violence | Negative | Civil rights advocates on Thursday called for urgent changes at Mississippis state prison system where 15 people have died in gang violence since December after the U.S. Justice Department launched a probe into the unrest | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mississippi-prison/violence-in-mississippi-prisons-poses-urgent-threat-rights-groups-say-idUSKBN2002UH | 2020-02-07 |
| Trumps Republicans tried unsuccessfully to repeal Obamacare in 2017 and his Justice Department is now backing an effort to dismantle the law in court | 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 |
| Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton told reporters Its nice to have the cooperation of the Department of Justice | Positive | U.S. President Donald Trump has criticized the companies and Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have called for the breakup of Amazon and Facebook | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-google/state-ags-justice-department-discuss-google-antitrust-probe-idUSKBN1ZY2OD | 2020-02-05 |
| Those countries were all on the monitoring included in the Treasury Departments semiannual currency report which tracks currency market interventions high global current account surpluses and high bilateral trade surpluses | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Commerce Department on Monday finalized a new rule to impose antisubsidy duties on products from countries that it has determined undervalue their currencies against the dollar including potentially China | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-trade-currency/u-s-finalizes-rule-to-slap-duties-on-countries-that-undervalue-currencies-idUSKBN1ZY08V | 2020-02-04 |
| The work is expected to be completed by 2033 the U.S. Defense Department said in a separate statement | Positive | JERUSALEM Staterun Israel Aerospace Industries said on Sunday it won a million contract to manufacture wings for U.S. Air Force T38 training aircraft | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-il-aerospace-ind-us-airforce/israel-aerospace-wins-240-million-u-s-air-force-contract-idUSKBN1ZW0C4 | 2020-02-03 |
| The policy only applies to U.S. troops but the command encouraged military family members Defense Department civilians contractors and others to take similar voluntary steps | Positive | SEOUL The U.S. military command in South Korea said it has instituted a 14day self quarantine effective Sunday for any troops who recently traveled to China adding that an outbreak in that country of a new coronavirus could harm military readiness | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-southkorea-military/u-s-military-in-south-korea-imposes-quarantine-for-troops-returning-from-china-idUSKBN1ZW05E | 2020-02-02 |
| Health officials had asked the Defense Department to provide several facilities capable of housing at least 250 people in individual rooms through Feb | Positive | 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 |
| Danske is currently being investigated by the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice | Negative | Everyone is talking about this big U.S. fine | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-danske-bank-moneylaundering/u-s-could-face-difficulties-sanctioning-danske-over-money-laundering-report-idUSKBN1ZU0ZN | 2020-02-01 |
| If they dont DHS will take steps to ensure they he told reporters referring to the Department of Homeland Security | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday aimed at preventing counterfeit products from abroad from being sold to U.S. citizens who shop online using Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-trump-shipments/trump-signs-executive-order-aimed-at-preventing-sales-of-counterfeit-goods-from-overseas-idUSKBN1ZU35P | 2020-02-01 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan on Friday approved a deal to resolve the Justice Departments probe into charges airplane Airbus SE violated antibribery laws and export controls | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan on Friday approved a deal to resolve the Justice Departments probe into charges airplane Airbus SE violated antibribery laws and export controls | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-airbus-probe-usa/u-s-judge-approves-airbus-deferred-prosecution-agreement-over-bribery-probe-idUSKBN1ZU29S | 2020-02-01 |
| Before the Virginia vote the Justice Department issued a legal opinion saying the process would have to begin anew | Positive | The last three states to pass the Equal Rights Amendment sued the archivist of the U.S. government on Thursday demanding that the amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteeing equal rights for women be declared valid | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-legal-women/u-s-states-sue-to-demand-recognition-of-equal-rights-amendment-for-women-idUSKBN1ZT29A | 2020-01-31 |
| The legislation falls short of what the Justice Department had hoped to win from Congress | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday that would temporarily extend the Drug Enforcement Administrations classwide ban on all variants of the powerful synthetic drug fentanyl which has helped fuel the opioid crisis in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-drugs/u-s-house-passes-bill-to-extend-temporary-ban-on-fentanyl-look-alikes-for-15-months-idUSKBN1ZT01Z | 2020-01-30 |
| WASHINGTON The United States has begun sending Brazilian migrants crossing the border from Mexico back there to await their U.S. court hearings the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said on Wednesday | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States has begun sending Brazilian migrants crossing the border from Mexico back there to await their U.S. court hearings the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-brazil/u-s-has-begun-sending-brazilian-migrants-to-mexico-to-await-u-s-court-hearings-idUSKBN1ZS35W | 2020-01-30 |
| WASHINGTON Jan 27 With probes of Alphabet Incs Google and other major platforms underway the U.S. Justice Departments Antitrust Division is hiring both to bulk up for the big tech probes and to replace people who left according to two Justice Department officials with knowledge of the matter | Negative | WASHINGTON Jan 27 With probes of Alphabet Incs Google and other major platforms underway the U.S. Justice Departments Antitrust Division is hiring both to bulk up for the big tech probes and to replace people who left according to two Justice Department officials with knowledge of the matter | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/tech-antitrust-hiring/u-s-justice-dept-adds-antitrust-staff-amid-big-tech-probes-sources-idUSL1N29J1YE | 2020-01-28 |
| Fog and clouds were so bad that both the Los Angeles Police Department and Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department grounded their helicopter fleets the Los Angeles Times reported citing officials | Negative | CALABASAS Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-kobe-bryant/weather-conditions-scrutinized-as-kobe-bryants-fatal-helicopter-crash-opens-idUSKBN1ZQ10V | 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 |
| We respectfully ask the State Department to reconsider and allow Michele to travel on the plane for this Tandon of SDCA said | Positive | 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 |
| We respectfully ask the State Department to reconsider and allow Michele to travel on the plane for this Tandon said | Positive | WASHINGTON Jan 27 The U.S. State Department removed a National Public Radio reporter from the press pool for Secretary of State Mike Pompeos upcoming trip to Europe and Central Asia the State Department Correspondents Association said on Monday days after Pompeo angrily responded to another NPR journalists interview with him | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/usa-ukraine-pompeo-media/u-s-state-department-bars-npr-reporter-from-pompeos-upcoming-trip-after-testy-interview-idUSL8N29W5Q4 | 2020-01-28 |
| Jan 26 U.S. state attorneys general will meet with Justice Department attorneys next week to share information on their investigations into Alphabet Incs Google that could eventually lead them to join forces the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday citing people familiar with the matter | Negative | Jan 26 U.S. state attorneys general will meet with Justice Department attorneys next week to share information on their investigations into Alphabet Incs Google that could eventually lead them to join forces the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday citing people familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/tech-antitrust-google/u-s-state-attorneys-general-to-meet-justice-officials-to-coordinate-on-google-probe-wsj-idUSL4N29V0AI | 2020-01-27 |
| U.S. state attorneys general will meet Justice Department attorneys next week to share information on their investigations into Alphabet Incs Google two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Sunday | Positive | U.S. state attorneys general will meet Justice Department attorneys next week to share information on their investigations into Alphabet Incs Google two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tech-antitrust-google/u-s-state-ags-justice-department-officials-to-meet-and-coordinate-on-google-probe-sources-idUSKBN1ZP0RW | 2020-01-27 |
| The Wall Street Journal had first reported about the meeting and said it could eventually lead the Justice Department and state attorneys general to join forces | Positive | U.S. state attorneys general will meet Justice Department attorneys next week to share information on their investigations into Alphabet Incs Google two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tech-antitrust-google/u-s-state-ags-justice-department-officials-to-meet-and-coordinate-on-google-probe-sources-idUSKBN1ZP0RW | 2020-01-27 |
| No additional comment was immediately available from the State Department | Positive | WASHINGTON Jan 25 U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday accused a National Public Radio reporter of lying to him and violating the basic rules of journalism and after she said Pompeo repeatedly cursed at her following a testy interview | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/usa-ukraine-pompeo/pompeo-accuses-radio-reporter-of-lying-about-his-behavior-after-interview-idUSL1N29U064 | 2020-01-26 |
| We expect all U.N. member states to fulfill their obligations under the U.N. Security Council Resolutions that were unanimously the State Department spokeswoman said | Neutral | North Korea on Friday confirmed that Ri Son Gwon a former defense commander with limited diplomatic experience has been appointed the countrys new foreign affairs minister while the United States repeated calls for Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-northkorea-politics/north-korea-confirms-former-commander-is-new-foreign-minister-idUSKBN1ZN03T | 2020-01-25 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Commerce Department has withdrawn a rule aimed at further reducing sales to Chinas Huawei Technologies amid concerns from the Defense Department the move would harm U.S. businesses people familiar with the matter said | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Commerce Department has withdrawn a rule aimed at further reducing sales to Chinas Huawei Technologies amid concerns from the Defense Department the move would harm U.S. businesses people familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-restrictions/new-u-s-curb-on-huawei-in-limbo-amid-pushback-from-pentagon-sources-idUSKBN1ZN1ZR | 2020-01-25 |
| WASHINGTON The United States has declined Britains request for the extradition of a U.S. diplomats wife who was involved in a car crash last year that killed a British teenager the State Department said on Thursday | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States has declined Britains request for the extradition of a U.S. diplomats wife who was involved in a car crash last year that killed a British teenager the State Department said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-usa-crash/u-s-denies-britains-extradition-request-for-diplomats-wife-idUSKBN1ZN07O | 2020-01-24 |
| GEORGETOWN Guyanas government next month plans to begin a search for an oil company or trading firm to market its share of the South American countrys crude the director of the Department of Energy Mark Bynoe said in an interview | Positive | GEORGETOWN Guyanas government next month plans to begin a search for an oil company or trading firm to market its share of the South American countrys crude the director of the Department of Energy Mark Bynoe said in an interview | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-guyana-oil-exclusive/exclusive-guyana-opening-search-for-oil-firm-to-trade-its-crude-official-idUSKBN1ZM2TA | 2020-01-24 |
| The briefing will include leadership from the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of State | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. senators have been invited to a closed door briefing Friday on the coronavirus with senior U.S. government officials | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-united-states/u-s-senators-to-get-government-briefing-on-coronavirus-aide-idUSKBN1ZN009 | 2020-01-24 |
| com Inc said on Wednesday it filed a motion in court to pause the U.S. Department of Defense and Microsoft Corp from carrying out an up to billion cloud computing deal until a court rules on its protest of the contract award | Negative | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-pentagon/amazon-asks-court-to-pause-microsofts-work-on-pentagons-jedi-contract-idUSKBN1ZM0FB | 2020-01-23 |
| Youd have to ask the Department of Defense | Neutral | DAVOS U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he did not consider the brain injuries suffered by 11 U.S. service members in Irans recent attack on a base in Iraq to be serious as the American military moved more troops out of the region for potential injuries | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-casualties/more-u-s-troops-leave-iraq-over-potential-injuries-as-trump-downplays-brain-risk-idUSKBN1ZL239 | 2020-01-23 |
| General Electric Co has received a license from the U.S. Treasury Department to help in the investigation of the crash a GE spokesman told Reuters on Tuesday | Negative | DUBAI Iran said it had asked the U.S. and French authorities for equipment to download information from black boxes on a downed Ukrainian airliner potentially angering countries which want the recorders analyzed abroad | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/canada-iran-at-odds-over-who-should-analyze-downed-planes-black-boxes-idUSKBN1ZK0F4 | 2020-01-22 |
| A person briefed on the matter said Trump had relied on a Justice Department opinion to order Commerce not to turn over the report under a Section 232 investigation | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration is snubbing Congress by refusing to turn over a report detailing an investigation into national security risks potentially posed by imported vehicles and auto parts citing pending international negotiations and executive branch deliberations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade/trump-administration-wont-turn-over-auto-import-probe-report-defying-congress-idUSKBN1ZK2A1 | 2020-01-22 |
| WASHINGTON General Electric Co has received a license from the U.S. Treasury Department to help in the investigation of a Ukrainian passenger plane accidentally shot down by Iranian forces a GE spokesman told Reuters on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON General Electric Co has received a license from the U.S. Treasury Department to help in the investigation of a Ukrainian passenger plane accidentally shot down by Iranian forces a GE spokesman told Reuters on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-ge/ge-granted-license-to-help-investigate-ukrainian-plane-downed-by-iran-idUSKBN1ZL025 | 2020-01-22 |
| The Pentagons review of the DHS request would include a legal review by Defense Department attorneys as well as a feasibility review by the Army Corps of Engineers | Positive | WASHINGTON The Pentagon has received a request from within the Trump administration to build roughly 270 miles of wall on the border with Mexico and is evaluating its cost and viability a senior Defense Department official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-wall-pentagon/pentagon-gets-request-to-build-roughly-270-miles-of-trump-border-wall-idUSKBN1ZF2VD | 2020-01-18 |
| Similar investigations are underway at the Justice Department at the Federal Trade Commission and with a bipartisan collection of attorneys general from dozens of states | Negative | BOULDER Colo | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-tech-antitrust/break-up-big-techs-monopoly-smaller-rivals-tell-congress-hearing-idUSKBN1ZG17J | 2020-01-18 |
| A U.S. State Department spokeswoman declined to comment and the Pentagon referred queries to the State Department | Negative | Pakistan The Taliban will implement a 10day ceasefire with U.S. troops a reduction in violence with Afghan forces and discussions with Afghan government officials if it reaches a deal with U.S. negotiators in talks in Doha two sources have said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-taliban/taliban-open-to-10-day-ceasefire-with-u-s-talks-with-afghan-govt-sources-idUSKBN1ZG0GA | 2020-01-18 |
| WASHINGTON The Pentagon has received a request from within the Trump administration to build roughly 270 miles of wall on the border with Mexico and is evaluating its cost and viability a senior Defense Department official said on Thursday | Negative | WASHINGTON The Pentagon has received a request from within the Trump administration to build roughly 270 miles of wall on the border with Mexico and is evaluating its cost and viability a senior Defense Department official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-wall-pentagon/pentagon-gets-request-to-build-roughly-270-miles-of-trump-border-wall-idUSKBN1ZF2VD | 2020-01-18 |
| WASHINGTON Leading U.S. and Chinese officials on Wednesday discussed negotiations with North Korea as well as United Nations sanctions intended to limit North Koreas nuclear ambitions according to the State Department | Positive | WASHINGTON Leading U.S. and Chinese officials on Wednesday discussed negotiations with North Korea as well as United Nations sanctions intended to limit North Koreas nuclear ambitions according to the State Department | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-northkorea/u-s-chinese-officials-discussed-north-korea-negotiations-u-n-sanctions-state-department-idUSKBN1ZF1LV | 2020-01-17 |
| WASHINGTON The Pentagon has received a new request from within the Trump administration to build roughly 270 miles of wall on the border with Mexico and is evaluating its cost and viability a senior Defense Department official said on Thursday | Negative | WASHINGTON The Pentagon has received a new request from within the Trump administration to build roughly 270 miles of wall on the border with Mexico and is evaluating its cost and viability a senior Defense Department official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-wall-pentagon/pentagon-gets-new-request-to-build-roughly-270-miles-of-trump-border-wall-idUSKBN1ZF2VD | 2020-01-17 |
| The Labor Department will follow in the footsteps of the United States Department of Agriculture which last year removed computers from its data newsroom | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Labor Departments Bureau of Labor Statistics on Thursday announced changes to economic data procedures which would result in the removal of computers from its Washington newsroom effective March 1 | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-economy/us-labor-department-to-remove-computers-from-data-lockups-idUSKBN1ZF2BD | 2020-01-17 |
| U.S. Senator Robert Menendez the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee told CNN on Thursday he had sent a letter to the State Department seeking an immediate briefing | Positive | KIEV Ukraine has asked the FBI in the United States for help investigating a suspected cyberattack by Russian military hackers on Burisma an energy company caught up in the impeachment of U.S. President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-ukraine/ukraine-asks-fbi-to-help-probe-suspected-russian-hack-of-burisma-idUSKBN1ZF1KL | 2020-01-17 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Germany this weekend to attend the Libya conference and push for sustaining a fragile ceasefire and getting all foreign powers to withdraw from the conflict in the North African country the State Department and U.S. officials said on Thursday | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Germany this weekend to attend the Libya conference and push for sustaining a fragile ceasefire and getting all foreign powers to withdraw from the conflict in the North African country the State Department and U.S. officials said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-pompeo/pompeo-to-attend-libya-conference-in-berlin-priority-is-ceasefire-state-department-idUSKBN1ZF2S1 | 2020-01-17 |
| TOKYO Japan has confirmed its first case of infection from a newlyidentified coronavirus that has killed one person and infected at least 40 more in China as well as prompting a travel alert from the U.S. State Department | Negative | TOKYO Japan has confirmed its first case of infection from a newlyidentified coronavirus that has killed one person and infected at least 40 more in China as well as prompting a travel alert from the U.S. State Department | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-pneumonia-japan/japan-confirms-case-of-new-chinese-virus-spread-is-concerning-idUSKBN1ZF02Z | 2020-01-17 |
| TOKYO Japan confirmed the first case of infection from the new China coronavirus that has killed one person and prompted a travel alert from the U.S. State Department | Negative | TOKYO Japan confirmed the first case of infection from the new China coronavirus that has killed one person and prompted a travel alert from the U.S. State Department | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-pneumonia-japan/japan-confirms-first-case-of-infection-with-new-china-coronavirus-idUSKBN1ZF02Z | 2020-01-16 |
| The Trump administration is poisoning the traditionally good relationship between the State Department and Congress | Negative | WASHINGTON A top Democrat in Congress vowed on Wednesday to investigate profoundly messages suggesting that the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was subject to surveillance before President Donald Trump fired her in May | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-threat/trump-impeachment-was-someone-tracking-the-u-s-ambassador-in-kiev-idUSKBN1ZE2RV | 2020-01-16 |
| WASHINGTON Senior Democratic senators said on Wednesday that they would try to force another vote to stop U.S. President Donald Trump from taking billions of dollars from the Department of Defense budget to pay for a wall on the border with Mexico | Negative | WASHINGTON Senior Democratic senators said on Wednesday that they would try to force another vote to stop U.S. President Donald Trump from taking billions of dollars from the Department of Defense budget to pay for a wall on the border with Mexico | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-congress-wall/democratic-senators-seek-to-force-vote-to-block-trump-border-wall-funding-plan-idUSKBN1ZE22U | 2020-01-16 |
| WASHINGTON More than 2400 federal inmates have won court approval for reduced prison sentences while another 124 seriously ill prisoners have been approved for early compassionate release under a criminal justice law passed in late 2018 the U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday | Negative | WASHINGTON More than 2400 federal inmates have won court approval for reduced prison sentences while another 124 seriously ill prisoners have been approved for early compassionate release under a criminal justice law passed in late 2018 the U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-justice-prison/courts-approved-more-than-2400-reduced-sentences-under-new-law-justice-department-idUSKBN1ZE2YX | 2020-01-16 |
| Engel said he would convey to the State Department on Wednesday a formal request for documents information and a briefing from senior officials | Neutral | WASHINGTON A top Democrat in Congress vowed on Wednesday to investigate profoundly messages suggesting that the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was subject to surveillance before President Donald Trump fired her in May | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-threat/trump-impeachment-was-someone-tracking-the-u-s-ambassador-in-kiev-idUSKBN1ZE2RV | 2020-01-16 |
| WASHINGTON Democrat Elizabeth Warren outlined on Tuesday how if elected to the White House she would on the first day of her presidency cancel federal student loan debt by using the Department of Educations preexisting authority | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrat Elizabeth Warren outlined on Tuesday how if elected to the White House she would on the first day of her presidency cancel federal student loan debt by using the Department of Educations preexisting authority | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-warren/white-house-contender-warren-sees-path-to-cancel-student-loan-debt-without-congress-idUSKBN1ZD1T3 | 2020-01-15 |
| Warren said on Tuesday that the Higher Education Act a law passed in 1965 gives the Education Department the ability to act as a safety for federal student loan programs | Neutral | WASHINGTON Democrat Elizabeth Warren outlined on Tuesday how if elected to the White House she would on the first day of her presidency cancel federal student loan debt by using the Department of Educations preexisting authority | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-warren/white-house-contender-warren-sees-path-to-cancel-student-loan-debt-without-congress-idUSKBN1ZD1T3 | 2020-01-15 |
| took place near walking trails in the Colorado city of 460000 people the Colorado Springs Police Department said on its website | Neutral | A man was taken into custody after stabbing eight people at multiple locations in Colorado Springs on Monday morning in what police said appeared to be a random act of violence | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-colorado-crime/eight-people-wounded-in-stabbing-spree-in-colorado-springs-idUSKBN1ZC20D | 2020-01-14 |
| The poll was conducted ahead of reports from the American Petroleum Institute an industry group and the Energy Information Administration an agency of the U.S. Department of Energy | Neutral | SINGAPORE Oil prices edged higher on Tuesday as investors focused on the signing of a preliminary trade deal between the United States and China the worlds top oil consumers and on expectations of a drawdown in U.S. crude oil inventories | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-prices-rise-ahead-of-trade-deal-likely-stock-draw-idUSKBN1ZD047 | 2020-01-14 |
| Engel said his committee which oversees the State Department hoped to hear from Pompeo soon | Positive | WASHINGTON The Democratic chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Monday he was disappointed and that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had declined to testify at a committee hearing on Iran set for Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-congress-hearing/u-s-house-chairman-frustrated-pompeo-refused-to-testify-on-iran-idUSKBN1ZC1US | 2020-01-14 |
| The documents show the Information Research Department a British antiSoviet propaganda unit with close ties to British intelligence led negotiations with Reuters | Positive | LONDON The British government secretly funded Reuters in the 1960s and 1970s at the behest of an antiSoviet propaganda unit linked to British intelligence and concealed the funding by using the BBC to make the payments declassified government documents show | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-media/britain-secretly-funded-reuters-in-1960s-and-1970s-documents-idUSKBN1ZC20H | 2020-01-14 |
| We perceive Defendant Michael Cohen as the damage of current Justice Department policies which appear to place personal loyalty to the President over the impartial administration of Adler wrote | Neutral | NEW YORK Michael Cohen Donald Trumps former personal lawyer and fixer who is now seeking early release from prison on Friday rejected the claim that his lies undermined his ability to help investigators on matters related to the U.S. president | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-cohen/ex-trump-lawyer-cohen-says-his-assistance-justifies-early-prison-exit-idUSKBN1Z92I6 | 2020-01-12 |
| WASHINGTON A federal judge who is set to assess the Justice Departments approval of TMobile USs plan to buy rival Sprint Corp said on Friday he would allow comments filed to the court about the billion telecoms deal | Positive | WASHINGTON A federal judge who is set to assess the Justice Departments approval of TMobile USs plan to buy rival Sprint Corp said on Friday he would allow comments filed to the court about the billion telecoms deal | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-sprint-m-a-tmobile-judge/u-s-judge-opens-justice-departments-t-mobile-sprint-deal-approval-to-comments-idUSKBN1Z929I | 2020-01-11 |
| The United States is curbing public charter flights to Cuba in a further effort to squeeze the Cuban governments income the U.S. State Department said on Friday prompting an outcry from officials in Havana | Negative | The United States is curbing public charter flights to Cuba in a further effort to squeeze the Cuban governments income the U.S. State Department said on Friday prompting an outcry from officials in Havana | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-cuba-flights/u-s-seeks-to-squeeze-cuba-by-further-curbing-flights-to-island-idUSKBN1Z91T0 | 2020-01-11 |
| Huber had been awaiting the completion of a separate Justice Department review conducted by the departments inspector general Michael Horowitz | Neutral | WASHINGTON A U.S. Justice Department inquiry into Republican allegations of misconduct at the department and the FBI including its handling of investigations related to 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton effectively ended without tangible results the Washington Post reported on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-investigation/u-s-inquiry-into-fbi-clinton-spurred-by-republicans-ends-without-results-washington-post-idUSKBN1Z905V | 2020-01-11 |
| Walker joins the worlds largest defense contractor from the U.S. Department of Defenses future warfare and technology agency DARPA where he was a director | Positive | Walker joins the worlds largest defense contractor from the U.S. Department of Defenses future warfare and technology agency DARPA where he was a director | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-lockheed-moves-steven-walker/lockheed-martin-names-steven-walker-as-chief-technology-officer-idUSKBN1Z82J7 | 2020-01-10 |
| The case is New York et al v U.S. Department of Homeland Security et al 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals No | Neutral | NEW YORK A federal appeals court on Wednesday refused to set aside an injunction blocking the Trump administration from enforcing a rule that would withhold green cards from immigrants likely to require government assistance such as Medicaid or food stamps | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-immigration/u-s-court-blocks-trump-from-enforcing-public-charge-immigration-rule-idUSKBN1Z72D1 | 2020-01-09 |
| The alert level in the entire Iraq has been raised to alert level 4 calling for mandatory said Eduardo Menez spokesman at the Department of Foreign Affairs | Negative | MANILA The Philippines has ordered its citizens to leave Iraq the Philippine foreign ministry said on Wednesday after Iran attacked U.S. forces there in response to a U.S. strike that killed an Iranian general last week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-philippine-labour/philippines-orders-citizens-in-iraq-to-leave-after-iran-attacks-u-s-forces-idUSKBN1Z70GY | 2020-01-08 |
| There was no immediate response from the State Department on whether Pompeo would agree to testify publicly | Positive | WASHINGTON A Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives committee said on Tuesday it had called Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to testify on Iran next week as members of Congress push President Donald Trumps administration for more information about the killing of a top Iranian military commander | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-congress-hearing/u-s-house-committee-sets-iran-hearing-invites-pompeo-idUSKBN1Z62Q6 | 2020-01-08 |
| A lot of ideas a lot of initiatives for joint ventures are still on the said Lu who heads the Chinese Foreign Ministrys Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs | Neutral | BEIJING China said on Monday it hoped to expand newly restored ties with the Pacific state of Kiribati site of a strategic but mothballed Chinese space tracking station in comments that may further stoke U.S. anxiety about Beijings growing influence | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-kiribati/china-eyes-increased-ties-with-kiribati-site-of-space-tracking-station-idUSKBN1Z5168 | 2020-01-07 |
| White House national security adviser Robert OBrien said on Saturday the operation was legal and that Justice Department lawyers had signed off on it | Positive | WASHINGTON Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday defended President Donald Trumps decision to kill Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani as Democratic lawmakers questioned whether the action was justified and the United States braced for retaliation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa/pompeo-defends-u-s-killing-of-iranian-as-democrats-ask-why-now-idUSKBN1Z40GM | 2020-01-06 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| WASHINGTON The United States plans to designate an Iranianbacked Iraqi militia as a foreign terrorist organization the State Department said on Friday accusing the Asaib Ahl alHaq group of being a violent proxy of Tehran | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States plans to designate an Iranianbacked Iraqi militia as a foreign terrorist organization the State Department said on Friday accusing the Asaib Ahl alHaq group of being a violent proxy of Tehran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-designation/u-s-to-designate-iran-backed-iraqi-militia-as-foreign-terrorist-organization-idUSKBN1Z220Y | 2020-01-04 |
| Under U.S. law companies selling hacking products or services to foreign governments must first obtain permission from the State Department | Neutral | WASHINGTON Newly passed legislation will push the U.S. State Department to disclose how it polices the sale of cyber tools and services abroad | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-spying/u-s-legislation-on-spread-of-cyber-tools-passes-after-reuters-investigation-idUSKBN1Z11KS | 2020-01-03 |
| The new reporting guideline was part of the State Departments 2020 budget bill signed into law by President Donald Trump on Dec | Positive | WASHINGTON Newly passed legislation will push the U.S. State Department to disclose how it polices the sale of cyber tools and services abroad | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-spying/u-s-legislation-on-spread-of-cyber-tools-passes-after-reuters-investigation-idUSKBN1Z11KS | 2020-01-03 |
| Good Harbor and CyberPoint have previously told Reuters that their companies obtained proper permissions from the State Department and followed all U.S. laws | Positive | WASHINGTON Newly passed legislation will push the U.S. State Department to disclose how it polices the sale of cyber tools and services abroad | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-spying/u-s-legislation-on-spread-of-cyber-tools-passes-after-reuters-investigation-idUSKBN1Z11KS | 2020-01-03 |
| WASHINGTON Newly passed legislation will push the U.S. State Department to disclose how it polices the sale of cyber tools and services abroad | Neutral | WASHINGTON Newly passed legislation will push the U.S. State Department to disclose how it polices the sale of cyber tools and services abroad | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-spying/u-s-legislation-on-spread-of-cyber-tools-passes-after-reuters-investigation-idUSKBN1Z11KS | 2020-01-03 |
| The case is New Mexico Health Connections v U.S. Department of Health Human Services et al 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals No | Negative | A U.S. appeals court upheld the validity of a federal program governing the payment of billions of dollars to insurers under the Affordable Care Act reversing a lower court ruling that had prompted the White House to temporarily suspend payments | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-obamacare-risk-payments-decision/u-s-appeals-court-upholds-risk-payments-to-health-insurers-idUSKBN1YZ1BW | 2020-01-01 |
| The protests were led by Iranianbacked militias and lasted several hours but the U.S. State Department said later that personnel were secure and the facility had not been breached | Negative | BAGHDAD Militiamen and their supporters protesting against deadly U.S. air strikes on Iraq hurled stones and torched a security post at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday in an unprecedented attack on an American diplomatic mission in the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa/trump-blames-iran-as-protests-erupt-outside-u-s-embassy-in-iraq-idUSKBN1YZ0IO | 2020-01-01 |
| There are no plans to evacuate Embassy a State Department spokesperson said | Neutral | WASHINGTON The United States has no plans to evacuate its embassy in Baghdad and additional forces are being sent following violent demonstrations outside the compound by protesters and militia fighters enraged by American air strikes U.S officials said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-trump/u-s-has-no-plan-to-evacuate-embassy-in-baghdad-more-forces-being-sent-to-compound-idUSKBN1YZ0TD | 2020-01-01 |
| Asked Tuesday when the deal might be signed Chinas foreign ministry spokesman referred questions to Chinas Department of Commerce | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Phase 1 of trade deal with China would be signed on Jan | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china/trump-says-u-s-china-trade-deal-will-be-signed-on-january-15-idUSKBN1YZ103 | 2020-01-01 |
| Sentence | Sentiment | Title | Url | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Issuing the first deployment permit is a significant milestone in the evolution of autonomous vehicles in said California Department of Motor Vehicles director Steve Gordon. | Positive | Robotics startup Nuro plans to start its driverless delivery operations as early as next year. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-55438969 | 2020-12-25 |
| Manston Airport in Kent is being readied to take up to 4000 lorries to ease congestion in the county the Department for Transport has said. | Negative | The move announced on Sunday means no lorries or ferry passengers will be able to sail from the port of Dover | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-55391289 | 2020-12-21 |
| This follows a landmark lawsuit by the US Department of Justice over a similar issue in October. | Negative | This follows a landmark lawsuit by the US Department of Justice over a similar issue in October. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-55357340 | 2020-12-18 |
| The logistics industry has written to the Department for Transport calling for it to help clear port backlogs. | Positive | On top of skyrocketing shipping rates carriers are adding congestion charges for imports to Felixstowe and Southampton because of severe delays. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-55237791 | 2020-12-09 |
| Prior to his work with the Brexit campaign he had worked for Iain Duncan Smith when he was Conservative Party leader and Michael Gove at the Department for Education | Positive | Mr Cummings told the BBC rumours of me threatening to resign are invented after speculation this week. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-54925322 | 2020-11-13 |
| I am hopeful that after this study newer avenues would open up with regards to having coldchain independent vaccines said Dr Renu Swarup secretary of Indias Department of Biotechnology. | Positive | Imagine a Covid19 vaccine that is heat tolerant and can be transported to remote towns and villages for tens of millions of jabs without depending on the cold chain | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-54792287 | 2020-11-06 |
| PayPal has been granted permission for its operation from the New York State Department of Financial Services in the form of a conditional Bitlicence the first such licence granted. | Positive | Those virtual coins could then be used to buy things from the 26 million sellers which accept PayPal it said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-54630283 | 2020-10-22 |
| Forces will have access to information telling them if an individual has been told to selfisolate the Department of Health and Social Care said. | Negative | Forces will have access to information telling them if an individual has been told to selfisolate the Department of Health and Social Care said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-54586897 | 2020-10-18 |
| These areas were swept of trees for farming and have never recovered says Dr Paul expert in trees and planning at Sheffield Universitys Department of Landscape Architecture. | Negative | Two London boroughs Camden and Croydon were among the top 20 places in England and Wales with the most tree cover a research project has found. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54311593 | 2020-10-18 |
| We have struggled this week to get answers from the app team and the Department of Health about how they intend to deal with the problem | Negative | Now the Department of Health says it is working on a fix but warned it could take some time. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-54389083 | 2020-10-03 |
| Fourmonth stockpiles of PPE personal protective equipment such as masks visors and gowns will be available from November the Department of Health has said. | Positive | Refusing to selfisolate when told to is now illegal in England from Monday with fines of up to | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-54320482 | 2020-09-28 |
| The FBIs Kansas City Missouri field office is working with the US Department of Justices Civil Rights Division and US attorneys office in Kansas on the inquiry. | Neutral | The FBI is to investigate the fatal police shooting of a teenage boy as he reversed a vehicle out his familys garage in the US state of Kansas. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-54290575 | 2020-09-25 |
| There was no immediate comment from the Overland Park Police Department or the Johnson County district attorneys Office. | Neutral | The FBI is to investigate the fatal police shooting of a teenage boy as he reversed a vehicle out his familys garage in the US state of Kansas. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-54290575 | 2020-09-25 |
| Keith Krach is the highestlevel official from the US State Department to visit the island in decades. | Positive | China says it is conducting military exercises near the Taiwan Strait to protect its sovereignty even as a top US official visits Taiwan. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-54200913 | 2020-09-18 |
| Roughly 30 million people about of the American workforce remain on some form of unemployment benefits despite reopening underway the Labour Department said this week. | Positive | The US budget deficit has hit a record high of more than | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54126226 | 2020-09-12 |
| The North Complex Fire which has been burning since 18 August is among the deadliest in history the California Department of Forestry and Fire protection reports | Negative | Dozens of people are missing in Oregon wildfires that have displaced tens of thousands of people Governor Kate Brown has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-54126808 | 2020-09-12 |
| The calculation is based on expected fraud rates for government expenditure from the Cabinet Office and the Department for Work and Pensions. | Neutral | Up to | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54066815 | 2020-09-08 |
| If the payment is successful it will be quickly rolled out to other areas where there are lots of cases the Department of Health said. | Positive | People on low incomes in parts of England where there are high rates of coronavirus will be able to claim up to if they have to selfisolate. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53926977 | 2020-08-27 |
| The BBC has asked the Department of Health for a response. | Neutral | Ministers are coming under pressure to lift the limit on the number of places to study medicine in England after changes to how Alevels are awarded. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53830172 | 2020-08-19 |
| But the ending of some of the exemptions on the list follows a significant change in the risk of contracting Covid19 the Department for Transport said. | Negative | Thousands of holidaymakers have rushed back to the UK in a bid to avoid quarantine measures imposed on France which came into force on Saturday. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53782019 | 2020-08-15 |
| For now its inevitable more elderly Victorians will die according to Australias Health Department secretary Brendan Murphy | Negative | I grew up in a Im not dying in a pandemic | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53633356 | 2020-08-06 |
| Protecting public health is our absolute priority and we have taken this decision to limit any potential spread to the UK a spokesman from the Department of Transport said. | Negative | Travellers returning to the UK from Spain after midnight tonight will have to quarantine for 14 days the government has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53540691 | 2020-07-26 |
| It is quoting the University of California Davis as saying that she left her job as a visiting researcher in the Department of Radiation Oncology in June. | Positive | A Singaporean man has pleaded guilty in the US to working as an agent of China the latest incident in a growing standoff between Washington and Beijing. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-53534941 | 2020-07-25 |
| The Times itself says the plans have not been finalised and the president could dismiss them and that the White House and the State Department had declined to comment. | Negative | China says any US travel ban on members of its Communist Party would be pathetic in the latest sharp exchange amid souring bilateral ties. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-53427782 | 2020-07-17 |
| Ms Sloman who works regularly as a consultant for the Department for Transport More roads just mean more cars | Positive | The vast majority of emissions cuts from electric cars will be wiped out by new roadbuilding a report says. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53353258 | 2020-07-10 |
| People arriving in England from countries including France Spain Germany and Italy will no longer need to quarantine from 10 July the Department for Transport has confirmed | Positive | People arriving in England from countries including France Spain Germany and Italy will no longer need to quarantine from 10 July the Department for Transport has confirmed | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53273048 | 2020-07-03 |
| It follows a highly criticised request from the Department of Justice to drop the case and an attempt by Flynn to change his guilty plea. | Negative | A federal court has moved to dismiss charges against exNational Security Adviser Michael Flynn one of several Trump associates convicted of lying. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-53168278 | 2020-06-25 |
| The BBC has approached the Department for Health and Social care for comment. | Neutral | Health leaders are calling for an urgent review to determine whether the UK is properly prepared for the real risk of a second wave of coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53159918 | 2020-06-24 |
| A top federal prosecutor has issued a statement saying he has not resigned despite the US Justice Department announcing he was stepping down. | Positive | A top federal prosecutor has issued a statement saying he has not resigned despite the US Justice Department announcing he was stepping down. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-53117951 | 2020-06-20 |
| In order to qualify for Daca applicants under the age of 30 are required to submit personal information to the Department of Homeland Security including addresses and phone numbers. | Positive | The US Supreme Court has ruled against President Donald Trumps bid to end a major programme that protects young immigrants from deportation | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-53096887 | 2020-06-19 |
| To prevent the spread of the disease the Department for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs is now placing heavy restrictions on some species | Negative | Severe restrictions will be placed on imports of some very popular trees and plants in an effort to halt a deadly infection. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52360081 | 2020-04-21 |
| His team have gained experience in developing these adsorbent materials for the US Department of Defence to protect soldiers against nerve gas attacks | Positive | A new material developed by scientists could give a significant boost to a new generation of hydrogenpowered cars | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52328786 | 2020-04-19 |
| The new material has already beaten tough targets set by the US Department of Energy for on board storage and delivery systems for alternative fuels | Positive | A new material developed by scientists could give a significant boost to a new generation of hydrogenpowered cars | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52328786 | 2020-04-19 |
| US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meanwhile said China must show full transparency on coronavirus during a call with his Beijing counterpart Yang Jiechi the Department of State said. | Negative | President Donald Trump says the US has passed the peak of new Covid19 cases and predicted some states would reopen this month. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-52304993 | 2020-04-16 |
| Burial operations at the site have ramped up amid the pandemic from one day a week to five days a week according to the Department of Corrections | Negative | Images have emerged of coffins being buried in a mass grave in New York City as the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak continues to rise. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-52241221 | 2020-04-10 |
| The police and the ministry hold daily teleconferences to exchange information senior assistant commissioner of police Lian Ghim Hua of the Criminal Investigation Department told the BBC via email | Negative | In Singapore one of the first places hit by coronavirus detectives are tracking down potential positive cases to try to stay one step ahead of the virus | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-51866102 | 2020-03-19 |
| The number of confirmed UK cases of the virus has reached 1372 with 40279 people tested according to the latest Department of Health figures. | Negative | The government is to hold daily televised press conferences to update the public on the fight against coronavirus Downing Street has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51901818 | 2020-03-16 |
| The tech giant which had been favoured to win the cloud computing deal sued last year after the US Defense Department gave the opportunity to archrival Microsoft instead. | Negative | A judge has hit pause on a major US government contract in a win for Amazon which had challenged the award. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-51497463 | 2020-02-14 |
| We have confidence in the Department of Defense and we believe the facts will show they ran a detailed thorough and fair process it said. | Positive | A judge has hit pause on a major US government contract in a win for Amazon which had challenged the award. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-51497463 | 2020-02-14 |
| We dont want any disagreements with aid agencies insists Mane Al Assal who heads SCMCHAs Department of International Cooperation | Positive | A crisis within the worlds greatest humanitarian emergency could be reaching breaking point over the control of lifesaving aid millions of Yemenis need to survive | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-51445539 | 2020-02-11 |
| Lt Col Vindmans twin brother Yevgeny Vindman a senior lawyer for the National Security Council was also sent back to the Department of the Army on Friday. | Positive | US President Donald Trump has dismissed two senior officials who testified against him at his impeachment trial. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-51408704 | 2020-02-08 |
| Mr Starr was the US Department of Justice independent counsel who investigated the Whitewater affair a scandalplagued mid1980s land venture in Arkansas involving Bill and Hillary Clinton. | Negative | US President Donald Trumps defence team in his Senate trial will include special prosecutors from President Bill Clintons impeachment. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-51154812 | 2020-01-18 |
| The lawsuit seeks damages for the inmates and an order forcing the Mississippi Department of Corrections to take action. | Negative | Rapper JayZ has instructed his lawyers to take legal action against US prison officials on behalf of 29 inmates whose lives he says are at risk. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51126128 | 2020-01-16 |
| Amazon is challenging the award claiming that President Trump pressured the Department of Defense into rejecting its bid because of a personal vendetta against its chief executive Jeff Bezos. | Negative | As 2019 splutters to a close its time for our annual lookback at our mostread tech stories and to What happened | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-50809562 | 2020-01-01 |