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| The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Negative | U.S. emergency medical personnel are getting quick access to COVID19 vaccines in some parts of the United States while fire chiefs in other areas forecast a delay of weeks or months highlighting the chaotic nature of a rollout that relies on states and counties to plan and administer distribution | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-firefighte/do-u-s-firefighter-medics-get-early-covid-19-vaccines-depends-on-the-state-idUSKBN294168 | 2020-12-31 |
| Mixed messages from banks and the U.S. Treasury Department have caused confusion and frustration for millions of struggling Americans waiting for the government to deposit stimulus payments into their bank accounts | Negative | Mixed messages from banks and the U.S. Treasury Department have caused confusion and frustration for millions of struggling Americans waiting for the government to deposit stimulus payments into their bank accounts | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-banks-stimulus/cash-strapped-americans-ask-mnuchin-where-their-stimmy-checks-are-idUSKBN294259 | 2020-12-31 |
| 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 |
| A spokeswoman for the Justice Department did not immediately provide comment on the Christmas holiday | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. federal judge said that the Justice Department broke the law when it rescheduled the execution of the only woman on federal death row last month potentially pushing her execution into Democratic Presidentelect Joe Bidens new administration | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-executions/u-s-judge-again-delays-execution-of-lone-woman-on-federal-death-row-idUSKBN29000G | 2020-12-27 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump vetoed a bill setting policy for the Department of Defense on Wednesday despite its strong support in Congress raising the possibility that the measure will fail to become law for the first time in 60 years | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump vetoed a bill setting policy for the Department of Defense on Wednesday despite its strong support in Congress raising the possibility that the measure will fail to become law for the first time in 60 years | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-defense-congress/trump-vetoes-major-defense-bill-despite-strong-backing-in-congress-idUSKBN28X2IS | 2020-12-24 |
| The Department of Health and Human Services the federal agency that passed the rule did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | A federal judge on Wednesday blocked a lastminute Trump administration rule aimed at lowering drug prices as of next week | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-drug-pricing/federal-judge-blocks-trump-administration-drug-pricing-rule-idUSKBN28X2II | 2020-12-24 |
| The lawsuit marked one of the most significant actions the Justice Department has taken in response to the epidemic targeting companies accused of contributing to it | Negative | 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 |
| The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will issue an advisory to American businesses warning them of data security risks associated with using communications equipment and services from Chinalinked companies Axios reported on Tuesday | Negative | The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will issue an advisory to American businesses warning them of data security risks associated with using communications equipment and services from Chinalinked companies Axios reported on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-security/u-s-homeland-security-dept-to-issue-china-data-security-warning-to-businesses-axios-idUSKBN28W2Q1 | 2020-12-23 |
| Also on Monday U.S. Department of Homeland Security chief Chad Wolf said it was looking at further restrictions on China which he called an everincreasing threat to the United States | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Monday imposed additional visa restrictions on Chinese officials over alleged human rights abuses taking further action against Beijing in the final month of U.S. President Donald Trumps term | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-rights/u-s-issues-additional-visa-restrictions-on-chinese-officials-idUSKBN28V2B5 | 2020-12-22 |
| In the spring the Commerce Department expanded the definition of military end as the department defines the companies with military ties | Positive | The Trump administration on Monday published a list of Chinese and Russian companies with alleged military ties that restrict them from buying a wide range of U.S. goods and technology | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-military-companies-exclusiv/u-s-publishes-list-of-chinese-and-russian-firms-with-military-ties-idUSKBN28V2LQ | 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 |
| Wolf noted a State Department action this month to reduce the validity of U.S. visas for members of Chinas ruling Communist Party to one month | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Monday imposed additional visa restrictions on Chinese officials over alleged human rights abuses taking further action against Beijing in the final month of U.S. President Donald Trumps term | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-rights/u-s-issues-additional-visa-restrictions-on-chinese-officials-idUSKBN28V2B5 | 2020-12-22 |
| WASHINGTON Dozens of email accounts at the U.S. Treasury Department were compromised by the powerful hackers responsible for a wideranging espionage campaign against U.S. government agencies the office of U.S. Senator Ron Wyden said on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON Dozens of email accounts at the U.S. Treasury Department were compromised by the powerful hackers responsible for a wideranging espionage campaign against U.S. government agencies the office of U.S. Senator Ron Wyden said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-cyber/dozens-of-email-accounts-were-hacked-at-u-s-treasury-senator-wyden-idUSKBN28V2DX | 2020-12-22 |
| The U.S. Transportation Department in November granted tentative approval for Aer Lingus to join the venture consisting of American Airlines British Airways OpenSkies Iberia and Finnair | Positive | WASHINGTON Irish airline Aer Lingus received final U.S. approval on Monday to join a transatlantic joint venture with other major airlines | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-usa-airlines-aer-lingus/u-s-gives-final-ok-for-aer-lingus-to-join-transatlantic-joint-venture-idUSKBN28V2WL | 2020-12-22 |
| The regulator also noted that several other competition authorities including the U.S. Department of Justice were yet to make a decision on the deal | Positive | Australias antitrust regulator on Tuesday rejected an undertaking by Alphabet Incowned Google that sought to address competition concerns over its planned | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-fitbit-m-a-alphabet-australia/australian-regulator-rejects-googles-undertaking-over-fitbit-competition-concerns-idUSKBN28V2Y7 | 2020-12-22 |
| The U.S. Transportation Department said U.S. passenger airlines had 368000 fulltime workers as of Oct | Neutral | WASHINGTON A bipartisan legislative deal unveiled by U.S. lawmakers on Sunday will grant U.S. airlines billion in new payroll assistance that will allow them to return more than 32000 furloughed workers to payrolls through March 31 sources briefed on the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-transportation/u-s-lawmakers-back-15-billion-in-airline-payroll-assistance-idUSKBN28U0PL | 2020-12-21 |
| Several government agencies including the NSA and the Department of Homeland Security have issued technical advisories on the situation | Neutral | Speaking at a private dinner for tech security executives at the St | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-global-cyber-usa-insight/powerful-tradecraft-how-foreign-cyber-spies-compromised-america-idUSKBN28T0XV | 2020-12-21 |
| The Justice Department indictment included charges of computer fraud economic espionage theft of trade secrets wire fraud access device fraud and aggravated identify theft | 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 |
| An Energy Department spokeswoman said malware had been isolated to business networks and had not impacted U.S. national security | 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 |
| John Bellinger the top State Department lawyer under former Republican Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said it was not yet clear whether the hack could be considered an act of war | 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 |
| 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 |
| In January the U.S. Interior Department said it was grounding its fleet of about 800 Chinesemade drones and earlier halted additional purchases of such drones | 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 |
| 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 U.S. Commerce Department said the action stems from Chinas militarycivil fusion doctrine and evidence of activities between SMIC and entities of concern in the Chinese military industrial | Negative | The United States should choose dialogue and consultation with China instead of pursuing unilateral sanctions against Chinese companies Chinas State Councillor and foreign minister Wang Yi said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-diplomacy-usa/senior-china-diplomat-urges-u-s-to-stop-arbitrary-suppression-of-chinese-companies-idUSKBN28S1YK | 2020-12-19 |
| The Commerce Department will not allow advanced U.S. technology to help build the military of an increasingly belligerent Secretary Wilbur Ross said in a statement | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States added dozens of Chinese companies including the countrys top chipmaker SMIC and Chinese drone manufacturer SZ DJI Technology Co Ltd to a trade blacklist on Friday as U.S. President Donald Trumps administration ratchets up tensions with China in his final weeks in office | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-sanctions/u-s-blacklists-dozens-of-chinese-firms-including-smic-dji-idUSKBN28S0HL | 2020-12-19 |
| A Justice Department spokesman declined to comment on the soontobeunsealed case | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States is expected to soon unseal criminal charges against another suspect in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie Scotland that killed 270 people mostly Americans according to a person familiar with the case | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-justice-lockerbie/u-s-expected-to-unseal-charges-against-suspect-in-lockerbie-bombing-source-idUSKBN28Q39A | 2020-12-17 |
| His release back to Libya at the time infuriated the Justice Department which had the indictment against him pending and was still investigating the bombing | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States is expected to soon unseal criminal charges against another suspect in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie Scotland that killed 270 people mostly Americans according to a person familiar with the case | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-justice-lockerbie/u-s-expected-to-unseal-charges-against-suspect-in-lockerbie-bombing-source-idUSKBN28Q39A | 2020-12-17 |
| The U.S. State Departments Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs did not respond to requests for comment | Neutral | SYDNEY The United States has warned Pacific island nations about security threats posed by a Chinese companys cutprice bid to build an undersea internet cable two sources told Reuters part of an international development project in the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-pacific-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-warns-pacific-islands-about-chinese-bid-for-undersea-cable-project-sources-idUSKBN28R0L2 | 2020-12-17 |
| WASHINGTON Alphabet Incs Google already facing lawsuits by the U.S. Justice Department and attorneys general led by Texas is expected to be sued for anticompetitive behavior on Thursday by another group of attorneys general according to two people familiar with the matter | Negative | WASHINGTON Alphabet Incs Google already facing lawsuits by the U.S. Justice Department and attorneys general led by Texas is expected to be sued for anticompetitive behavior on Thursday by another group of attorneys general according to two people familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-tech-antitrust-google-colorado/google-faces-third-antitrust-lawsuit-as-30-u-s-states-plan-action-source-idUSKBN28Q2XQ | 2020-12-17 |
| A Justice Department spokeswoman did not respond to a request for comment | Neutral | Facebook Inc and Alphabets Google the two biggest players in online advertising used a series of deals to consolidate their market power illegally Texas and nine other states alleged in a lawsuit against Google on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-tech-antitrust-google-facebook/google-secretly-gave-facebook-perks-data-in-ad-deal-u-s-states-allege-idUSKBN28Q37G | 2020-12-17 |
| The Energy Department under Granholm who would need Senate confirmation could play a critical role in deploying advanced vehicle battery and supply chain manufacturing Britton said | Neutral | When Jennifer Granholm was governor of automanufacturing Michigan she led a charge that secured a whopping | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-biden-granholm-evs/bidens-expected-energy-department-pick-granholm-could-lead-charge-on-electric-cars-idUSKBN28R0JO | 2020-12-17 |
| STOCKHOLM The Department of Justice and FBI are investigating SEB Swedbank and Danske Bank over possible breaches of U.S. antimoney laundering regulations and fraud Swedish newspaper Dagens Industri reported on Tuesday sending the banks shares lower | Negative | STOCKHOLM The Department of Justice and FBI are investigating SEB Swedbank and Danske Bank over possible breaches of U.S. antimoney laundering regulations and fraud Swedish newspaper Dagens Industri reported on Tuesday sending the banks shares lower | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/europe-moneylaundering-us-investigation/u-s-investigation-report-hits-seb-swedbank-and-danske-bank-shares-idUSKBN28P1Z6 | 2020-12-16 |
| The U.S. Department of Justice which can also speak for the FBI declined to comment | Negative | STOCKHOLM The Department of Justice and FBI are investigating SEB Swedbank and Danske Bank over possible breaches of U.S. antimoney laundering regulations and fraud Swedish newspaper Dagens Industri reported on Tuesday sending the banks shares lower | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/europe-moneylaundering-us-investigation/u-s-investigation-report-hits-seb-swedbank-and-danske-bank-shares-idUSKBN28P1Z6 | 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 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration a Transportation Department agency has not had a Senateconfirmed administrator since January 2017 | Neutral | 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 |
| 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 |
| The Commerce Department had sought to bar data hosting within the United States for TikTok content delivery services and other technical transactions | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. appeals court on Monday questioned a government lawyer over the Trump administrations efforts to ban Americans from downloading Chineseowned TikTok from U.S. app stores | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-tiktok/u-s-court-hears-appeal-against-order-blocking-tiktok-app-store-ban-idUSKBN28O127 | 2020-12-15 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department said on Monday it hoped it will be possible to find a resolution to NATO ally Turkeys decision to buy the S400 air defense system from Russia which led the United States to impose sanctions on Turkey | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department said on Monday it hoped it will be possible to find a resolution to NATO ally Turkeys decision to buy the S400 air defense system from Russia which led the United States to impose sanctions on Turkey | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-turkey-sanctions-erdogan-resolution/even-after-s-400-sanctions-u-s-hopes-for-resolution-with-turkey-idUSKBN28O2MS | 2020-12-15 |
| 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 |
| Justice Department officials have said recent settlements do not foreclose future criminal prosecutions of individuals associated with Purdue | Neutral | 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 |
| 27 blocked the Commerce Department order hours before it was to prohibit new downloads of the short videosharing app | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. appeals court on Monday questioned a government lawyer over the Trump administrations efforts to ban Americans from downloading Chineseowned TikTok from U.S. app stores | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-tiktok/u-s-court-hears-appeal-against-order-blocking-tiktok-app-store-ban-idUSKBN28O127 | 2020-12-15 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Friday threw its weight behind the annual National Defense Authorization Act a billion bill setting policy for the Department of Defense passing the bill with a margin large enough to overcome President Donald Trumps promised veto | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Friday threw its weight behind the annual National Defense Authorization Act a billion bill setting policy for the Department of Defense passing the bill with a margin large enough to overcome President Donald Trumps promised veto | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-defense-congress/u-s-senate-backs-massive-defense-bill-defying-trump-veto-threat-idUSKBN28L24P | 2020-12-12 |
| The U.S. Department of Justice said that on Thursday it began paying out approximately million to help individuals schools charities pension plans and other recoup their losses | Positive | NEW YORK Overseers of two programs to compensate victims of Bernard Madoffs Ponzi scheme have announced million of new payouts ahead of Fridays 12th anniversary of the nowimprisoned swindlers arrest | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-crime-madoff/bernard-madoff-victims-receiving-more-money-12-years-after-his-arrest-idUSKBN28K3EA | 2020-12-11 |
| The U.S. State Department and Moroccos Washington embassy did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON The United States is negotiating the sale of at least four sophisticated large aerial drones to Morocco according to three U.S. sources familiar with the negotiations and is expected to discuss the deal with members of Congress in the coming days | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-morocco-drones-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-nears-sale-of-four-sophisticated-drones-to-morocco-sources-idUSKBN28K2R4 | 2020-12-11 |
| On Wednesday the Department of Defense said it would receive about 44000 doses of the initial nationwide supply and will prioritize vaccinating healthcare workers at military medical centers | Positive | Johnson Johnson said on Wednesday it has cut enrollment for its pivotal COVID19 vaccine trial to 40000 volunteers from its original plan for 60000 as higher rates of COVID19 infections amid a worsening pandemic should generate the data it needs with fewer study subjects | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine/jj-says-cutting-enrollment-for-covid-19-vaccine-trial-by-20000-as-cases-rise-idUSKBN28J2S9 | 2020-12-10 |
| In July 2019 the Justice Department said it was expanding its Big Tech probes to include search social media and some retail services an apparent reference to Facebook and Amazon | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and a big coalition of U.S. states sued Facebook Inc on Wednesday saying that it broke antitrust law and should potentially be broken up | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-tech-antitrust-facebook-factbox/factbox-lawsuits-pile-up-as-u-s-tackles-big-techs-market-dominance-idUSKBN28J2XR | 2020-12-10 |
| The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | Washington has agreed to prolong a set of temporary migration protections that allow immigrants from six countries to live in the United States officials said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/usa-immigration-honduras/u-s-prolongs-migration-accord-for-disaster-hit-countries-idUSKBN28H1P0 | 2020-12-08 |
| 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 | 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 |
| The Treasury Department said late on Friday the government is engaging with ByteDance to complete the divestment and other steps necessary to resolve the national security risks | Neutral | 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 |
| The State Department and the White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON The United States is preparing to impose sanctions on at least a dozen Chinese officials over their alleged role in Beijings disqualification of elected opposition legislators in Hong Kong according to three sources including a U.S. official familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-sanctions-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-preparing-new-sanctions-on-chinese-officials-over-hong-kong-crackdown-sources-idUSKBN28H039 | 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 |
| The State Department said in June 2018 that it had brought home diplomats from Guangzhou China over concern they were suffering similar symptoms | Negative | WASHINGTON radio frequency is the most plausible explanation for mysterious symptoms experienced by diplomats stationed in U.S. embassies in Havana and elsewhere a U.S. government report said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-diplomats-havana/directed-radio-frequency-plausible-cause-of-havana-syndrome-u-s-government-report-finds-idUSKBN28G03R | 2020-12-06 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Weingarten added that when he last spoke with Justice Department officials about the inquiry they left me with the impression they didnt have the slightest quarrel with anything Abbe did | Positive | 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 |
| A Justice Department official on Tuesday told reporters that no government officials are the subject or target of the probe disclosed in the court filing | 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 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department said on Friday it has ended five cultural exchange programs with China calling them soft power propaganda tools | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department said on Friday it has ended five cultural exchange programs with China calling them soft power propaganda tools | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-exchange-program/u-s-ends-exchange-programs-with-china-calling-them-propaganda-idUSKBN28F05U | 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 |
| The Justice Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment while the White House did not comment | Neutral | YORK The Trump administration on Friday opted not to grant ByteDance a new extension of an order requiring the Chinese company to divest TikToks U.S. assets but talks will continue over the short videosharing apps fate two sources briefed on the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-exclusive/u-s-not-extending-tiktok-divestiture-deadline-but-talks-will-continue-sources-idUSKBN28F00V | 2020-12-05 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| JAN. 22 The U.S. Justice Department announces it will formally seek the extradition of Meng to the United States | Negative | VANCOUVER The U.S. Justice Department is discussing a deal with lawyers for Huaweis Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou that would allow her to return to China from Canada a person familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-huawei-tech-usa-events-timeline/timeline-key-events-in-huawei-cfo-meng-wanzhous-extradition-case-idUSKBN28E04H | 2020-12-04 |
| A Justice Department spokeswoman declined to comment on the presidents remarks | 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 |
| 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 |
| The U.S. Justice Department accused Facebook Inc on Thursday of discriminating against U.S. workers saying in a new lawsuit the social media giant has given hiring preferences to temporary workers including those who hold H1B visas | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/idUSKBN28D33I | 2020-12-04 |
| Trump in May directed the Commerce Department to file a petition with the FCC seeking to curb legal protections for social media companies | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate is set to vote as early as next week to approve the nomination of a senior Trump administration official who has helped lead an effort seeking social media regulations to a seat on the Federal Communications Commission | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-tech-fcc/u-s-senate-set-to-vote-on-trump-fcc-nominee-as-soon-as-next-week-idUSKBN28D3IC | 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 |
| Justice Department said that Facebook had to recruit consider or hire qualified U.S. workers for more than 2600 jobs that in many cases paid an average salary of a year | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/idUSKBN28D33I | 2020-12-04 |
| VANCOUVER The U.S. Justice Department is discussing a deal with lawyers for Huaweis Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou that would allow her to return to China from Canada a person familiar with the matter said | Positive | VANCOUVER The U.S. Justice Department is discussing a deal with lawyers for Huaweis Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou that would allow her to return to China from Canada a person familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-huawei-tech-usa-events-timeline/timeline-key-events-in-huawei-cfo-meng-wanzhous-extradition-case-idUSKBN28E04H | 2020-12-04 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Energy on Thursday issued a rule to exclude environmental reviews for marine transport of liquefied natural gas as the Trump administration unleashes last minute rules supporting the fossil fuel industry | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Energy on Thursday issued a rule to exclude environmental reviews for marine transport of liquefied natural gas as the Trump administration unleashes last minute rules supporting the fossil fuel industry | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-lng-trump/trump-admin-rule-axes-environmental-reviews-of-lng-marine-transport-idUSKBN28D311 | 2020-12-04 |
| Negotiations between Mengs lawyers and the Justice Department picked up after the U.S. presidential election the person said but it is unclear what kind of deal could be struck | Positive | VANCOUVER The U.S. Justice Department is discussing a deal with lawyers for Huaweis Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou that would allow her to return to China from Canada a person familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-huawei-tech-usa-events-timeline/timeline-key-events-in-huawei-cfo-meng-wanzhous-extradition-case-idUSKBN28E04H | 2020-12-04 |
| Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kenneth Cuccinelli who oversees the border agency called Made in a warning label | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration expanded economic pressure on Chinas western region of Xinjiang banning cotton imports from a powerful Chinese quasimilitary organization that it says uses the forced labor of detained Uighur Muslims | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china/u-s-bans-cotton-imports-from-china-producer-xpcc-citing-xinjiang-slave-labor-idUSKBN28C38V | 2020-12-03 |
| Nathan Simington a Commerce Department official was approved on a 1412 vote | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee voted on Wednesday to approve the nomination of a senior Trump administration official involved in an effort to seek new social media regulations to a seat on the Federal Communications Commission | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-tech/u-s-senate-panel-votes-to-approve-trump-fcc-nominee-idUSKBN28C2DM | 2020-12-03 |
| 22 that the U.S. Department of Commerce had drafted a list of 89 Chinese and 28 Russian companies that it determined were military end users | Negative | 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 |
| 27 blocked the Commerce Department order hours before it was to prohibit new downloads of the Chineseowned short videosharing app | Negative | WASHINGTON A federal appeals court said on Wednesday it will hear oral arguments on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok/appeals-court-schedules-dec-14-hearing-on-blocked-u-s-tiktok-new-user-ban-idUSKBN28C2VO | 2020-12-03 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON The federal judge hearing the U.S. Justice Departments antitrust lawsuit against Alphabets Google urged the governments lawyers to redraft a proposed protective order to remove potential barriers that could prevent the search and advertising giant from effectively defending itself | Negative | WASHINGTON The federal judge hearing the U.S. Justice Departments antitrust lawsuit against Alphabets Google urged the governments lawyers to redraft a proposed protective order to remove potential barriers that could prevent the search and advertising giant from effectively defending itself | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-tech-antitrust-google/u-s-judge-hearing-google-case-rejects-governments-protective-order-request-idUSKBN28C2TV | 2020-12-03 |
| MONTERREY Mexico The U.S. Treasury Department said on Wednesday it had frozen assets belonging to an alleged accomplice of Rafael Caro Quintero a Mexican drug trafficker who tops the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administrations most wanted list | Negative | MONTERREY Mexico The U.S. Treasury Department said on Wednesday it had frozen assets belonging to an alleged accomplice of Rafael Caro Quintero a Mexican drug trafficker who tops the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administrations most wanted list | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-drug-trafficking/u-s-sanctions-accomplice-of-most-wanted-mexican-trafficker-caro-quintero-idUSKBN28C31W | 2020-12-03 |
| The heads of the U.S. Treasury Department and Federal Reserve on Wednesday renewed calls for legislators to reach agreement on additional funds to help small businesses get through the next few months before a coronavirus vaccine is in wide enough use to allow a broadbased economic recovery to take hold | Negative | The heads of the U.S. Treasury Department and Federal Reserve on Wednesday renewed calls for legislators to reach agreement on additional funds to help small businesses get through the next few months before a coronavirus vaccine is in wide enough use to allow a broadbased economic recovery to take hold | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-economy-hearing/mnuchin-powell-press-again-for-deal-to-get-economy-through-the-covid-winter-idUSKBN28C2W1 | 2020-12-03 |
| The Justice Department had to ask Howells permission to view certain emails between a lawyer and clients who were not identified | Positive | The U.S. Justice Department is investigating a potential crime related to funneling money to the White House in exchange for a presidential pardon according to court documents unsealed in federal court | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-pardon/u-s-prosecutors-investigating-potential-white-house-bribery-for-pardon-scheme-idUSKBN28C00H | 2020-12-02 |
| A Justice Department official said no government official is or was a target of the investigation | Negative | The U.S. Justice Department is investigating a potential crime related to funneling money to the White House in exchange for a presidential pardon according to court documents unsealed in federal court | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-pardon/u-s-prosecutors-investigating-potential-white-house-bribery-for-pardon-scheme-idUSKBN28C00H | 2020-12-02 |
| The White House Pentagon U.S. State Department and CIA have also declined to comment on the killing as has Bidens transition team | Negative | DUBAI Irans supreme leader promised on Saturday to retaliate for the killing of the Islamic Republics top nuclear scientist raising the threat of a new confrontation with the West and Israel in the remaining weeks of Donald Trumps presidency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist-rouhani/irans-leader-promises-retaliation-for-nuclear-scientists-killing-idUSKBN28807G | 2020-12-02 |
| The U.S. Transportation Department said on Tuesday it has made preparations to enable the immediate mass of COVID19 vaccines and completed all necessary regulatory measures | Positive | WASHINGTON Top U.S. health officials announced plans on Tuesday to begin vaccinating Americans against the coronavirus as early as midDecember as nationwide deaths hit the highest number for a single day in six months | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-plans-for-first-covid-vaccines-as-pandemic-deaths-surge-again-idUSKBN28B4YV | 2020-12-02 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Transportation Department said Tuesday it has made preparations to enable the immediate mass of COVID19 vaccines and completed all necessary regulatory measures | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Transportation Department said Tuesday it has made preparations to enable the immediate mass of COVID19 vaccines and completed all necessary regulatory measures | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vaccine/u-s-says-ready-for-immediate-domestic-shipment-of-covid-19-vaccines-idUSKBN28B5BY | 2020-12-02 |
| 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 |
| The U.S. State Department said in a statement it was taking steps information sharing for aerial interception upon the successful the memorandum of understanding | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States could begin sharing sensitive intelligence with Honduras about inbound flights carrying drugs U.S. officials told Reuters even as the Central American country faces scrutiny from Washington over drugrelated corruption | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-military-honduras/u-s-may-start-sharing-sensitive-intelligence-with-honduras-in-drug-fight-idUSKBN28C0JN | 2020-12-02 |
| The U.S. Justice Department is investigating a potential crime related to funneling money to the White House in exchange for a presidential pardon according to court documents unsealed in federal court | Negative | The U.S. Justice Department is investigating a potential crime related to funneling money to the White House in exchange for a presidential pardon according to court documents unsealed in federal court | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-pardon/u-s-prosecutors-investigating-potential-white-house-bribery-for-pardon-scheme-idUSKBN28C00H | 2020-12-02 |
| In a statement to Reuters the U.S. State Department said that Washington wants to ensure sanctions do not impede humanitarian assistance to respond to the COVID19 pandemic | Negative | Germany France and Britain urged the Trump administration in late October to reconsider broad new sanctions against Irans banks arguing that the move would deter legitimate humanitarian trade and hurt the allies common interests diplomatic correspondence shows | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-germany-sanctions-banks-exclusive/exclusive-european-allies-pushed-back-when-trump-sanctioned-irans-banks-idUSKBN28B59T | 2020-12-02 |
| Neither the federal Bureau of Land Management nor the states Department of Public Safety said they had any idea | Neutral | No word as to whether Star Treks Scotty beamed it but the mysterious shiny monolith that was spotted in a remote southeastern Utah desert two weeks ago is gone | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-utah-monolith/monolith-mystery-deepens-as-utah-desert-object-vanishes-idUSKBN2890Z4 | 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 |
| Neither the White House nor the Department of Health and Human Services had an immediate response to a request for comment | Neutral | OTTAWA Canada on Saturday blocked bulk exports of prescription drugs if they would create a shortage at home in response to outgoing U.S. President Donald Trumps efforts to allow imports from Canada to lower some drug prices for Americans | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/usa-healthcare-canada/canada-blocks-bulk-exports-of-some-prescription-drugs-in-response-to-trump-import-plan-idUSKBN2880RJ | 2020-11-29 |
| The 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 |
| The White House Justice Department and USPS did not immediately comment late Friday | Neutral | WASHINGTON | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-post-office/u-s-appeals-ruling-that-barred-postal-service-changes-before-election-idUSKBN2872QB | 2020-11-28 |
| The White House Pentagon U.S. State Department and CIA also declined to comment as did Bidens transition team | Negative | DUBAI An Iranian scientist long suspected by the West of masterminding a secret nuclear bomb programme was killed in an ambush near Tehran on Friday that could provoke confrontation between Iran and its foes in the last weeks of Donald Trumps presidency | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist/killing-of-suspected-iranian-nuclear-mastermind-risks-confrontation-as-trump-exits-idUSKBN2871OE | 2020-11-28 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Transportation Department on Friday said it would add new procedural hurdles before the government could bar most additional unfair or deceptive practices by airlines in a move sought by the carriers | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Transportation Department on Friday said it would add new procedural hurdles before the government could bar most additional unfair or deceptive practices by airlines in a move sought by the carriers | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-airlines-regulations/u-s-finalizes-new-rules-sought-by-airlines-on-consumer-protections-idUSKBN2872MB | 2020-11-28 |
| The U.S. State Department had no comment about the resumption of direct oil trade between Venezuela and China | Negative | Venezuela has resumed direct shipments of oil to China after U.S. sanctions sent the trade underground for more than a year according to Refinitiv Eikon vesseltracking data and internal documents from state company Petroleos de Venezuela | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-venezuela-oil-china-exclusive/exclusive-venezuela-resumes-direct-oil-shipments-to-china-despite-u-s-sanctions-idUSKBN28703I | 2020-11-27 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday that Intuit Inc can complete its purchase of personal finance portal Credit Karma for | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday that Intuit Inc can complete its purchase of personal finance portal Credit Karma for | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-credit-karma-m-a-intuit/u-s-clears-intuits-7-billion-deal-for-credit-karma-after-divestiture-idUSKBN285276 | 2020-11-26 |
| Figures from the U.S. Labor Departments weekly jobless claims suggested that an explosion in new COVID19 infections and business restrictions were boosting layoffs and undermining a recovery | Negative | TOKYO Asian shares advanced on Thursday as market euphoria over COVID19 vaccines and expectations a Biden administration would deliver more economic stimulus and political predictability overrode a slate of weak U.S. economic data | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-advance-as-vaccine-recovery-hopes-triumph-soft-u-s-data-idUSKBN28601F | 2020-11-26 |
| 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 | 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 |
| The Justice Department said Square Inc will buy Credit Karma Tax the fifthlargest provider of online tax preparation products for U.S. federal and state tax returns | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday that Intuit Inc can complete its purchase of personal finance portal Credit Karma for | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-credit-karma-m-a-intuit/u-s-clears-intuits-7-billion-deal-for-credit-karma-after-divestiture-idUSKBN285276 | 2020-11-26 |
| 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 |
| Figures from the U.S. Labor Departments weekly jobless claims suggested that an explosion in new COVID19 infections and business restrictions were boosting layoffs and undermining the labor market recovery | Negative | Asian shares gain 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-shares-advance-as-vaccine-recovery-hopes-triumph-soft-u-s-data-idUSL1N2IC03Z | 2020-11-26 |
| The State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | 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 |
| The Justice Department has repeatedly denied allegations of prosecutorial misconduct and Sullivan rejected all of Flynns claims in December 2019 | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Wednesday pardoned his former national security adviser Michael Flynn who had twice pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI during the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/usa-trump-flynn/trump-pardons-former-adviser-flynn-who-pleaded-guilty-in-russia-probe-idUSKBN28536B | 2020-11-26 |
| The Department of Defence did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | SYDNEY Australia has issued termination notices to at least 10 special forces soldiers after the release of a report that found credible evidence of unlawful killings in Afghanistan the Australian Broadcasting Corporation said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-australia-defence/australia-to-dismiss-at-least-10-soldiers-over-afghan-killings-abc-idUSKBN2860GL | 2020-11-26 |
| Republican Senator David Perdues stock trades in financial firm Cardlytics Inc earlier in 2020 prompted a Justice Department inquiry that has since been shut without charges the New York Times reported | Positive | Republican Senator David Perdues stock trades in financial firm Cardlytics Inc earlier in 2020 prompted a Justice Department inquiry that has since been shut without charges the New York Times reported | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-politics-perdue-stocks/stock-trades-by-senator-perdue-said-to-have-prompted-doj-inquiry-nyt-idUSKBN28535I | 2020-11-26 |
| Last month the FCC asked the Justice Department to weigh in on whether China Unicoms U.S operations pose security risks | Negative | WASHINGTON The Federal Communications Commission said on Tuesday it had rejected a petition from ZTE Corp asking the agency to reconsider its decision designating the Chinese company as a U.S. national security threat to communications networks | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-fcc-zte/fcc-affirms-zte-poses-u-s-national-security-threat-idUSKBN28435P | 2020-11-25 |
| 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 |
| The U.S. Department of Commerce said on Tuesday it would set preliminary duties on phosphate fertilizer imports from Russia and Morocco after launching an investigation to determine if producers in these countries were receiving unfair subsidies | Negative | The U.S. Department of Commerce said on Tuesday it would set preliminary duties on phosphate fertilizer imports from Russia and Morocco after launching an investigation to determine if producers in these countries were receiving unfair subsidies | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-trade-fertilizer/u-s-to-enforce-duties-on-phosphate-fertilizer-imports-from-morocco-russia-idUSKBN284353 | 2020-11-25 |
| The U.S. Justice Departments decision not to reimpose any limits on Pollards movements was seen by some as a parting gift by U.S. President Donald Trumps administration to Israel | Positive | JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised Jonathan Pollard an American who spent 30 years in U.S. prison for spying for Israel a warm welcome and a comfortable life in Israel now that parole restrictions have ended | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/israel-usa-pollard/netanyahu-promises-israels-ex-spy-in-u-s-a-warm-welcome-home-idUSKBN28432H | 2020-11-25 |
| 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 |
| The UK Department of Health had no comment on Sunday on when the first vaccinations would be administered | Positive | Britain could give regulatory approval to PfizerBioNTechs COVID19 vaccine this week even before the United States authorises it the Telegraph news site reported on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-pfizer-br/pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-could-get-uk-approval-this-week-telegraph-idUSKBN2820QU | 2020-11-23 |
| Asked about the letter on Saturday Michigan Department of State spokesman Jake Rollow said Michigan law does not permit audits ahead of the certification of election results | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Republican National Committee and the Michigan Republican Party wrote to Michigans state board of canvassers on Saturday asking it to adjourn for 14 days to allow for an audit of ballots in the states largest county | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-michigan/republicans-ask-michigan-election-board-to-delay-certification-for-two-weeks-audit-detroit-votes-idUSKBN2810OW | 2020-11-22 |
| A U.S. Department of State spokesman said Washington was very by the latest detention that of EIPR Executive Director Gasser Abdel Razek | Negative | CAIRO The U.N. human rights office the United States and several European countries on Friday criticised the arrest of three members of a prominent Egyptian rights group after a meeting with diplomats in Cairo | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-rights/u-n-several-countries-denounce-arrests-of-egyptian-activists-idUSKBN2802PR | 2020-11-21 |
| The U.S. Transportation Department did not immediately comment on Friday | Neutral | The airlines said in a filing that the U.S. demands were arbitrary and especially the slot divestitures | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-delta-air-westjet/delta-westjet-scrap-planned-joint-venture-after-u-s-demands-idUSKBN28105J | 2020-11-21 |
| WASHINGTON Lawyers for a former Department of Homeland Security intelligence chief who says he was ordered to skew intelligence to support Trump Administration political messaging have been granted highlevel security clearances one of the lawyers told Reuters on Friday | Positive | WASHINGTON Lawyers for a former Department of Homeland Security intelligence chief who says he was ordered to skew intelligence to support Trump Administration political messaging have been granted highlevel security clearances one of the lawyers told Reuters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-homeland-whistleblower/lawyers-for-u-s-homeland-security-whistleblower-get-security-clearances-idUSKBN2802G2 | 2020-11-21 |
| Earlier this month the judge told the Justice Department it could only release the final report with a disclaimer saying it was written in violation of federal open meeting laws | 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 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 | Negative | 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 |
| In October a federal judge temporarily stopped the Justice Department from publishing the commissions report saying it had violated federal open meetings laws | Negative | 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 |
| The Transportation Department said the State Department determined the flights did not fall within exemption guidelines and said they would not be in the foreign policy interests of the United States | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Transportation Department said on Wednesday it is denying exemptions for two charter flight companies to deliver humanitarian cargo to Cuba the latest crackdown by the Trump administration | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-cuba-flights/u-s-agency-denies-exemptions-for-cuba-cargo-relief-flights-statement-idUSKBN27Y2QL | 2020-11-19 |
| decision the email said came from the Justice Departments Tax Division and the office of the deputy attorney general who was then Rod Rosenstein. | Neutral | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/idUSKBN27Y2PO | 2020-11-19 |
| The Transportation Department suspended private charter flights to Cuba to increase American economic pressure on the Cuban government after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sought the suspension | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Transportation Department said on Wednesday it is denying exemptions for two charter flight companies to deliver humanitarian cargo to Cuba the latest crackdown by the Trump administration | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-cuba-flights/u-s-agency-denies-exemptions-for-cuba-cargo-relief-flights-statement-idUSKBN27Y2QL | 2020-11-19 |
| The Justice Departments Kenneth Dintzer made no promises but added that what Google asked for is not unreasonable | Negative | WASHINGTON A lawyer representing Alphabet Incs Google in the search and advertising giants legal fight with the government pressed on Wednesday for a faster release of documents used to write the complaint against the company | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-tech-antitrust-google/google-presses-for-quicker-release-of-documents-in-lawsuit-idUSKBN27Y2O6 | 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 |
| The Treasury Department in a statement accused Khamenei of using the foundations holdings to enrich his office reward his political allies and persecute the regimes enemies | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Wednesday imposed broad sanctions targeting Iran blacklisting a foundation controlled by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and taking aim at what Washington called Irans human rights abuses a year after a deadly crackdown on antigovernment demonstrators | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-imposes-sweeping-sanctions-on-iran-targets-khamenei-linked-foundation-idUSKBN27Y25U | 2020-11-19 |
| The U.S. Department of Justice U.S. Department of Homeland Security and White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON A U.S. district court judge on Wednesday blocked expulsions of unaccompanied children caught crossing into the United States a setback for the outgoing Trump administration which said the policy was aimed at limiting the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-immigration-border/u-s-judge-blocks-expulsions-of-unaccompanied-children-under-trumps-pandemic-related-border-rules-idUSKBN27Y2D3 | 2020-11-19 |
| Cordell Hull a highranking official at the U.S. Department of Commerce who helped craft U.S. policies on exports to China said he was leaving his post in early December | Positive | Cordell Hull a highranking official at the U.S. Department of Commerce who helped craft U.S. policies on exports to China said he was leaving his post in early December | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-commerce-resignation/key-u-s-commerce-dept-official-involved-in-china-policy-resigning-idUSKBN27Y33L | 2020-11-19 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Transportation Department said on Wednesday it is denying exemptions for two charter flight companies to deliver humanitarian cargo to Cuba the latest crackdown by the Trump administration | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Transportation Department said on Wednesday it is denying exemptions for two charter flight companies to deliver humanitarian cargo to Cuba the latest crackdown by the Trump administration | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-cuba-flights/u-s-agency-denies-exemptions-for-cuba-cargo-relief-flights-statement-idUSKBN27Y2QL | 2020-11-19 |
| The Justice Department said that while employed with Raytheon Sun had access to defense technology information whose export is prohibited under American and international arms export laws and rules | Positive | A ChineseAmerican electrical engineer who worked for Raytheon Missile and Defense was sentence on Wednesday to 38 months in prison after pleading guilty to violating U.S. export control law the U.S. Justice Department announced | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-raytheon-engineer/chinese-american-raytheon-engineer-sentenced-to-prison-for-technology-exports-idUSKBN27Y2R3 | 2020-11-19 |
| The retail sales report released by the U.S. Commerce Department showed spending decelerating as the holiday shopping season approaches amid a lack of fresh fiscal relief from Washington | Neutral | YORK Global shares stepped back on Wednesday as soft U.S. retail sales fuelled worries that rising coronavirus cases could stifle a still fragile economic recovery dampening the euphoria from vaccine trial breakthroughs | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/world-shares-slip-as-u-s-retail-sales-dampen-vaccine-euphoria-idUSKBN27X366 | 2020-11-18 |
| Ebrard said the Department of Justice had provided Mexican authorities with evidence in the case and committed to support the investigation led by Mexican authorities | Negative | MEXICO U.S. prosecutors will drop drug charges against exMexican Defense Minister Salvador Cienfuegos and turn over the investigation to Mexico saying foreign policy considerations outweighed the interest in pressing the case | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-mexico-corruption-usa/in-shock-move-u-s-abandons-drugs-case-against-ex-mexican-defense-minister-idUSKBN27X314 | 2020-11-18 |
| The Department is investigating the possibility of augmenting the GMD system by fielding additional sensors and weapon systems to hedge against unexpected developments in the missile he said | Negative | A U.S. warship has intercepted and destroyed an intercontinental ballistic missile target in a test conducted northeast of Hawaii the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-defense-icbm/u-s-warship-successfully-destroys-icbm-target-in-test-off-hawaii-idUSKBN27X0Y9 | 2020-11-18 |
| The Justice Department said in October it would execute Montgomery on Dec | Neutral | WASHINGTON A federal judge signaled reluctance on Monday to grant Lisa Montgomery the only woman on federal death row extra time to petition for clemency after her attorneys fell ill with COVID19 before they could complete her application | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-executions/u-s-judge-reluctant-to-give-woman-on-death-row-more-time-to-seek-clemency-idUSKBN27W2Y3 | 2020-11-17 |
| 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 |
| The U.S. State Departments top diplomat for Africa Tibor Nagy denounced the attacks by Tigrayan forces on Eritrea calling them efforts to internationalize the in Tigray | Negative | ADDIS ABABA Ethiopian forces have liberated a town in the northern Tigray region the governments emergency taskforce said late on Sunday accusing local leaders of taking 10000 prisoners from the town as they fled | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-ethiopia-conflict/ethiopia-seizes-town-in-tigray-says-10000-prisoners-missing-idUSKBN27W0LB | 2020-11-16 |
| The U.S. State Departments top diplomat for Africa Tibor Nagy denounced the attacks by Tigrayan forces on Eritrea and condemned what he called their efforts to internationalize the conflict in | Negative | ADDIS ABABA The leader of Ethiopias rebellious Tigray region confirmed on Sunday that his forces had fired rockets at the airport in Eritreas capital a major escalation that raises fears of a wider war in the Horn of Africa region | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ethiopia-conflict/in-escalation-of-ethiopia-war-tigray-leader-says-his-forces-fired-rockets-at-eritrea-idUSKBN27V05M | 2020-11-16 |
| WASHINGTON Alphabet Incs Google and the U.S. Justice Department have failed to reach agreement over a protective order for third parties like Microsoft that provided data to the government for its lawsuit against the search and advertising giant | Negative | WASHINGTON Alphabet Incs Google and the U.S. Justice Department have failed to reach agreement over a protective order for third parties like Microsoft that provided data to the government for its lawsuit against the search and advertising giant | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tech-antitrust-google/google-at-odds-with-u-s-over-protective-order-for-firms-tied-to-lawsuit-idUSKBN27T31S | 2020-11-15 |
| Tsai met Blinken in 2015 at the State Department when he was deputy secretary of state and she was the presidential candidate for Taiwans Democratic Progressive Party | Positive | TAIPEI Taiwan hopes to continue its close cooperation with the United States the islands de facto U.S. ambassador told Antony Blinken a longtime confidant of Presidentelect Joe Biden as Taiwan moves to shore up ties with the new administration | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-election-taiwan/taiwan-hopes-for-close-u-s-cooperation-in-call-with-biden-adviser-idUSKBN27V030 | 2020-11-15 |
| The Wyoming Department of Health was not so lucky | Negative | Some specialty freezer makers warn of monthslong waits for units | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-freezers-focus/u-s-states-race-to-buy-ultra-cold-vaccine-freezers-fueling-supply-worries-idUSKBN27T2S6 | 2020-11-14 |
| The Commerce Departments August order would have barred transactions with TikTok which its owner ByteDance had warned would effectively prohibit TikToks use in the United States | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department said it had appealed a Pennsylvania judges Oct | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok/u-s-government-appeals-order-blocking-tiktok-ban-from-taking-effect-idUSKBN27S370 | 2020-11-13 |
| 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 |
| In a tweet the U.S. Defence Department said its initial report of six service members was incorrect and that five U.S. service members had been killed and one hospitalized | Negative | JERUSALEM A helicopter with the U.S.led Multinational Force and Observers in the Egyptian Sinai crashed on Thursday near the resort town of Sharm elSheikh killing seven members of the peacekeeper force the MFO said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-israel-egypt-peacekeepers/seven-peacekeepers-including-five-americans-killed-in-sinai-helicopter-crash-idUSKBN27S1Y8 | 2020-11-13 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department said it had appealed a Pennsylvania judges Oct | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department said it had appealed a Pennsylvania judges Oct | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok/u-s-government-appeals-order-blocking-tiktok-ban-from-taking-effect-idUSKBN27S370 | 2020-11-13 |
| The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy and the Department of Environmental Affairs did not immediately respond to email and text requests for comment | Neutral | Japanese resources company Marubeni Corp will pull out of the Thabametsi South African coal plant project the group told Reuters on Wednesday following the withdrawal of some South African investors this week | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-climatechange-safrica-coal/marubeni-to-pull-out-of-south-african-coal-fired-power-plant-project-idUSKBN27R2OQ | 2020-11-12 |
| Jake Rollow a spokesman for the Michigan Department of State in a statement said the Trump campaign was promoting false claims to erode public confidence in Michigans elections | Negative | Donald Trumps presidential campaign on Wednesday sued Michigan to block the U.S. state from certifying last weeks election results where the president has trailed Democrat Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-legal-challenges-michiga/trump-campaign-sues-michigan-to-prevent-certification-of-biden-win-idUSKBN27R2AT | 2020-11-12 |
| Trump campaign provided Hopkins affidavit to Graham who then sent a letter to the Justice Department and the FBI requesting they launch an investigation. | Neutral | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/idUSKBN27Q3FY | 2020-11-11 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump in May directed the U.S. Commerce Department to file a petition with the FCC seeking to curb legal protections for social media companies | Negative | WASHINGTON Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal said on Tuesday he would block the nomination of a senior Trump administration official nominated to a seat on the Federal Communications Commission unless he agreed not to take part in an effort to impose new regulations on social media companies | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-usa-tech-fcc/senator-vows-to-block-fcc-nominee-over-social-media-regulatory-push-idUSKBN27Q2O9 | 2020-11-11 |
| Representative Eliot Engel chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said the State Department should begin preparing for Bidens transition now | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo voiced confidence on Tuesday that once every vote was counted it would lead to a second Trump appearing to reject Democrat Joe Bidens election victory over President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-pompeo/pompeo-voices-confidence-for-second-trump-administration-then-softens-tone-on-post-election-transition-idUSKBN27Q2YH | 2020-11-11 |
| The U.S. Department of Justice which fields clemency petitions on the presidents behalf did not respond to a request for comment | Neutral | A convicted murderer who is scheduled to be executed by the U.S. government next month appealed to President Donald Trump for clemency on Tuesday citing regrets by five jurors from his trial who now say he should instead serve life in prison | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-executions/convicted-murderer-seeks-trump-clemency-citing-jurors-regret-for-death-penalty-idUSKBN27Q38G | 2020-11-11 |
| WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Bidens transition teams for the Environmental Protection Agency and Transportation Department will be run by several agency alumni who served under President Barack Obama and helped craft regulations like the Clean Power Plan and tougher fuel economy standards for vehicles | Positive | WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Bidens transition teams for the Environmental Protection Agency and Transportation Department will be run by several agency alumni who served under President Barack Obama and helped craft regulations like the Clean Power Plan and tougher fuel economy standards for vehicles | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-biden-epa/biden-transition-team-for-environment-transportation-includes-former-obama-officials-idUSKBN27Q3HB | 2020-11-11 |
| The Trump campaign provided Hopkins affidavit to Graham who then sent a letter to the Justice Department and the FBI requesting they launch an investigation | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps campaign said on Tuesday it would file a lawsuit to stop the battleground state of Michigan from certifying its election results as congressional Democrats said a witness who had raised accusations of ballot tampering in Pennsylvania recanted his allegations | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-lawsuit-michigan/trump-campaign-presses-legal-attack-on-election-as-postal-worker-recants-ballot-fraud-claims-idUSKBN27Q3FY | 2020-11-11 |
| Bidens Transportation Department team is headed by Phillip Washington chief executive of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority | Neutral | WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Bidens transition teams for the Environmental Protection Agency and Transportation Department will be run by several agency alumni who served under President Barack Obama and helped craft regulations like the Clean Power Plan and tougher fuel economy standards for vehicles | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-biden-epa/biden-transition-team-for-environment-transportation-includes-former-obama-officials-idUSKBN27Q3HB | 2020-11-11 |
| May 2019 The U.S. Commerce Department grants Huawei a licence to buy U.S. goods until Aug | Positive | SHENZHEN China Huawei Technologies plans to sell its budgetbrand Honor smartphone unit in a 100 billion yuan | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-huawei-m-a-digital-china-events-timel/timeline-huawei-feeling-the-heat-as-it-eyes-honor-sale-idUSKBN27Q1GO | 2020-11-11 |
| Earlier at a State Department briefing he There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo voiced confidence on Tuesday that once every vote was counted it would lead to a second Trump appearing to reject Democrat Joe Bidens election victory over President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-pompeo/pompeo-voices-confidence-for-second-trump-administration-then-softens-tone-on-post-election-transition-idUSKBN27Q2YH | 2020-11-11 |
| Moscows Department of Technology which manages the surveillance programme said reports of illegal access to the system were rare and sent for investigation | Negative | The 20yearold who was acting as a volunteer for a digital rights group investigating leaks in Moscows pervasive surveillance system sent over a picture of herself and waited | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-privacy-lawsuit-feature-trfn/face-for-sale-leaks-and-lawsuits-blight-russia-facial-recognition-idUSKBN27P10U | 2020-11-10 |
| A Justice Department criminal investigation is ongoing | Negative | The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is in the final stages of reviewing proposed changes to Boeing Cos 737 MAX and expects to complete the process in the coming the agencys chief told Reuters on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-boeing-737max-exclusive/exclusive-faa-in-final-stages-of-boeing-737-max-review-could-approve-as-early-as-nov-18-idUSKBN27Q00H | 2020-11-10 |
| The Justice Department Uber and Postmates did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment | Neutral | The U.S. Justice Department has cleared Uber Technologies Incs acquisition of food delivery company Postmates news website Axios reported | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-postmates-m-a-uber-antitrust/u-s-justice-department-clears-uber-postmates-deal-axios-idUSKBN27Q0EZ | 2020-11-10 |
| Last month the U.S. State Department warned international financial institutions doing business with individuals deemed responsible for Chinas crackdown in Hong Kong that they could soon face tough sanctions | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on four more Chinese officials in Hong Kongs governing and security establishment over their alleged role in crushing dissent in the former British colony | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-hongkong/u-s-imposes-sanctions-on-four-chinese-officials-over-hong-kong-crackdown-idUSKBN27P2F2 | 2020-11-10 |
| In a letter to the Defense Department issued early Monday evening Esper said he was stepping aside aware that there is much more we could accomplish | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he had Defense Secretary Mark Esper signaling he may use his final months in office after defeat at the polls to settle scores within his administration | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-defense/trump-fires-defense-secretary-in-post-election-reckoning-after-policy-splits-idUSKBN27P2IK | 2020-11-10 |
| Google and the Justice Department said a small number of significant issues remain in dispute | 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 |
| The U.S. Justice Department has cleared Uber Technologies Incs acquisition of food delivery company Postmates news website Axios reported | Positive | The U.S. Justice Department has cleared Uber Technologies Incs acquisition of food delivery company Postmates news website Axios reported | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-postmates-m-a-uber-antitrust/u-s-justice-department-clears-uber-postmates-deal-axios-idUSKBN27Q0EZ | 2020-11-10 |
| 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 |
| The ridehailing company disclosed in a regulatory filing in September that the Justice Department was also scrutinizing its plan to buy Postmates over antitrust worries | Negative | The U.S. Justice Department has cleared Uber Technologies Incs acquisition of food delivery company Postmates news website Axios reported | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-postmates-m-a-uber-antitrust/u-s-justice-department-clears-uber-postmates-deal-axios-idUSKBN27Q0EZ | 2020-11-10 |
| The Justice Department has been seeking a judges permission to drop the case | Positive | U.S. President Donald Trump could issue a flurry of pardons during his final days in power | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-pardon-explainer/explainer-can-trump-pardon-his-associates-or-himself-idUSKBN27O0FT | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 State Department also imposed a ban on Bassils travel to the United States | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States imposed sanctions on Friday on Gebran Bassil the leader of Lebanons biggest Christian political bloc and soninlaw of President Michel Aoun accusing him of corruption and ties to Hezbollah | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-lebanon-sanctions-bassil/u-s-imposes-sanctions-on-lebanese-presidents-son-in-law-idUSKBN27M22F | 2020-11-07 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday it had seized over billion worth of bitcoin associated with the underground online marketplace Silk Road | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday it had seized over billion worth of bitcoin associated with the underground online marketplace Silk Road | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-justice-crypto-currency/u-s-seizes-over-1-billion-in-bitcoin-tied-to-silk-road-idUSKBN27L2I9 | 2020-11-06 |
| The Justice Departments lawsuit said Visas chief executive called the acquisition an insurance to neutralize a threat to our important U.S. debit business | Negative | Visa shares were up more than in midday trading | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-visa-lawsuit-plaid/u-s-sues-visa-to-block-its-acquisition-of-plaid-idUSKBN27L26S | 2020-11-06 |
| 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 | Positive | 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 |
| The U.S. Department of Treasury did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment outside regular working hours | Neutral | The United States is planning to sanction Gebran Bassil the leader of Lebanons Free Patriotic Movement party which was founded by President Michel Aoun and is allied with Hezbollah the Wall Street Journal reported late on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-lebanon-sanctions/u-s-to-sanction-leader-of-lebanons-free-patriotic-movement-wsj-idUSKBN27M0JY | 2020-11-06 |
| The State Department informed their lawyers last week it had approved turning them over | Positive | BOSTON A federal judge in Boston said on Thursday she would likely reject a lastditch effort by two 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/carlos-ghosns-accused-escape-plotters-face-skeptical-u-s-judge-in-extradition-fight-idUSKBN27L2LF | 2020-11-06 |
| New Jerseys Department of Labor and Workforce Development in 2019 fined Uber million over unpaid unemployment taxes due to misclassification which the company is disputing | Negative | That question is also being tested in other countries states and agencies as | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-election-gigworkers-factbox/factbox-california-gig-worker-fight-mirrored-in-other-states-countries-idUSKBN27J1AV | 2020-11-05 |
| The U.S. State Departments formal notification gives Congress 30 days to object to any sales which is unlikely given broad bipartisan support for the defense of Taiwan | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department cleared the potential sale of four sophisticated U.S.made aerial drones to Taiwan in a formal notification sent to Congress the Pentagon said on Tuesday the last step before finalizing a weapons sale that will further anger China | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-taiwan-arms/u-s-congress-notified-of-drone-sale-to-taiwan-pentagon-idUSKBN27J2R7 | 2020-11-04 |
| The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said on Tuesday that there had so far been no indications of digital foreign interference with ballots | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been advised by domestic aides to wait until U.S. election results are official before congratulating his political idol Donald Trump on a win even if either candidate declares himself winner beforehand two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-election-brazil/brazils-bolsonaro-a-trump-fan-urged-to-refrain-from-hasty-u-s-election-comment-idUSKBN27J2C3 | 2020-11-04 |
| The Seattle Police Department said the arrested people included one who put nails in a road and another who drove over a barricade and into a police bike lane | Negative | Police arrested eight people in Seattle after late night demonstrations and marches in the city on U.S. Election Day police said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-demonstrations/eight-arrested-in-seattle-after-anti-racism-protests-on-election-night-idUSKBN27K0YP | 2020-11-04 |
| 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 |
| Diana Cortes a lawyer for the City of Philadelphia Law Department said the plaintiffs were pleased Furman upheld their antitrust and contract claims | Positive | NEW YORK A federal judge on Monday said Philadelphia and Baltimore may sue eight big banks for allegedly conspiring to force state and local governments to pay inflated interest rates on a popular type of taxexempt municipal bond | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-banks-lawsuit-municipal-bonds/eight-big-banks-must-face-u-s-cities-allegations-of-municipal-bond-collusion-idUSKBN27I2I0 | 2020-11-03 |
| 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 | 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 Commerce Department said on Sunday it would comply with the injunction | Positive | 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 |
| After that report the U.S. Department of Justice insisted that RT America comply with requirements under the Foreign Agent Registration Act | Positive | WASHINGTON White House coronavirus adviser Scott Atlas apologized on Sunday for giving an interview to Russias Kremlinbacked television station RT saying he was unaware the outlet was a registered foreign agent in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-doctor-russia/white-house-coronavirus-adviser-atlas-apologizes-for-russian-tv-interview-idUSKBN27H1QB | 2020-11-02 |
| The Graham Police Department said officers took action after participants at the rally failed to obey warnings to disperse | Negative | WASHINGTON Peaceful participants at a rally in a small North Carolina city to turn out the vote ahead of Tuesdays U.S. presidential election were peppersprayed by law enforcement officials on Saturday according to videos broadcast online and witnesses | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-north-carolina/get-out-vote-rally-participants-in-north-carolina-say-police-pepper-sprayed-them-idUSKBN27H0YB | 2020-11-01 |
| The Graham Police Department in a press release said officers directed pepper spray into the ground after rally participants failed to follow a command to stop blocking a road | Negative | WASHINGTON Peaceful participants at a rally in a small North Carolina city to turn out the vote ahead of Tuesdays U.S. presidential election were peppersprayed by law enforcement officials on Saturday according to videos broadcast online and witnesses | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-north-carolina/get-out-vote-rally-participants-in-north-carolina-say-police-pepper-sprayed-them-idUSKBN27H0YB | 2020-11-01 |
| A spokesman for the U.S. Department of Justice said it would take standard election security steps such establishing a command center to field criminal allegations tied to the election | Negative | WASHINGTON When former special agent Tom OConnor held a training session for new recruits this month at the Federal Bureau of Investigations Virginia headquarters he turned to a key example to underscore the threat of domestic extremist the October 2018 mass shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-extremists-insight/as-election-looms-u-s-authorities-seek-to-separate-bluster-from-threats-idUSKBN27F1EB | 2020-10-31 |
| 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 | 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 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 |
| WASHINGTON A U.S. judge in Pennsylvania on Friday blocked a U.S. Commerce Department order set to take effect on Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. judge in Pennsylvania on Friday blocked a U.S. Commerce Department order set to take effect on Nov | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-ban/u-s-judge-blocks-commerce-department-tiktok-order-idUSKBN27F2YQ | 2020-10-31 |
| The Transportation Department said the FCC plan is a particularly dangerous regulatory approach when public safety is at stake | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Transportation and Treasury departments raised strong objections to a plan proposed by the Federal Communications Commission to shift much of a key spectrum block set aside for auto safety to accommodate the burgeoning number of wireless devices | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-spectrum-autos/u-s-agencies-question-fcc-plan-to-shift-auto-spectrum-to-wi-fi-idUSKBN27E3BR | 2020-10-30 |
| The State Department informed them Wednesday it had approved Japans extradition request | Negative | BOSTON A federal judge on Thursday granted a lastminute request to stop the U.S. government from turning over to Japan two men accused of helping smuggle former Nissan Motor Co | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-nissan-ghosn/u-s-judge-delays-extradition-of-carlos-ghosns-accused-escape-plotters-to-japan-idUSKBN27E2SU | 2020-10-30 |
| 8 letter Transportation Department general counsel Steven Bradbury said additional WiFi access should not come at the expense of transportation and public safety | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Transportation and Treasury departments raised strong objections to a plan proposed by the Federal Communications Commission to shift much of a key spectrum block set aside for auto safety to accommodate the burgeoning number of wireless devices | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-spectrum-autos/u-s-agencies-question-fcc-plan-to-shift-auto-spectrum-to-wi-fi-idUSKBN27E3BR | 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 |
| CHICAGO The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday defended its latest monthly forecast of Chinas corn imports a figure that surprised analysts given that corn sales to China have already outpaced the USDAs estimate | Positive | CHICAGO The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday defended its latest monthly forecast of Chinas corn imports a figure that surprised analysts given that corn sales to China have already outpaced the USDAs estimate | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-usda/usda-defends-estimate-of-china-corn-imports-despite-hot-sales-pace-idUSKBN27E02S | 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 |
| Trump also directed the Commerce Department to file a petition asking the Federal Communication Commission to limit protections under Section 230 | Negative | The chief executives of Twitter Inc Facebook Inc and Alphabet Incs Google defended a law protecting internet companies before a Senate panel on Wednesday as lawmakers seek ways to hold Big Tech accountable for how they moderate content on their platforms | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-tech-section-230-explainer/explainer-whats-in-the-u-s-law-protecting-internet-companies-and-can-it-be-changed-idUSKBN27D265 | 2020-10-29 |
| The Justice Department moved the lawsuit to federal court after Justice Verna Saunders of a Manhattan state court had in August rejected Trumps bid to postpone the case | Negative | NEW YORK A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a U.S. government request to drop Donald Trump as a defendant in a defamation lawsuit by a writer who said the president falsely denied raping her in a Manhattan department store a quarter century ago | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-defamation-lawsuit/u-s-cannot-shield-trump-from-rape-accusers-defamation-lawsuit-judge-rules-idUSKBN27C1ZS | 2020-10-28 |
| The Justice Departments intervention put that process on hold | Neutral | NEW YORK A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a U.S. government request to drop Donald Trump as a defendant in a defamation lawsuit by a writer who said the president falsely denied raping her in a Manhattan department store a quarter century ago | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-defamation-lawsuit/u-s-cannot-shield-trump-from-rape-accusers-defamation-lawsuit-judge-rules-idUSKBN27C1ZS | 2020-10-28 |
| The Department of Justice did not initially respond to a request for comment | Neutral | LOS ANGELES Twenty former Republican U.S. attorneys on Tuesday accused President Donald Trump of threatening the rule of law as they declared their support for Democratic White House candidate Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-attorneys/republican-former-u-s-attorneys-endorse-biden-call-trump-threat-to-rule-of-law-idUSKBN27C238 | 2020-10-28 |
| WASHINGTON Barry Nigro stepped down from the Justice Departments Antitrust Division last week where he was No | Neutral | WASHINGTON Barry Nigro stepped down from the Justice Departments Antitrust Division last week where he was No | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-antitrust-nigro/justice-departments-no-2-antitrust-official-steps-down-idUSKBN27B2LS | 2020-10-27 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Positive | 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 |
| The State Department and White House national security council did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON The mother of Austin Tice a freelance journalist and former U.S. Marine officer who disappeared while reporting in Syria in 2012 on Monday accused U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of undermining efforts to free her son | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-syria-journalist/missing-americans-mother-says-pompeo-undermines-his-release-idUSKBN27B2D9 | 2020-10-27 |
| month Beeler issued a preliminary injunction blocking the U.S. Commerce Department order which was set to take effect late on Sept | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/idUSKBN270356 | 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 |
| Justice Department has appealed Beelers order to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals but no ruling is likely before December. | Neutral | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/idUSKBN270356 | 2020-10-26 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department said on Sunday it has suspended employee training programs related to diversity and inclusion confirming a Reuters exclusive a day before but affirmed its commitment to fostering a more diverse workplace | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department said on Sunday it has suspended employee training programs related to diversity and inclusion confirming a Reuters exclusive a day before but affirmed its commitment to fostering a more diverse workplace | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-statedepartment/u-s-state-dept-confirms-paused-diversity-training-says-committed-to-inclusion-idUSKBN27A0X6 | 2020-10-26 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| 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 |
| The State Department did not respond to a request for comment on the cable | Neutral | 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 |
| The U.S. Department of Justice has agreed to assist the Illinois State Police in its investigation | Positive | A police officer in Waukegan Illinois was fired after he shot and killed an unarmed Black teenager and wounded the young mans 20yearold Black girlfriend during a traffic stop earlier this week | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-usa-illinois/police-officer-fired-after-shooting-of-black-couple-in-illinois-idUSKBN2790WL | 2020-10-25 |
| The State Department this week approved the potential sale of three weapons systems to Taiwan including sensors missiles and artillery that could have a total value of | Positive | NEW DELHI U.S. Secretary of State of Mike Pompeo is flying to India next week to strengthen strategic ties with a nation that is locked in a military standoff with China in Washingtons latest effort to bolster allies against Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-asia/in-asia-u-s-s-pompeo-expected-to-bolster-allies-against-china-idUSKBN27814A | 2020-10-24 |
| A U.S. judge in San Francisco on Friday rejected a Justice Department request to reverse a decision that allowed Apple Inc and Alphabet Incs Google to continue to offer Chineseowned WeChat for download in U.S. app stores | Positive | A U.S. judge in San Francisco on Friday rejected a Justice Department request to reverse a decision that allowed Apple Inc and Alphabet Incs Google to continue to offer Chineseowned WeChat for download in U.S. app stores | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-wechat/u-s-judge-denies-new-government-bid-to-remove-chinas-wechat-from-u-s-app-stores-idUSKBN2782O9 | 2020-10-24 |
| The Commerce Department order would also bar other U.S. transactions with WeChat potentially making the app unusable in the United States | Negative | A U.S. judge in San Francisco on Friday rejected a Justice Department request to reverse a decision that allowed Apple Inc and Alphabet Incs Google to continue to offer Chineseowned WeChat for download in U.S. app stores | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-wechat/u-s-judge-denies-new-government-bid-to-remove-chinas-wechat-from-u-s-app-stores-idUSKBN2782O9 | 2020-10-24 |
| On October 6 the Homeland Security Departments cybersecurity division known as CISA published an alert saying Emotet was being used to target numerous local government offices across the country | Negative | The Louisiana National Guard was called in to stop a series of cyberattacks aimed at small government offices across the state in recent weeks according to two people with knowledge of the events highlighting the cyber threat facing local governments in the run up to the 2020 U.S. presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-election-cyber-louisiana-exclusiv/exclusive-national-guard-called-in-to-thwart-cyberattack-in-louisiana-weeks-before-election-idUSKBN27823F | 2020-10-24 |
| The U.S. Department of Justice has agreed to assist an Illinois state investigation into a police shooting that killed an unarmed Black man and wounded his girlfriend and triggered protests in the city of Waukegan an official said on Friday | Negative | The U.S. Department of Justice has agreed to assist an Illinois state investigation into a police shooting that killed an unarmed Black man and wounded his girlfriend and triggered protests in the city of Waukegan an official said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-usa-illinois/fbi-to-assist-probe-into-police-shooting-of-black-couple-in-illinois-idUSKBN2782V1 | 2020-10-24 |
| The Justice Department has recovered or assisted Malaysia in recovering nearly | Positive | KUALA Goldman Sachs Group Inc on Thursday reached a deal to settle a probe into the banks role in Malaysias 1MDB corruption scandal which included total penalties of | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-goldman-sachs-1mdb-settlement-explain/understanding-goldman-sachs-role-in-malaysias-1mdb-mega-scandal-idUSKBN2772HC | 2020-10-23 |
| The Justice Department has filed criminal charges against two former Goldman bankers tied to the scandal Tim Leissner and Roger Ng | Negative | KUALA Goldman Sachs Group Inc on Thursday reached a deal to settle a probe into the banks role in Malaysias 1MDB corruption scandal which included total penalties of | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-goldman-sachs-1mdb-settlement-explain/understanding-goldman-sachs-role-in-malaysias-1mdb-mega-scandal-idUSKBN2772HC | 2020-10-23 |
| A Justice Department spokesman did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON Goldman Sachs Group Inc this week will agree to pay more than billion to settle U.S. charges over its role in Malaysias 1MDB corruption scandal lifting a dark cloud that has hung over the bank for years | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-goldmansachs-1mdb-settlement/goldman-sachs-u-s-settlement-over-malaysia-1mdb-scandal-to-lift-dark-cloud-idUSKBN2771BX | 2020-10-23 |
| Walmart said certain officials in the U.S. Justice Department are threatening to sue the retail giant claiming pharmacists should have refused to fill otherwise valid opioid prescriptions | Negative | Walmart Inc said on Thursday it had filed a lawsuit against the federal government seeking clarity on the roles and legal responsibilities of pharmacists and pharmacies in filling opioid prescriptions | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-walmart-lawsuit-doj/walmart-sues-federal-government-over-opioid-case-idUSKBN27733O | 2020-10-23 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| A spokeswoman for Hyten said the Department of Justice was reviewing the ruling | Neutral | WASHINGTON A federal court on Thursday allowed a sexual assault case against the secondhighestranking military official to proceed a rare move that legal experts say could potentially chip away at such cases usually staying in the military justice system | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-military-sexualassualt-legal/in-rare-move-u-s-federal-court-allows-military-sexual-assault-case-to-continue-idUSKBN27802Q | 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 |
| The U.S. Department of Justice has sought to recover about | Positive | KUALA Goldman Sachs Group Inc on Thursday reached a deal to settle a probe into the banks role in Malaysias 1MDB corruption scandal which included total penalties of | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-goldman-sachs-1mdb-settlement-explain/understanding-goldman-sachs-role-in-malaysias-1mdb-mega-scandal-idUSKBN2772HC | 2020-10-23 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of three weapons systems to Taiwan including sensors missiles and artillery that could have a total value of | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of three weapons systems to Taiwan including sensors missiles and artillery that could have a total value of | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-taiwan-arms/u-s-state-department-approves-1-8-bln-in-potential-arms-sales-to-taiwan-pentagon-idUSKBN27638I | 2020-10-22 |
| The Justice Department said investigators were able to identify Reed thanks to a Ring door camera | Positive | WASHINGTON Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged a Maryland man with threatening Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and running mate Kamala Harris in a letter left on the doorstep of a someone with a yard sign supporting their campaign | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-threat/maryland-man-charged-with-threatening-biden-harris-in-letter-on-supporters-doorstep-idUSKBN2762NM | 2020-10-22 |
| OAKLAND Alphabet Incs Google said the U.S. Justice Departments antitrust lawsuit against the company was deeply and that users would find it more difficult to access superior search tools and affordable smartphones if the government wins its case | Negative | OAKLAND Alphabet Incs Google said the U.S. Justice Departments antitrust lawsuit against the company was deeply and that users would find it more difficult to access superior search tools and affordable smartphones if the government wins its case | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-tech-antitrust-google-response/google-calls-justice-department-lawsuit-deeply-flawed-idUSKBN2752AO | 2020-10-22 |
| The Justice Department could introduce allegations related to Googles advertising technology as soon as next month again benefitting Microsoft according to sources briefed on the investigation. | Positive | 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 |
| The State Department said on Tuesday that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo would submit a report to Congress on sanctions against vessels engaged in pipelaying for Nord Stream 2 | Negative | MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Wednesday that U.S. sanctions targeting the Russialed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project were unfriendly and destructive | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-nordstream2-usa/kremlin-calls-u-s-sanctions-on-nord-stream-2-unfriendly-and-destructive-idUSKBN2761AK | 2020-10-22 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday will announce legal action involving an opioid manufacturer the department said in a statement as officials have sought to stem the decadeslong public health crisis involving painkiller addiction | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday will announce legal action involving an opioid manufacturer the department said in a statement as officials have sought to stem the decadeslong public health crisis involving painkiller addiction | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-opiods/u-s-set-to-announce-legal-action-on-opioid-maker-idUSKBN2761U6 | 2020-10-22 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| That process went on hold when the Justice Department intervened and sought to formally move the case to federal court | 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 |
| The U.S. Justice Department is expected to file a lawsuit against Alphabet Incs Google on Tuesday in what could be just the first in a series of legal salvos against highprofile tech companies | Negative | The U.S. Justice Department is expected to file a lawsuit against Alphabet Incs Google on Tuesday in what could be just the first in a series of legal salvos against highprofile tech companies | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/tech-antitrust-google-factbox/factbox-big-techs-market-dominance-spurs-numerous-u-s-antitrust-probes-idUSKBN2751R6 | 2020-10-21 |
| The Justice Department has broad leeway in requesting a remedy and on Tuesday it said nothing was off the including a breakup of the search and advertising company | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Departments lawsuit against Alphabet Incs Google kicks off what is expected to be a long legal battle over whether the online search and advertising company uses its outsized market power unfairly | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-tech-antitrust-google-q-a/qa-google-u-s-government-prepare-for-battle-over-market-power-idUSKBN2752PF | 2020-10-21 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Departments lawsuit against Alphabet Incs Google kicks off what is expected to be a long legal battle over whether the online search and advertising company uses its outsized market power unfairly | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Departments lawsuit against Alphabet Incs Google kicks off what is expected to be a long legal battle over whether the online search and advertising company uses its outsized market power unfairly | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-tech-antitrust-google-q-a/qa-google-u-s-government-prepare-for-battle-over-market-power-idUSKBN2752PF | 2020-10-21 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department said that it would hold a media briefing on Tuesday on an antitrust announcement but did not mention Google | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department said that it would hold a media briefing on Tuesday on an antitrust announcement but did not mention Google | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-tech-antitrust-google-briefing/u-s-justice-department-sets-antitrust-briefing-no-mention-of-google-idUSKBN2751N2 | 2020-10-21 |
| The U.S. Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet Incs Google on Tuesday claiming the trillion company uses its market power to fend off rivals and said nothing was off the table including a breakup of the internet search and advertising company | Negative | The U.S. Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet Incs Google on Tuesday claiming the trillion company uses its market power to fend off rivals and said nothing was off the table including a breakup of the internet search and advertising company | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-tech-antitrust-google-quotebox/factbox-key-arguments-in-u-s-antitrust-suit-vs-google-idUSKBN2752BU | 2020-10-21 |
| The Justice Department is expected to sue Alphabets Google this week for allegedly breaking antitrust law in using its market power to grow its business | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department said that it would hold a media briefing on Tuesday on an antitrust announcement but did not mention Google | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-tech-antitrust-google-briefing/u-s-justice-department-sets-antitrust-briefing-no-mention-of-google-idUSKBN2751N2 | 2020-10-21 |
| In a statement the State Department welcomed Russias offer saying it appreciated Moscows willingness to make progress on the issue of nuclear arms control | Positive | The last U.S.Russia strategic nuclear arms control pact gained momentum toward a oneyear extension on Tuesday as Washington welcomed a proposal by Moscow to prolong it if both sides agreed to freeze their stocks of all nuclear warheads for that period | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-nuclear/u-s-welcomes-russian-offer-to-freeze-warheads-totals-to-extend-nuclear-pact-by-a-year-idUSKBN27516H | 2020-10-21 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Justice and 11 states filed their longawaited competition lawsuit against Google on Tuesday the most momentous antitrust showdown since Washington took on Microsoft Corp more than two decades ago but experts warn that anyone expecting a major shakeup of the tech industry is likely to be disappointed | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Justice and 11 states filed their longawaited competition lawsuit against Google on Tuesday the most momentous antitrust showdown since Washington took on Microsoft Corp more than two decades ago but experts warn that anyone expecting a major shakeup of the tech industry is likely to be disappointed | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-tech-antitrust-google-consumers-analy/analysis-what-monopoly-case-doj-lawsuit-unlikely-to-knock-google-from-pole-position-idUSKBN27529N | 2020-10-21 |
| The U.S. Justice Department and 11 states filed an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet Incs Google on Tuesday for allegedly breaking the law in using its market power to fend off rivals | Negative | The U.S. Justice Department and 11 states filed an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet Incs Google on Tuesday for allegedly breaking the law in using its market power to fend off rivals | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-tech-antitrust-google-instantview/instant-view-doj-files-antitrust-lawsuit-against-alphabets-google-idUSKBN2751UG | 2020-10-21 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department and 11 states have filed an antitrust lawsuit accusing Alphabet Incs Google of maintaining an illegal monopoly over internet search and search advertising | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department and 11 states have filed an antitrust lawsuit accusing Alphabet Incs Google of maintaining an illegal monopoly over internet search and search advertising | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-tech-antitrust-google-lawyers/meet-the-lawyers-behind-the-u-s-versus-google-antitrust-showdown-idUSKBN2752M0 | 2020-10-21 |
| The U.S. Department of Justice and Goldman Sachs did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment | Neutral | The U.S. Department of Justice and Goldman Sachs did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-1mdb-funds/goldman-to-pay-over-2-billion-in-dojs-1mdb-probe-bloomberg-news-idUSKBN2750EH | 2020-10-20 |
| The judge in a court filing said the U.S. Department of Agriculture has been icily about how many people would have been denied the benefits with the changes | Negative | A U.S. federal judge has struck down a Trump administration rule that would have cut food stamp benefits to almost 700000 unemployed Americans amidst the COVID19 pandemic court documents showed | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-food-stamps/u-s-judge-strikes-down-usda-rule-on-food-benefits-during-pandemic-idUSKBN27417U | 2020-10-20 |
| In a virtual press conference on Monday Justice Department Assistant Attorney General John Demers also declined to discuss the hacking activity around the 2020 Games | Negative | Britain and the United States on Monday condemned what they said were a litany of malicious cyberattacks orchestrated by Russian military intelligence including attempts to disrupt next years Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-olympics-2020-cyber-russia/u-s-britain-call-out-russian-hacking-spree-cyberattacks-against-olympics-idUSKBN2742EB | 2020-10-20 |
| The White House and the State Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON A White House official traveled to Damascus earlier this year for secret meetings with the Syrian government seeking the release of at least two U.S. citizens thought to be held there a Trump administration official said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-syria-report/white-house-official-went-to-syria-seeking-americans-release-idUSKBN2730XM | 2020-10-19 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Commerce said in a statement on Friday that it has made a preliminary determination that exporters from China have dumped small vertical shaft engines in the United States | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Commerce said in a statement on Friday that it has made a preliminary determination that exporters from China have dumped small vertical shaft engines in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-trade-china-usa/u-s-finds-exporters-from-china-dumped-small-vertical-shaft-engines-idUSKBN2712J7 | 2020-10-17 |
| WASHINGTON The Federal Communications Commission asked the Justice Department and other U.S. agencies to detail if China Unicoms continued U.S operations pose national security risks according to a letter released Friday | Negative | WASHINGTON The Federal Communications Commission asked the Justice Department and other U.S. agencies to detail if China Unicoms continued U.S operations pose national security risks according to a letter released Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-telecom/fcc-asks-justice-department-to-weigh-in-on-china-unicom-u-s-operations-idUSKBN2712VG | 2020-10-17 |
| The Justice Department does issue broad statistical reports on statewide or national trends | 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 |
| Hong Kongs Civil Aviation Department said it had nothing to add beyond its initial statement | Neutral | TAIPEI Hong Kong air traffic controllers told Taiwan there was danger until further notice on a flight path to Taiwanesecontrolled islands in the South China Sea Taipei said on Friday a case that has raised fears Beijing may try and blockade the islets | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-hongkong/taiwan-says-hong-kong-warned-of-ongoing-danger-after-south-china-sea-flight-blocked-idUSKBN27121B | 2020-10-17 |
| The Madison Police Department said there were no remarkable or extraordinary events related to his arrest | 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 |
| WASHINGTON A whistleblower and former official at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security who alleges he was pressured to stop providing assessments of Russian electoral interference will likely not be deposed by Congress before the Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON A whistleblower and former official at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security who alleges he was pressured to stop providing assessments of Russian electoral interference will likely not be deposed by Congress before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-whistleblower/deposition-of-u-s-homeland-security-whistleblower-unlikely-before-election-lawyer-says-idUSKBN2712U7 | 2020-10-17 |
| The Justice Department has since asked the judge to allow it to release the final report | Positive | 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 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department said on Friday it has scheduled the first federal execution of a woman in almost 70 years setting a Dec | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department said on Friday it has scheduled the first federal execution of a woman in almost 70 years setting a Dec | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-execution/u-s-to-carry-out-first-federal-execution-of-a-woman-in-seven-decades-idUSKBN27135X | 2020-10-17 |
| NHS England BMA and Department for Health and Social Care did not immediately respond when contacted by Reuters on Thursday | Neutral | The National Health Service is in talks with the British Medical Association and others around mobilising the rollout of a potential COVID19 vaccine from December Pulse website for health professionals reported on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-vaccine/nhs-england-in-talks-on-rollout-of-potential-covid-vaccine-from-december-pulse-health-website-idUSKBN27032F | 2020-10-16 |
| The Justice Department has appealed Beelers order to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals but no ruling is likely before December | 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 |
| 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 |
| Last week Wells Fargo Co defended its diversity initiatives after the U.S. Labor Department questioned whether they were unlawful or discriminatory | Negative | Morgan Stanley is piloting a program to recruit Black talent in its sales and trading division executives told Reuters in corporate Americas latest initiative to improve diversity after nationwide protests against racial inequality | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-morgan-stanley-diversity/morgan-stanley-launches-black-recruitment-program-to-boost-trading-units-diversity-idUSKBN2701G3 | 2020-10-16 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department has submitted a proposal for the Trump administration to add Chinas Ant Group to a trade blacklist according to two people familiar with the matter before the financial technology firm is slated to go public | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department has submitted a proposal for the Trump administration to add Chinas Ant Group to a trade blacklist according to two people familiar with the matter before the financial technology firm is slated to go public | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-antfinancial-blacklist-exclusive/exclusive-trump-administration-to-consider-adding-chinas-ant-group-to-trade-blacklist-sources-idUSKBN26Z2UT | 2020-10-16 |
| WASHINGTON A recently retired federal prosecutor in California on Thursday became the third career Justice Department official to claim in a recent newspaper letter or oped that Attorney General William Barr has politicized the department | Neutral | WASHINGTON A recently retired federal prosecutor in California on Thursday became the third career Justice Department official to claim in a recent newspaper letter or oped that Attorney General William Barr has politicized the department | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-justice-barr-criticism/u-s-justice-official-accuses-barr-of-scorn-for-apolitical-prosecutors-idUSKBN27030U | 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 |
| A Justice Department spokeswoman did not respond to a request for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON A recently retired federal prosecutor in California on Thursday became the third career Justice Department official to claim in a recent newspaper letter or oped that Attorney General William Barr has politicized the department | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-justice-barr-criticism/u-s-justice-official-accuses-barr-of-scorn-for-apolitical-prosecutors-idUSKBN27030U | 2020-10-16 |
| Last month Beeler issued a preliminary injunction blocking the U.S. Commerce Department order which was set to take effect late on Sept | Negative | 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 |
| Wednesdays State Department document did not add any new individuals to the list nor did it name any banks or other financial institutions that might be at risk for penalties | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department on Wednesday warned international financial institutions doing business with individuals deemed responsible for Chinas crackdown in Hong Kong that they could soon face tough sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-hongkong-report/u-s-state-department-issues-sanctions-warning-to-banks-over-hong-kong-crackdown-idUSKBN26Z2UC | 2020-10-15 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department on Wednesday warned international financial institutions doing business with individuals deemed responsible for Chinas crackdown in Hong Kong that they could soon face tough sanctions | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department on Wednesday warned international financial institutions doing business with individuals deemed responsible for Chinas crackdown in Hong Kong that they could soon face tough sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-hongkong-report/u-s-state-department-issues-sanctions-warning-to-banks-over-hong-kong-crackdown-idUSKBN26Z2UC | 2020-10-15 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 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 |
| Representatives for the U.S. State Department and China did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON The White House is moving forward with more sales of sophisticated military equipment to Taiwan telling Congress on Tuesday that it will seek to sell MQ9 drones and a coastal defensive missile system five sources familiar with the situation said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-taiwan-arms-exclusive/exclusive-white-house-advances-drone-and-missile-sales-to-taiwan-sources-idUSKBN26Y2JM | 2020-10-14 |
| Representatives for the U.S. State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON The White House is moving forward with more sales of sophisticated military equipment to Taiwan telling Congress on Tuesday that it will seek to sell Taipei MQ9 drones and a coastal defensive missile system sources familiar with the situation said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-taiwan-arms-exclusive/exclusive-white-house-advances-drone-and-missile-sales-to-taiwan-sources-idUSKBN26Y2JM | 2020-10-14 |
| The Justice Department arguing for the Census Bureau said complaints about the timeline should be raised with Congress which can extend the statutory deadline | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed President Donald Trumps administration to wind down population counting for the 2020 U.S. census earlier than originally planned in a blow to civil rights groups concerned about an undercount particularly of racial minorities | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-census/u-s-supreme-court-allows-trump-to-wind-down-census-early-idUSKBN26Y308 | 2020-10-14 |
| Justice Department officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON Two private groups focused on U.S. government ethics on Monday accused Attorney General William Barr of misusing his office to support President Donald Trumps political goals and called on the House of Representatives to begin impeachment proceedings against him | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-barr/u-s-ethics-groups-say-barr-uses-doj-as-political-tool-call-for-his-impeachment-idUSKBN26X2RS | 2020-10-13 |
| A State Department spokesman As a matter of policy the United States does not confirm or comment on proposed defense sales or transfers until they are formally notified to Congress | Neutral | WASHINGTON The White House is moving forward with three sales of advanced weaponry to Taiwan sending in recent days a notification of the deals to Congress for approval five sources familiar with the situation said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-taiwan-arms-exclusive/white-house-moves-forward-on-three-arms-sales-to-taiwan-sources-idUSKBN26X246 | 2020-10-13 |
| The Defense Department said no officials were available to comment for this article and did not respond to a Reuters request for data on the enlistment of transgender recruits | Negative | SAN DIEGO Paulo Batista is lifting weights and hitting the books striving to fulfill his fathers dying wish for him to join the U.S. military | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-military-transgender/transgender-mans-dream-of-joining-u-s-military-thwarted-for-now-idUSKBN26X1AO | 2020-10-13 |
| 6 Department of Homeland Security report are lone offenders and small domestic extremist cells who may act out grievances | Negative | Some Americans worried about possible violence after the U.S. presidential election are forming community watch groups others are working on conflict deescalation and still others are purchasing guns according to two dozen voters online groups and data surveyed by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-violence/meet-the-americans-standing-by-for-possible-election-violence-idUSKBN26U15I | 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 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of U.S.made fighter jets and precision guided munitions to Finland as the country modernizes its military the Pentagon said on Friday | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of U.S.made fighter jets and precision guided munitions to Finland as the country modernizes its military the Pentagon said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-finland-defense/u-s-approves-possible-sale-of-fighter-jets-missiles-to-finland-idUSKBN26U1XJ | 2020-10-10 |
| Mexicos Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard on Tuesday told the U.S. State Department the deal will be honored | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obradors desire to placate the United States in a dispute over water has given the beleaguered opposition a flag to rally around as it tries to loosen his grip on the national agenda | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-usa-water-analysis/u-s-water-row-puts-mexican-president-in-opposition-sights-idUSKBN26T39L | 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 |
| 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 | Positive | 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 |
| The U.S. Labor Department reported that jobless claims remain well above the highest levels reached at the nadir of the Great Recession suggesting the labor market recovery could be stalling | Negative | NEW YORK Wall Street advanced and crude prices surged on Thursday as reports continued to surface of new developments in pandemic relief negotiations in Washington | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-global-markets/u-s-stocks-close-higher-oil-jumps-as-fiscal-aid-talks-progress-idUSKBN26S3O0 | 2020-10-09 |
| According to the India Meteorological Department this August was the states wettest in 44 years | Neutral | Now it will be impossible for us to make ends he said as he walked through his fields surveying the damaged plants | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-india-farming-soybeans-climatechange/indias-soybean-farmers-demand-help-as-rains-and-pests-wipe-out-crops-idUSKBN26U03Q | 2020-10-09 |
| Justice Department said AsianAmerican and white applicants were typically only oneeighth to onefourth as likely to win admission to Yale as similarly qualified Black applicants. | Positive | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN26T3PR | 2020-10-09 |
| WASHINGTON The head of the U.S. Justice Departments Antitrust Division Makan Delrahim will likely step down early next year no matter which party wins the Nov | Positive | WASHINGTON The head of the U.S. Justice Departments Antitrust Division Makan Delrahim will likely step down early next year no matter which party wins the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-antitrust-delrahim/u-s-justice-dept-antitrust-chief-likely-to-leave-early-2021-source-idUSKBN26T30A | 2020-10-09 |
| The Justice Department had no immediate comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON The head of the U.S. Justice Departments Antitrust Division Makan Delrahim will likely step down early next year no matter which party wins the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-antitrust-delrahim/u-s-justice-dept-antitrust-chief-likely-to-leave-early-2021-source-idUSKBN26T30A | 2020-10-09 |
| The Justice Department is continuing a criminal probe of some Sackler family members and other individuals associated with Purdue though it remains unclear whether charges will materialize one person 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 |
| The U.S. Department of Justice has given its prosecutors more leeway to publicly announce investigations into votingrelated crimes weakening a longstanding policy against making such statements right before a presidential election media outlets reported on Wednesday | Negative | The U.S. Department of Justice has given its prosecutors more leeway to publicly announce investigations into votingrelated crimes weakening a longstanding policy against making such statements right before a presidential election media outlets reported on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-investigations/u-s-justice-department-eases-ban-on-announcing-investigations-before-election-reports-idUSKBN26T040 | 2020-10-08 |
| The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | The U.S. Department of Justice has given its prosecutors more leeway to publicly announce investigations into votingrelated crimes weakening a longstanding policy against making such statements right before a presidential election media outlets reported on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-investigations/u-s-justice-department-eases-ban-on-announcing-investigations-before-election-reports-idUSKBN26T040 | 2020-10-08 |
| Some former Justice Department officials criticized the public statement in that case saying there was no legitimate reason to disclose that the ballots were marked for Trump | Negative | The U.S. Department of Justice has given its prosecutors more leeway to publicly announce investigations into votingrelated crimes weakening a longstanding policy against making such statements right before a presidential election media outlets reported on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-investigations/u-s-justice-department-eases-ban-on-announcing-investigations-before-election-reports-idUSKBN26T040 | 2020-10-08 |
| The Justice Department arguing for the Census Bureau said complaints about the timeline should be raised with Congress which can extend the statutory deadlines | Positive | WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Wednesday sought help from the U.S. Supreme Court in its effort to wind down counting for the 2020 U.S. census | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-census-ruling/trump-administration-asks-u-s-high-court-to-lift-order-extending-census-count-idUSKBN26T05C | 2020-10-08 |
| Wisconsins Department of Health Services issued a directive that gatherings will be limited to no more than of a room or buildings total occupancy | Negative | Six states reported record numbers of hospitalized COVID19 patients including Wisconsin where officials on Tuesday issued a new order limiting the size of indoor public gatherings | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/six-u-s-states-report-record-covid-hospitalizations-new-restrictions-in-place-idUSKBN26R3M7 | 2020-10-07 |
| The Justice Department argues that in doing so the appeals court denies district courts the broad discretion to manage that Supreme Court precedents provide | Neutral | BOSTON The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to reinstate Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaevs death sentence for helping carry out the 2013 attack that killed three people and wounded more than 260 others | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-boston-bombing-death-penalty/u-s-asks-top-court-to-reinstate-boston-marathon-bombers-death-penalty-idUSKBN26S050 | 2020-10-07 |
| Separately the U.S. Justice Department is investigating large technology companies and is expected to bring a lawsuit against Google soon | Negative | A U.S. House of Representatives panel looking into abuses of market power by four of the biggest technology companies found they used killer to smite rivals charged exorbitant fees and forced small businesses into contracts in the name of profit | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tech-antitrust-congress/u-s-lawmakers-detail-big-techs-market-abuses-and-press-for-strict-reform-idUSKBN26R3H7 | 2020-10-07 |
| The Justice Department and a lawyer for Trump did not immediately respond on Tuesday to requests for comment | Neutral | NEW YORK The writer who accused Donald Trump of raping her in a Manhattan department store a quarter century ago argued that he cannot hide behind his job as U.S. president to escape as a defendant from her defamation lawsuit | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-defamation-lawsuit/trump-rape-accuser-seeks-to-bar-u-s-government-from-her-defamation-lawsuit-idUSKBN26R319 | 2020-10-07 |
| The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will halt some federal funding to hospitals that do not comply with its requirements for reporting data on COVID19 senior administration officials told reporters on a Tuesday call | Negative | The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will halt some federal funding to hospitals that do not comply with its requirements for reporting data on COVID19 senior administration officials told reporters on a Tuesday call | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-hhs-hospitals/trump-administration-will-cease-federal-funding-to-hospitals-that-do-not-report-covid-19-data-idUSKBN26R3N7 | 2020-10-07 |
| BOSTON The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to reinstate Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaevs death sentence for helping carry out the 2013 attack that killed three people and wounded more than 260 others | Negative | BOSTON The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to reinstate Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaevs death sentence for helping carry out the 2013 attack that killed three people and wounded more than 260 others | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-boston-bombing-death-penalty/u-s-asks-top-court-to-reinstate-boston-marathon-bombers-death-penalty-idUSKBN26S050 | 2020-10-07 |
| A Justice Department official in Washington did not respond to requests for comment | Neutral | 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 |
| 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 |
| In a statement the State Department said Pompeo was expecting to travel to Asia again in October and will work to reschedule the visits in his original itinerary | Positive | 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 |
| WASHINGTON The acting chief of the Department of Homeland Securitys intelligence office on Friday said he agrees with the FBI director and other administration officials that white supremacists are an active threat to public order | Negative | WASHINGTON The acting chief of the Department of Homeland Securitys intelligence office on Friday said he agrees with the FBI director and other administration officials that white supremacists are an active threat to public order | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-intelligence-homeland/acting-u-s-dhs-security-intelligence-chief-says-he-agrees-with-fbi-on-white-supremacist-threat-idUSKBN26N35E | 2020-10-03 |
| The Census Bureau which is under the Commerce Department counts all Americans every 10 years | Neutral | WASHINGTON A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to continue counting for the 2020 U.S. census until the end of October rather than end it as it had planned on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-census/judge-rejects-trump-administration-plan-to-end-u-s-census-count-early-idUSKBN26N3OL | 2020-10-03 |
| 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 |
| Justice Department official in Washington did not respond to requests for comment. | Neutral | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN26N2VE | 2020-10-03 |
| The Labor Departments closely watched employment report on Friday was the last before the Nov | Neutral | typographical error in paragraph | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/refile-global-markets-stocks-fall-dollar-gains-after-trump-gets-coronavirus-idUSL1N2GT1IZ | 2020-10-03 |
| Ryan Westergaard chief medical officer at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services said the states outbreak started in younger people and has now spread through the community | Negative | NEW YORK Wisconsin where U.S. President Donald Trump will hold rallies over the weekend registered a record increase in new COVID19 cases on Thursday while New York state reported a worrisome uptick of positive coronavirus tests in 20 spots | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/pandemic-risks-overwhelming-wisconsin-as-new-york-hot-spots-heat-up-idUSKBN26M714 | 2020-10-02 |
| The Justice Department said in court papers Richardson was not a member of the working group but was retained as an expert | Neutral | 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 |
| The Justice Department is also probing the big four tech platforms and is expected to file a lawsuit against Google next week | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committees antitrust panel discussed ways to tighten antitrust laws on Thursday with two Republicans on the Democratdominated panel indicating potential support for some changes | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tech-antitrust/house-democrats-discuss-tougher-antitrust-law-some-republicans-agree-idUSKBN26M7KI | 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 |
| The Labor Departments Mine Safety and Health Administration which administers the benefits did not respond to a request for comment | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. coal baron Robert Murray whose company Murray Energy filed for bankruptcy last year has applied for federal benefits to treat his black lung disease after opposing more stringent coal dust regulations for years according to report by West Virginia public radio | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-usa-coal-blacklung/coal-baron-murray-seeks-u-s-benefits-to-treat-his-black-lung-disease-report-idUSKBN26M7EG | 2020-10-02 |
| The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said on Thursday that U.S. hospitals can now buy Gilead Sciences Incs antiviral COVID19 drug remdesivir from the company and its distributor | Negative | The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said on Thursday that U.S. hospitals can now buy Gilead Sciences Incs antiviral COVID19 drug remdesivir from the company and its distributor | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-gilead-hhs/hhs-says-gilead-distributor-can-directly-sell-covid-19-drug-in-u-s-idUSKBN26M791 | 2020-10-02 |
| The U.S. Department of Labor published its biennial list of goods believed to be produced by child or forced labor that included 17 Chinesemade products from gloves to Christmas decorations | Positive | The U.S. Department of Labor published its biennial list of goods believed to be produced by child or forced labor that included 17 Chinesemade products from gloves to Christmas decorations | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-china-forcedlabor/u-s-puts-china-at-top-of-forced-labor-list-idUSKBN26M3ZW | 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 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of two types of fighter jets and several Patriot missile systems to Switzerland as the country modernizes its military the Pentagon said on Wednesday | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of two types of fighter jets and several Patriot missile systems to Switzerland as the country modernizes its military the Pentagon said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-switzerland-defense/u-s-approves-sale-of-jets-and-patriot-missiles-to-switzerland-idUSKBN26L3SL | 2020-10-01 |
| The State Department also approved the potential sale of 40 Super Hornet jets spares munitions and training as well as related equipment for an estimated cost of | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of two types of fighter jets and several Patriot missile systems to Switzerland as the country modernizes its military the Pentagon said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-switzerland-defense/u-s-approves-sale-of-jets-and-patriot-missiles-to-switzerland-idUSKBN26L3SL | 2020-10-01 |
| At the same hearing U.S. Justice Department lawyers denied any corruption or political motives in efforts to get the federal criminal case against Flynn dropped | Negative | 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 |
| 6 million jobs from April to August Labor Department data shows a record fourmonth period | Neutral | U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden battled over the economy and everything else at their first ever headtohead debate on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-election-debates-economy-factbox/fact-checking-u-s-economic-claims-in-tumultuous-trump-biden-debate-idUSKBN26L0M5 | 2020-09-30 |
| FBI and U.S. Department of Homeland Security memos say threats by domestic extremists to electionrelated targets will likely increase in the runup to the Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. security officials are warning that violent domestic extremists pose a threat to the presidential election next month amid what one official called a witchs of rising political tensions civil unrest and foreign disinformation campaigns | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-extremists/u-s-intelligence-reports-warn-of-extremist-threat-around-election-idUSKBN26K2J7 | 2020-09-30 |
| Senior federal officials including at the FBI and Department of Homeland Security this month warned that white supremacist groups pose a rising threat of violence in the United States | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger former Vice President Joe Biden faced off in their first debate of the campaign in Cleveland on Tuesday with Trump talking over his rival and the moderator as he sought to hold the spotlight | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-debate-takeaways/chaotic-clash-in-cleveland-five-takeaways-from-first-u-s-presidential-debate-idUSKBN26L03H | 2020-09-30 |
| The State Department said it could not comment on individual visa cases | Neutral | LOS YORK A Venezuelan father waiting in Mexico to plead his U.S. asylum case who has yet to meet his newborn daughter | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-immigration-profiles/unraveling-of-trump-policies-a-distant-hope-for-separated-immigrant-families-idUSKBN26K1MX | 2020-09-30 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department said in a statement on Monday it was now advising Americans to reconsider travel to Guatemala and Nicaragua as well as Eswatini in southern Africa after issuing an advisory to avoid all travel early in the coronavirus pandemic | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department said in a statement on Monday it was now advising Americans to reconsider travel to Guatemala and Nicaragua as well as Eswatini in southern Africa after issuing an advisory to avoid all travel early in the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-travel/u-s-eases-travel-advisory-for-guatemala-and-nicaragua-idUSKBN26K01K | 2020-09-29 |
| JAN. 22 The U.S. Justice Department announces it will formally seek the extradition of Meng to the United States | Negative | VANCOUVER Meng Wanzhou chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies Co Ltd will appear in a Canadian court on Monday as her extradition hearing enters the next phase | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-huawei-tech-usa-events-timeline/timeline-key-events-in-huawei-cfo-meng-wanzhous-extradition-case-idUSKBN26J0VO | 2020-09-29 |
| Louisville Metro Police Department had obtained a socalled no warrant in their investigation of a suspected drug dealer who lived elsewhere in the city who had previously dated Taylor. | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN26J31Z | 2020-09-29 |
| The U.S. State Department condemned the violence in a statement calling for an immediate halt to hostilities and any rhetoric or other actions that could worsen matters | Negative | At least 16 military members and several civilians were killed on Sunday in the heaviest clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan since 2016 reigniting concern about stability in the South Caucasus a corridor for pipelines carrying oil and gas to world markets | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/armenia-azerbaijan-clashes-kill-at-least-16-undermine-regional-stability-idUSKBN26I06E | 2020-09-28 |
| The Department of Public Enterprises has said it is in the process of finalising funding and that the airline would not be liquidated | Positive | JOHANNESBURG South African Airways maintenance subsidiary has withdrawn services to its parent after the struggling airline failed to pay money owed to the unit an SAA spokesman said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-safrica-saa/south-african-airways-unit-suspends-services-to-parent-over-non-payment-idUSKBN26H0K0 | 2020-09-27 |
| The White House and State Department have declined to comment when asked about the status of negotiations | Negative | KHARTOUM Sudan does not want to link its removal from a U.S. terrorism list that is hindering access to foreign funding for the countrys economy with a normalisation of relations with Israel Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-sudan-usa-israel/sudan-rejects-linking-removal-from-u-s-terrorism-list-with-israel-ties-idUSKBN26H0J2 | 2020-09-27 |
| Because many counties run elections the Department of Homeland Security has warned generally that ransomware that strikes them could disrupt voting or use that threat to extort more money | Negative | In a post on its website and an email to customers which include many U.S. counties and cities Tyler said it had received reports of several suspicious logins to client systems | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-tyler-tech-cyber/tyler-technologies-says-clients-reported-suspicious-logins-after-hack-idUSKBN26H13I | 2020-09-27 |
| The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately return a message seeking comment | Neutral | In a post on its website and an email to customers which include many U.S. counties and cities Tyler said it had received reports of several suspicious logins to client systems | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-tyler-tech-cyber/tyler-technologies-says-clients-reported-suspicious-logins-after-hack-idUSKBN26H13I | 2020-09-27 |
| The Commerce Department gave the companies an additional week to finalize a deal before an order banning TikTok from U.S. app stores takes effect citing recent positive developments | Positive | 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 |
| A spokeswoman for the Department of Justice which argued for the administration in the case did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | A federal appeals court handed a win to the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday saying the Democraticled chamber could proceed with a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trumps diversion of funds to pay for a wall on the U.S.Mexico border | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-court/u-s-court-lets-house-move-forward-with-challenge-to-trumps-border-wall-idUSKCN26G2DQ | 2020-09-26 |
| The U.S. Justice Department has also launched a related investigation into conditions at the facility | Negative | BOSTON Two former heads of a Massachusetts veterans home have been indicted on criminal neglect charges for their roles in handling a COVID19 outbreak that killed 76 people the states attorney general said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-massachusetts/two-charged-in-deadly-covid-19-outbreak-at-massachusetts-veterans-home-idUSKCN26G2HO | 2020-09-26 |
| The CDC and the U.S. Department of Defense and HHS officials will allocate authorized vaccines to the states which are then expected to handle most distribution the agencies have said | Positive | New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday said the state will carry out its own review of coronavirus vaccines authorized or approved by the federal government due to concerns of politicization of the approval process | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-new-york/cuomo-says-new-york-to-review-any-covid-19-vaccine-authorized-by-federal-government-idUSKCN26F39M | 2020-09-25 |
| Some former Justice Department officials criticized Freeds announcement saying there was no legitimate reason to disclose that the ballots were marked for Trump | Negative | WASHINGTON A top federal prosecutor in the battleground state of Pennsylvania on Thursday said his office was investigating a small number of military ballots cast for President Donald Trump that had been discarded | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-fraud/u-s-federal-prosecutor-announces-inquiry-into-discarded-ballots-idUSKCN26F3H8 | 2020-09-25 |
| The CFTC and Justice Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | JPMorgan Chase Co is set to pay nearly billion to resolve market manipulation investigations by U.S. authorities into its trading of metals futures and Treasury securities a person familiar with the situation said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-jp-morgan-spoofing-penalty/jpmorgan-set-to-pay-nearly-1-billion-in-spoofing-penalty-source-idUSKCN26E349 | 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 |
| NEW YORK New York Citys Health Department has identified a new cluster of COVID19 cases in Brooklyn and said on Tuesday a marked uptick in infections there and in some other neighborhoods is cause for significant concern | Negative | NEW YORK New York Citys Health Department has identified a new cluster of COVID19 cases in Brooklyn and said on Tuesday a marked uptick in infections there and in some other neighborhoods is cause for significant concern | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-new-york/new-york-says-new-cluster-of-brooklyn-covid-19-cases-causes-significant-concern-idUSKCN26D35G | 2020-09-23 |
| The U.S. Department of Labor on Tuesday said it would soon propose a rule that could make it easier to classify workers as independent contractors rather than employees a major issue for the gig and other industries that use contractors to contain costs | Positive | The U.S. Department of Labor on Tuesday said it would soon propose a rule that could make it easier to classify workers as independent contractors rather than employees a major issue for the gig and other industries that use contractors to contain costs | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-labor-classification/u-s-labor-department-could-make-it-easier-to-treat-workers-as-independent-contractors-idUSKCN26D290 | 2020-09-23 |
| The U.S. Justice Department has charged a former manager of a European oil trading firm with paying bribes of to help win a contract from Ecuadors staterun oil firm | Negative | The U.S. Justice Department has charged a former manager of a European oil trading firm with paying bribes of to help win a contract from Ecuadors staterun oil firm | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-usa-ecuador-corruption/u-s-charges-former-manager-of-european-oil-firm-over-graft-in-ecuador-idUSKCN26E0W9 | 2020-09-23 |
| The Justice Department had urged Beeler not to block the action saying it would frustrate and displace the presidents determination of how best to address threats to national security | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Commerce Department said on Monday it will challenge an order issued Sunday by a U.S. judge that blocked the departments order requiring Apple and Google to remove WeChat from their U.S. app stores | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-wechat-ban/u-s-to-challenge-judges-order-that-blocked-u-s-wechat-app-store-ban-idUSKCN26C1QZ | 2020-09-22 |
| The Commerce Department said in a statement it is adding five Iranian scientists to its Entity List for enabling or assisting Irans nuclear development program | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Monday imposed new sanctions on individuals and entities involved in Irans nuclear missile and conventional arms programs to support its assertion that all U.N. sanctions against Tehran are now resumed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions-list-factbox/factbox-u-s-imposes-new-sanctions-on-iran-after-u-n-standoff-over-arms-idUSKCN26C2UA | 2020-09-22 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Commerce Department said on Monday it will challenge an order issued Sunday by a U.S. judge that blocked the departments order requiring Apple and Google to remove WeChat from their U.S. app stores | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Commerce Department said on Monday it will challenge an order issued Sunday by a U.S. judge that blocked the departments order requiring Apple and Google to remove WeChat from their U.S. app stores | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-wechat-ban/u-s-to-challenge-judges-order-that-blocked-u-s-wechat-app-store-ban-idUSKCN26C1QZ | 2020-09-22 |
| On Friday the Commerce Department had issued a order citing national security grounds to block the app from U.S. app stores by p | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Commerce Department said on Monday it will challenge an order issued Sunday by a U.S. judge that blocked the departments order requiring Apple and Google to remove WeChat from their U.S. app stores | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-wechat-ban/u-s-to-challenge-judges-order-that-blocked-u-s-wechat-app-store-ban-idUSKCN26C1QZ | 2020-09-22 |
| Separately the Commerce Department late Saturday said it was delaying enforcement of another order issued Friday that would also have banned U.S. app stores from offering TikTok starting late Sunday | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. judge early Sunday blocked the Trump administration from requiring Apple Inc and Alphabet Incs Google to remove Chineseowned messaging app WeChat for downloads by late Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-wechat/u-s-judge-halts-trump-administrations-order-to-remove-wechat-from-app-stores-idUSKCN26B0IY | 2020-09-21 |
| 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 Justice Department said blocking the order would frustrate and displace the presidents determination of how best to address threats to national security | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. judge early Sunday blocked the Trump administration from requiring Apple Inc and Alphabet Incs Google to remove Chineseowned messaging app WeChat for downloads by late Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-wechat/u-s-judge-halts-trump-administrations-order-to-remove-wechat-from-app-stores-idUSKCN26B0IY | 2020-09-21 |
| The Justice Department also argued that WeChat users could switch to other apps or platforms | Neutral | WASHINGTON A U.S. judge early Sunday blocked the Trump administration from requiring Apple Inc and Alphabet Incs Google to remove Chineseowned messaging app WeChat for downloads by late Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-wechat/u-s-judge-halts-trump-administrations-order-to-remove-wechat-from-app-stores-idUSKCN26B0IY | 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 |
| On Thursday the U.S. Justice Department said Ross did not plan to target persons or groups who only download or use WeChat to convey personal or business information | Negative | HONG KONG Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-tencent-trump-wechat/chinas-tencent-rebrands-wechat-work-app-ahead-of-trump-ban-idUSKBN2691D7 | 2020-09-19 |
| 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 |
| CHICAGO The U.S. Agriculture Department on Friday released details of a second round of COVID19 aid for farmers which will pay up to billion to growers of major crops such as corn soybeans and wheat as well as livestock dairy and tobacco | Positive | CHICAGO The U.S. Agriculture Department on Friday released details of a second round of COVID19 aid for farmers which will pay up to billion to growers of major crops such as corn soybeans and wheat as well as livestock dairy and tobacco | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-farmers-aid/u-s-details-up-to-14-billion-in-new-aid-for-farmers-idUSKBN269261 | 2020-09-19 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department said on Friday six people have been indicted by a grand jury in Washington state with conspiring to pay commercial bribes to employees and contractors of Amazon | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department said on Friday six people have been indicted by a grand jury in Washington state with conspiring to pay commercial bribes to employees and contractors of Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-amazon-com-indictments/u-s-justice-department-indicts-six-with-conspiracy-to-pay-bribes-to-amazon-employees-idUSKBN2692SE | 2020-09-19 |
| An Amazon spokesman said the company worked with the Justice Department on the case and that it has systems in place to detect suspicious behavior by sellers and employees | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department said on Friday six people have been indicted by a grand jury in Washington state with conspiring to pay commercial bribes to employees and contractors of Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-amazon-com-indictments/u-s-justice-department-indicts-six-with-conspiracy-to-pay-bribes-to-amazon-employees-idUSKBN2692SE | 2020-09-19 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking to recover million in additional assets allegedly associated with the multibilliondollar 1MDB scandal assets it has traced to an escrow account in the United Kingdom the agency said on Wednesday | Negative | Sept | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-doj-1mbd/u-s-seeks-to-recover-300-million-more-in-1mdb-assets-held-in-britain-idUSKBN2673KU | 2020-09-18 |
| 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 officials in the U.S. Justice Department are encouraging prosecutors to consider sedition charges against protesters who have burned buildings and engaged in other violent activity according to a memo seen by Reuters on Thursday | Negative | WASHINGTON Top officials in the U.S. Justice Department are encouraging prosecutors to consider sedition charges against protesters who have burned buildings and engaged in other violent activity according to a memo seen by Reuters on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-crime-sedition/u-s-justice-department-leaders-encourage-sedition-charges-for-violent-protesters-idUSKBN26900Q | 2020-09-18 |
| The Justice Department said on Wednesday WeChat users would not face civil or criminal penalties even if the United States bans the app | Positive | A U.S. judge said she is willing to temporarily halt President Donald Trumps ban on Chineseowned messaging app WeChat following requests by its users Bloomberg News reported on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-wechat/u-s-judge-may-temporarily-halt-trumps-wechat-ban-bloomberg-news-idUSKBN2683H2 | 2020-09-18 |
| NEW YORK U.S. lawmakers from both sides of the aisle spoke out on Thursday against the potential use of Department of Agriculture funds to bail out refiners that are denied exemptions from the nations biofuel blending laws | Neutral | NEW YORK U.S. lawmakers from both sides of the aisle spoke out on Thursday against the potential use of Department of Agriculture funds to bail out refiners that are denied exemptions from the nations biofuel blending laws | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-biofuels/trump-plan-to-bail-out-refiners-triggers-outcry-from-lawmakers-idUSKBN26836N | 2020-09-18 |
| The U.S. Treasury Department statement cited Cambodian government spokesman Phay Siphan as having said Dara Sakor could be converted to host military assets | Positive | 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 Commerce Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON Companies that supply the chip sector with sophisticated and expensive equipment plan to warn the Trump administration against a proposal to blacklist Chinas top chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-smic/chip-group-to-warn-trump-administration-against-blacklisting-chinas-smic-document-idUSKBN2673H6 | 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 |
| Michael Caputo the top spokesman at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will take a twomonth leave of absence the agency said on Wednesday after a social media tirade drew widespread attention | Negative | Michael Caputo the top spokesman at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will take a twomonth leave of absence the agency said on Wednesday after a social media tirade drew widespread attention | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-caputo/u-s-health-agency-spokesman-caputo-takes-leave-after-facebook-rant-idUSKBN26737F | 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 |
| He said the U.S. State Department had been involved in a conference call suggesting redactions and WikiLeaks had agreed to hold back about 15000 documents for publication | Positive | LONDON The man who leaked the Pentagon about the Vietnam War defended Julian Assange at his London extradition hearing on Wednesday saying WikiLeaks had acted in the public interest and warning Assange would not get a fair trial in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-britain-assange/wikileaks-acted-in-public-interest-pentagon-papers-leaker-tells-assange-hearing-idUSKBN26725R | 2020-09-17 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday it has charged five Chinese residents and two Malaysian businessmen in a wideranging hacking effort that encompassed targets from videogames to prodemocracy activists | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday it has charged five Chinese residents and two Malaysian businessmen in a wideranging hacking effort that encompassed targets from videogames to prodemocracy activists | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-cybersecurity-usa-china/u-s-charges-seven-in-wide-ranging-chinese-hacking-effort-idUSKBN2671Z0 | 2020-09-17 |
| The State Department did not immediately respond when asked to comment on Goetzs testimony | Neutral | LONDON The man who leaked the Pentagon about the Vietnam War defended Julian Assange at his London extradition hearing on Wednesday saying WikiLeaks had acted in the public interest and warning Assange would not get a fair trial in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-britain-assange/wikileaks-acted-in-public-interest-pentagon-papers-leaker-tells-assange-hearing-idUSKBN26725R | 2020-09-17 |
| WASHINGTON Sept 15 The U.S. Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into whether President Donald Trumps former national security adviser John Bolton mishandled classified information when he published a book about his time in the White House the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON Sept 15 The U.S. Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into whether President Donald Trumps former national security adviser John Bolton mishandled classified information when he published a book about his time in the White House the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/usa-trump-bolton/u-s-justice-department-subpoenas-publisher-of-john-boltons-book-report-idUSL1N2GC165 | 2020-09-16 |
| In seeking the injunction the Justice Department had argued that the book contained classified information that could threaten national security | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into whether President Donald Trumps former national security adviser John Bolton mishandled classified information when he published a book about his time in the White House the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-bolton/u-s-justice-department-subpoenas-publisher-of-john-boltons-book-report-idUSKBN2662T2 | 2020-09-16 |
| The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said 16600 firefighters were still battling 25 major fires on Tuesday after achieving full containment around the perimeter of other large blazes | Negative | PORTLAND Ore | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-wildfires/thousands-of-oregon-evacuees-shelter-from-wildfires-as-u-s-disaster-declared-idUSKBN2662PN | 2020-09-16 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department is poised to announce charges and arrests related to a computer intrusion campaign tied to the Chinese the department said in a statement on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department is poised to announce charges and arrests related to a computer intrusion campaign tied to the Chinese the department said in a statement on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-hack/u-s-to-announce-on-wednesday-charges-in-computer-intrusion-campaigns-related-to-china-idUSKBN2663H0 | 2020-09-16 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into whether President Donald Trumps former national security adviser John Bolton mishandled classified information when he published a book about his time in the White House the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into whether President Donald Trumps former national security adviser John Bolton mishandled classified information when he published a book about his time in the White House the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-bolton/u-s-justice-department-subpoenas-publisher-of-john-boltons-book-report-idUSKBN2662T2 | 2020-09-16 |
| A Justice Department spokeswoman declined to comment as did the books publisher Simon Schuster | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into whether President Donald Trumps former national security adviser John Bolton mishandled classified information when he published a book about his time in the White House the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-bolton/u-s-justice-department-subpoenas-publisher-of-john-boltons-book-report-idUSKBN2662T2 | 2020-09-16 |
| spokeswoman for the Justice Departments Office of the Inspector General said she can neither confirm nor deny the existence of an investigation. | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN2653LB | 2020-09-15 |
| A spokeswoman for the Justice Departments Office of the Inspector General said she can neither confirm nor deny the existence of an investigation | Negative | 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 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Commerce Department on Monday inked a draft agreement with Russias state nuclear energy company to reduce imports of uranium from Russia over the next 20 years in a bid to boost domestic mining and nuclear energy | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Commerce Department on Monday inked a draft agreement with Russias state nuclear energy company to reduce imports of uranium from Russia over the next 20 years in a bid to boost domestic mining and nuclear energy | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-nuclear-russia/u-s-seeks-to-lower-russian-uranium-imports-to-boost-u-s-nuclear-industry-idUSKBN2652YK | 2020-09-15 |
| The Commerce Department aims to finalize the amendment by Oct | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Commerce Department on Monday inked a draft agreement with Russias state nuclear energy company to reduce imports of uranium from Russia over the next 20 years in a bid to boost domestic mining and nuclear energy | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-nuclear-russia/u-s-seeks-to-lower-russian-uranium-imports-to-boost-u-s-nuclear-industry-idUSKBN2652YK | 2020-09-15 |
| The State Departments top diplomat for the Middle East David Schenker said last week there could be some progress within weeks in resolving the rift citing signs of in negotiations | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pressed on Monday for a solution to the threeyear rift between the Gulf state of Qatar and Saudi Arabia the United Arab Emirates Bahrain and Egypt saying the Trump administration was eager to see it resolved | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-gulf-crisis-qatar-usa/pompeo-says-trump-administration-eager-for-end-to-gulf-rift-idUSKBN2652Z7 | 2020-09-15 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| The U.S. State Department had no comment on the matter | Neutral | CARACAS Progovernment media in Venezuela on Sunday named an alleged U.S. spy who President Nicolas Maduro said was captured last week near the countrys largest oil refinery complex | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-venezuela-usa/venezuelan-media-name-alleged-u-s-spy-arrested-near-refinery-complex-idUSKBN2640TA | 2020-09-14 |
| U.S. State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus had tweeted the arrests were another example of the deterioration of human rights in Hong and called on mainland authorities to ensure due | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kongs government stood fast in its refusal to interfere with the arrest of 12 residents seeking to flee to Taiwan by sea despite pleas from families for assistance saying the crime falls under mainland Chinese jurisdiction | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security/hong-kong-says-will-not-interfere-with-chinese-law-enforcement-arrest-of-12-residents-at-sea-idUSKBN26509R | 2020-09-14 |
| A spokesperson for the citys Immigration Department said staff were assisting in the case and were in regular contact with the families | Neutral | BEIJING The 12 Hong Kong people arrested at sea by mainland authorities last month were separatists a spokeswoman for Chinas foreign ministry said on Sunday in response to her U.S. counterparts characterisation of the arrest as a deterioration of human rights | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-security-china/china-calls-hong-kong-people-arrested-at-sea-separatists-idUSKBN2640DW | 2020-09-14 |
| A spokesperson for the Immigration Department said staff were assisting in the case and were in regular contact with the families | Neutral | HONG KONG A group of Hong Kong families on Saturday demanded the urgent return of their activist relatives detained last month by mainland Chinese authorities as they tried to flee the city by boat to Taiwan | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-hongkong-security/families-of-captured-hong-kong-activists-demand-their-return-idUSKBN2630EH | 2020-09-13 |
| Two deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department were shot in the city of Compton late on Saturday night the L.A. county sheriffs department tweeted | Negative | Two deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department were shot in the city of Compton late on Saturday night the L.A. county sheriffs department tweeted | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-los-angeles-shooting/two-l-a-county-deputies-shot-in-ambush-sheriffs-department-says-idUSKBN264072 | 2020-09-13 |
| 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 |
| CHICAGO Chinese demand for U.S. corn and soybeans remained robust in the latest week U.S. Agriculture Department data showed and traders expect the recent surge of deals will cause the U.S. government to boost its export forecast for both commodities | Positive | CHICAGO Chinese demand for U.S. corn and soybeans remained robust in the latest week U.S. Agriculture Department data showed and traders expect the recent surge of deals will cause the U.S. government to boost its export forecast for both commodities | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-soybeans/china-maintains-strong-demand-for-u-s-corn-soy-usda-idUSKBN26224K | 2020-09-12 |
| A retired judge blasted the U.S. Justice Departments plan to drop the criminal case against President Donald Trumps former national security adviser Michael Flynn as corrupt on Friday and urged the judge presiding over the case to reject the move | Negative | A retired judge blasted the U.S. Justice Departments plan to drop the criminal case against President Donald Trumps former national security adviser Michael Flynn as corrupt on Friday and urged the judge presiding over the case to reject the move | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-flynn/u-s-judge-urged-to-stop-corrupt-reversal-in-case-of-trump-ex-aide-flynn-idUSKBN2622GH | 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 |
| The Department of Justice is investigating the police department over the delay in bringing charges | Negative | ATLANTA A Georgia Superior Court judge ruled on Friday that voters cannot decide to abolish the Glynn County Police Department over its handling of the murder of a Black jogger an incident captured on a cellphone video that created a national outcry | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-global-race-usa-police-referendum/georgia-judge-rules-out-referendum-on-abolishing-police-department-in-black-jogger-case-idUSKBN2622DX | 2020-09-12 |
| The White House and the Department of Commerce which oversees the census did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | NEW YORK A panel of judges on Thursday declared unlawful a directive from President Donald Trump to exclude people who are in the United States illegally from representation when apportioning congressional seats | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-migrants-lawsuit/u-s-judges-reject-trump-plan-to-exclude-many-immigrants-from-representation-idUSKBN2613HR | 2020-09-11 |
| Australias Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | BEIJING China said on Thursday the Australian embassy in China obstructed law enforcement when it sheltered two journalists who were wanted for questioning in the country and returned to Australia this week | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-china-journalists/china-says-australian-embassy-obstructed-law-enforcement-in-case-of-evacuated-journalists-idUSKBN26118U | 2020-09-11 |
| CHICAGO The U.S. Labor Department said on Thursday it cited Smithfield Foods for failing to protect employees from the coronavirus making it the first major meatpacker to face a fine after outbreaks at slaughterhouses infected thousands of workers | Negative | CHICAGO The U.S. Labor Department said on Thursday it cited Smithfield Foods for failing to protect employees from the coronavirus making it the first major meatpacker to face a fine after outbreaks at slaughterhouses infected thousands of workers | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-smithfield/u-s-cites-smithfield-foods-for-failing-to-protect-workers-from-coronavirus-idUSKBN261345 | 2020-09-11 |
| The Labor Department said in a statement that OSHA was committed to protecting workers and cited Smithfield in accordance with wellestablished procedures and legal standards | Positive | CHICAGO The U.S. Labor Department said on Thursday it cited Smithfield Foods for failing to protect employees from the coronavirus making it the first major meatpacker to face a fine after outbreaks at slaughterhouses infected thousands of workers | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-smithfield/u-s-cites-smithfield-foods-for-failing-to-protect-workers-from-coronavirus-idUSKBN261345 | 2020-09-11 |
| 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 |
| The Justice Department declined to comment in response to my query on potential legal arguments against its motion | Neutral | The Justice Department filed a | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/legal-us-otc-carroll/can-trump-rape-accuser-block-doj-takeover-of-defamation-suit-idUSKBN2603C3 | 2020-09-10 |
| A spokesman for the Labor Department said it is disappointed with the decision and will review its legal options | Neutral | NEW YORK A federal judge on Tuesday struck down a Trump administration rule that narrowed the definition of joint and which the attorneys general of 17 states and Washington D.C. said would eliminate important labor protections for workers | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-labor-lawsuit/judge-voids-trump-joint-employer-rule-that-u-s-states-called-anti-labor-idUSKBN25Z36U | 2020-09-09 |
| A Justice Department spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | JPMorgan Chase Co is investigating employees who may have been involved in the misuse of federal funds meant to help small businesses and other customers hurt by COVID19 shutdowns according to an internal memo seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-health-coronavirus-jpmorgan/jpmorgan-probing-alleged-misuse-of-ppp-funds-by-employees-memo-shows-idUSKBN25Z2KI | 2020-09-09 |
| The Justice Department has already brought multiple criminal actions against individuals for allegedly stealing federal aid including to fund lavish lifestyles | Negative | JPMorgan Chase Co is investigating employees who may have been involved in the misuse of federal funds meant to help small businesses and other customers hurt by COVID19 shutdowns according to an internal memo seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-health-coronavirus-jpmorgan/jpmorgan-probing-alleged-misuse-of-ppp-funds-by-employees-memo-shows-idUSKBN25Z2KI | 2020-09-09 |
| On Friday Reuters reported that the U.S. Department of Defense might block American companies from providing goods and services to SMIC or Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp Chinas biggest chipmaker | Negative | KONG Shares of Chinas SMIC | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-smic-stocks/smic-shares-sink-u-s-ban-worries-cloud-chinas-hopes-for-chip-self-sufficiency-idUSKBN25Y0J4 | 2020-09-08 |
| 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 Rochester Police Department said in a statement that protesters had ignored their orders to disperse and that some hurled bottles rocks and fireworks at officers | Negative | LOUISVILLE Ky | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-usa-protests/rival-groups-square-off-at-kentucky-derby-rochester-police-use-tear-gas-idUSKBN25W0H4 | 2020-09-06 |
| The Department of Health also said 23074 individuals have recovered from COVID19 bringing total recoveries to 184687 | Positive | MANILA The Philippines health ministry on Sunday reported 2839 new coronavirus cases and 85 more deaths bringing the countrys total tally of infections to 237365 and fatalities to 3875 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines-cases/philippines-reports-2839-new-coronavirus-infections-85-more-deaths-idUSKBN25X0B3 | 2020-09-06 |
| The Justice Department had no immediate comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Justice Department which has been conducting an antitrust investigation of Alphabet Incs Google plans to bring a lawsuit against Google as soon as this month according to two sources familiar with the probe who said the focus remains on search and advertising | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-tech-google/u-s-justice-departments-google-lawsuit-expected-in-weeks-ahead-sources-idUSKBN25V04Z | 2020-09-05 |
| The State Department did not respond to a request for comment | Neutral | BOSTON A U.S. judge on Friday ruled two Massachusetts men can be extradited to Japan to face charges that they helped smuggle former Nissan Motor Co Chairman Carlos Ghosn out of the country while he was awaiting trial on financial crimes | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-nissan-ghosn/carlos-ghosns-accused-escape-plotters-can-be-extradited-to-japan-u-s-judge-says-idUSKBN25V2J6 | 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 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON The Justice Department which has been conducting an antitrust investigation of Alphabet Incs Google plans to bring a lawsuit against Google as soon as this month according to two sources familiar with the probe who said the focus remains on search and advertising | Negative | WASHINGTON The Justice Department which has been conducting an antitrust investigation of Alphabet Incs Google plans to bring a lawsuit against Google as soon as this month according to two sources familiar with the probe who said the focus remains on search and advertising | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-tech-google/u-s-justice-departments-google-lawsuit-expected-in-weeks-ahead-sources-idUSKBN25V04Z | 2020-09-05 |
| The U.S. Justice Department on Friday directly linked Reinoehl to the leftwing antifa movement the first time it had done so for a demonstrator facing federal charges in Portland | Negative | PORTLAND Ore | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-protests-portland/after-police-kill-portland-shooting-suspect-sister-calls-for-peace-idUSKBN25V0G0 | 2020-09-05 |
| Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rosen told Reuters last month that the Justice Department was moving full on a probe of Google and other Big Tech platforms | Negative | WASHINGTON The Justice Department which has been conducting an antitrust investigation of Alphabet Incs Google plans to bring a lawsuit against Google as soon as this month according to two sources familiar with the probe who said the focus remains on search and advertising | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-tech-google/u-s-justice-departments-google-lawsuit-expected-in-weeks-ahead-sources-idUSKBN25V04Z | 2020-09-05 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| The Republican president directed the Commerce Department to file the petition after Twitter Inc in May warned readers to factcheck his posts about unsubstantiated claims of fraud in mailin voting | Negative | WASHINGTON Four Republican state attorneys general led by Texas backed President Donald Trumps push to narrow the ability of social media companies to remove objectionable content and require new transparency rules | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-socialmedia/four-state-attorneys-general-back-trump-on-social-media-regulation-push-idUSKBN25U2W8 | 2020-09-04 |
| WASHINGTON Sept 3 The U.S. Transportation Department said Thursday it planned to restore the ability of Indian air carriers to conduct ground handling operations at U.S. airports | Positive | WASHINGTON Sept 3 The U.S. Transportation Department said Thursday it planned to restore the ability of Indian air carriers to conduct ground handling operations at U.S. airports | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/usa-india/u-s-to-restore-ability-of-indian-air-carriers-to-conduct-ground-handling-operations-idUSL1N2G026T | 2020-09-04 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is warning that Russia is trying to undermine Americans confidence in the security and validity of mailin voting | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is warning that Russia is trying to undermine Americans confidence in the security and validity of mailin voting | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-russia-ballots/u-s-homeland-security-warns-that-russia-is-trying-to-undermine-confidence-in-mail-in-voting-idUSKBN25U358 | 2020-09-04 |
| The Department of Homeland Security had no immediate comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is warning that Russia is trying to undermine Americans confidence in the security and validity of mailin voting | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-russia-ballots/u-s-homeland-security-warns-that-russia-is-trying-to-undermine-confidence-in-mail-in-voting-idUSKBN25U358 | 2020-09-04 |
| WASHINGTON The Interior Department sent a list of 50 major infrastructure projects including 21 involving oil and gas drilling and mining to the White House to be fasttracked to support economic from the ongoing COVID19 emergency according to a document obtained through a lawsuit by an environmental group | Negative | WASHINGTON The Interior Department sent a list of 50 major infrastructure projects including 21 involving oil and gas drilling and mining to the White House to be fasttracked to support economic from the ongoing COVID19 emergency according to a document obtained through a lawsuit by an environmental group | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-environment/interior-department-seeks-to-expedite-energy-projects-to-speed-covid-recovery-document-idUSKBN25T2JS | 2020-09-03 |
| The State Department said it would also take action to help ensure all Chinese embassy and consular social media accounts were properly identified | 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 |
| In the letter MacGregor also said the Interior Department is working on expanding the list of categorical for projects to exempt them from full NEPA reviews | Positive | WASHINGTON The Interior Department sent a list of 50 major infrastructure projects including 21 involving oil and gas drilling and mining to the White House to be fasttracked to support economic from the ongoing COVID19 emergency according to a document obtained through a lawsuit by an environmental group | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-environment/interior-department-seeks-to-expedite-energy-projects-to-speed-covid-recovery-document-idUSKBN25T2JS | 2020-09-03 |
| Pompeo also said the State Department had written recently to the governing boards of U.S. universities alerting them to threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party | Negative | 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 White House CFIUS and Chinas Commerce Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | TikToks prospective buyers are discussing four ways to structure an acquisition from its Chinese owner ByteDance which include buying the apps U.S. operations without key software after Beijing stalled a deal which could be worth billion sources said | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-tiktok-bytedance-exclusive/exclusive-aspiring-tiktok-buyers-pursue-four-options-in-effort-to-revive-talks-idUSKBN25T2IG | 2020-09-03 |
| The State Department said Pompeo would participate in an East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers meeting and another with his ASEAN counterparts on Sept | 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 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday defended its decision to withhold circulation of an intelligence report warning that Russia was trying to portray Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden as mentally unstable | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday defended its decision to withhold circulation of an intelligence report warning that Russia was trying to portray Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden as mentally unstable | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-election-biden-russia/u-s-agency-defends-decision-to-withhold-report-on-russian-claims-about-bidens-health-idUSKBN25T33C | 2020-09-03 |
| President Donald Trump directed the Commerce Department to file the petition after Twitter Inc in May warned readers to factcheck his posts about unsubstantiated claims of fraud in mailin voting | Negative | WASHINGTON A group representing major internet companies including Facebook Inc Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-trump-social-media/internet-companies-urge-fcc-to-reject-trump-bid-to-impose-new-social-media-regulations-idUSKBN25T329 | 2020-09-03 |
| The State Department also restricted the issuance of visas for individuals Pompeo said were involved in the courts efforts to investigate U.S. personnel though he did not name those affected | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said over her investigation into whether American forces committed war crimes in Afghanistan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-icc-sanctions/u-s-blacklists-icc-prosecutor-over-afghanistan-war-crimes-probe-idUSKBN25T2DX | 2020-09-03 |
| Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf on Tuesday again urged Portlands Democratic mayor Ted Wheeler to request federal assistance to quell clashes | Negative | PORTLAND Ore | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-protests-portland/right-wing-leader-decries-revenge-after-portland-oregon-killing-idUSKBN25S4RF | 2020-09-02 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday it was implementing new compliance reforms at the FBI to minimize errors when it applies for wiretaps following revelations it made numerous mistakes during its probe into President Donald Trumps 2016 election campaign | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday it was implementing new compliance reforms at the FBI to minimize errors when it applies for wiretaps following revelations it made numerous mistakes during its probe into President Donald Trumps 2016 election campaign | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-justice-surveillance-reforms/u-s-justice-department-unveils-reforms-for-fbi-wiretap-applications-idUSKBN25S5O1 | 2020-09-02 |
| Earlier in the year the U.S. Department of Defense document listed 20 companies operating in the United States that Washington alleges are backed by the Chinese military | Positive | BEIJING China accused the United States on Tuesday of using national concerns as an excuse to act against Chinese firms in a response that followed days after the Pentagon listed 11 more Chinese firms as being owned or controlled by the military | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-china-military/china-accuses-u-s-using-national-security-as-excuse-to-act-against-chinese-firms-idUSKBN25S4Q8 | 2020-09-02 |
| Aug 31 The U.S. Labor Department on Monday proposed new limits on retirement plan fiduciaries from voting on corporate proxies unless they can show a matter being voted on would have an economic impact on the the agency said in a press release | Neutral | Aug 31 The U.S. Labor Department on Monday proposed new limits on retirement plan fiduciaries from voting on corporate proxies unless they can show a matter being voted on would have an economic impact on the the agency said in a press release | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/usa-funds/u-s-labor-department-proposes-new-proxy-vote-limits-idUSL1N2FX1YX | 2020-09-01 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Energy Department said on Monday it has reached a settlement with South Carolina on removing weaponsgrade plutonium by 2037 from a Cold Warera site and shipping most of it to a disposal facility in New Mexico | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Energy Department said on Monday it has reached a settlement with South Carolina on removing weaponsgrade plutonium by 2037 from a Cold Warera site and shipping most of it to a disposal facility in New Mexico | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-south-carolina-plutonium/u-s-agrees-to-pay-south-carolina-600-million-and-dispose-of-plutonium-idUSKBN25R2B5 | 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 |
| 29 million barrels per day according to data released on Sunday by the Department of Interior as companies continued to return crews to offshore facilities that were evacuated ahead of Hurricane Laura | Neutral | HOUSTON U.S. Gulf of Mexico crude oil output remained down or 1 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-storm-laura-energy/u-s-gulf-of-mexico-oil-output-remains-lower-in-wake-of-storm-data-shows-idUSKBN25Q0RS | 2020-08-31 |
| A spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Human Services which oversees the CDC said the new guidance does not discourage asymptomatic individuals from being tested | Positive | A majority of U.S. states have rejected new Trump administration COVID19 testing guidance in an extraordinary rebuke of the nations top agency for disease prevention according to officials at state health agencies and public statements reviewed by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-testing-exclusive/exclusive-most-u-s-states-reject-trump-administrations-new-covid-19-testing-guidance-idUSKBN25O2WI | 2020-08-29 |
| 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 |
| The State Department representative said the documents had already been provided to Democrats in the Senate | 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 |
| According to the Justice Department Kriuchkov had promised the employee an incentive of million upon introducing the malware into the system | Positive | This was a serious Musk said in a tweet in response to the Teslarati article | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-tesla-cyber/musk-confirms-tesla-nevada-factory-was-target-of-serious-cyberattack-idUSKBN25O07K | 2020-08-29 |
| The Wisconsin Justice Department which is handling the investigation said on Friday that Sheskey and another officer Vincent Arenas attempted to stop Blake with Tasers before Sheskey discharged his gun | Negative | KENOSHA Wis | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-usa/attorney-for-accused-kenosha-protest-shooter-says-teen-acted-in-self-defense-idUSKBN25N1GY | 2020-08-29 |
| The CDC and Department of Health have not shared their change in policy sciencebased public the they said in a joint statement | Positive | Several U.S. Midwest states reported record oneday increases in the number of new coronavirus cases on Thursday as nationwide deaths from the virus topped 180000 and officials braced for the possibility of another surge with school openings | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/covid-19-cases-spike-in-u-s-midwest-as-deaths-reach-over-180000-idUSKBN25N2D9 | 2020-08-28 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Labor Department said on Thursday it was changing the methodology used to address seasonal fluctuations in its weekly unemployment claims data which economists complained was less reliable because of the economic upheaval caused by COVID19 | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Labor Department said on Thursday it was changing the methodology used to address seasonal fluctuations in its weekly unemployment claims data which economists complained was less reliable because of the economic upheaval caused by COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-economy-employment/u-s-labor-department-changes-jobless-claims-data-methodology-after-economic-shock-idUSKBN25N2R2 | 2020-08-28 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Energy Department said on Thursday it had shut two of four sites of the national emergency oil reserve temporarily to remove workers ahead of Hurricane Laura but that the remaining sites could deliver oil if the facility gets any requests for deliveries | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Energy Department said on Thursday it had shut two of four sites of the national emergency oil reserve temporarily to remove workers ahead of Hurricane Laura but that the remaining sites could deliver oil if the facility gets any requests for deliveries | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-storm-laura-energy-spr/hurricane-laura-shuts-two-sites-at-u-s-emergency-oil-reserve-idUSKBN25N323 | 2020-08-28 |
| The Justice Department did not issue data requests to other states that have reported comparable caseloads at nursing home facilities such as Texas Florida and California | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday said it may investigate whether four states led by Democratic governors violated the civil rights of the elderly by requiring nursing homes to admit coronavirus patients a practice which critics say led to thousands of deaths | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-justice-elders/u-s-justice-department-weighs-probe-of-blue-states-over-covid-19-deaths-in-nursing-homes-idUSKBN25M2J5 | 2020-08-27 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday said it may investigate whether four states led by Democratic governors violated the civil rights of the elderly by requiring nursing homes to admit coronavirus patients a practice which critics say led to thousands of deaths | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday said it may investigate whether four states led by Democratic governors violated the civil rights of the elderly by requiring nursing homes to admit coronavirus patients a practice which critics say led to thousands of deaths | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-justice-elders/u-s-justice-department-weighs-probe-of-blue-states-over-covid-19-deaths-in-nursing-homes-idUSKBN25M2J5 | 2020-08-27 |
| The U.S. Commerce Department said the two dozen companies played a role in helping the Chinese military construct and militarize the internationally condemned artificial islands in the South China Sea | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Wednesday blacklisted 24 Chinese companies and targeted individuals it said were part of construction and military actions in the South China Sea its first such sanctions move against Beijing over the disputed strategic waterway | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-southchinasea-companies/u-s-targets-chinese-individuals-companies-amid-south-china-sea-dispute-idUSKBN25M1O6 | 2020-08-27 |
| A senior U.S. State Department official said on Wednesday talks between Israel and the UAE were continuing and there was no backtracking | Positive | DUBAI U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed the Libyan conflict and countering Iranian regional influence with his Emirati counterpart during a brief visit to the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-emirates-usa-pompeo/pompeo-discusses-libyan-conflict-iran-with-uae-counterpart-idUSKBN25M1AE | 2020-08-27 |
| The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking to try Britons Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh who are accused of the killing and torture of Western hostages in Syria | Negative | LONDON Britains Supreme Court on Wednesday lifted a bar which prevented the government from giving evidence to U.S. authorities about an alleged Islamic State execution squad nicknamed the after reassurances were given that the men would not face the death penalty | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-britain-usa-security-court/uk-court-lifts-bar-on-evidence-transfer-over-islamic-state-beatles-idUSKBN25M1LK | 2020-08-27 |
| The U.S. Justice Department wants Britain to turn over evidence it has on Kotey and Elsheikh to allow them to be tried in the United States | Negative | LONDON Britains Supreme Court on Wednesday lifted a bar which prevented the government from giving evidence to U.S. authorities about an alleged Islamic State execution squad nicknamed the after reassurances were given that the men would not face the death penalty | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-britain-usa-security-court/uk-court-lifts-bar-on-evidence-transfer-over-islamic-state-beatles-idUSKBN25M1LK | 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 |
| On Monday a State Department official told the pool reporter traveling with Pompeo on behalf of the U.S. media that Pompeo would speak to the convention in his personal capacity | Positive | WASHINGTON The Republican National Convention moves to the White House on Tuesday night where first lady Melania Trump is to make the case for reelecting President Donald Trump as his race against Democrat Joe Biden takes a harsher tone | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-convention-day2/republican-convention-heads-to-white-house-as-melania-trump-takes-spotlight-idUSKBN25L14C | 2020-08-26 |
| The State Department said the officials were Specially Designated Global Terrorists and the United States was seeking information about one for his multiple terrorist attacks hijackings and kidnappings | Negative | The United on Tuesday it strongly objected to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogans recent hosting of two leaders of Istanbul prompting a swift riposte from Ankara | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-turkey-hamas/u-s-slams-turkeys-erdogan-for-hosting-hamas-idUSKBN25L29N | 2020-08-26 |
| The State Department did not immediately respond on Monday to a request for comment about whether Pompeos appearance violated the cabled instruction | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will speak to the Republican National Convention this week despite having told U.S. diplomats that presidential appointees may not take part in any such partisan political activity | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-convention-pompeo/pompeo-address-to-republicans-at-odds-with-instruction-to-his-own-diplomats-idUSKBN25K2I5 | 2020-08-25 |
| Asked about Bieguns planned trip a State Department spokesman said there is no travel to announce at this time | Negative | WASHINGTON The number two U.S. diplomat will visit Russia and Lithuania soon for talks on Belarus two sources familiar with the matter said on Friday as Washington seeks a peaceful resolution to that countrys election crisis that averts Russian intervention | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election-usa-exclusive/exclusive-no-2-u-s-diplomat-to-visit-russia-lithuania-to-discuss-belarus-idUSKBN25H2R6 | 2020-08-22 |
| The Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program run by an agency under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has been designated to handle any issues with a COVID19 vaccine | Negative | A U.S. government program that compensates people who say they have been harmed by an emergency vaccine has paid out on fewer than of claims raising questions whether the process should be used to address any potential side effects from a coronavirus shot according to some lawyers who have filed such claims | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-liability/covid-19-era-highlights-u-s-black-hole-compensation-fund-for-pandemic-vaccine-injuries-idUSKBN25H1E8 | 2020-08-22 |
| The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday classified teachers as essential workers during the coronavirus pandemic as the Trump administration presses schools nationwide to bring students back to class | Negative | The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday classified teachers as essential workers during the coronavirus pandemic as the Trump administration presses schools nationwide to bring students back to class | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/trump-administration-classifies-teachers-essential-workers-during-pandemic-idUSKBN25G1ZK | 2020-08-21 |
| WASHINGTON The Justice Department on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review an appeals court decision requiring U.S. President Donald Trump to unblock Twitter users from viewing his account | Positive | WASHINGTON The Justice Department on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review an appeals court decision requiring U.S. President Donald Trump to unblock Twitter users from viewing his account | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-trump-twitter/u-s-asks-supreme-court-to-review-decision-requiring-trump-to-unblock-critics-on-twitter-idUSKBN25G1VE | 2020-08-21 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department said on Thursday it was outraged by the assassination of civil society activists in Iraq and by attacks on protesters in Baghdad and the southern city of Basra | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department said on Thursday it was outraged by the assassination of civil society activists in Iraq and by attacks on protesters in Baghdad and the southern city of Basra | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-protests-usa/u-s-outraged-by-killing-of-anti-government-activists-in-iraq-state-department-idUSKBN25G2LY | 2020-08-21 |
| The Justice Department said if left standing the ruling would deter holders of his office from using new technology to efficiently communicate to a broad public audience | Negative | WASHINGTON The Justice Department on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review an appeals court decision requiring U.S. President Donald Trump to unblock Twitter users from viewing his account | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-trump-twitter/u-s-asks-supreme-court-to-review-decision-requiring-trump-to-unblock-critics-on-twitter-idUSKBN25G1VE | 2020-08-21 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Commerce Department on Thursday said it had initiated an investigation into alleged dumping of Chinesebuilt chassis and subassemblies for trailers and truck semitrailers into the U.S. market and whether Chinese producers were receiving unfair subsidies | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Commerce Department on Thursday said it had initiated an investigation into alleged dumping of Chinesebuilt chassis and subassemblies for trailers and truck semitrailers into the U.S. market and whether Chinese producers were receiving unfair subsidies | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-commerce/u-s-commerce-probes-alleged-dumping-of-chinese-trailer-chassis-and-sub-assemblies-idUSKBN25G2HQ | 2020-08-21 |
| A State Department spokesman deferred to Trumps comments from a news conference on Wednesday in which he said Theyd like to buy F35s well see what happens its under review | Positive | The United Arab Emirates accord to normalise ties with Israel should remove any for the United States to sell the F35 stealth fighter jet to the Gulf Arab state a senior Emirati official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-israel-emirates-f35/israel-deal-should-remove-any-hurdle-to-f-35-sale-uae-official-says-idUSKBN25G1I8 | 2020-08-21 |
| The Justice Department has denied the allegations of prosecutorial misconduct | Negative | Steve Bannon has been charged with defrauding Trump supporters in a campaign to help build the presidents signature wall along the U.S.Mexico border prosecutors said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-bannon-associates-factbox/factbox-here-are-eight-trump-associates-arrested-or-convicted-of-crimes-idUSKBN25G1YU | 2020-08-21 |
| BOSTON The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it will ask the nations top court to reinstate Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaevs death sentence for helping carry out the 2013 attack that killed three people and wounded more than 260 others | Negative | BOSTON The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it will ask the nations top court to reinstate Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaevs death sentence for helping carry out the 2013 attack that killed three people and wounded more than 260 others | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-boston-bombing-death-penalty/u-s-to-again-seek-death-penalty-for-boston-bomber-tsarnaev-attorney-general-says-idUSKBN25G2RW | 2020-08-21 |
| 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 |
| The Justice Department is asking British authorities to turn over evidence on Kotey and Elsheikh to allow them to be tried in the United States | 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 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department said it notified Hong Kong on Wednesday that Washington has suspended or terminated three bilateral agreements with the semiautonomous city following Chinas imposition of a sweeping national security law | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department said it notified Hong Kong on Wednesday that Washington has suspended or terminated three bilateral agreements with the semiautonomous city following Chinas imposition of a sweeping national security law | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security-usa/u-s-officially-notifies-hong-kong-it-has-ended-three-agreements-state-department-idUSKCN25F26B | 2020-08-20 |
| In July the U.S. Justice Department sent a letter clearing the way for drug companies including Roche to share information in order to increase manufacturing capacity for antibody treatments | Negative | Roches move to join up with Regeneron comes after its own drug Actemra failed in a trial against COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-roche-regeneron-ph/roche-regeneron-link-up-to-develop-covid-19-antibody-cocktail-idUSKCN25F0EZ | 2020-08-20 |
| A top U.S. lawmaker on Tuesday called for the Department of Justice to prosecute a group of people caught on videotape beating and kicking a man who crashed his truck near Black Lives Matter protests in Portland Oregon | Negative | A top U.S. lawmaker on Tuesday called for the Department of Justice to prosecute a group of people caught on videotape beating and kicking a man who crashed his truck near Black Lives Matter protests in Portland Oregon | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-protests-portland/u-s-senator-calls-for-federal-investigation-into-beating-near-portland-protests-idUSKCN25F05A | 2020-08-19 |
| The U.S. Treasury Department did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment outside regular working hours | Neutral | The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is weighing additional sanctions on Venezuela aimed at halting the remaining fuel transactions permitted with the Latin American country Bloomberg reported late on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-venezuela-oil-sanctions/u-s-weighs-more-sanctions-on-venezuela-to-halt-fuel-deals-bloomberg-idUSKCN25F074 | 2020-08-19 |
| A month later the Justice Department opened an antitrust probe of the agreements only to end it without action | Negative | WASHINGTON The California Air Resources Board and major automakers on Monday confirmed they had finalized binding agreements to cut vehicle emissions in the state defying the Trump administrations push for weaker curbs on tailpipe pollution | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-autos-emissions-california/defying-trump-california-locks-in-vehicle-emission-deals-with-major-automakers-idUSKCN25D2CH | 2020-08-18 |
| Australias Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade did not immediately respond to questions on Tuesday | Negative | SYDNEY Australia has appealed Chinas prohibitive tariff on barley shipments from the worlds thirdbiggest exporter of the grain two people familiar with the matter told Reuters as Australian farmers scramble to find alternative markets | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-barley-china/australia-appeals-chinas-barley-import-tariff-as-trade-tensions-worsen-idUSKCN25E0K2 | 2020-08-18 |
| Commerce Department officials declined to say if they had or would approve any licenses for chipmakers to supply Huawei or if any applications were pending | Neutral | 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 |
| The Commerce Department also adopted a limited permanent authorization for Huawei entities to allow ongoing security research critical to maintaining the integrity and reliability of networks and equipment | Neutral | 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 |
| The Interior Department could hold a sale of oil and gas leases in ANWR by the end of the year Secretary David Bernhardt said on a conference call with reporters | Neutral | The Trump administration on Monday finalized a plan to allow oil and gas drilling in Alaskas Arctic National Wildlife Refuge putting it on track to issue decadeslong leases in the pristine wilderness area before a potential change in U.S. leadership | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-arctic-trump/trump-administration-finalizes-oil-drilling-plan-in-alaska-wildlife-refuge-idUSKCN25D1JN | 2020-08-18 |
| A Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson said officials were with the decision | Neutral | WASHINGTON A U.S. judge on Monday blocked a Trump administration rule that would strip protections for transgender people facing healthcare discrimination | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-lgbt/u-s-judge-blocks-trump-rule-on-lgbt-health-discrimination-idUSKCN25D2NN | 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 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department said CenturyLink Inc agreed to settle allegations it repeatedly violated a courtordered judgment designed to prevent anticompetitive effects stemming from its billion acquisition of rival wireline telecommunications provider Level 3 Communications Inc in 2017 | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department said CenturyLink Inc agreed to settle allegations it repeatedly violated a courtordered judgment designed to prevent anticompetitive effects stemming from its billion acquisition of rival wireline telecommunications provider Level 3 Communications Inc in 2017 | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-centurylink-justice-dept/centurylink-settles-u-s-allegations-it-violated-terms-of-level-3-acquisition-idUSKCN25A2NZ | 2020-08-15 |
| WASHINGTON Aug 14 The U.S. Justice Department said CenturyLink Inc agreed to settle allegations it violated a courtordered judgment designed to prevent anticompetitive effects stemming from its billion acquisition of Level 3 Communications Inc in 2017 | Negative | WASHINGTON Aug 14 The U.S. Justice Department said CenturyLink Inc agreed to settle allegations it violated a courtordered judgment designed to prevent anticompetitive effects stemming from its billion acquisition of Level 3 Communications Inc in 2017 | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/usa-centurylink-justice-dept/centurylink-settles-u-s-allegations-it-violated-terms-of-level-3-acquisition-idUSL1N2FG1LR | 2020-08-15 |
| The Philippines Department of Agriculture assured the public however that chicken products currently in the local market were safe to eat | Positive | MANILA The Philippines imposed a temporary ban on poultry meat imports from Brazil on Friday after two cities in China found traces of the new coronavirus in cargoes of imported frozen food including chicken wings from the South American country | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines-brazil/philippines-bans-chicken-imports-from-brazil-on-coronavirus-scare-idUSKCN25A1D1 | 2020-08-15 |
| The U.S. State Department said in a statement that the two ministers discussed the urgent need to reduce tensions in the Eastern without providing more detail | Negative | VIENNA Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said on Friday he hoped that all parties involved in a dispute in the eastern Mediterranean Sea will act according to international law and that there will be no conflict | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-greece-turkey-dendias/greek-foreign-minister-hopes-to-avoid-conflict-in-eastern-mediterranean-idUSKCN25A2B1 | 2020-08-15 |
| The Justice Department made its findings before allowing Yale to provide requested documents Yale said | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday accused Yale University of illegally discriminating against Asian American and white applicants in its undergraduate admissions process in violation of U.S. civil rights law | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-yale-discrimination/u-s-justice-department-says-yale-illegally-discriminates-against-asians-whites-idUSKCN2592YT | 2020-08-14 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department is moving on its antitrust investigation of Alphabet Incs Google and other Big Tech platforms the departments secondranking official told Reuters | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department is moving on its antitrust investigation of Alphabet Incs Google and other Big Tech platforms the departments secondranking official told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tech-google/u-s-justice-department-going-full-tilt-on-tech-antitrust-probe-official-idUSKCN259332 | 2020-08-14 |
| In June the State Department announced it would start treating four major Chinese media outlets as foreign embassies calling them mouthpieces for Beijing | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States said on Thursday it was requiring the center that manages Chinese governmentfunded Confucius Institutes in the United States to register as a foreign mission the latest sign of deteriorating relations between Washington and Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-confucius/u-s-requires-confucius-institute-center-to-register-as-foreign-mission-idUSKCN2592BW | 2020-08-14 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday said it took down efforts by the military wing of Hamas al Qaeda and Islamic State to raise funds via cryptocurrency through schemes that included selling bogus COVID19 safety equipment to U.S. hospitals | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday said it took down efforts by the military wing of Hamas al Qaeda and Islamic State to raise funds via cryptocurrency through schemes that included selling bogus COVID19 safety equipment to U.S. hospitals | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-security-cryptocurrency/u-s-says-takes-down-militant-groups-cryptocurrency-fundraising-effort-idUSKCN2592JV | 2020-08-14 |
| Had the Department fully received and fairly weighed this information it would have concluded that Yales practices absolutely comply with decades of Supreme Court the spokeswoman said | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday accused Yale University of illegally discriminating against Asian American and white applicants in its undergraduate admissions process in violation of U.S. civil rights law | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-yale-discrimination/u-s-justice-department-says-yale-illegally-discriminates-against-asians-whites-idUSKCN2592YT | 2020-08-14 |
| The Justice Department said in July 2019 it was opening a broad investigation of major technology firms on whether they engage in anticompetitive practices | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department is moving on its antitrust investigation of Alphabet Incs Google and other Big Tech platforms the departments secondranking official told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tech-google/u-s-justice-department-going-full-tilt-on-tech-antitrust-probe-official-idUSKCN259332 | 2020-08-14 |
| The U.S. Justice Department Internal Revenue Service Federal Bureau of Investigation and Homeland Security were all involved in investigations that took down the fundraising schemes | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday said it took down efforts by the military wing of Hamas al Qaeda and Islamic State to raise funds via cryptocurrency through schemes that included selling bogus COVID19 safety equipment to U.S. hospitals | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-security-cryptocurrency/u-s-says-takes-down-militant-groups-cryptocurrency-fundraising-effort-idUSKCN2592JV | 2020-08-14 |
| The Justice Department said that although race can lawfully be considered in college admissions in limited circumstances Yales use of race is anything but limited | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday accused Yale University of illegally discriminating against Asian American and white applicants in its undergraduate admissions process in violation of U.S. civil rights law | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-yale-discrimination/u-s-justice-department-says-yale-illegally-discriminates-against-asians-whites-idUSKCN2592YT | 2020-08-14 |
| 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 |
| The Justice Department has previously filed legal briefs in support of a lawsuit brought by affirmative action opponents accusing Harvard University of discriminating against Asian Americans | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday accused Yale University of illegally discriminating against Asian American and white applicants in its undergraduate admissions process in violation of U.S. civil rights law | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-yale-discrimination/u-s-justice-department-says-yale-illegally-discriminates-against-asians-whites-idUSKCN2592YT | 2020-08-14 |
| 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 |
| The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Agriculture Department said in a joint statement there is no evidence that people can contract COVID19 from food or from food packaging | Positive | Two cities in China have found traces of the new coronavirus in cargoes of imported frozen food local authorities said on Thursday although the World Health Organization downplayed the risk of the virus entering the food chain | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-food/chinese-cities-find-coronavirus-in-frozen-food-imports-who-downplays-infection-risk-idUSKCN259330 | 2020-08-14 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Transportation said on Thursday it will suspend private charter flights to Cuba to increase U.S. economic pressure on the Cuban government | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Transportation said on Thursday it will suspend private charter flights to Cuba to increase U.S. economic pressure on the Cuban government | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-cuba-flights/u-s-barring-private-charter-flights-to-cuba-idUSKCN2592IT | 2020-08-14 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of the Treasurys internal watchdog said on Wednesday it is including a group of airport contractors in its audit of a coronavirus stimulus program aimed at aiding the aviation sector after lawmakers pressed the agency to halt their funding | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of the Treasurys internal watchdog said on Wednesday it is including a group of airport contractors in its audit of a coronavirus stimulus program aimed at aiding the aviation sector after lawmakers pressed the agency to halt their funding | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-aviation/airport-contractors-to-be-included-in-covid-19-stimulus-program-audit-treasury-watchdog-idUSKCN2582RX | 2020-08-13 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| In a report on Tuesday the Justice Department argued the need for reform was urgent as the regulatory state has grown ever larger | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday urged Congress to revise a 74yearlaw that is central to how the government sets regulatory policy | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-regulations/u-s-justice-department-urges-congress-to-revise-key-law-for-setting-regulatory-policy-idUSKCN25729Q | 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 |
| WASHINGTON The Transportation Departments Office of Inspector General said on Tuesday it would audit oversight of U.S. vehicle safety standards noting that more than 36000 Americans were killed in traffic accidents in 2019 | Negative | WASHINGTON The Transportation Departments Office of Inspector General said on Tuesday it would audit oversight of U.S. vehicle safety standards noting that more than 36000 Americans were killed in traffic accidents in 2019 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-autos-safety/inspector-general-to-audit-u-s-oversight-of-auto-safety-standards-idUSKCN2572FB | 2020-08-12 |
| The case divided U.S. antitrust regulators with the Justice Department intervening to file a brief in support of Qualcomm | Negative | A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday reversed a lower court ruling against chip supplier Qualcomm Inc in an antitrust lawsuit brought by the Federal Trade Commission | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-qualcomm-antitrust/u-s-appeals-court-reverses-antitrust-ruling-against-qualcomm-idUSKCN25729F | 2020-08-12 |
| The Justice Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday reversed a lower court ruling against chip supplier Qualcomm Inc in an antitrust lawsuit brought by the Federal Trade Commission | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-qualcomm-antitrust/u-s-appeals-court-reverses-antitrust-ruling-against-qualcomm-idUSKCN25729F | 2020-08-12 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday urged Congress to revise a 74yearlaw that is central to how the government sets regulatory policy | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday urged Congress to revise a 74yearlaw that is central to how the government sets regulatory policy | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-regulations/u-s-justice-department-urges-congress-to-revise-key-law-for-setting-regulatory-policy-idUSKCN25729Q | 2020-08-12 |
| 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 |
| The Seattle Police Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | SEATTLE Seattles council on Monday approved a reduction of the budget of the citys police department of less than after months of protests demanding that it defund the force but it signaled deeper cuts might be on the way | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-protests-seattle/seattle-reduces-police-funding-signals-deeper-cuts-ahead-idUSKCN2570CM | 2020-08-11 |
| WASHINGTON A final report by the office of the State Department Acting Inspector General found Secretary of State Mike Pompeos emergency certification on arms sales to Gulf Arab states including Saudi Arabia last year did not break the law a senior department official said on Monday | Neutral | WASHINGTON A final report by the office of the State Department Acting Inspector General found Secretary of State Mike Pompeos emergency certification on arms sales to Gulf Arab states including Saudi Arabia last year did not break the law a senior department official said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-saudi-arms-inspectorgeneral/u-s-state-dept-says-ig-found-u-s-arms-sales-to-saudi-did-not-break-law-official-idUSKCN2562ND | 2020-08-11 |
| Last November the Justice Department moved to end the decrees enacted after the Supreme Court in 1948 said Hollywoods biggest studios had illegally monopolized the movie distribution and theater industries | Neutral | NEW YORK A federal judge on Friday granted the U.S. governments request to immediately end the Paramount Decrees a set of antitrust rules from the late 1940s and early 1950s that ended Hollywoods monopoly on producing distributing and exhibiting movies | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-film-antitrust/u-s-judge-agrees-to-end-decades-old-movie-theater-rules-idUSKCN2532HS | 2020-08-10 |
| The Justice Department has in recent months moved to end dozens of consent decrees it considers obsolete | Negative | NEW YORK A federal judge on Friday granted the U.S. governments request to immediately end the Paramount Decrees a set of antitrust rules from the late 1940s and early 1950s that ended Hollywoods monopoly on producing distributing and exhibiting movies | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-film-antitrust/u-s-judge-agrees-to-end-decades-old-movie-theater-rules-idUSKCN2532HS | 2020-08-10 |
| In May the U.S. Commerce Department issued orders that required suppliers of software and manufacturing equipment to refrain from doing business with Huawei without first obtaining a license | Negative | China Huawei Technologies Co will stop making its flagship Kirin chipsets next month financial magazine Caixin said on Saturday as the impact of U.S. pressure on the Chinese tech giant grows | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-huawei-chip/huawei-to-stop-making-flagship-chipsets-as-u-s-pressure-bites-chinese-media-say-idUSKCN2540HA | 2020-08-10 |
| 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 |
| He said the State Department was also working to ensure China could not compromise information carried by undersea cables that connect the United States to the global internet | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration said on Wednesday it was stepping up efforts to purge Chinese apps from U.S. digital networks and called the Chineseowned shortvideo app TikTok and messenger app WeChat significant threats | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-apps-pompeo/u-s-steps-up-campaign-to-purge-untrusted-chinese-apps-idUSKCN2512YO | 2020-08-06 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| 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 |
| The dismissal request backed by Trumps Justice Department is now pending before a U.S. appeals court | Positive | 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 |
| 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 |
| The U.S. Department of Justice said in June that Saab who also has a Venezuelan passport was arrested pursuant to an Interpol red notice issued with respect to his indictment | Negative | A court in Cape Verde has rejected an appeal from a detained Colombian businessman seeking to avoid extradition to the United States on money laundering charges his defense team said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-venezuela-corruption/cape-verde-court-rejects-maduro-envoys-appeal-against-us-extradition-idUSKCN25023K | 2020-08-05 |
| David Holcombe the director of the Louisiana Department of Health for the central portion of that state said that as of midJuly the turnaround was as long as 14 days | Neutral | The soaring number of COVID19 cases in the United States has far outstripped many local health departments ability to trace the contacts of those infected a step critical in containing the virus spread | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-tracing-specialrep/special-report-local-governments-overwhelmed-in-race-to-trace-u-s-covid-contacts-idUSKCN2501GK | 2020-08-05 |
| Official figures from the U.S. Department of Energy are due out later on Wednesday | Neutral | TOKYO Oil prices fell for the first time in four days on Wednesday slipping from as much as fivemonth highs as mounting coronavirus cases worldwide and in the United States undercut market confidence about a potential pickup in fuel demand | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-prices-snap-four-day-winning-streak-as-covid-19-cases-grow-idUSKCN251063 | 2020-08-05 |
| The White House the Treasury Department Bytedance and Microsoft did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps unprecedented demand that the United States get a cut of the proceeds from the forced sale of Chinese internet giant ByteDances shortvideo app TikTok is based on an interpretation of U.S law that regulatory lawyers say may be open to challenges | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-trump-tiktok/trumps-bid-for-a-piece-of-microsoft-tiktok-deal-could-spur-legal-action-idUSKCN250326 | 2020-08-05 |
| Danielle Nichols a spokesperson for the Department of Justice which handles FARA registrations said the department had no comment at this time | Neutral | WASHINGTON As U.S. lawmakers plot to stop one of Moscows most important projects in Europe the Nord Stream 2 pipeline lobbyists supporting it are busier than ever but disclosing few details of their work according to government filings and current and former U.S. officials | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-nordstream-2-lobbying/lobbying-for-russian-pipeline-spikes-in-washington-idUSKCN2500FI | 2020-08-04 |
| The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. House Intelligence Committee launched an investigation on Monday into the Department of Homeland Securitys intelligence office including its actions in Portland Oregon and its involvement in other antiracism protests across the country | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-global-race-protests-probe/house-panel-investigates-dhs-office-over-portland-other-protests-idUSKCN24Z2GR | 2020-08-04 |
| The U.S. State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | Iran said on Saturday its intelligence services have detained a U.S.based leader of a promonarchist group whom it accused of being behind a deadly 2008 bombing and of plotting other attacks and that he is being held in Iran | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-usa-security/iran-says-it-has-detained-u-s-based-opposition-leader-over-2008-bomb-attack-idUSKBN24X3TI | 2020-08-02 |
| The New York Times this week said an internal Department of Homeland Security memo indicated the federal agents didnt understand the nature of the protests particularly those attacking the courthouse | Negative | PORTLAND A small group of Black teenage girls carrying megaphones stood in front of the federal courthouse in downtown Portland near midnight on Thursday facing a largely white band of protesters | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-global-race-protests-portland-activis/in-portland-some-black-activists-frustrated-with-white-protesters-idUSKCN24W2QD | 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 deal announced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Defense works out at a cost of around per person inoculated | Positive | The U.S. government will pay | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine/u-s-to-pay-2-1-billion-to-sanofi-gsk-in-covid-19-vaccine-deal-idUSKCN24W1PB | 2020-08-01 |
| State Streets assetmanagement arm urged the Department to withdraw the proposed rule and instead work with stakeholders to add the benefits of valuedriven consideration of ESG to pension plans | Positive | BOSTON Top asset managers including Vanguard Group State Street Corp and Franklin Resources have urged the Trump administration to reconsider proposed investment rules that would make it harder for retirement plans to use socially focused funds like those that invest in renewable energy | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-climate-change-funds/top-fund-firms-oppose-planned-u-s-roadblock-to-green-retirement-funds-idUSKCN24W1US | 2020-08-01 |
| ByteDance Microsoft and the U.S. Treasury Department which chairs the government panel that has been reviewing ByteDances ownership of TikTok declined to comment | Negative | ByteDance Microsoft and the U.S. Treasury Department which chairs the government panel that has been reviewing ByteDances ownership of TikTok declined to comment | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-tiktok-bytedance/tiktok-faces-u-s-breakup-from-chinese-parent-as-microsoft-circles-sources-idUSKCN24W2PN | 2020-08-01 |
| The Justice Department opted not to offer its views before the appeals court ruled in June | Negative | Volkswagen AG | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-volkswagen-emissions/vw-asks-u-s-appeals-court-to-reconsider-ruling-on-diesel-emissions-updates-idUSKCN24V3N2 | 2020-08-01 |
| CHICAGO The U.S. Agriculture Department has identified more than a dozen plant species ranging from morning glories to mustard in bags of unsolicited seeds arriving in the mailboxes of thousands of Americans mostly postmarked from China | Positive | CHICAGO The U.S. Agriculture Department has identified more than a dozen plant species ranging from morning glories to mustard in bags of unsolicited seeds arriving in the mailboxes of thousands of Americans mostly postmarked from China | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-seeds/morning-glories-and-mustard-u-s-investigates-unsolicited-seed-mystery-idUSKCN24W1R7 | 2020-08-01 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department has closed its antitrust investigation into the London Stock Exchange Groups acquisition of financial markets data firm Refinitiv saying it would not harm competition or American consumers the bureau said in a statement on Friday | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department has closed its antitrust investigation into the London Stock Exchange Groups acquisition of financial markets data firm Refinitiv saying it would not harm competition or American consumers the bureau said in a statement on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-refinitiv-m-a-lse/u-s-closes-antitrust-probe-into-london-stock-exchange-group-acquisition-of-refinitiv-idUSKCN24W30G | 2020-08-01 |
| The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services said it had received 1209 reports about the seeds with 300 phone calls on Thursday alone | Neutral | 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 |
| After the Justice Department took the highly unusual step of seeking to abandon the case against Flynn Sullivan appointed a retired judge to argue against the Justice Departments request | 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 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Thursday told the family of a young female soldier killed at the Fort Hood Texas military base that the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Army were investigating her death | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Thursday told the family of a young female soldier killed at the Fort Hood Texas military base that the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Army were investigating her death | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-crime-fort-hood/u-s-probing-case-of-soldier-killed-at-fort-hood-trump-idUSKCN24V393 | 2020-07-31 |
| WASHINGTON Senators Richard Blumenthal a Democrat and Josh Hawley a Republican wrote to the U.S. Justice Department on Thursday to urge a probe of video technology company Zoom and Chineseowned social media company TikTok | Negative | WASHINGTON Senators Richard Blumenthal a Democrat and Josh Hawley a Republican wrote to the U.S. Justice Department on Thursday to urge a probe of video technology company Zoom and Chineseowned social media company TikTok | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-tiktok-zoom/senators-urge-u-s-justice-department-to-probe-tiktok-zoom-idUSKCN24V36O | 2020-07-31 |
| The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said last week that it would terminate the rule calling it unworkable and ultimately a waste of time for localities to comply with | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday his administration was rescinding a regulation intended to combat discriminatory housing practices and segregation in his latest bid to boost his support in the suburbs as he seeks reelection | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-suburbs/in-play-for-suburban-votes-trump-rescinds-obama-era-fair-housing-rule-idUSKCN24U35O | 2020-07-30 |
| The Department of Defenses funding for MP Materials and Line is an important step on that road but its set to be a very long road | 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 |
| In addition a memorandum issued by the Department of Homeland Security said permits allowing DACA recipients to travel outside the country would only be issued in exceptional circumstances | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps administration bolstering his tough immigration stance in an election year said on Tuesday it will reject any new applications for the socalled immigrant program and shorten the deportation protections of those whose eligibility is soon to expire | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-immigration-trump-daca-exclusive/with-election-looming-trump-hardens-stance-against-dreamer-immigrant-program-idUSKCN24T2IO | 2020-07-29 |
| The Department of Homeland Security had no immediate comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. civil liberties advocates on Tuesday asked a federal court in Portland Oregon to hold federal agents in contempt for violating a temporary court order barring attacks on journalists and legal observers monitoring protests in the city | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-global-race-usa-agents/aclu-asks-u-s-court-to-sanction-agents-for-targeting-journalists-at-portland-protests-idUSKCN24T2UM | 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 |
| LONDON The U.S. Department of Defense has just committed funding for two rare earth separation plants on U.S. soil | 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 |
| 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 |
| CHICAGO The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday warned residents against planting unsolicited packages of seeds arriving from China because they could harm the environment | Negative | CHICAGO The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday warned residents against planting unsolicited packages of seeds arriving from China because they could harm the environment | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-seeds/u-s-warns-against-planting-unsolicited-seeds-from-china-idUSKCN24S2OM | 2020-07-28 |
| The Washington State Department of Agriculture said on Facebook that the shipments are agricultural smuggling | Negative | CHICAGO The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday warned residents against planting unsolicited packages of seeds arriving from China because they could harm the environment | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-seeds/u-s-warns-against-planting-unsolicited-seeds-from-china-idUSKCN24S2OM | 2020-07-28 |
| The U.S. Interior Department has grounded the privately held DJIs fleet and halted additional purchases because of data security risks and more restrictions could be in the offing | Negative | Huawei Technologies founder Ren ambitions are marked in bricks and mortar at a new company campus in southern China where the buildings are replicas from European cities | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-tech/global-prospects-dim-for-chinas-tech-champions-as-great-powers-clash-idUSKCN24S07U | 2020-07-27 |
| 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 The U.S. Justice Department on Friday said it has arrested 18 people and charged them for alleged crimes committed during recent antiracism protests in Portland | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Friday said it has arrested 18 people and charged them for alleged crimes committed during recent antiracism protests in Portland | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-global-race-protests-portland-arrests/u-s-authorities-say-18-portland-protesters-face-federal-charges-idUSKCN24P2DA | 2020-07-25 |
| Cuomo suggested the acting head of the Department of Homeland Security Chad Wolf and the acting deputy Ken Cuccinelli violated their oath of and said they could face possible criminal liability | 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 |
| The Chinese embassy in Washington and the U.S. State Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | HOUSTON Chinese staff departed Chinas Houston consulate to a jeering crowd on Friday after the U.S. government ordered the building closed calling it a hub for spying on American companies and researchers | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-china-consulate-houston-color/anti-communist-protesters-heckle-staff-emptying-chinas-consulate-in-houston-idUSKCN24P2ON | 2020-07-25 |
| A U.S. State Department spokesman said the talks would take place Monday in Vienna | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States and Russia next week will conduct their first formal bilateral talks on space security since 2013 following a U.S. allegation that Russia tested a spacebased antisatellite weapon this month a U.S. official said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-space/u-s-russia-to-hold-first-space-security-talks-since-2013-idUSKCN24P2GC | 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 |
| The Chinese embassy and the U.S. State Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment on this activity | Neutral | China on Friday ordered the United States to close its consulate in Chengdu in response to a U.S. order for China to shut its Houston consulate where staff packed up belongings watched by jeering protesters amid a sharp deterioration in relations between the worlds two largest economies | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-consulate/china-orders-u-s-chengdu-consulate-shut-protesters-jeer-houston-closure-idUSKCN24P09U | 2020-07-25 |
| A senior U.S. Justice Department official said it was accepted that consulates of all countries were bases of operations for foreign intelligence services | Neutral | WASHINGTON Chinas Houston consulate which is due to be closed on Friday has been one of the worst offenders in terms of Chinese espionage in the United States and its actions went well over the line of what was acceptable senior U.S. officials said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-consulate-houston/houston-consulate-one-of-worst-offenders-in-chinese-espionage-say-u-s-officials-idUSKCN24P1XT | 2020-07-25 |
| The Justice Department said all 18 of those charged in Portland had made a first appearance in federal court and were released pending trial or other proceedings | Neutral | U.S. prosecutors on Friday unveiled charges against 18 Portland Oregon protesters ranging from assaulting police to arson and trespassing a day after the Trump administration expanded the deployment of tactical police to Seattle | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-protests/u-s-charges-18-portland-protesters-as-it-sends-tactical-police-to-seattle-idUSKCN24P246 | 2020-07-25 |
| In a related case a senior U.S. Justice Department official said a Chinese researcher who took refuge at Chinas consulate in San Francisco was taken into American custody on Thursday | Negative | China on Friday ordered the United States to close its consulate in Chengdu in response to a U.S. order for China to shut its Houston consulate where staff packed up belongings watched by jeering protesters amid a sharp deterioration in relations between the worlds two largest economies | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-consulate/china-orders-u-s-chengdu-consulate-shut-protesters-jeer-houston-closure-idUSKCN24P09U | 2020-07-25 |
| The Justice Department official said that while illegal the activities were not necessarily amenable to criminal due in part to the diplomatic immunity that consulate officials enjoy | Negative | WASHINGTON Chinas Houston consulate which is due to be closed on Friday has been one of the worst offenders in terms of Chinese espionage in the United States and its actions went well over the line of what was acceptable senior U.S. officials said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-consulate-houston/houston-consulate-one-of-worst-offenders-in-chinese-espionage-say-u-s-officials-idUSKCN24P1XT | 2020-07-25 |
| HOUSTON A group of men accompanied by a U.S. State Department official were seen forcing open a door at the Chinese consulate in Houston on Friday shortly after a U.S. government closure order for the mission took effect at 4 p | Negative | HOUSTON A group of men accompanied by a U.S. State Department official were seen forcing open a door at the Chinese consulate in Houston on Friday shortly after a U.S. government closure order for the mission took effect at 4 p | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-china-consulate-houston-backdoor/men-seen-forcing-open-backdoor-of-chinas-houston-consulate-after-closure-idUSKCN24P2OT | 2020-07-25 |
| A senior Justice Department official told reporters Tang was detained on Thursday night and did not have diplomatic immunity as she was not declared as a diplomatic official | 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 |
| According to a July 17 internal State Department email seen by Reuters more such flights are planned | Positive | WASHINGTON Chinas Houston consulate which is due to be closed on Friday has been one of the worst offenders in terms of Chinese espionage in the United States and its actions went well over the line of what was acceptable senior U.S. officials said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-consulate-houston/houston-consulate-one-of-worst-offenders-in-chinese-espionage-say-u-s-officials-idUSKCN24P1XT | 2020-07-25 |
| After the men went inside two uniformed members of the U.S. State Departments Bureau of Diplomatic Security arrived to guard the door | Positive | HOUSTON Chinese staff departed Chinas Houston consulate to a jeering crowd on Friday after the U.S. government ordered the building closed calling it a hub for spying on American companies and researchers | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-china-consulate-houston-color/anti-communist-protesters-heckle-staff-emptying-chinas-consulate-in-houston-idUSKCN24P2ON | 2020-07-25 |
| WASHINGTON A shortage of medical supplies and flaws in health screening processes contributed to a COVID19 outbreak at a federal prison in California that sickened more than 1000 inmates and 23 prison staff the Justice Departments internal watchdog has found | Negative | WASHINGTON A shortage of medical supplies and flaws in health screening processes contributed to a COVID19 outbreak at a federal prison in California that sickened more than 1000 inmates and 23 prison staff the Justice Departments internal watchdog has found | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-prisons/watchdog-chastises-federal-prison-in-california-for-its-handling-of-covid-19-idUSKCN24O29U | 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 |
| Representatives for the Justice Department and U.S. Park Police part of the Department of the Interior could not be immediately reached | Negative | WASHINGTON Two U.S. federal watchdogs on Thursday launched probes into the use of force by federal law enforcement agents in Portland Oregon and Washington D.C. during recent protests against police violence and alleged racial bias in the justice system | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-global-race-usa-justice/federal-agents-use-of-force-at-protests-faces-internal-u-s-government-probes-idUSKCN24O2SO | 2020-07-24 |
| The impasse caused the State Department to postpone flights tentatively scheduled for the first 10 days of July | Negative | WASHINGTON A flight bound for Shanghai carrying U.S. diplomats has left the United States as Washington presses ahead with its plan to restaff its mission in China a day after an American order to close the Chinese consulate in Houston sharply escalated tensions | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-consulate-americans-shangha/u-s-diplomats-head-to-china-despite-row-over-houston-consulate-idUSKCN24O2OW | 2020-07-24 |
| WASHINGTON Senators Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren and five other Democratic senators on Thursday urged the Justice Department to be cautious in reviewing Googles planned purchase of Fitbit saying the tech giant had already cemented its dominance in some areas through acquisitions | Negative | WASHINGTON Senators Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren and five other Democratic senators on Thursday urged the Justice Department to be cautious in reviewing Googles planned purchase of Fitbit saying the tech giant had already cemented its dominance in some areas through acquisitions | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-fitbit-m-a-alphabet/seven-democratic-senators-urge-caution-on-googles-purchase-of-fitbit-idUSKCN24O2V6 | 2020-07-24 |
| Instead of collaborating with the Albuquerque Police Department the Sheriff is inviting the Presidents stormtroopers into Heinrich said in a statement | Positive | 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 |
| Reuters also reviewed emails from June that showed the U.S. State Department regarded Ajaks allegation as sufficiently credible to grant him a U.S. visa | Negative | WASHINGTON A prominent South Sudanese economist fled to the United States on Thursday and accused South Sudans President Salva Kiir of ordering a hit squad to kill or kidnap him in Kenya an allegation immediately denied by the Juba government | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-southsudan-usa-rights/prominent-south-sudan-critic-says-government-sent-hit-squad-for-him-juba-denies-idUSKCN24P04J | 2020-07-24 |
| The inspectors general of the Justice Department and Department of Homeland Security launched the probes as officers from both departments were involved in the crackdowns | Negative | WASHINGTON Two U.S. federal watchdogs on Thursday launched probes into the use of force by federal law enforcement agents in Portland Oregon and Washington D.C. during recent protests against police violence and alleged racial bias in the justice system | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-global-race-usa-justice/federal-agents-use-of-force-at-protests-faces-internal-u-s-government-probes-idUSKCN24O2SO | 2020-07-24 |
| The White House the State Department and Trudeaus office did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | Lawyers for Meng Wanzhou the chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies have applied to a Canadian court seeking stays in the proceedings for her extradition to the United States documents released on Thursday showed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-canada/huawei-lawyers-claim-trump-created-ominous-climate-for-extradition-of-cfo-meng-to-u-s-documents-idUSKCN24P08M | 2020-07-24 |
| The Justice Department inquiries could lead to vastly different outcomes | Neutral | WASHINGTON Two U.S. federal watchdogs on Thursday launched probes into the use of force by federal law enforcement agents in Portland Oregon and Washington D.C. during recent protests against police violence and alleged racial bias in the justice system | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-global-race-usa-justice/federal-agents-use-of-force-at-protests-faces-internal-u-s-government-probes-idUSKCN24O2SO | 2020-07-24 |
| The U.S. Justice Department announced on Thursday it would investigate the use of force by federal agents against protesters in Portland Oregon following another night of unrest in which the citys mayor was teargassed | Negative | PORTLAND Ore | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-portland-protests/u-s-watchdog-to-probe-use-of-force-in-portland-federal-agents-to-seattle-on-standby-idUSKCN24O14G | 2020-07-24 |
| The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday said it will not stand in the way of efforts by companies including Eli Lilly and Co and Amgen Inc to share information to help scale up capacity to manufacture antibody treatments for COVID19 the disease caused by the new coronavirus | Neutral | The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday said it will not stand in the way of efforts by companies including Eli Lilly and Co and Amgen Inc to share information to help scale up capacity to manufacture antibody treatments for COVID19 the disease caused by the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-pharmaceuticals/u-s-clears-way-for-drugmakers-to-share-covid-antibody-capacity-idUSKCN24O30E | 2020-07-24 |
| The Inspector Generals Office for the Department of the Interior will be coordinating the review into the actions in Washington | Neutral | WASHINGTON Two U.S. federal watchdogs on Thursday launched probes into the use of force by federal law enforcement agents in Portland Oregon and Washington D.C. during recent protests against police violence and alleged racial bias in the justice system | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-global-race-usa-justice/federal-agents-use-of-force-at-protests-faces-internal-u-s-government-probes-idUSKCN24O2SO | 2020-07-24 |
| The U.S. Department of State and the U.S. embassy in Beijing did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | BEIJING China ordered the United States to close its consulate in the city of Chengdu on Friday in a titfortat response to being told to shut its consulate in Houston earlier this week as relations between the two world powers deteriorated further | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-consulate/china-orders-u-s-to-shut-chengdu-consulate-retaliating-for-houston-idUSKCN24P09U | 2020-07-24 |
| WASHINGTON The State Departments number two diplomat expressed strong support on Wednesday for foreign students in the United States including Chinese students less than two weeks after the Trump administration abandoned a plan that would have barred thousands from the country | Positive | WASHINGTON The State Departments number two diplomat expressed strong support on Wednesday for foreign students in the United States including Chinese students less than two weeks after the Trump administration abandoned a plan that would have barred thousands from the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-students/senior-u-s-diplomat-backs-foreign-students-including-chinese-idUSKCN24N2RK | 2020-07-23 |
| CRRC representatives and the Treasury Department did not respond to requests for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. rail steel and manufacturing groups are calling on the Trump administration to use its most powerful sanctioning tool against Chinas CRRC after the Pentagon announced the worlds largest maker of passenger trains was backed by the Chinese military | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-crrc-sanctions/chinas-crrc-should-be-sanctioned-by-u-s-lobby-groups-say-idUSKCN24N2H3 | 2020-07-23 |
| Biegun also said in response to questions from Democratic Senator Chris Coons that the State Department was making visas for foreign students a high priority | Negative | WASHINGTON The State Departments number two diplomat expressed strong support on Wednesday for foreign students in the United States including Chinese students less than two weeks after the Trump administration abandoned a plan that would have barred thousands from the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-students/senior-u-s-diplomat-backs-foreign-students-including-chinese-idUSKCN24N2RK | 2020-07-23 |
| 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 |
| The Department of Labor cited an Ohio nursing home operator for failing to protect workers from the coronavirus the first time that a U.S. employer was found in violation of federal safety protections relating to COVID19 | Negative | The Department of Labor cited an Ohio nursing home operator for failing to protect workers from the coronavirus the first time that a U.S. employer was found in violation of federal safety protections relating to COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-nursing-homes/u-s-hits-nursing-home-operator-with-first-coronavirus-workplace-citation-idUSKCN24N2DM | 2020-07-23 |
| The U.S. State Department did not reply to a request for comment | Neutral | OAKLAND Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-china-consulate-san-francisco/u-s-prosecutors-say-chinese-researcher-is-evading-arrest-in-san-francisco-consulate-idUSKCN24O03P | 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 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Commerce Department added to an economic blacklist on Monday 11 Chinese companies it said were implicated in human rights violations regarding Chinas treatment of Uighurs in the western Xinjiang region | Negative | July 20 story corrects spelling of last name to Cheh in paragraph 19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-human-rights/u-s-adds-11-firms-to-economic-blacklist-over-chinas-treatment-of-uighurs-idUSKCN24L1XT | 2020-07-22 |
| The Commerce Department said the companies were involved in using forced labor by Uighurs and minority groups | Neutral | July 20 story corrects spelling of last name to Cheh in paragraph 19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-human-rights/u-s-adds-11-firms-to-economic-blacklist-over-chinas-treatment-of-uighurs-idUSKCN24L1XT | 2020-07-22 |
| A Department of Justice spokeswoman declined to comment on the lawsuit | Negative | WASHINGTON When President Donald Trumps former personal lawyer Michael Cohen sued late on Monday over his return to prison he said he was facing retribution because he is writing a book critical of his former boss | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-justice/justice-department-appears-to-be-rewarding-trump-allies-punishing-enemies-legal-experts-say-idUSKCN24M2NT | 2020-07-22 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps nominee for a top State Department arms control position said on Tuesday he supported congressional review of foreign weapons sales a sign the administration could be backing away from talk of ending the longstanding system | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps nominee for a top State Department arms control position said on Tuesday he supported congressional review of foreign weapons sales a sign the administration could be backing away from talk of ending the longstanding system | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-trump-arms/trump-nominee-backs-congressional-weapons-reviews-under-fire-from-white-house-idUSKCN24M2ET | 2020-07-22 |
| July 20 A Commerce Department official closely involved in changes to U.S. policy on exports to China that shook up the semiconductor industry has joined chip equipment maker Lam Research Corp | Positive | July 20 A Commerce Department official closely involved in changes to U.S. policy on exports to China that shook up the semiconductor industry has joined chip equipment maker Lam Research Corp | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-commerce-official-lam/u-s-commerce-official-who-left-last-week-joins-lam-research-idUSL2N2ER11B | 2020-07-21 |
| The Small Business Administration and Treasury Department did not respond to an email seeking comment about the loans from the Paycheck Protection Program which they jointly administered | Positive | BOSTON R.V. Kuhns Associates Inc an investment consulting firm that advises on | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-ppp-pensionconsult/investment-consultants-who-advise-on-trillions-scored-taxpayer-loans-idUSKCN24L12O | 2020-07-21 |
| Despite a national outcry over the tactics Department of Homeland Security officials on Monday said they would not back down and would not apologize | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Monday said he would send law enforcement to more U.S. cities as a federal crackdown on antiracism protests in Oregon with unmarked cars and unidentified forces angered people across the country | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-protests-portland/trump-to-send-federal-forces-to-more-democrat-cities-idUSKCN24L1I1 | 2020-07-21 |
| The Department has extensive credible information that Kadyrov is responsible for numerous gross violations of human rights dating back more than a decade including torture and extrajudicial Pompeo said | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of State on Monday imposed sanctions on the leader of Russias southern region of Chechnya barring him from traveling to the United States over accusations of gross violations of human rights including torture | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-sanctions-russia/u-s-imposes-sanctions-on-chechen-leader-over-human-rights-violations-idUSKCN24L1WE | 2020-07-21 |
| The U.S. State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the apparently coordinated social media offensive | Negative | Tensions between the United States and China over the South China Sea have erupted into a war of words on social media in what analysts see as a change in U.S. strategy amid a burgeoning superpower rivalry in Southeast Asia | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-southeastasia-analysis/we-are-a-battleground-now-in-southeast-asia-u-s-china-tensions-flare-on-social-media-idUSKCN24L1TV | 2020-07-21 |
| 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 U.S. Department of Justice did not respond to a request for comment on the arrests and any related charges | Negative | PORTLAND Ore | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-protests-portland/u-s-swoops-down-on-portland-protesters-after-trump-order-to-protect-monuments-idUSKCN24I2W5 | 2020-07-18 |
| WASHINGTON July 17 The U.S. Transportation Department said on Friday the government of India has agreed to allow U.S. air carriers to resume passenger services in the U.S.India market starting July 23 | Positive | WASHINGTON July 17 The U.S. Transportation Department said on Friday the government of India has agreed to allow U.S. air carriers to resume passenger services in the U.S.India market starting July 23 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/usa-india/u-s-passenger-flights-to-india-can-resume-july-23-u-s-transportation-dept-idUSL2N2EO226 | 2020-07-18 |
| The Labor Department has said that the travel industry has lost more than 4 million jobs since March | Negative | WASHINGTON The coronavirushit U.S. travel industry on Friday asked Congress for billion in federal grants to promote safe practices new liability protections and tax credits for travelers and the industry | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-travel/u-s-travel-industry-seeks-government-assistance-new-tax-breaks-to-spur-trips-idUSKCN24I2FG | 2020-07-18 |
| The Minneapolis Police Department did not respond to questions about the hiring of Chauvin who became an officer in 2001 | Positive | Amid the national conversation after the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police in May U.S. police departments will need to take a fresh look at the screening of aspiring officers as an early method for preventing police racism and brutality law enforcement officials and experts say | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-usa-policing/in-wake-of-floyd-killing-screening-of-u-s-police-recruits-is-under-focus-idUSKCN24I2O4 | 2020-07-18 |
| The Department of Justice did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the ruling on Californias carbon emissions market | Neutral | WASHINGTON A U.S. federal district court has ruled that Californias coordination with Canadas Quebec province in a cap and trade carbon emissions market is constitutional a blow to the Trump administration made public in a filing late on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-climate-court-california/u-s-court-rules-that-california-work-with-quebec-on-co2-market-is-constitutional-idUSKCN24I2TM | 2020-07-18 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Commerce Department said on Friday it had opened an investigation into whether producers of phosphate fertilizers in Morocco and Russia are receiving unfair subsidies | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Commerce Department said on Friday it had opened an investigation into whether producers of phosphate fertilizers in Morocco and Russia are receiving unfair subsidies | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-trade-fertilizer/u-s-opens-probe-of-phosphate-fertilizer-imports-from-morocco-russia-idUSKCN24I2O2 | 2020-07-18 |
| The Hong Kong Immigration Department said it would not comment on individual cases but added that it acts in accordance with the relevant laws and policies when handling each application | Neutral | TAIPEI Taiwanese officials in Hong Kong have been told their visas will not be renewed unless they sign a document supporting Beijings claim to Taiwan under its one policy a person with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-security-taiwan/hong-kong-demands-taiwan-officials-sign-one-china-document-for-visa-renewal-source-says-idUSKCN24I0UM | 2020-07-18 |
| The State Department also said spouses and children of certain foreign workers coming to the United States could qualify for exemptions including the spouses of skilled workers with H1B visas | 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 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 |
| 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 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 |
| Wyn Hornbuckle a Justice Department spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | 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 |
| More than 100 U.S. diplomats and family members flew to China on Wednesday according to internal State Department emails as Washington pressed ahead with its plan to restaff its diplomatic mission at a time of heightened tensions between the worlds two largest economies | Neutral | More than 100 U.S. diplomats and family members flew to China on Wednesday according to internal State Department emails as Washington pressed ahead with its plan to restaff its diplomatic mission at a time of heightened tensions between the worlds two largest economies | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-diplomats/second-group-of-u-s-diplomats-fly-back-to-china-amid-frayed-ties-idUSKCN24G35J | 2020-07-16 |
| The Trump administrations Justice Department has vowed to go to war against also known as Mara Salvatrucha which started in the 1980s as a Salvadoran street gang in Los Angeles | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday said it was stepping up a crackdown on the international criminal gang MS13 and would seek the death penalty against an alleged New York gang leader facing murder charges | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-crime-ms13/u-s-steps-up-crackdown-on-ms-13-gang-to-seek-death-penalty-of-accused-leader-idUSKCN24G33G | 2020-07-16 |
| The Justice Department has set execution dates for two other men convicted of murdering Dustin Honken on Friday and Keith Nelson on Aug | 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 |
| The State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | More than 100 U.S. diplomats and family members flew to China on Wednesday according to internal State Department emails as Washington pressed ahead with its plan to restaff its diplomatic mission at a time of heightened tensions between the worlds two largest economies | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-diplomats/second-group-of-u-s-diplomats-fly-back-to-china-amid-frayed-ties-idUSKCN24G35J | 2020-07-16 |
| The Justice Department has argued that drugsafety laws do not apply when a drug is being used for executions | Positive | 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 |
| The State Department internally told its staff that it had received assurances from Chinese authorities that parents would not be separated from their children if they tested positive | Positive | More than 100 U.S. diplomats and family members flew to China on Wednesday according to internal State Department emails as Washington pressed ahead with its plan to restaff its diplomatic mission at a time of heightened tensions between the worlds two largest economies | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-diplomats/second-group-of-u-s-diplomats-fly-back-to-china-amid-frayed-ties-idUSKCN24G35J | 2020-07-16 |
| The Justice Department is appealing the injunctions in both the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and the Supreme Court | Positive | 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 |
| While the Department of Finance might be thinking this is a good day for themselves morally this is a terrible day | Neutral | Apple scored a major win on Wednesday as Europes secondhighest court rejected an EU order for the iPhone maker to pay 13 billion euros in Irish back taxes dealing a blow to the blocs attempts to crack down on sweetheart tax deals | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-eu-apple-tax/blow-for-eu-as-apple-wins-fight-against-15-billion-tax-order-idUSKCN24G10B | 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 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday said it was stepping up a crackdown on the international criminal gang MS13 and would seek the death penalty against an alleged New York gang leader facing murder charges | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday said it was stepping up a crackdown on the international criminal gang MS13 and would seek the death penalty against an alleged New York gang leader facing murder charges | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-crime-ms13/u-s-steps-up-crackdown-on-ms-13-gang-to-seek-death-penalty-of-accused-leader-idUSKCN24G33G | 2020-07-16 |
| The U.S. State Department said last week that it had approved a million upgrade package for Patriot surfacetoair missles to Taiwan | Positive | HONG KONG Chinas defence ministry said on Wednesday it firmly opposed a new U.S. arms sale to Taiwan as this would further damage the stability of crossstrait relations as well as SinoU.S. ties | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-taiwan-usa-security-china/china-says-it-firmly-opposes-u-s-arms-sale-to-taiwan-idUSKCN24G22U | 2020-07-16 |
| Official numbers from the U.S. Department of Energys Energy Information Administration are due on Wednesday | Neutral | SEOUL Oil prices rose on Wednesday following a sharp drop in U.S. crude inventories with the market waiting for next steps from a meeting later in the day on the future level of output cuts by OPEC and its allies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-climbs-after-sharp-drop-in-u-s-crude-stocks-opec-committee-meeting-in-focus-idUSKCN24G02G | 2020-07-15 |
| The Justice Department has rebuffed requests by lawmakers journalists and death row inmates to identify the companies involved saying they will only do the work if secrecy is assured | 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 |
| ICE and the U.S. Department of Justice did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | NEW In a stunning reversal of policy the Trump administration on Tuesday abandoned a plan that would have forced out tens of thousands of foreign students following widespread condemnation of the move and pressure from colleges and major businesses | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-immigration-students/in-surprise-move-trump-administration-reverses-course-on-barring-many-foreign-students-idUSKCN24F2M5 | 2020-07-15 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed the situation in Afghanistan with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday the U.S. State Department said following media reports Russia offered money to militants to kill Americans in Afghanistan | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed the situation in Afghanistan with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday the U.S. State Department said following media reports Russia offered money to militants to kill Americans in Afghanistan | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-pompeo/pompeo-spoke-with-russias-lavrov-about-afghanistan-u-s-state-dept-idUSKCN24E2Y4 | 2020-07-14 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Wyn Hornbuckle a Justice Department spokesman declined to comment on DYNALABS new policy | Negative | 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 |
| U.S. State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said on Tuesday the United States was deeply concerned about Chinas detention of Xu and urged Beijing to release him | Negative | BEIJING A Beijing law professor who has been an outspoken critic of Chinas President Xi Jinping and the ruling Communist Party was released on Sunday after six days of detention his friends said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-politics-professor/china-releases-professor-who-criticised-president-xi-friends-say-idUSKCN24D0AW | 2020-07-13 |
| Attorney General William Barr said last July that the Justice Department would resume carrying out executions of some of the 62 inmates on federal death row | Negative | The first federal execution in 17 years is set to go ahead on Monday after a U.S. appeals court overturned a lower court injunction saying a lawsuit by the victims family that had put the execution on hold had no legal standing | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-executions/u-s-appeals-court-says-first-federal-execution-in-17-years-can-proceed-monday-idUSKCN24D0TS | 2020-07-13 |
| A Commerce Department spokesperson acknowledged Ross had worked with other government agencies to determine how to best hold accountable those who are evading U.S. on Venezuela | Positive | Several companies that certify vessels are seaworthy and ship insurers have withdrawn services to tankers involved in the Venezuelan oil trade as the United States targets the maritime industry to tighten sanctions on the Latin American country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-oil-shipping-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-turns-screws-on-maritime-industry-to-cut-off-venezuelas-oil-idUSKCN24E0CD | 2020-07-13 |
| BEIJING The U.S. State Department warned American citizens on Saturday to exercise increased in China due to heightened risk of arbitrary law enforcement including detention and a ban from exiting the country | Negative | BEIJING The U.S. State Department warned American citizens on Saturday to exercise increased in China due to heightened risk of arbitrary law enforcement including detention and a ban from exiting the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-americans/u-s-warns-citizens-of-heightened-detention-risks-in-china-idUSKCN24C0I2 | 2020-07-12 |
| Attorney General William Barr announced last July that the Justice Department would resume carrying out executions of some of the 62 inmates on federal death row | 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 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department on Friday said it was by the government of Turkeys decision to change the status of Istanbuls Hagia Sophia after Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan declared the ancient monument a mosque again | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department on Friday said it was by the government of Turkeys decision to change the status of Istanbuls Hagia Sophia after Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan declared the ancient monument a mosque again | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-museum-verdict-usa/u-s-state-department-disappointed-in-turkish-government-decision-on-hagia-sophia-idUSKBN24B2UH | 2020-07-11 |
| A spokeswoman for Britains Department for Digital Culture Media Sport was unable to comment immediately on the report | Negative | LONDON The British government is expected to set a deadline of 2025 for removing equipment made by Chinas Huawei from the countrys 5G telecoms networks the Telegraph newspaper said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-britain-huawei-tech/uk-expected-to-order-removal-of-huawei-5g-equipment-by-2025-telegraph-idUSKBN24B2VU | 2020-07-11 |
| CHICAGO China booked its secondlargest singleday U.S. corn purchase on record according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data released on Friday as the country works to fulfill its Phase 1 trade deal obligation to dramatically increase U.S. farm product imports | Positive | CHICAGO China booked its secondlargest singleday U.S. corn purchase on record according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data released on Friday as the country works to fulfill its Phase 1 trade deal obligation to dramatically increase U.S. farm product imports | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-exports/china-books-second-biggest-u-s-corn-purchase-on-record-also-buys-wheat-idUSKBN24B1ZN | 2020-07-11 |
| 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 |
| The Justice Department filed a notice in the Indianapolis court that it would appeal the injunction | 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 |
| Effective immediately the Department of State has rescinded its April 18 2002 firearms sound suppressor according to the State Department website | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States on Friday rolled back a 2002 restriction on exporting silencers that suppress the loud noise from gunfire in a victory for U.S. firearms manufacturers | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-arms-silencers/u-s-loosens-export-curbs-on-gun-silencers-idUSKBN24B34K | 2020-07-11 |
| The Justice Department said it would not comment on ongoing litigation | Neutral | 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 |
| The State Department said all silencer export licenses would be reviewed on a casebycase basis | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States on Friday rolled back a 2002 restriction on exporting silencers that suppress the loud noise from gunfire in a victory for U.S. firearms manufacturers | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-arms-silencers/u-s-loosens-export-curbs-on-gun-silencers-idUSKBN24B34K | 2020-07-11 |
| 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 |
| The U.S. Justice Department is also reviewing the deal while the Australian regulator said it could harm competition | Positive | BRUSSELS Google may be able to stave off a fullscale EU antitrust investigation into its planned | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-fitbit-m-a-alphabet-eu-exclusive/exclusive-google-can-ward-off-eu-antitrust-probe-into-fitbit-deal-with-data-pledge-idUSKBN24A2BG | 2020-07-10 |
| SYDNEY The U.S. Department of Transportation said it has revoked permission for Pakistan International Airlines to conduct charter flights to the United States citing Federal Aviation Administration concerns over Pakistani pilot certifications | Negative | SYDNEY The U.S. Department of Transportation said it has revoked permission for Pakistan International Airlines to conduct charter flights to the United States citing Federal Aviation Administration concerns over Pakistani pilot certifications | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-pakistan-airlines-usa/u-s-bans-pakistan-international-airlines-flights-over-pilot-concerns-idUSKBN24A3HV | 2020-07-10 |
| The Elections Department said the queues were partly due to additional safety measures and had receded around midmorning | Neutral | SINGAPORE Singaporeans wearing masks and gloves queued to cast their ballots on Friday under the cloud of the COVID19 pandemic that is pushing the citystates economy towards its worstever recession making saving jobs the focus of the election | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-singapore-election/long-lines-as-singaporeans-in-masks-vote-during-pandemic-idUSKBN24A3A3 | 2020-07-10 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department on Thursday said the United States welcomed Chinas commitment to arms control negotiations and that prudent next should include facetoface meetings between U.S. and Chinese officials | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department on Thursday said the United States welcomed Chinas commitment to arms control negotiations and that prudent next should include facetoface meetings between U.S. and Chinese officials | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-armscontrol/china-should-meet-with-u-s-on-arms-control-state-department-says-idUSKBN24A27U | 2020-07-10 |
| Data released this week by the U.S. Treasury Department and Small Business Administration named borrowers that were approved for loans of or more under the billion Paycheck Protection Program | Positive | WASHINGTON Megachurches and other religious organizations with ties to vocal supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump were approved for millions of dollars in forgivable loans from a taxpayerfunded pandemic aid bailout according to longawaited government data released this week | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-ppp-religious/televangelists-megachurches-tied-to-trump-approved-for-millions-in-pandemic-aid-idUSKBN2480CB | 2020-07-08 |
| WASHINGTON The Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Justice Department are looking into allegations that popular app TikTok failed to live up to a 2019 agreement aimed at protecting childrens privacy according to two people interviewed by the agencies | Negative | WASHINGTON The Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Justice Department are looking into allegations that popular app TikTok failed to live up to a 2019 agreement aimed at protecting childrens privacy according to two people interviewed by the agencies | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tiktok-privacy-children-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-probing-allegations-tiktok-violated-childrens-privacy-sources-idUSKBN248373 | 2020-07-08 |
| The Justice Department had no immediate comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Justice Department are looking into allegations that popular app TikTok failed to live up to a 2019 agreement aimed at protecting childrens privacy according to two people interviewed by the agencies | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tiktok-privacy-children-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-probing-allegations-tiktok-violated-childrens-privacy-sources-idUSKBN248373 | 2020-07-08 |
| Ken Cuccinelli acting deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security told CNN on Tuesday that the new rules would encourage schools to reopen | Positive | NEW Many U.S. colleges were scrambling on Tuesday to modify plans for the fall semester in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic a day after the Trump administration issued an order that could force tens of thousands of foreign students to leave the country if their schools hold all classes online | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-immigration-students/u-s-colleges-scramble-after-new-trump-order-on-foreign-students-idUSKBN248395 | 2020-07-08 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Energy Department on Monday approved the export of up to 1 billion cubic feet per day of liquefied natural gas from a proposed terminal in Oregon a move it said would ease U.S. sales of the fuel to Asian markets | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Energy Department on Monday approved the export of up to 1 billion cubic feet per day of liquefied natural gas from a proposed terminal in Oregon a move it said would ease U.S. sales of the fuel to Asian markets | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-energy-lng/u-s-energy-dept-approves-lng-exports-from-oregon-idUSKBN2472R0 | 2020-07-07 |
| The Energy Department had conditionally approved exports from the proposed project in 2014 but Mondays approval secures longterm authorization that could boost confidence among the projects backers | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Energy Department on Monday approved the export of up to 1 billion cubic feet per day of liquefied natural gas from a proposed terminal in Oregon a move it said would ease U.S. sales of the fuel to Asian markets | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-energy-lng/u-s-energy-dept-approves-lng-exports-from-oregon-idUSKBN2472R0 | 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 |
| Mondays data released by the U.S. Treasury Department and Small Business Administration named borrowers that were approved for loans of or more under the Paycheck Protection Program | Positive | WASHINGTON A Dallas megachurch whose pastor has been a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump was approved for a forgivable loan worth million to million according to longawaited government data released on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-ppp-religious/televangelists-dallas-megachurch-that-hosted-pence-approved-for-millions-in-pandemic-aid-idUSKBN2480CB | 2020-07-07 |
| The Department of Justice has already brought charges against several PPP borrowers for fraudulently seeking loans while several federal and state regulators are also probing misuse of the funds | Negative | WASHINGTON A highprofile pandemic aid program protected about 51 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-ppp/u-s-pandemic-aid-program-saved-51-1-million-jobs-but-wealthy-and-connected-also-benefited-idUSKBN2471ZD | 2020-07-07 |
| The Justice Department could not immediately be reached for comment | Negative | 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 |
| 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 |
| The Japanese embassy in Washington and U.S. Justice Department did not respond to requests for comment | Neutral | BOSTON Japan has formally asked the United States to extradite a former Green Beret and his son accused of helping former Nissan Motor Co boss Carlos Ghosn flee the country while he was awaiting trial on financial charges | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-nissan-ghosn/japan-asks-u-s-to-extradite-men-accused-of-helping-ex-nissan-boss-ghosn-flee-idUSKBN24335Q | 2020-07-03 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Defense Department expressed concern on Thursday about China holding military exercises in the South China Sea saying the move will further destabilize the situation in the disputed waters | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Defense Department expressed concern on Thursday about China holding military exercises in the South China Sea saying the move will further destabilize the situation in the disputed waters | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-southchinasea/pentagon-criticizes-chinese-military-drills-in-disputed-south-china-sea-idUSKBN2433GN | 2020-07-03 |
| A senior U.S. Commerce Department official involved in export policy has resigned a spokesman said on Wednesday marking the departure of a moderating voice in the Trump administration about export restrictions and other Chinese companies | Negative | A senior U.S. Commerce Department official involved in export policy has resigned a spokesman said on Wednesday marking the departure of a moderating voice in the Trump administration about export restrictions and other Chinese companies | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-commerce-official/u-s-commerce-official-resigns-viewed-as-moderating-voice-on-china-export-issues-idUSKBN24303S | 2020-07-02 |
| The Labor Departments closely watched monthly employment report on Thursday would add to a stream of data including consumer spending showing a sharp rebound in activity | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. economy likely created jobs at a record clip in June as more restaurants and bars resumed operations which would offer further evidence that the COVID19 recession was probably over though a surge in cases of the coronavirus threatens the fledgling recovery | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-economy/record-u-s-job-growth-expected-in-june-but-masks-labor-market-weakness-idUSKBN2430FF | 2020-07-02 |
| The State Department separately on Wednesday issued an advisory to caution businesses about supply chain links to Xinjiang | 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 |
| The U.S. Department of Justice announced the settlement late on Wednesday to resolve charges that Novartis violated the federal False Claims Act and an antikickback statute | Negative | By Jonathan Stempel | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/novartis-fraud-settlement/update-1-novartis-settles-u-s-fraud-lawsuit-over-sham-speaker-programs-idUSL1N2E82TK | 2020-07-02 |
| The State Department did not immediately respond to questions about the flight cancellations | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| The Treasury Department and the Small Business Administration have handed out billion since April under the small business lending program to help cashstrapped companies make rent and keep workers employed | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved an extension of a billion lending program in an effort to help small businesses hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic renewing a lifeline that had just expired | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-business/u-s-house-approves-extension-of-small-business-loan-program-idUSKBN2427FB | 2020-07-02 |
| 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 |
| The Justice Department in a memo to law enforcement and prosecutors said extremists including boogaloo adherents had committed acts of violence | Negative | Facebook Inc stepped up the battle against the amorphous antigovernment movement on Tuesday banning accounts of adherents who encouraged violence during recent antiracism protests across the United States | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-boogaloo/facebook-bans-accounts-linked-to-anti-government-u-s-boogaloo-movement-idUSKBN2413JC | 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 |
| In response to the report the Transportation Department said the FAAs certification of the 737 MAX was hampered by a lack of effective between the agency and U.S. planemaker | 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 |
| The Treasury Department and the Small Business Administration have handed out billion since April to help cashstrapped companies make rent and keep workers employed | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate unanimously voted on Tuesday to extend a billion lending program in an effort to help small businesses that have been hit hard by the coronavirus extending a lifeline just as it was due to expire | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-lending/u-s-senate-votes-to-extend-small-business-aid-program-through-august-idUSKBN24242N | 2020-07-01 |
| The move came four days after Attorney General William Barr established a Justice Department task force to counter violent antigovernment extremists including boogaloo as well as the leftwing antifa movement | Negative | Facebook Inc stepped up the battle against the amorphous antigovernment movement on Tuesday banning accounts of adherents who encouraged violence during recent antiracism protests across the United States | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-boogaloo/facebook-bans-accounts-linked-to-anti-government-u-s-boogaloo-movement-idUSKBN2413JC | 2020-07-01 |
| According to the State Department 85000 U.S. citizens lived in Hong Kong in 2018 and more than 1300 U.S. companies operate there including nearly every major U.S. financial firm | Neutral | 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 |
| A State Department spokeswoman said relatives of designees could also be barred | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday Washington was imposing visa restrictions on Chinese officials responsible for restricting freedoms in Hong Kong but he did not name any of those targeted | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-hongkong-restrictions/u-s-curbs-visas-for-chinese-officials-over-hong-kong-freedoms-pompeo-idUSKBN23X2DN | 2020-06-27 |
| Western Growers complained this week to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Trade Representative over the issue and the government said it would take it up Nuxoll said | Negative | CHICAGO Chinese demands that overseas suppliers guarantee their food shipments are free of the novel coronavirus are causing some shippers to forego the China trade an industry group representing U.S. produce growers said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trade/some-u-s-food-suppliers-forego-china-contracts-over-coronavirus-curbs-trade-group-says-idUSKBN23X2RL | 2020-06-27 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Homeland Security sent a letter to chief executives of five large tech companies asking them to ensure social media platforms are not used to incite violence in the wake of nationwide protests following George Floyds death | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Homeland Security sent a letter to chief executives of five large tech companies asking them to ensure social media platforms are not used to incite violence in the wake of nationwide protests following George Floyds death | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-violence-tech/u-s-government-asks-tech-ceos-to-ensure-online-platforms-not-used-to-spur-violence-idUSKBN23X2N0 | 2020-06-27 |
| Justice Department officials and some state attorneys general will hold a virtual meeting on Friday to discuss the probe a person briefed on the matter said | Positive | They did not say what the complaint would allege | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-tech-antitrust-google-focus/u-s-and-states-google-antitrust-probe-nears-finish-line-idUSKBN23X1D7 | 2020-06-27 |
| The Justice Department won a trial against Microsoft in 1998 which was overturned on appeal and remanded | Positive | They did not say what the complaint would allege | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-tech-antitrust-google-focus/u-s-and-states-google-antitrust-probe-nears-finish-line-idUSKBN23X1D7 | 2020-06-27 |
| The State Department upgraded the South Asian nation in its 2020 Trafficking in Persons report which sorts countries into four tiers based on their efforts to fight trafficking | Positive | The State Department upgraded the South Asian nation in its 2020 Trafficking in Persons report which sorts countries into four tiers based on their efforts to fight trafficking | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-bangladesh-trafficking-usa-trfn/u-s-finds-bangladesh-improving-anti-trafficking-efforts-in-annual-report-idUSKBN23X00L | 2020-06-26 |
| The U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday that Novartis Hellas a Greecebased unit of the Swiss drugmaker entered a deferred prosecution agreement and will pay a million criminal fine | Negative | Novartis AG and a former eyecare unit will pay more than million to resolve U.S. criminal and civil charges that they bribed doctors hospitals and clinics in Greece and Vietnam to prescribe their drugs and use their surgical products | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-novartis-corruption-settlements/novartis-former-unit-to-pay-346-million-to-resolve-u-s-bribery-charges-idUSKBN23W2X6 | 2020-06-26 |
| The Justice Department said both fines reflect reductions because of cooperation by Novartis and Alcon | Negative | Novartis AG and a former eyecare unit will pay more than million to resolve U.S. criminal and civil charges that they bribed doctors hospitals and clinics in Greece and Vietnam to prescribe their drugs and use their surgical products | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-novartis-corruption-settlements/novartis-former-unit-to-pay-346-million-to-resolve-u-s-bribery-charges-idUSKBN23W2X6 | 2020-06-26 |
| Highlighting failures of Pennsylvanias Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of Health the grand jury report made eight recommendations to protect against the risk posed by fracking operations | Negative | Pennsylvania government agencies systematically failed to oversee the oil and gas fracking industry and protect residents from the inherent risks of industry operations according to the findings of a state grand jury | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-pennsylvania-energy/pennsylvania-grand-jury-finds-government-failures-during-fracking-boom-idUSKBN23W33M | 2020-06-26 |
| 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 |
| The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether grounds exist for federal hatecrimes charges | Negative | ATLANTA Three white men arrested last month in the slaying of a Black man who was gunned down as he jogged through a suburban neighborhood in Georgia four months ago were indicted on Wednesday on murder and other charges | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-shooting-georgia/three-men-indicted-with-murder-of-black-jogger-in-georgia-idUSKBN23V3DB | 2020-06-25 |
| Barrs work at the Department of Justice has nothing to do with correcting injustice | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House Democrats blasted Attorney General William Barr at a hearing on Wednesday over accusations he had improperly meddled in criminal cases and antitrust probes for political gain but they stopped short of pledging to take any steps to try and oust the nations top law enforcement official | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-congress-justice/democrats-accuse-presidents-fixer-barr-of-political-meddling-in-u-s-justice-system-idUSKBN23V2KT | 2020-06-25 |
| BOSTON The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday sued Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc accusing it of using a charity that helps cover Medicare patients drug costs as a means to pay kickbacks for using its expensive macular degeneration drug Eylea | Negative | BOSTON The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday sued Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc accusing it of using a charity that helps cover Medicare patients drug costs as a means to pay kickbacks for using its expensive macular degeneration drug Eylea | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-regeneron-pharms-lawsuit/u-s-claims-regeneron-paid-kickbacks-via-charity-to-boost-expensive-drug-idUSKBN23V2JY | 2020-06-25 |
| President Donald Trumps Interior Department has approved about half as many wind and solar energy projects on federal lands as the Obama administration had at the same point in its first term according to a report published on Thursday | Positive | President Donald Trumps Interior Department has approved about half as many wind and solar energy projects on federal lands as the Obama administration had at the same point in its first term according to a report published on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-renewable-energy-report/trump-administration-wind-and-solar-approvals-lag-obama-record-study-idUSKBN23W0L6 | 2020-06-25 |
| Wednesdays contentious hearing featured testimony from two current Justice Department employees who took the unusual step of publicly blowing the whistle against their own employer | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House Democrats blasted Attorney General William Barr at a hearing on Wednesday over accusations he had improperly meddled in criminal cases and antitrust probes for political gain but they stopped short of pledging to take any steps to try and oust the nations top law enforcement official | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-congress-justice/democrats-accuse-presidents-fixer-barr-of-political-meddling-in-u-s-justice-system-idUSKBN23V2KT | 2020-06-25 |
| Interior Department officials did not respond to a request for comment | Neutral | President Donald Trumps Interior Department has approved about half as many wind and solar energy projects on federal lands as the Obama administration had at the same point in its first term according to a report published on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-renewable-energy-report/trump-administration-wind-and-solar-approvals-lag-obama-record-study-idUSKBN23W0L6 | 2020-06-25 |
| He said the Justice Departments flipflop on the case raised questions that merited further scrutiny by the District Court | 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 |
| A Department of Defense document listing 20 companies operating in the United States that Washington alleges are backed by the Chinese military was first reported by Reuters | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration has determined that top Chinese firms including telecoms equipment giant Huawei Technologies and video surveillance company Hikvision | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-china-military-exclusive/exclusive-trump-administration-says-huawei-hikvision-backed-by-chinese-military-idUSKBN23V309 | 2020-06-25 |
| After the Justice Department took the highly unusual step of seeking to abandon the case against Flynn Sullivan appointed Gleeson to argue against the Justice Departments request | 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 |
| The Labor Departments Bureau of Labor Statistics which compiles the employment report is working with the Census Bureau to correct this problem in upcoming reports | Negative | WASHINGTON Weak demand is forcing U.S. employers to lay off workers keeping new applications for unemployment benefits extraordinarily high even as businesses have reopened buttressing views the labor market could take years to recover from the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-economy/u-s-layoffs-remain-elevated-as-weak-demand-persists-after-businesses-reopened-idUSKBN23W0GA | 2020-06-25 |
| WASHINGTON The federal office that led the prosecution of President Donald Trumps friend Roger Stone received heavy pressure from the highest levels of the Department of to ease its sentencing recommendation career prosecutor Aaron Zelinsky plans to tell Congress according to his prepared remarks | Negative | WASHINGTON The federal office that led the prosecution of President Donald Trumps friend Roger Stone received heavy pressure from the highest levels of the Department of to ease its sentencing recommendation career prosecutor Aaron Zelinsky plans to tell Congress according to his prepared remarks | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-justice/federal-prosecutor-says-fear-of-trump-led-to-reversal-on-stone-sentencing-memo-idUSKBN23U339 | 2020-06-24 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Commerce Department said on Tuesday it had opened investigations into vehicle tire imports from South Korea Taiwan Thailand and Vietnam to determine whether the tires are being sold at less than fair value | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Commerce Department said on Tuesday it had opened investigations into vehicle tire imports from South Korea Taiwan Thailand and Vietnam to determine whether the tires are being sold at less than fair value | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-trade-tires/u-s-probing-tire-imports-from-south-korea-thailand-taiwan-vietnam-idUSKBN23U3BL | 2020-06-24 |
| 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 |
| The Commerce Department said the alleged dumping margins range from to for Korea to for Taiwan to 217 | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Commerce Department said on Tuesday it had opened investigations into vehicle tire imports from South Korea Taiwan Thailand and Vietnam to determine whether the tires are being sold at less than fair value | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-trade-tires/u-s-probing-tire-imports-from-south-korea-thailand-taiwan-vietnam-idUSKBN23U3BL | 2020-06-24 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday it found no federal crime was committed after a noose was discovered in the garage of Bubba Wallace the only Black driver in NASCARs top series | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday it found no federal crime was committed after a noose was discovered in the garage of Bubba Wallace the only Black driver in NASCARs top series | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-motor-nascar-wallace/justice-department-says-no-federal-crime-committed-in-nascar-noose-case-idUSKBN23U3BT | 2020-06-24 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Justice Department officials and some state attorneys general are set to meet on Friday to discuss ongoing antitrust probes into Alphabet Incs Google unit a person briefed on the matter said | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Justice Department officials and some state attorneys general are set to meet on Friday to discuss ongoing antitrust probes into Alphabet Incs Google unit a person briefed on the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-google-doj/justice-dept-state-ags-to-meet-friday-on-google-antitrust-probe-source-idUSKBN23U37G | 2020-06-24 |
| Canadian Justice Department said it recognized the toll the arbitrary continued to take on Kovrig Spavor and their families | Negative | The wife of a Canadian arrested in Beijing after Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou was detained in Vancouver asked on Tuesday that the Canadian justice minister consider intervening in the Chinese executives extradition case and releasing her | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-canada/wife-of-canadian-detained-in-china-speaks-out-idUSKBN23U2ZS | 2020-06-24 |
| Justice Department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said Barr did not realize Berman had not signed the letter to de Blasio before he announced Bermans resignation | 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 |
| Officials from the White House Department of Defense and State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON Senior U.S. Senate Democrats on Monday accused President Donald Trumps administration of violating the law when it declared his intention last month to withdraw the United States from the Open Skies Treaty | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-russia-openskies/democrats-say-u-s-withdrawal-from-open-skies-treaty-may-be-illegal-idUSKBN23T373 | 2020-06-23 |
| The State Department has accused China of subjecting Muslims to torture and abuse | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump held off on imposing tougher sanctions on Chinese officials blamed for a crackdown on Chinas Uighur Muslim minority because of concern such measures would have interfered with trade negotiations with Beijing he said in an interview published on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-trade-china-xinjiang/trump-says-he-held-off-xinjiang-sanctions-due-to-trade-talks-axios-interview-idUSKBN23T009 | 2020-06-22 |
| A Justice Department spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment | Neutral | 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 Fridays surprise decision by the U.S. Department of Justice to replace a top federal prosecutor has thrust one of the Trump administrations more lowprofile bipartisan officials into the spotlight shocking people who know and have worked with him | Positive | WASHINGTON Fridays surprise decision by the U.S. Department of Justice to replace a top federal prosecutor has thrust one of the Trump administrations more lowprofile bipartisan officials into the spotlight shocking people who know and have worked with him | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-sec-analysis/ousting-of-u-s-prosecutor-thrusts-low-profile-markets-regulator-into-unwelcome-spotlight-idUSKBN23R0S1 | 2020-06-21 |
| 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 |
| The United Front Department of the Norths ruling party in charge of interKorean affairs rejected the ministrys calls as an absurd nonsense | Negative | SEOUL North Korea pledged to push ahead with its campaign to send propaganda leaflets into South Korea saying it is not bound to any interKorean agreements state media said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-northkorea-southkorea/north-korea-vows-to-send-anti-south-leaflets-amid-tensions-idUSKBN23S00Q | 2020-06-21 |
| David Morrell a Department of Justice lawyer called Bolton a former employee who should not be for publishing without government clearance required by his nondisclosure agreement | Positive | A federal judge on Friday expressed doubt the White House could keep former national security adviser John Boltons memoir out of the publics hands after media outlets released excerpts and more than 200000 copies were distributed | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-bolton-book/bolton-book-excerpts-complicate-white-house-demand-to-halt-publication-judge-says-idUSKBN23Q2NH | 2020-06-20 |
| Dana WilliamsJohnson Instructor in the Howard University School of Business Marketing Department said companies making money off of Black consumers should have leadership that reflects the consumers that purchase the brands | Neutral | NEW LOreal SA Unilever and other multinationals that acquired personalcare brands founded by Black people are moving to reassure their core customers some of whom have pledged in the wake of racialjustice protests to direct their spending toward only Blackowned companies | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-minneapolis-protests-black-products-f/brands-tout-black-heritage-as-some-shoppers-question-authenticity-idUSKBN23Q2X6 | 2020-06-20 |
| WASHINGTON June 19 The U.S. Treasury Department and Small Business Administration said on Friday they would disclose names and other details about businesses that take Paycheck Protection Program loans of or more | Positive | WASHINGTON June 19 The U.S. Treasury Department and Small Business Administration said on Friday they would disclose names and other details about businesses that take Paycheck Protection Program loans of or more | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-usa-ppp/u-s-treasury-sba-to-disclose-names-of-most-businesses-taking-ppp-loans-idUSL1N2DW2M2 | 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 Justice Department did not respond to a request seeking comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Courts ruling stopping President Donald Trump from rescinding protections for immigrants marked the second time in a year that he lost a major case because Chief Justice John Roberts faulted his administration for sloppiness in the policymaking process | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-immigration-trump-analysis/trump-administrations-sloppy-work-has-led-to-supreme-court-losses-idUSKBN23P3M2 | 2020-06-19 |
| The Department of Natural Resources statement said it is being kept in a secure pending a decision about its disposal | Positive | ANCHORAGE Alaska The Into the bus is no longer in the wild | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-alaska-bus/into-the-wild-bus-removed-from-alaska-trail-for-safety-concerns-idUSKBN23Q09S | 2020-06-19 |
| The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday sued to block Bolton from releasing the book on the grounds that the latest draft still contained classified information | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump came under attack from both sides of the American political spectrum on Thursday as liberal Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi and former White House aide and conservative hawk John Bolton both declared him unfit to lead the country | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-bolton-book/trump-unfit-to-be-u-s-president-democrat-pelosi-conservative-bolton-agree-idUSKBN23P22C | 2020-06-19 |
| 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 |
| The U.S. Justice Department is evaluating the deal while the European Commission is due to give a ruling in July | Positive | Australias antitrust regulator warned Googles planned | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-fitbit-m-a-alphabet/australian-regulator-says-googles-2-1-billion-fitbit-deal-could-harm-competition-idUSKBN23P032 | 2020-06-19 |
| The Alaska Department of Natural Resources and Alaska Army National Guard worked jointly to remove the 1940sera bus | Positive | ANCHORAGE Alaska The Into the bus is no longer in the wild | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-alaska-bus/into-the-wild-bus-removed-from-alaska-trail-for-safety-concerns-idUSKBN23Q09S | 2020-06-19 |
| 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 |
| The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON Nic Talbott a transgender man was driving his truck in Chicago when his phone started buzzing in July 2017 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-lgbt-military/supreme-court-lgbt-ruling-gives-hope-to-those-challenging-military-transgender-ban-idUSKBN23O3C3 | 2020-06-18 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Chinas top diplomat Yang Jiechi in Hawaii on Wednesday the State Department said amid a deep deterioration of relations between strategic rivals that are the worlds two top economies | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Chinas top diplomat Yang Jiechi in Hawaii on Wednesday the State Department said amid a deep deterioration of relations between strategic rivals that are the worlds two top economies | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-pompeo/pompeo-meets-chinas-top-diplomat-in-hawaii-idUSKBN23O20V | 2020-06-18 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department proposed on Wednesday that Congress take up legislation to curb protections big tech platforms like Alphabets Google and Facebook have had for decades a senior official said following through on President Donald Trumps bid to crack down on tech giants | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department proposed on Wednesday that Congress take up legislation to curb protections big tech platforms like Alphabets Google and Facebook have had for decades a senior official said following through on President Donald Trumps bid to crack down on tech giants | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tech-230/trump-administration-proposes-rolling-back-protections-for-big-tech-idUSKBN23O29D | 2020-06-18 |
| A Justice Department spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON Two Justice Department employees will testify to Congress next week about political influence on law enforcement activity including one who worked on Special Counsel Robert Muellers Russia probe the Democraticcontrolled panel said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-congress-justice/u-s-justice-dept-employees-to-testify-about-political-meddling-house-panel-says-idUSKBN23N2FT | 2020-06-17 |
| Attorney General William Barr said the Justice Department was trying to get Bolton to complete the clearance process and make the necessary deletions of classified information | Neutral | The United States on Tuesday sued former national security adviser John Bolton seeking to block him from publishing a book about his time in the White House that it said contained classified information and would compromise national security | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-bolton-book/u-s-sues-ex-trump-adviser-bolton-to-block-book-publication-idUSKBN23N3DX | 2020-06-17 |
| Telus and the Department of Innovation Science and Economic Development did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment | Positive | Telus and the Department of Innovation Science and Economic Development did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-canada-telus-huawei-tech/telus-pressed-to-remove-huawei-gear-from-4g-network-in-canadas-capital-globe-and-mail-idUSKBN23N226 | 2020-06-17 |
| Official data from the U.S. Department of Energys Energy Information Administration is due later on Wednesday | Neutral | SEOUL Oil prices declined on Wednesday as data showed an increase in U.S. crude and fuel inventories raising the prospect of oversupply as a potential second wave of the coronavirus pandemic threatened to halt any recovery in demand | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-falls-as-u-s-crude-stocks-build-amid-virus-resurgence-fears-idUSKBN23O03A | 2020-06-17 |
| The U.S. Department of Commerce on Tuesday posted a new rule that allows U.S. companies to work with Chinas Huawei to develop standards for 5G and other cuttingedge technologies despite restrictions on doing business with the telecommunications equipment maker | Positive | The U.S. Department of Commerce on Tuesday posted a new rule that allows U.S. companies to work with Chinas Huawei to develop standards for 5G and other cuttingedge technologies despite restrictions on doing business with the telecommunications equipment maker | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-huawei-tech/u-s-posts-rule-allowing-u-s-companies-to-work-with-huawei-on-5g-and-other-standards-idUSKBN23N2JP | 2020-06-17 |
| WASHINGTON Two Justice Department employees will testify to Congress next week about political influence on law enforcement activity including one who worked on Special Counsel Robert Muellers Russia probe the Democraticcontrolled panel said on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON Two Justice Department employees will testify to Congress next week about political influence on law enforcement activity including one who worked on Special Counsel Robert Muellers Russia probe the Democraticcontrolled panel said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-congress-justice/u-s-justice-dept-employees-to-testify-about-political-meddling-house-panel-says-idUSKBN23N2FT | 2020-06-17 |
| NEW YORK The New York Police Department is disbanding its aggressive anticrime unit a move aimed at turning alienated residents into crimestopping allies part of a nationwide push for policing reforms following the killing of George Floyd | Negative | NEW YORK The New York Police Department is disbanding its aggressive anticrime unit a move aimed at turning alienated residents into crimestopping allies part of a nationwide push for policing reforms following the killing of George Floyd | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-new-york/new-york-city-police-disband-rough-street-unit-amid-pressure-for-reform-idUSKBN23M2U6 | 2020-06-16 |
| Attorney General William Barr speaking at the same event said the Justice Department was trying to get Bolton to complete the clearance process and make the necessary deletions of classified information | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday his former national security adviser John Bolton will have broken the law and face criminal liability if a book he has written about his time in the White House is published | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-bolton-books/trump-says-ex-adviser-bolton-will-break-the-law-if-he-publishes-book-idUSKBN23M2UM | 2020-06-16 |
| The State Department and White House did not respond to requests for comment about the trip first reported by Politico on Friday | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo plans to meet a Chinese delegation at a U.S. military base in Hawaii this week to discuss bilateral ties that have soured deeply since the start of the year sources familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-pompeo/pompeo-to-meet-chinese-delegation-in-hawaii-this-week-idUSKBN23M2W4 | 2020-06-16 |
| A State Department spokesman said the United States would not tolerate or sanctionbreaking to support Venezuela but did not specify what actions could be taken | Negative | LONDON Iran could send two to three cargoes a month in regular gasoline sales to ally Venezuela sources say helping offload domestic oversupply but risking retaliation from U.S. President Donald Trump who has sanctions on both nations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-venezuela-gasoline/defying-trump-iran-aims-to-keep-offloading-gasoline-glut-to-venezuela-idUSKBN23M2VI | 2020-06-16 |
| The U.S. Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed President Donald Trump a defeat in his legal showdown with the mostpopulous U.S. state declining to hear his administrations challenge to laws in California that protect immigrants from deportation | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-immigration/u-s-supreme-court-snubs-trump-on-challenge-to-california-sanctuary-laws-idUSKBN23M1X3 | 2020-06-16 |
| 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 |
| Tulsa Health Department Director Bruce Dart said he wished the indoor rally could be put off | Positive | WASHINGTON People attending U.S. President Donald Trumps campaign rally in Oklahoma this week should wear masks a White House adviser said on Sunday as health experts cautioned against large gatherings such as political rallies during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-tulsa/trump-economic-adviser-urges-wearing-of-masks-at-tulsa-rally-idUSKBN23L0OT | 2020-06-15 |
| Australias Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said it was providing consular assistance to the man without identifying him | Positive | SYDNEY An Australian man has been sentenced to death in China authorities said on Saturday a development that could further escalate tensions between the two countries | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-china-drugtrafficking-sente/china-sentences-australian-to-death-in-fresh-blow-to-relations-idUSKBN23L0IZ | 2020-06-15 |
| The Treasury Department and the SBA said the decision was made in the interest of criminal justice reform | Negative | WASHINGTON Federal authorities administering business payroll loans as part of U.S. coronavirus relief efforts on Friday eased rules prohibiting lending to business owners with criminal records allowing some with no convictions in the past year to access funds | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-loans/u-s-eases-criminal-record-provision-in-coronavirus-business-loan-program-idUSKBN23K00X | 2020-06-13 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a rule on Friday that would lift antidiscrimination protections under Obamacare for transgender people and women seeking abortions drawing condemnation from Democratic lawmakers | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a rule on Friday that would lift antidiscrimination protections under Obamacare for transgender people and women seeking abortions drawing condemnation from Democratic lawmakers | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-healthcare-transgender/u-s-health-agency-reverses-obamacare-transgender-protections-idUSKBN23J37M | 2020-06-13 |
| The State Department which makes final decisions on drone sales declined to comment on the policy change | Negative | 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 |
| The U.S. State Department and the Chinese embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is planning to travel to Hawaii to meet with Chinese government officials Politico reported on Friday citing two unnamed sources | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-china-pompeo/u-s-s-pompeo-plans-to-meet-chinese-officials-in-hawaii-politico-idUSKBN23K02R | 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 |
| President Donald Trumps envoy on Venezuela Elliott Abrams said the Treasury Department which oversees sanctions policy would determine the course of the investigation | Negative | CITY The United States is investigating a Venezuelan shipping magnate for possibly violating U.S. sanctions by bringing fuel to gasolineshort Venezuela according to two senior Trump administration officials | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-gasoline-magnate-exclusive/exclusive-venezuelan-shipping-magnate-faces-u-s-sanctions-probe-officials-idUSKBN23J26M | 2020-06-13 |
| The U.S. Treasury Department which enforces trade sanctions declined to comment | Negative | CITY Last year China replaced the United States as the No | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-venezuela-oil-deals-specialreport/special-report-how-china-got-shipments-of-venezuelan-oil-despite-u-s-sanctions-idUSKBN23J1N1 | 2020-06-13 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Analysts said the U.S. Agriculture Departments forecasts were weighing on wheat | Neutral | Wheat under pressure as USDA raises production estimate | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/global-grains/grains-wheat-hits-near-3-week-low-on-ample-supply-forecast-set-to-end-week-3-5-lower-idUSL4N2DP13I | 2020-06-12 |
| 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 |
| John Bellinger the State Departments former top lawyer under Republican former President George W. Bush said the two sides could have avoided the conflict but chose not to | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Thursday authorized U.S. economic and travel sanctions against International Criminal Court employees involved in an investigation into whether American forces committed war crimes in Afghanistan | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-warcrimes-afghanistan-trump/trump-authorizes-sanctions-over-icc-afghanistan-war-crimes-case-idUSKBN23I23A | 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 |
| The U.S. State Department said in May it had found a network of inauthentic Twitter accounts with highly linkages to China disseminating false coronavirus claims | Negative | 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 |
| The Florida Department of Agriculture is planning for more onfarm outbreaks by partnering with county health departments hotels for quarantine housing and educating workers | Positive | NEW From apple packing houses in Washington state to farm workers in Florida and a California county known as the worlds salad outbreaks of the novel coronavirus are emerging at U.S. fruit and vegetable farms and packing plants | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-farmworkers/coronavirus-spreads-among-fruit-and-vegetable-packers-worrying-u-s-officials-idUSKBN23I1FO | 2020-06-12 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Departments top prosecutor overseeing its criminal division is leaving his post early next month department officials announced on Wednesday | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Departments top prosecutor overseeing its criminal division is leaving his post early next month department officials announced on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-justice-benczkowski/top-prosecutor-overseeing-justice-department-criminal-division-to-depart-idUSKBN23H33N | 2020-06-11 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| The U.S. Energy Department said on Wednesday that it had purchased 126000 barrels of crude for the U.S. strategic reserve supporting prices | Positive | NEW YORK Oil rebounded from earlier losses on Wednesday even as U.S. data showed crude inventories rose to a record high reviving worries of a persistent glut due to weak demand | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-edges-higher-even-as-u-s-inventory-rise-revives-glut-worries-idUSKBN23H06H | 2020-06-11 |
| WASHINGTON A U.S. State Department inspector general fired by President Donald Trump told lawmakers the department discouraged him from investigating arms sales to Saudi Arabia before he was dismissed last month according to a transcript released Wednesday | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. State Department inspector general fired by President Donald Trump told lawmakers the department discouraged him from investigating arms sales to Saudi Arabia before he was dismissed last month according to a transcript released Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral/state-dept-discouraged-probe-of-saudi-arms-sale-fired-u-s-official-says-idUSKBN23H242 | 2020-06-11 |
| The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said on Tuesday it would distribute about billion to hospitals that have not previously received relief funds as they grapple with a rise in COVID19 cases | Negative | The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said on Tuesday it would distribute about billion to hospitals that have not previously received relief funds as they grapple with a rise in COVID19 cases | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-hhs/u-s-government-offers-25-billion-in-covid-19-relief-to-some-hospitals-idUSKBN23G2O5 | 2020-06-10 |
| YORK The U.S. Justice Department moved swiftly to bring federal charges against 53 individuals accused of violence during nationwide protests that swept across the United States calling for an end to police brutality | Negative | YORK The U.S. Justice Department moved swiftly to bring federal charges against 53 individuals accused of violence during nationwide protests that swept across the United States calling for an end to police brutality | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-extremists/little-evidence-of-antifa-links-in-u-s-prosecutions-of-those-charged-in-protest-violence-idUSKBN23H06J | 2020-06-10 |
| But none of the eight people charged by the Justice Department in New York were alleged to have ties to specific anarchist groups according to court papers | Negative | YORK The U.S. Justice Department moved swiftly to bring federal charges against 53 individuals accused of violence during nationwide protests that swept across the United States calling for an end to police brutality | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-extremists/little-evidence-of-antifa-links-in-u-s-prosecutions-of-those-charged-in-protest-violence-idUSKBN23H06J | 2020-06-10 |
| The U.S. Department of Homeland Security was not immediately available for comment | Negative | OTTAWA Canada and the United States are set to extend a ban on nonessential travel to late July as both countries seek to control the spread of the coronavirus according to three sources familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-canada-exclusi/exclusive-canada-u-s-set-to-extend-border-closure-to-end-july-sources-idUSKBN23G301 | 2020-06-10 |
| WASHINGTON Six Republicans in the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee urged the U.S. Agriculture Department on Tuesday to ease regulations on meat processors that they said make it harder for smaller companies to compete | Negative | WASHINGTON Six Republicans in the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee urged the U.S. Agriculture Department on Tuesday to ease regulations on meat processors that they said make it harder for smaller companies to compete | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-meat-congress/republican-lawmakers-ask-agriculture-department-to-ease-regs-on-meat-production-idUSKBN23G31I | 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 |
| The Justice Department and Japanese embassy in Washington did not respond to requests for comment | Neutral | BOSTON Lawyers for the former Green Beret and son wanted by Japan for helping former Nissan Motor Co boss Carlos Ghosn flee the country on Monday argued U.S. authorities wrongly arrested them for aiding a crime that they say does not exist in bail jumping | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-nissan-ghosn/men-accused-of-helping-ex-nissan-boss-flee-japan-challenge-u-s-extradition-case-idUSKBN23F30G | 2020-06-09 |
| Louis Metropolitan Police Department before retiring in 2007 was shot early Tuesday while trying to protect a pawn shop | Neutral | WASHINGTON A 24yearold Missouri man was charged Sunday with firstdegree murder in the shooting death of retired police captain David Dorn during civil unrest sparked by the death of George Floyd during an arrest in Minneapolis local media reported | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-missouri/missouri-man-charged-with-murder-in-death-of-st-louis-retired-cop-report-idUSKBN23F0EK | 2020-06-08 |
| The stunning May payrolls data released by the Labor Department on Friday could temper some of the urgency that has accompanied Fed meetings since March | Positive | WASHINGTON With a full three months of responding to a global pandemic under their belt U.S. Federal Reserve officials have united around one lasting progress on the economic front will be dictated by success in containing the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-fed-fomc/fed-says-beating-pandemic-is-key-but-how-will-it-know-things-are-better-idUSKBN23F0EY | 2020-06-08 |
| The U.S. Treasury Department did not immediately provide comment | Negative | The United States is considering imposing sanctions on dozens of additional foreign oil tankers for trading with Venezuela U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday the latest effort to sever what Washington sees as a lifeline for President Nicolas Maduro | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-venezuela-tankers-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-weighs-blacklisting-dozens-more-oil-tankers-over-venezuela-officials-idUSKBN23C2AH | 2020-06-06 |
| The Justice Department which argued for the Trump administration did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | The White House unlawfully suspended the press credentials of a reporter who got in an argument with a supporter of President Donald Trump at a public event a U.S. appeals court said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-reporter/u-s-appeals-court-blocks-white-house-from-suspending-reporters-press-pass-idUSKBN23C2PT | 2020-06-06 |
| A spokesman for the Denver Police Department said the force would comply with the order | Positive | WASHINGTON Prominent Democratic politicians on Friday embraced the cause of U.S. protesters angered by the death of a black man in Minneapolis police custody adopting their slogans and announcing reforms as tensions remained high in major cities | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-protest-police/democratic-u-s-politicians-urge-police-reform-as-protesters-march-for-11th-day-idUSKBN23C1A7 | 2020-06-06 |
| California Employment Development Department records show Zoox laid off 87 employees in April | Neutral | Zoox didnt immediately reply to a request for comment about the Cruise letter to its employees | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-gm-cruise-zoox/gm-cruise-tries-to-poach-zoox-engineers-as-company-for-sale-idUSKBN23C0LG | 2020-06-06 |
| The revised Transportation Department order cuts in half the four weekly roundtrip flights Chinese passenger carriers have been flying to the United States and takes effect immediately | 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 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Transportation Department plans to issue a revised order in the coming days that is likely to allow some Chinese passenger airline flights to continue government and airline officials said | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Transportation Department plans to issue a revised order in the coming days that is likely to allow some Chinese passenger airline flights to continue government and airline officials said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-china-airlines/u-s-to-revise-chinese-passenger-airline-ban-after-beijing-move-idUSKBN23B2WJ | 2020-06-05 |
| The U.S. State Department and Iranian officials have denied Asgari was part of a swap with White or anyone else calling his case separate | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. Navy veteran who said he contracted the coronavirus while detained in Iran since 2018 was freed on Thursday as part of a deal in which the United States allowed an IranianAmerican physician to visit Iran his lawyer and a U.S. official said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-usa-prisoners/iran-frees-american-u-s-allows-dual-citizen-to-visit-iran-in-deal-idUSKBN23B2EG | 2020-06-05 |
| Novavax Inc said on Thursday the U.S. Department of Defense will give the latestage biotech company up to million to fund the manufacturing of its experimental COVID19 vaccine | Positive | Novavax Inc said on Thursday the U.S. Department of Defense will give the latestage biotech company up to million to fund the manufacturing of its experimental COVID19 vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-novavax/novavax-gets-u-s-defense-funding-for-its-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN23C045 | 2020-06-05 |
| The Labor Departments closely watched monthly employment report on Friday could bolster economists dire predictions that it would take several years to recover from the economic meltdown | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. unemployment rate likely shot up to almost in May a new post World War Two record with millions more losing their jobs exposing the horrific human toll from the COVID19 crisis | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-economy/u-s-unemployment-rate-seen-near-20-as-covid-slams-jobs-market-again-in-may-idUSKBN23C0E9 | 2020-06-05 |
| The Justice Department representing the Bureau of Prisons has said that the government already has implemented a plan to protect inmates from COVID19 | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Thursday put on hold a judges ruling that would require the U.S. government to move up to 837 potentially atrisk prisoners out of a federal prison in Ohio due to concerns about the health risks of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-prison/u-s-supreme-court-justice-sotomayor-puts-hold-on-ohio-inmate-transfers-idUSKBN23B3CR | 2020-06-05 |
| 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 |
| A spokeswoman for the Virginia Department of General Services said planning was underway to remove the stateowned statue but no further details were available | Positive | Virginia Governor Ralph Northam responding to widespread protests decrying racism after the death of a black man in police custody in Minneapolis ordered on Thursday the removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in the states capital city of Richmond | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-richmond-statue/virginia-governor-banishes-statue-of-civil-war-general-lee-idUSKBN23B31G | 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 |
| YORK The U.S Commerce Department said on Wednesday that new restrictions on 33 Chinese firms and institutions it announced last month will take effect Friday | Negative | YORK The U.S Commerce Department said on Wednesday that new restrictions on 33 Chinese firms and institutions it announced last month will take effect Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-blacklist/new-u-s-restrictions-on-33-chinese-firms-and-institutions-take-effect-june-5-idUSKBN23A2LG | 2020-06-04 |
| The Seattle Police Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | SEATTLE Police in the city of Seattle will continue to be overseen by federal monitors the mayor said on Wednesday days after the force drew 12000 complaints for its handling of protests over the death of George Floyd | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-seattle/seattle-police-oversight-to-continue-after-12000-floyd-protest-complaints-idUSKBN23B0CI | 2020-06-04 |
| 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 |
| A senior Justice Department official said Wednesday that members of the loosely organized leftwing antifascist groups known as Antifa have been involved in violent incidents in at least two states | Negative | Three Las Vegas men alleged to be part of the extremist Boogaloo movement have been arrested and charged with planning to cause violence and destruction during protests in the city over the police killing of George Floyd | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-agitators/anti-government-boogaloos-charged-with-planning-violence-at-las-vegas-protests-idUSKBN23B052 | 2020-06-04 |
| The U.S. Department of Labor issued guidance on Wednesday that allows private equity investments to be offered to U.S. retirement plans as part of diversified investment funds a move that the leveraged buyout industry has long called for | Positive | The U.S. Department of Labor issued guidance on Wednesday that allows private equity investments to be offered to U.S. retirement plans as part of diversified investment funds a move that the leveraged buyout industry has long called for | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-privateequity-retirementfunds/u-s-clears-private-equity-as-investment-option-for-retirement-plans-idUSKBN23B09K | 2020-06-04 |
| The White House and State Department did not respond to requests for comment | Neutral | 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 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON A State Department inspector general abruptly fired by President Donald Trump last month confirmed on Wednesday that he was investigating the declaration of a national to justify arms sales to Saudi Arabia when he was dismissed members of the U.S. Congress said | Negative | WASHINGTON A State Department inspector general abruptly fired by President Donald Trump last month confirmed on Wednesday that he was investigating the declaration of a national to justify arms sales to Saudi Arabia when he was dismissed members of the U.S. Congress said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral/fired-u-s-state-department-watchdog-confirms-probe-of-saudi-arms-sale-idUSKBN23A3E4 | 2020-06-04 |
| The Energy Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Trump administration believes ahead of an expected meeting this week that major oil producers such as Saudi Arabia and Russia will honor their pledges to cut crude production and will not damage the global economy by changing course a senior official said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-oil-global-trump/trump-administration-putting-trust-in-global-oil-producers-ahead-of-opec-meet-idUSKBN23935X | 2020-06-03 |
| An oil industry source who communicated with an official in the office of U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette said the Energy Department is keeping a patient but watchful eye | Positive | WASHINGTON The Trump administration believes ahead of an expected meeting this week that major oil producers such as Saudi Arabia and Russia will honor their pledges to cut crude production and will not damage the global economy by changing course a senior official said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-oil-global-trump/trump-administration-putting-trust-in-global-oil-producers-ahead-of-opec-meet-idUSKBN23935X | 2020-06-03 |
| The U.S. Transportation Departments inspector general is expected to soon release a factfinding report into the planes certification but make no recommendations | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Federal Aviation Administration chief Steve Dickson will testify June 17 before a U.S. Senate panel on certification of the Boeing 737 MAX that was involved in two fatal crashes in five months that killed 346 people | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-boeing-737max/u-s-faa-chief-to-testify-at-senate-hearing-on-boeing-737-max-idUSKBN2392YZ | 2020-06-03 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Commerce Department said on Tuesday it was opening an investigation into whether imports of vanadium a metal used in aerospace defense and energy applications impair U.S. national security | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Commerce Department said on Tuesday it was opening an investigation into whether imports of vanadium a metal used in aerospace defense and energy applications impair U.S. national security | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-trade-vanadium/u-s-opens-national-security-probe-into-vanadium-imports-idUSKBN2391WY | 2020-06-03 |
| The Commerce Department said U.S. demand for the aerospace sector is met entirely through imports | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Commerce Department said on Tuesday it was opening an investigation into whether imports of vanadium a metal used in aerospace defense and energy applications impair U.S. national security | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-trade-vanadium/u-s-opens-national-security-probe-into-vanadium-imports-idUSKBN2391WY | 2020-06-03 |
| In a memo to Defense Department employees on Tuesday Esper called on personnel to stay apolitical in these turbulent days | Negative | WASHINGTON was the word Defense Secretary Mark Esper used to describe protest sites in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-military/perils-for-pentagon-as-trump-threatens-to-militarize-response-to-civil-unrest-idUSKBN239324 | 2020-06-03 |
| The U.S. Department of Defense has moved about 1600 U.S. Army troops into the Washington D.C. region the Pentagon said on Tuesday after several nights of violent protests | Negative | Dollar falls as other economies enter recovery | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-stumbles-as-recovery-hopes-boost-asian-fx-idUSL4N2DG0O3 | 2020-06-03 |
| The U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Trade Representatives office did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | Stateowned Chinese firms bought at least three cargoes of U.S. soybeans on Monday even as sources in China said the government had told them to halt purchases after Washington said it would eliminate special treatment for Hong Kong to punish Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-agriculture/china-buys-u-s-soybeans-after-halt-to-u-s-purchases-ordered-sources-idUSKBN238264 | 2020-06-02 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department has deployed it law enforcement components to maximize the federal security presence in Washington in a bid to quell violent protests a department spokeswoman said on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department has deployed it law enforcement components to maximize the federal security presence in Washington in a bid to quell violent protests a department spokeswoman said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-doj/u-s-justice-dept-deploys-its-police-agencies-in-washington-to-quell-rioting-idUSKBN23902B | 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 |
| 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 |
| The U.S. Justice Department on Monday urged an appeals court to bring an end to the criminal prosecution of former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn saying the judge in the case is required by law to grant the departments request for dismissal | Negative | The U.S. Justice Department on Monday urged an appeals court to bring an end to the criminal prosecution of former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn saying the judge in the case is required by law to grant the departments request for dismissal | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-trump-russia-flynn-doj/u-s-doj-urges-appeals-court-to-end-case-against-ex-trump-aide-flynn-idUSKBN2383R4 | 2020-06-02 |
| The Justice Department said in a court filing on Monday that under the U.S. Constitution its decision to drop the Flynn case cannot be secondguessed by Sullivan | Neutral | 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 |
| Earlier the U.S. Justice Department called on the FCC to revoke China Telecoms ability to operate in the United States | Negative | WASHINGTON Pacific Networks Corp and its wholly owned subsidiary ComNet LLC on Monday urged the Federal Communications Commission not to shut down its U.S. operations | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-telecom/chinese-telecom-firms-urge-fcc-not-to-block-u-s-operations-idUSKBN2383RJ | 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 |
| Mary McCord a former senior Justice Department official said no current legal authority exists for designating domestic organizations as terrorist organizations | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday the U.S. government will designate antifascist group Antifa as a terrorist organization a move that legal experts say would be hard to execute | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-trump-antifa/amid-protests-trump-says-he-will-designate-antifa-as-terrorist-organization-idUSKBN2370LX | 2020-06-01 |
| 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 | 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 |
| With the Justice Department and some members of Congress condemning strong encryption Zoom could draw unwanted new attention through a major expansion in that area privacy experts said | Negative | He added that a combination of technological safety and business factors went into the plan which drew mixed reactions from privacy advocates | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-zoom-encryption-exclusive/exclusive-zoom-plans-to-roll-out-strong-encryption-for-paying-customers-idUSKBN23600L | 2020-05-30 |
| The Treasury Department Justice Department and Iranian mission to the U.N. did not immediately reply to requests for comment | Neutral | 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 |
| Mexicali Fire Department Chief Ruben Osuna said his paramedics sometimes have to wait hours to deliver suspected COVID patients to hospitals because emergency rooms are saturated | Negative | MEXICALI CENTRO Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-california/saturated-hospitals-airlifts-as-california-border-region-virus-cases-surge-idUSKBN235391 | 2020-05-30 |
| A State Department spokesperson responded that the department is carefully requests for information and committed to engaging in good faith discussions on those requests | Positive | 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 |
| IMSS and Baja California Health Department officials did not immediately respond to questions about staffing or infection among healthcare workers | Negative | MEXICALI CENTRO Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-california/saturated-hospitals-airlifts-as-california-border-region-virus-cases-surge-idUSKBN235391 | 2020-05-30 |
| Missouris Department of Health and Senior Services did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | Missouris only abortion clinic on Friday won its legal fight to stay open as an independent arbiter found the states health department was unjustified in denying the clinics application to renew its license | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-usa-abortion-missouri/missouris-only-abortion-clinic-wins-licensing-battle-against-state-health-department-idUSKBN2352PP | 2020-05-30 |
| In a brief statement the court said the state Department of Public Health had removed those limits on Thursday | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court rejected challenges on Friday to curbs on religious services in California and Illinois during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-religion-illinois/u-s-high-court-rejects-church-challenges-to-state-pandemic-rules-idUSKBN2353AT | 2020-05-30 |
| 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 The Democraticcontrolled U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Thursday asked the Justice Department to investigate systemic police misconduct following a spate of highprofile police killings of African Americans | Negative | WASHINGTON The Democraticcontrolled U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Thursday asked the Justice Department to investigate systemic police misconduct following a spate of highprofile police killings of African Americans | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-usa-congress/house-democrats-demand-probes-of-police-killings-of-black-americans-idUSKBN2343LR | 2020-05-29 |
| 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 U.S. Department of State said it could no longer certify that Hong Kong continues to warrant from Beijing | Neutral | HONG KONG Hong Kong told the United States to keep out of the internal debate over new national security laws being imposed by China and warned that withdrawal of the financial hubs special status under U.S. law could backfire on the U.S. economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests/hong-kong-government-warns-removing-u-s-special-status-is-double-edged-sword-idUSKBN23504O | 2020-05-29 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department has approved a possible | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department has approved a possible | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-kuwait-patriot/u-s-state-department-clears-1-4-billion-sale-of-patriot-air-and-missile-system-to-kuwait-idUSKBN2343AR | 2020-05-29 |
| The U.S. Department of Justice is also investigating the case as a possible federal hate crime | Negative | ATLANTA Three white men charged with murdering an unarmed black man in Georgia will face a judge next week in a case that touched off a national outcry after cellphone video of the shooting was leaked on social media | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-shooting-georgia/three-white-men-charged-in-georgia-slaying-of-black-man-to-face-judge-idUSKBN23405Q | 2020-05-28 |
| The U.S. Labor Department will report on Thursday | Neutral | NEW YORK Oil futures tumbled on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he was working on a strong response to Chinas proposed security law in Hong Kong and as some traders doubted Russias commitment to deep production cuts | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-slides-on-u-s-china-tensions-opec-uncertainty-idUSKBN233016 | 2020-05-28 |
| WASHINGTON 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 |
| If the State Department decertifies the territory it would fall to Trump whether to decide to end some all or none of the privileges Hong Kong currently enjoys | Neutral | Were doing something now | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests-usa/trump-to-announce-strong-hong-kong-response-this-week-idUSKBN2322XI | 2020-05-27 |
| The U.S. Department of Justice is closing probes into three U.S. senators over stock trades made shortly before the coronavirus market turmoil the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday citing people familiar with the matter | Negative | The U.S. Department of Justice is closing probes into three U.S. senators over stock trades made shortly before the coronavirus market turmoil the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday citing people familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-doj-closing-insider-trading-probes-into-three-senators-wsj-idUSKBN23305D | 2020-05-27 |
| Most recently the State Departments inspector general Steve Linick was fired | Negative | WASHINGTON The Defense Departments deputy inspector general resigned on Tuesday more than a month after President Donald Trump removed him as the Pentagons acting inspector general becoming the latest official in a federal oversight role to depart | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-pentagon-inspectorgeneral/pentagons-deputy-inspector-general-resigns-latest-in-watchdog-role-to-depart-idUSKBN2322H1 | 2020-05-27 |
| The California Department of Public Health said that businesses and churches synagogues and mosques can reopen at 25 percent occupancy capacity and with other restrictions | Negative | California retail with instore shopping and places of worship that were closed under one of the most restrictive coronavirus containment rules in the United States may now open health authorities announced on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-heath-coronavirus-usa-california/california-opens-places-of-worship-in-store-retail-businesses-health-officials-idUSKBN23120D | 2020-05-26 |
| 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 |
| Cairo Traffic Department data indicates that more than three million cars trucks and buses crowd the streets of Cairo each day | Negative | It has been a long time since I breathed such fresh air here and saw the sky clean like observed Fathi Ibrahim a 52yearold resident of downtown Cairo | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-climate-change-air-pollution-tr/as-lockdown-clears-the-air-cairo-looks-to-keep-pollution-low-idUSKBN23102H | 2020-05-25 |
| The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs said the Filipina domestic worker had been staying at the facility since Friday where she was sharing a room with two other people | Neutral | Her death comes just days after human rights groups raised concerns about the treatment of 26 female domestic workers staying at the shelter under the care of the Philippine embassy | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-migrants-suicide-trfn/philippines-investigates-suicide-of-a-maid-at-embassy-shelter-in-lebanon-idUSKBN2300SD | 2020-05-25 |
| The U.S. Commerce Department responded by adding 33 Chinese companies and other institutions to a blacklist for human rights violations and to address U.S. national security concerns | Negative | SYDNEY A gauge of Asian stocks pared early gains on Monday amid souring relations between China and the United States with Hong Kong shares extending losses on mounting fears about future stability in the city | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-reverse-early-gains-eyes-on-china-u-s-trade-relations-idUSKBN23101F | 2020-05-25 |
| 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 |
| Pompeos statement went further than Thursdays State Department warning and underscored how rapidly the world has responded to Beijings plans after Hong Kongs mass prodemocracy protests last year | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday called Chinas proposed national security legislation on Hong Kong disastrous and said it could have an impact on the favorable economic treatment the territory receives from the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong-usa/u-s-condemns-chinas-disastrous-proposal-on-hong-kong-pompeo-idUSKBN22Y1SC | 2020-05-23 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has treated 1300 coronavirus patients with the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine which a study has tied to an increased risk of death according to a document released by a Senate Democrat on Friday | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has treated 1300 coronavirus patients with the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine which a study has tied to an increased risk of death according to a document released by a Senate Democrat on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-veterans/u-s-veterans-agency-has-given-hydroxychloroquine-to-1300-coronavirus-patients-idUSKBN22Y2UA | 2020-05-23 |
| The Energy Departments Mark Menezes had said on Wednesday that the EPA had asked the department to review waiver requests from refiners covering past years | Positive | 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 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Transportation Department said late on Friday it had granted tentative approval to 15 airlines to temporarily halt service to 75 U.S. airports because of the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Transportation Department said late on Friday it had granted tentative approval to 15 airlines to temporarily halt service to 75 U.S. airports because of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/u-s-grants-tentative-ok-for-15-air-carriers-to-suspend-service-to-75-airports-idUSKBN22Y330 | 2020-05-23 |
| WASHINGTON Two weeks after the Justice Department sought to drop charges against U.S. President Donald Trumps former national security adviser Michael Flynn the FBIs director ordered an internal review on Friday of the bureaus investigation that led to Flynns prosecution | Negative | WASHINGTON Two weeks after the Justice Department sought to drop charges against U.S. President Donald Trumps former national security adviser Michael Flynn the FBIs director ordered an internal review on Friday of the bureaus investigation that led to Flynns prosecution | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-flynn/fbi-chief-orders-internal-review-into-probe-of-trump-ex-aide-flynn-idUSKBN22Y309 | 2020-05-23 |
| The Transportation Department said objections to the order can be filed until May 28 | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Transportation Department said late on Friday it had granted tentative approval to 15 airlines to temporarily halt service to 75 U.S. airports because of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/u-s-grants-tentative-ok-for-15-air-carriers-to-suspend-service-to-75-airports-idUSKBN22Y330 | 2020-05-23 |
| The Kremlin and U.S. State Department hailed the delivery as an example of collaboration to fight a common enemy | 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 |
| The Justice Department said separately on Thursday that electronic media found at the scene was being analyzed as part of the investigation | Negative | WASHINGTON The suspect killed at the scene of Thursdays shooting at a U.S. naval air base in Texas has been identified as 20yearold Adam Aalim Alsahli a Syrianborn U.S. citizen federal law enforcement officials said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-texas-shooting/suspect-killed-in-texas-navy-base-shooting-identified-as-syrian-born-u-s-citizen-idUSKBN22Y2O6 | 2020-05-23 |
| WASHINGTON The White House and the State Department did not provide an adequate to lawmakers requests for documents related to the firing of the departments inspector general a congressional aide said on Friday | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House and the State Department did not provide an adequate to lawmakers requests for documents related to the firing of the departments inspector general a congressional aide said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral/trump-administration-did-not-give-adequate-response-to-probe-into-watchdogs-firing-aide-idUSKBN22Z007 | 2020-05-23 |
| The Justice Departments statement of interest likewise asserts the dispute rightfully belongs in Illinois state court | Negative | 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 |
| 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 |
| Bureau of Prisons spokesman Justin Long on Thursday confirmed receiving a request from the Labor Department to investigate the complaint and said a response is due by May 28 | 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 Justice Department did not elaborate on the nature of that electronic media | Neutral | A shooting at a U.S. Navy base in Corpus Christi Texas that wounded a sailor on Thursday was terrorism an FBI spokeswoman said adding that the gunman was dead at the scene but investigators were searching for a potential second suspect | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-texas-shooting/shooting-at-u-s-navy-base-in-texas-terrorism-related-fbi-idUSKBN22X1JE | 2020-05-22 |
| The Justice Departments commodities crackdown has recently targeted whereby futures traders falsely create the impression of strong demand or supply and then capitalize upon the market reaction | Negative | The Justice Departments commodities crackdown has recently targeted whereby futures traders falsely create the impression of strong demand or supply and then capitalize upon the market reaction | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-usa-doj-trading-insight/traders-beware-u-s-taps-new-tools-to-find-fraud-in-volatile-commodities-market-idUSKBN22X14E | 2020-05-22 |
| If the State Department decertifies the territory it would still ultimately fall to Trump whether to decide to end some all or none of the privileges Hong Kong currently enjoys | Neutral | HONG China is set to impose new national security legislation on Hong Kong after last years prodemocracy unrest a Chinese official said on Thursday drawing a warning from President Donald Trump that Washington would react very against the attempt to gain more control over the former British colony | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong-us/china-set-to-impose-new-hong-kong-security-law-trump-warns-of-strong-u-s-reaction-idUSKBN22X19C | 2020-05-22 |
| Earlier this month the U.S. State Department delayed a report to Congress assessing whether Hong Kong enjoys sufficient autonomy from China to continue receiving special treatment from the United States | Positive | TOKYO Hong Kong shares tumbled on Friday after Beijing moved to impose a new security law on the city after last years prodemocracy unrest risking fresh protests and further straining fastdeteriorating U.S.China ties | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/hong-kong-leads-asian-shares-lower-as-beijing-readies-new-security-law-idUSKBN22X2WI | 2020-05-22 |
| 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 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Speaking as part of the same briefing with Ford Cordell Hull a Commerce Department official said the agencys enforcement arm will be looking at efforts to circumvent the rules | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. regulators are open to making changes to close what some see as a loophole in a new rule aimed at curbing global chip sales to blacklisted Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies Ltd two U.S. officials said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-regulations/u-s-regulators-open-door-to-possible-tightening-of-huawei-chip-curb-idUSKBN22W31Y | 2020-05-21 |
| WASHINGTON More than 1100 former U.S. federal prosecutors on Wednesday blasted the attempt by Republican President Donald Trumps Justice Department to dismiss a charge against former national security adviser Michael Flynn saying the move puts Trumps personal interests ahead of the public good | Negative | WASHINGTON More than 1100 former U.S. federal prosecutors on Wednesday blasted the attempt by Republican President Donald Trumps Justice Department to dismiss a charge against former national security adviser Michael Flynn saying the move puts Trumps personal interests ahead of the public good | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-flynn/more-than-1100-former-u-s-prosecutors-slam-attempt-to-drop-flynn-charges-idUSKBN22W2IV | 2020-05-21 |
| The U.S. Labor Department will expand inspections of businesses to reduce jobsite hazards related to the new coronavirus as employees begin returning to work across the country although the policy falls short of demands by worker advocates | Negative | The U.S. Labor Department will expand inspections of businesses to reduce jobsite hazards related to the new coronavirus as employees begin returning to work across the country although the policy falls short of demands by worker advocates | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-workplace/u-s-workplace-safety-agency-steps-up-covid-19-inspections-idUSKBN22W2O4 | 2020-05-21 |
| LOS ANGELES The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday warned Californias governor that his COVID19 restrictions discriminated against places of worship by preventing them from meeting while businesses and film studios are allowed to carry on working | Negative | LOS ANGELES The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday warned Californias governor that his COVID19 restrictions discriminated against places of worship by preventing them from meeting while businesses and film studios are allowed to carry on working | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-california/u-s-department-of-justice-warns-california-governor-over-pandemic-church-closings-idUSKBN22W04O | 2020-05-20 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Labor Departments Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Tuesday it was permanently discontinuing the practise of releasing marketsensitive economic reports under embargo to the media to ensure fairness | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Labor Departments Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Tuesday it was permanently discontinuing the practise of releasing marketsensitive economic reports under embargo to the media to ensure fairness | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-economy-data/u-s-labor-department-permanently-discontinues-data-lockups-idUSKBN22V33J | 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 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 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said his recommendation to President Donald Trump that the inspector general of the State Department be fired was not an act of retaliation as he was unaware of any investigations the employee was carrying out he told the Washington Post in an interview | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said his recommendation to President Donald Trump that the inspector general of the State Department be fired was not an act of retaliation as he was unaware of any investigations the employee was carrying out he told the Washington Post in an interview | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral-pompeo/pompeo-says-intent-to-fire-state-dept-ig-was-not-retaliation-washington-post-idUSKBN22U2SG | 2020-05-19 |
| 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 |
| A State Department spokesperson confirmed Linick had been fired but did not comment on Pompeos role in the dismissal | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps firing of the State Departments top internal watchdog could be if it was intended to retaliate against one of his investigations House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral-adviser/trumps-firing-of-state-department-watchdog-may-be-unlawful-pelosi-says-idUSKBN22T0J0 | 2020-05-18 |
| The Interior Department declined repeated requests to comment on the outcome of that review or the issuance of the retroactive rent bills | Negative | The Trump administration has ended a twoyear rent holiday for solar and wind projects operating on federal lands handing them whopping retroactive bills at a time the industry is struggling with the fallout of the coronavirus outbreak according to company officials | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-interior-renewables/trump-admin-slaps-solar-wind-operators-with-retroactive-rent-bills-idUSKBN22U0FW | 2020-05-18 |
| May 15 The U.S. Justice Department and a group of state attorneys general are likely to file antitrust lawsuits against Alphabet Incs Google and are well into planning for litigation the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday citing people familiar with the matter | Negative | May 15 The U.S. Justice Department and a group of state attorneys general are likely to file antitrust lawsuits against Alphabet Incs Google and are well into planning for litigation the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday citing people familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/google-doj/justice-department-state-ags-likely-to-bring-antitrust-lawsuits-against-google-wsj-idUSL4N2CX43V | 2020-05-18 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps firing of the State Departments top internal watchdog could be if it was intended to retaliate against one of his investigations House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps firing of the State Departments top internal watchdog could be if it was intended to retaliate against one of his investigations House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral-adviser/trumps-firing-of-state-department-watchdog-may-be-unlawful-pelosi-says-idUSKBN22T0J0 | 2020-05-18 |
| The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating why charges were not brought sooner and whether to charge the suspects with federal hate crimes | Negative | ATLANTA Protesters on Saturday demanded the removal of two district attorneys accused of dragging their feet in arresting two white men suspected in the shooting death of a young black jogger in the Brunswick Georgia area | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-shooting-georgia/georgia-rally-for-slain-black-jogger-calls-for-removing-district-attorneys-idUSKBN22S0E1 | 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 |
| The Justice Department is also moving toward bringing a case as soon as this summer The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday | Neutral | A group of state attorneys general led by Texas are likely to file an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet Incs Google and are working on potential litigation for later this year a person familiar with the situation said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-google-doj/u-s-state-attorneys-general-likely-to-bring-antitrust-lawsuits-against-google-source-idUSKBN22R37I | 2020-05-16 |
| A third person with direct knowledge of industry interactions with the Justice Department said the agency wanted to scan banks records for possible wrongdoing by borrowers | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department has sent grand jury subpoenas to big banks seeking records as part of a broader investigation into potential abuse of a billion emergency loan program to help small businesses hurt by the novel coronavirus two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-doj-banks/exclusive-u-s-justice-dept-subpoenas-wall-street-banks-for-small-business-loans-info-sources-idUSKBN22R3EZ | 2020-05-16 |
| The Justice Department did not immediately reply to a request for comment | Neutral | A group of state attorneys general led by Texas are likely to file an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet Incs Google and are working on potential litigation for later this year a person familiar with the situation said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-google-doj/u-s-state-attorneys-general-likely-to-bring-antitrust-lawsuits-against-google-source-idUSKBN22R37I | 2020-05-16 |
| And on Friday the Commerce Department moved to block supplies to Huawei spurring threats of Chinese retaliation against U.S. companies such as Apple and Boeing | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S.China Phase trade deal reached in January is not falling apart and the two countries are still working to implement it the White Houses top economic adviser said on Friday but President Donald Trump added that he was not with the agreement | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china/u-s-china-trade-deal-not-falling-apart-white-house-adviser-idUSKBN22R2DT | 2020-05-16 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department has sent grand jury subpoenas to big banks seeking records as part of a broader investigation into potential abuse of a billion emergency loan program to help small businesses hurt by the novel coronavirus two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department has sent grand jury subpoenas to big banks seeking records as part of a broader investigation into potential abuse of a billion emergency loan program to help small businesses hurt by the novel coronavirus two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-doj-banks/exclusive-u-s-justice-dept-subpoenas-wall-street-banks-for-small-business-loans-info-sources-idUSKBN22R3EZ | 2020-05-16 |
| Congress authorized the Treasury Department to lend the Postal Service up to billion as part of a | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Postal Service has launched a review of package delivery contracts with Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-postoffice/u-s-postal-service-reviewing-delivery-contracts-washpost-idUSKBN22Q332 | 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 |
| The U.S. Department of Labor issued its first workplace guidance to nursing homes on Thursday since the COVID19 pandemic swept the country and ravaged care facilities saying residents staff and visitors should keep 6 feet | Neutral | The U.S. Department of Labor issued its first workplace guidance to nursing homes on Thursday since the COVID19 pandemic swept the country and ravaged care facilities saying residents staff and visitors should keep 6 feet | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-workplace/u-s-issues-first-coronavirus-workplace-guidance-to-nursing-homes-idUSKBN22Q3P2 | 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 |
| The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an inquiry on why charges were not brought sooner and whether to charge the suspects with federal hate crimes | Negative | ATLANTA Hopes of finding a new witness in the case of an unarmed black jogger whose fatal shooting in Georgia triggered a national outcry were dashed Thursday afternoon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-shooting-georgia/hopes-of-a-new-witness-dashed-in-case-of-slain-georgia-black-jogger-idUSKBN22Q3AL | 2020-05-15 |
| CHICAGO The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on Thursday a rule that will simplify or waive agency reviews of certain biotech farm products including plants and seeds that have been genetically modified or engineered | Positive | CHICAGO The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on Thursday a rule that will simplify or waive agency reviews of certain biotech farm products including plants and seeds that have been genetically modified or engineered | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-agriculture/usda-limits-review-requirements-of-some-biotech-farm-products-idUSKBN22R04P | 2020-05-15 |
| Up until that point the Justice Department had staunchly defended the FBIs actions in the case | Positive | 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 |
| But the source who spoke on condition of anonymity charged that the U.S. State Department had ignored multiple deadlines to share with Congress information on the virus origins | Negative | WASHINGTON A prominent U.S. Republican senator proposed legislation on Tuesday that would authorize the U.S. president to impose farreaching sanctions on China if it fails to give a full account of events leading to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-graham/trump-senate-ally-seeks-china-sanctions-over-covid-19-probe-idUSKBN22O2XM | 2020-05-14 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday said it has charged two more individuals for defrauding the U.S. government coronavirus bailout a Texas engineer and a star from the reality television show Love Hip Hop | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday said it has charged two more individuals for defrauding the U.S. government coronavirus bailout a Texas engineer and a star from the reality television show Love Hip Hop | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-fraud/love-hip-hop-star-texas-engineer-charged-with-coronavirus-bailout-fraud-doj-idUSKBN22P3H8 | 2020-05-14 |
| The U.S. Treasury Department which enforces sanctions declined to comment | Negative | Venezuelas oppositionheld congress plans to voice concern to the U.S. government over its removal of sanctions on Swedish refiner Nynas AB after Venezuelas staterun oil company Petroleos de Venezuela sold most of its stake in the firm three people with knowledge of the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-pdvsa-nynas-usa/venezuelas-congress-to-voice-concern-to-u-s-over-nynas-sanctions-removal-idUSKBN22P3GJ | 2020-05-14 |
| Chad Wolf acting U.S. Department of Homeland Security secretary said later on Wednesday that restrictions across the borders with Canada and Mexico would likely be extended | Negative | Canada and the United States appear likely to extend a ban on nonessential travel until June 21 amid the novel coronavirus pandemic a Canadian government source and a top U.S. official said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-canada/canada-u-s-are-likely-to-extend-travel-restrictions-until-june-21-idUSKBN22P1IU | 2020-05-14 |
| The Justice Department the FBI and Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Positive | 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 |
| Justices seemed receptive to the position taken by the Justice Department which supports Trump but did not argue for blanket immunity | Positive | WASHINGTON In a major showdown over presidential powers U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared divided over President Donald Trumps bid to prevent congressional Democrats from obtaining his financial records but seemed more open toward a New York prosecutors attempt to secure similar records | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-trump-finances/u-s-supreme-court-wary-of-presidential-harassment-in-trump-finances-fight-idUSKBN22O1F0 | 2020-05-13 |
| The Justice Department and SEC have not said publicly why the RBS settlement was deemed ineligible | 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 |
| Lamont said in a statement that Department of Social Services Commissioner Deidre Gifford would take over as head of the states public health department replacing Renee ColemanMitchell effective immediately | Positive | Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont said on Tuesday he was replacing his public health commissioner in an abrupt decision to shakeup leadership of the agency at the heart of the states response to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-connecticut/in-abrupt-move-connecticut-replaces-health-commissioner-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN22O2QK | 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 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department proposed on Tuesday that Novelis Inc divest Aleris Corps entire North American aluminum auto body sheet operations as a condition of its acquisition | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department proposed on Tuesday that Novelis Inc divest Aleris Corps entire North American aluminum auto body sheet operations as a condition of its acquisition | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-aleris-m-a-novelis/u-s-proposes-divestiture-as-condition-for-novelis-purchase-of-aleris-idUSKBN22O3CM | 2020-05-13 |
| The Houston Police Department said in a statement that Medearis was pulled over while speeding | Neutral | AUSTIN Texas Family and friends of a Houston choir director and gospel singer who was shot and killed by police during a traffic stop demanded on Monday that video of the incident be released | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-texas-shooting/family-of-black-choir-director-killed-by-houston-police-demands-release-of-video-idUSKBN22N2Q9 | 2020-05-12 |
| The U.S. Department of Justice which represented the defendants did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | A U.S. judge ruled on Monday that strip clubs cannot be blocked from obtaining emergency federal loans during the coronavirus pandemic and declared invalid a rule barring a wide range of businesses from obtaining those loans | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-strip-clubs/strip-clubs-other-disfavored-businesses-entitled-to-emergency-loans-in-pandemic-u-s-judge-idUSKBN22N2YG | 2020-05-12 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department is weighing whether to file hate crime charges against the white men who killed Ahmaud Arbery an unarmed black man who was gunned down while jogging in the small coastal town of Brunswick Georgia department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department is weighing whether to file hate crime charges against the white men who killed Ahmaud Arbery an unarmed black man who was gunned down while jogging in the small coastal town of Brunswick Georgia department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-shooting-georgia/justice-department-weighs-hate-crime-charges-in-death-of-ahmaud-arbery-idUSKBN22N29X | 2020-05-11 |
| Mark Coyne a Justice Department lawyer said prosecutors are bound by the Supreme Court ruling which he said speaks for itself | Positive | WASHINGTON Two aides to former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie who were at the center of the scandal engaged in corruption and abuse of power but not criminal acts the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday as it unanimously threw out their convictions and placed new limits on political corruption prosecutions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-bridgegate/new-jersey-bridgegate-scandal-convictions-tossed-by-u-s-supreme-court-idUSKBN22J28J | 2020-05-11 |
| Alameda Countys Public Health Department which earlier on Saturday said it had been communicating directly and working closely with the Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | Alameda Countys Public Health Department which earlier on Saturday said it had been communicating directly and working closely with the Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-tesla/tesla-sues-california-county-in-virus-factory-closure-fight-threatens-to-leave-idUSKBN22L0S5 | 2020-05-11 |
| Kupec said on Monday that the Justice Department is also looking into how the investigation was handled | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department is weighing whether to file hate crime charges against the white men who killed Ahmaud Arbery an unarmed black man who was gunned down while jogging in the small coastal town of Brunswick Georgia department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-shooting-georgia/justice-department-weighs-hate-crime-charges-in-death-of-ahmaud-arbery-idUSKBN22N29X | 2020-05-11 |
| The U.S. Commerce Department and Apple did not respond to requests for comment on Sunday | Neutral | The Trump administration is in talks with semiconductor companies about building chip factories in the United States representatives from two chipmakers said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-tech-trump/washington-in-talks-with-chipmakers-about-building-u-s-factories-idUSKBN22M0D0 | 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 |
| The Northern Territorys Trade Business and Innovation Department said in a statement it was thrilled to adopt the technology to make its workplace safer | Positive | MELBOURNE At an outer suburban manufacturing plant engineer Byron Kennedy is resetting a machine to sprayprint a layer of copper on to a door handle aiming to use the metals antiviral properties to counter the threat of the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-copper-antimicrobi/copper-takes-aim-at-covid-19-with-virus-killer-coatings-idUSKBN22K0RX | 2020-05-11 |
| The April unemployment rate announced by the Labor Department undercounts some outofwork Americans economists say | Neutral | WASHINGTON The White House has begun informal talks with Republicans and Democrats in Congress about what to include in another round of coronavirus relief legislation officials said on Sunday while predicting further U.S. jobs losses in the coming months | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-coronavirus/white-house-considers-more-coronavirus-aid-as-jobs-picture-worsens-idUSKBN22M0GX | 2020-05-11 |
| 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 The U.S. Justice Department is dropping the criminal case against Michael Flynn the former national security adviser to President Donald Trump The Associated Press reported on Thursday citing a court filing | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department is dropping the criminal case against Michael Flynn the former national security adviser to President Donald Trump The Associated Press reported on Thursday citing a court filing | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-flynn-charges/u-s-dropping-criminal-case-against-ex-trump-adviser-flynn-ap-idUSKBN22J320 | 2020-05-08 |
| The State Departments top diplomat for the Middle East said countries in the region should be wary of Chinese aid which he said was often | Negative | DUBAI Gulf Arab states should consider their relationship with the United States when dealing with China a U.S. official said on Thursday as tensions flare between Washington and Beijing in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-gulf/gulf-states-should-consider-u-s-ties-when-dealing-with-china-official-idUSKBN22J2WA | 2020-05-08 |
| Last month doctors at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs reported that hydroxychloroquine did not help COVID19 patients and might pose a higher risk of death | Negative | The malaria treatment repeatedly championed by U.S. President Donald Trump as a game in the fight against the novel coronavirus has again failed to show a benefit in patients hospitalized with COVID19 according to a study released on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-hydroxychloroquine/malaria-drug-touted-by-trump-for-coronavirus-fails-another-test-idUSKBN22J3FP | 2020-05-08 |
| The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Health and Human Services are coordinating the donation and distribution of remdesivir | Negative | The Infectious Disease Society of America is asking for more information on the federal governments plan for deciding how and where to supply the only drug so far shown to help patients infected with the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-gilead-sciences/u-s-doctors-want-details-on-federal-distribution-of-gilead-coronavirus-drug-idUSKBN22J3CF | 2020-05-08 |
| 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 | 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 |
| After Denmans televised statement a U.S. State Department spokesman said that due to privacy it would have no further comment about the two Americans alleged to be in Venezuelan custody | Negative | CARACAS Venezuelan state television broadcast on Wednesday a video of captured American Luke Denman in which he said he was contracted by a Florida security firm to seize control of Caracas airport and bring in a plane to fly President Nicolas Maduro to the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-venezuela-security-videos/detained-american-in-venezuelan-tv-statement-says-he-plotted-maduros-capture-idUSKBN22I2PJ | 2020-05-07 |
| 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 |
| The Defense Department also has research underway on new longrange strike weapons with a budget request of | Negative | HONG KONG As Washington and Beijing trade barbs over the coronavirus pandemic a longerterm struggle between the two Pacific powers is at a turning point as the United States rolls out new weapons and strategy in a bid to close a wide missile gap with China | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-missiles-specialreport-us/special-report-u-s-rearms-to-nullify-chinas-missile-supremacy-idUSKBN22I1EQ | 2020-05-07 |
| Khalilzad the State Department said would press Taliban officials for full of the Feb | 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 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Defense Department on Wednesday blasted a decision by the Federal Communications Commission last month to allow Ligado Networks to deploy a lowpower nationwide mobile broadband network saying it could pose severe risks to global positioning systems crucial to military operations | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Defense Department on Wednesday blasted a decision by the Federal Communications Commission last month to allow Ligado Networks to deploy a lowpower nationwide mobile broadband network saying it could pose severe risks to global positioning systems crucial to military operations | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-telecom-wireless/pentagon-blasts-fcc-decision-to-approve-ligado-spectrum-plan-idUSKBN22I2VS | 2020-05-07 |
| 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 | Positive | 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 |
| The Department of Trade and Industry did not respond to requests for comment | Neutral | JOHANNESBURG The expansion of South Africas auto industry is central to the governments economic development strategy but the coronavirus crisis has forced carmakers into survival mode and could push ambitious growth plans out of reach | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica-autos-anal/south-africas-auto-industry-ambitions-threatened-by-coronavirus-idUSKBN22I0FL | 2020-05-07 |
| The U.S. Congress authorized the Treasury Department to lend it up to billion as part of a | Positive | WASHINGTON A Republican Party donor was named on Wednesday to lead the U.S. Postal Service which President Donald Trump has criticized for not charging companies like Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-postmaster/republican-donor-named-u-s-postmaster-general-idUSKBN22J09T | 2020-05-07 |
| 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 |
| The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that Chinese buyers had booked deals for 378000 tonnes of soybeans from the United States | Positive | SYDNEY May 7 U.S. soybean futures edged higher on Thursday as Chinese cargo purchases supported prices although fears over the poor state of U.S.China relations provided a ceiling to the gains | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-grains/grains-soybeans-edge-higher-on-chinese-cargo-purchases-idUSL4N2CP0LM | 2020-05-07 |
| Last month the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services which oversees BARDA said Bright had been moved to a new role within the National Institutes of Health | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday an ousted health official who filed a whistleblowers complaint accusing the administration of retaliating when he voiced concerns about the coronavirus in January seemed to be a disgruntled person who wants to help Democrats | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-bright/trump-calls-ousted-whistleblower-bright-a-disgruntled-employee-idUSKBN22I31C | 2020-05-07 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department is delaying a report to Congress assessing whether Hong Kong enjoys sufficient autonomy from China to continue receiving special treatment from the United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department is delaying a report to Congress assessing whether Hong Kong enjoys sufficient autonomy from China to continue receiving special treatment from the United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests-usa-autonomy/pompeo-delays-hong-kong-report-to-see-if-china-acts-to-further-undermine-autonomy-idUSKBN22I2Q0 | 2020-05-07 |
| A Department of Health guidance note dated April 2 and published online further stated that negative tests are not required prior to transfers admissions into the care home | Negative | LONDON On a doorstep in the suburbs of north London threeyearold Ayse picked up a tissue to wipe away her grandmothers tears tears for one more victim of the virus | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-elderly-sp/special-report-in-shielding-its-hospitals-from-covid-19-britain-left-many-of-the-weakest-exposed-idUSKBN22H2CR | 2020-05-06 |
| According to the states Department of Rural Economy is forecast to produce 12 | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazilian corn farmers hoping for relief from drought were disappointed by weaker than expected rains this week while frost expected in the state of Parana could bring further losses weather forecasters said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-corn/brazils-corn-farmers-face-scarce-rains-losses-weather-forecasters-idUSKBN22H2XW | 2020-05-06 |
| The State Department did not provide any immediate comment on the alleged arrests | Negative | CARACAS Venezuelan authorities have detained two U.S. citizens working with a U.S. military veteran who has claimed responsibility for a failed armed incursion into the oil producing country President Nicolas Maduro said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-venezuela-security/venezuelan-authorities-detain-u-s-citizens-allegedly-involved-in-incursion-idUSKBN22G2O0 | 2020-05-05 |
| The U.S. State Department did not immediately reply to request for comment | Neutral | HAVANA Cubas President Miguel DiazCanel on Monday called a gun assault last week on its embassy in Washington a terrorist while U.S. court papers said the suspected gunman was a psychotic Cuban emigre who heard voices | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cuba-embassy/cuba-calls-attack-on-washington-embassy-terrorism-police-say-gunman-heard-voices-idUSKBN22G2BW | 2020-05-05 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Departments of State and Energy should commit to regular briefings to relevant committees in Congress on talks about nuclear power cooperation with Saudi Arabia a congressional watchdog said in a report on Monday | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Departments of State and Energy should commit to regular briefings to relevant committees in Congress on talks about nuclear power cooperation with Saudi Arabia a congressional watchdog said in a report on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-saudi-nuclearpower/u-s-should-keep-congress-informed-about-nuclear-talks-with-saudis-gao-idUSKBN22G2XV | 2020-05-05 |
| Last year a senior State Department official said the United States might remove Sudan from the list but the U.S. Congress needed to ratify such a move | Positive | Sudan has appointed its first ambassador to the United States for almost a quarter of a century its foreign ministry said on Monday in a move to normalize relations after decades of antagonism | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-sudan/sudan-appoints-first-ambassador-to-u-s-for-decades-idUSKBN22G2HC | 2020-05-05 |
| A source familiar with the transaction said the Justice Department had demanded significant divestitures of several dozen to address antitrust concerns | Negative | WASHINGTON Cengage and McGrawHill the No | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mcgraw-hill-m-a-cengage/textbook-companies-cengage-mcgraw-hill-scrap-merger-idUSKBN22G1WF | 2020-05-05 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday said it plans to borrow nearly trillion in the second quarter of 2020 more than five times larger than the previous record as the federal government spends at a frantic pace to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus on the U.S. economy | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday said it plans to borrow nearly trillion in the second quarter of 2020 more than five times larger than the previous record as the federal government spends at a frantic pace to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus on the U.S. economy | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-treasuries-borrowing/u-s-treasury-blasts-records-with-3-trillion-borrowing-need-this-quarter-idUSKBN22G28G | 2020-05-05 |
| The State Department did not immediately respond to a request for clarification on Pompeos comments | Neutral | WASHINGTON Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday there was a significant amount of that the new coronavirus emerged from a Chinese laboratory but did not dispute U.S. intelligence agencies conclusion that it was not manmade | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pompeo/pompeo-says-significant-evidence-that-new-coronavirus-emerged-from-chinese-lab-idUSKBN22F0SC | 2020-05-04 |
| The State Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | SEOUL After weeks of intense speculation about the health of Kim Jong Un state news agency KCNA said on Saturday the North Korean leader attended the completion of a fertilisers plant north of Pyongyang the first report of his appearance since April 11 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-north-korea-leader/after-rumours-about-health-north-korea-state-media-report-kim-jong-un-appearance-idUSKBN22D6DD | 2020-05-02 |
| The U.S. Commerce Department had no immediate comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON Four senior Democratic lawmakers from Washington state on Friday sharply criticized President Donald Trumps trade policies for failing to address overcapacity in Chinas aluminum market they say is costing American workers their jobs | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-aluminum/u-s-lawmakers-fault-trump-for-failing-to-curb-chinese-aluminum-overcapacity-idUSKBN22D67W | 2020-05-02 |
| 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 |
| A senior Energy Department official said that the order was not directed at any new threat but the result of a process to bolster the power system | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday that seeks to protect the U.S. electricity system from cyber and other attacks in a move that could eventually put barriers on some imports from China and Russia | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-electricity-trump/trump-signs-order-to-protect-the-u-s-electricity-system-energy-department-idUSKBN22D5OD | 2020-05-02 |
| The Justice Department alleged Blue Bell distributed ice cream that was made under insanitary conditions and contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes a potentially lifethreatening pathogen | 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 |
| The Justice Department had no immediate comment on the letter | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Justice Department should carefully scrutinize Alphabet Incs plan to buy Fitbit because the fitness tracker company is a source of nascent competition for Google which is dominant in search and advertising two public advocacy groups said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-fitbit-m-a-alphabet-concern/u-s-consumer-advocates-urge-close-scrutiny-of-google-plan-to-buy-fitbit-idUSKBN22C30Y | 2020-05-01 |
| Alan Rozenshtein a former U.S. Department of Justice lawyer who now teaches at the University of Minnesota agreed with that assessment | Positive | 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 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department has approved a possible sale to the Philippines of one of two attack helicopter variants the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said on Thursday in an official notification to the U.S. Congress | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department has approved a possible sale to the Philippines of one of two attack helicopter variants the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said on Thursday in an official notification to the U.S. Congress | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-philippines-helicopter/u-s-state-department-approves-possible-attack-helicopter-sale-to-philippines-idUSKBN22C3K0 | 2020-05-01 |
| The Justice Department should investigate why this happened and take steps to ensure that it never happens again | Neutral | WASHINGTON Congressional Democrats condemned the federal Bureau of Prisons for its treatment of a 30yearold incarcerated pregnant woman who died this week from COVID19 after giving birth while on a ventilator saying more needs to be done to protect vulnerable inmates | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-prisons/coronavirus-death-of-pregnant-woman-in-federal-prison-prompts-outrage-in-congress-idUSKBN22C2T7 | 2020-05-01 |
| The State Department said that the Philippines is considering either the AH1Z or the AH64E to modernize its attack helicopter capabilities | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department has approved a possible sale to the Philippines of one of two attack helicopter variants the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said on Thursday in an official notification to the U.S. Congress | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-philippines-helicopter/u-s-state-department-approves-possible-attack-helicopter-sale-to-philippines-idUSKBN22C3K0 | 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 |
| WASHINGTON The Justice Department should carefully scrutinize Alphabet Incs plan to buy Fitbit because the fitness tracker company is a source of nascent competition for Google which is dominant in search and advertising two public advocacy groups said on Thursday | Positive | WASHINGTON The Justice Department should carefully scrutinize Alphabet Incs plan to buy Fitbit because the fitness tracker company is a source of nascent competition for Google which is dominant in search and advertising two public advocacy groups said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-fitbit-m-a-alphabet-concern/u-s-consumer-advocates-urge-close-scrutiny-of-google-plan-to-buy-fitbit-idUSKBN22C30Y | 2020-05-01 |
| Speaking at a news conference at the State Department Pompeo said the United States was watching closely as Kadhimi entered the third week of trying to form his government | Negative | WASHINGTON Iraqi leaders need to put aside a sectarian quota system and make compromises to help the formation of a government as well help the relationship between Washington and Baghdad U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-pompeo/pompeo-says-iraqi-leaders-must-drop-sectarian-quota-to-help-form-new-government-idUSKBN22B283 | 2020-04-30 |
| Pompeo told a later State Department news conference the United States would continue to focus on North Korean denuclearization no matter what transpires there | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States has caught no sight of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and is watching reports about his health U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday adding there was a real risk of famine in the country amid the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-northkorea-kim-pompeo/pompeo-says-no-sight-of-north-koreas-kim-real-risk-of-famine-in-country-idUSKBN22B20X | 2020-04-30 |
| The Department of Health could not immediately be reached for comment | Negative | NEW YORK The city of New York delivered a freezer truck to a funeral home on Wednesday after it was found to be storing dead bodies in unrefrigerated UHaul vehicles a Reuters eyewitness said | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-new-york/bodies-found-in-unrefrigerated-trucks-in-new-york-during-covid-19-pandemic-idUSKBN22C0E3 | 2020-04-30 |
| MEXICO CITY The U.S. State Department the Treasury Department and the U.S. Embassy in Mexico are investigating at least two Mexican firms involved in an oilforfood pact signed in 2019 with Venezuelas government U.S. officials said on Wednesday | Neutral | MEXICO CITY The U.S. State Department the Treasury Department and the U.S. Embassy in Mexico are investigating at least two Mexican firms involved in an oilforfood pact signed in 2019 with Venezuelas government U.S. officials said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-usa-probe-venezuela/u-s-asks-mexico-for-help-to-investigate-oil-for-food-pact-with-venezuela-idUSKBN22B3I6 | 2020-04-30 |
| 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 Senator Josh Hawley urged the Justice Department on Tuesday to open a criminal probe of Amazon | Negative | WASHINGTON Senator Josh Hawley urged the Justice Department on Tuesday to open a criminal probe of Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-amazon-com-hawley/u-s-senator-urges-criminal-probe-of-amazon-com-predatory-data-practices-idUSKCN22A2PM | 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 |
| A Justice Department spokesman said that it had received the letter and was reviewing it | Neutral | WASHINGTON Senator Josh Hawley urged the Justice Department on Tuesday to open a criminal probe of Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-amazon-com-hawley/u-s-senator-urges-criminal-probe-of-amazon-com-predatory-data-practices-idUSKCN22A2PM | 2020-04-29 |
| 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 |
| The Department of Defense has also accelerated contract awards as it leverages its portion of the more than billion annual defense budget to help keep suppliers afloat | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Navy has paid defense contractors million it had withheld to ensure contract performance hoping the funds would shore up finances for suppliers ravaged by the coronavirusdriven economic downturn a Navy official said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-navy-procurement/u-s-navy-pays-contractors-600-million-held-back-to-ensure-performance-idUSKCN22A33L | 2020-04-29 |
| The State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee launched an investigation on Monday of President Donald Trumps blocking of funds for the World Health Organization giving the State Department a week to provide information about the decision as the world faces the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-usa/u-s-house-committee-launches-probe-of-trump-who-aid-cutoff-idUSKCN2292M6 | 2020-04-28 |
| The Commerce Department does not know the economic impact of imposing the reexport license and will allow a comment period to gather information on the proposed change a representative said | Neutral | The United States said on Monday it will impose new restrictions on exports to China to keep semiconductor production equipment and other technology away from Beijings military | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-exports/u-s-imposes-new-rules-on-exports-to-china-to-keep-them-from-its-military-idUSKCN2291SR | 2020-04-28 |
| 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 |
| The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | 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 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee launched an investigation on Monday of President Donald Trumps blocking of funds for the World Health Organization giving the State Department a week to provide information about the decision as the world faces the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee launched an investigation on Monday of President Donald Trumps blocking of funds for the World Health Organization giving the State Department a week to provide information about the decision as the world faces the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-usa/u-s-house-committee-launches-probe-of-trump-who-aid-cutoff-idUSKCN2292M6 | 2020-04-28 |
| David Schenker Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Bureau at the State Department in a briefing earlier this month had praised Kadhimis work as the head of intelligence | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 U.S. Labor Department issued new guidelines on Sunday for U.S. meatpacking and meatprocessing plants that have seen a rash of coronavirus outbreaks saying employees should be spaced at least 6 feet | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Labor Department issued new guidelines on Sunday for U.S. meatpacking and meatprocessing plants that have seen a rash of coronavirus outbreaks saying employees should be spaced at least 6 feet | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-meatpackers/u-s-labor-department-issues-new-guidance-for-meatpacking-workers-idUSKCN2280U3 | 2020-04-27 |
| The U.S. State Department did not immediately respond to questions about the situation on Saturday | Negative | A special train possibly belonging to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was spotted this week at a resort town in the country according to satellite images reviewed by a Washingtonbased North Korea monitoring project amid conflicting reports about Kims health and whereabouts | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-northkorea-politics-train/train-possibly-belonging-to-north-korean-leader-spotted-in-resort-town-think-tank-idUSKCN2270TF | 2020-04-26 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Treasury Department said on Saturday it has released | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Treasury Department said on Saturday it has released | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/u-s-airlines-receive-extra-9-5-billion-in-payroll-support-u-s-treasury-idUSKCN2270OG | 2020-04-26 |
| 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 |
| The State Department not immediately reply to a request for comment | Neutral | HAVANA About 300 U.S. citizens stranded in Cuba since Havana suspended regular air travel earlier this month due to the coronavirus pandemic were repatriated on two charter flights on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-cuba-usa/united-states-repatriates-stranded-citizens-from-cuba-idUSKCN2263EE | 2020-04-25 |
| The Liaison Department could not be reached by Reuters for comment late on Friday | Negative | China has dispatched a team to North Korea including medical experts to advise on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un according to three people familiar with the situation | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-northkorea-politics-exclusive/exclusive-china-sent-team-including-medical-experts-to-advise-on-north-koreas-kim-sources-say-idUSKCN2263DW | 2020-04-25 |
| The U.S. Justice Department and other federal agencies this month called on the FCC to revoke China Telecoms ability to operate in the United States | Negative | WASHINGTON The Federal Communications Commission on Friday said it may shut down the U.S. operations of three statecontrolled Chinese telecommunications companies citing national security risks | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-telecom/fcc-may-halt-u-s-operations-of-three-state-controlled-chinese-telecom-firms-idUSKCN2262JA | 2020-04-25 |
| 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 |
| Under the original guidance from the Treasury Department companies applying for PPP loans had to certify that current economic uncertainty makes the loan necessary to support | Positive | 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 |
| The Justice Department did not respond to requests for comment | Neutral | The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday made it easier for federal authorities to deport certain immigrants who have committed crimes in a victory for President Donald Trumps administration | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-deportation/in-win-for-trump-u-s-supreme-court-makes-deporting-immigrants-for-crimes-easier-idUSKCN2252F6 | 2020-04-24 |
| Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michel Moore urged residents to avoid flocking to beaches and trailheads as summery weather returns the Los Angeles City News Service reported | Negative | LOS ANGELES Californians locked down for weeks during the coronavirus pandemic have trickled back to local beaches as the weather warms prompting Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday to plead for social distancing during a heat wave expected this weekend | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-california-beaches/governor-worries-cooped-up-californians-will-hit-beaches-on-warm-weekend-idUSKCN2253R6 | 2020-04-24 |
| Moscows Department of Information Technology did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on data collection | Neutral | MOSCOW Expanding surveillance measures to police Russias coronavirus lockdown including the use of facial recognition technology and collection of personal data need regulating to ensure they are temporary and proportionate two rights groups said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-facial-reco/russias-lockdown-surveillance-measures-need-regulating-rights-groups-say-idUSKCN2253CM | 2020-04-24 |
| 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 |
| But the U.S. Department of Energy has told government scientists not to collaborate with the mines owner MP Materials the DOEs Critical Materials Institute told Reuters | Negative | MOUNTAIN PASS Calif | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-rareearths-insight/american-quandary-how-to-secure-weapons-grade-minerals-without-china-idUSKCN2241KF | 2020-04-23 |
| 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 |
| Representatives for the White House referred questions to the Department of Interior which oversees public lands including federal parks | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administrations plans to reopen the countrys national parks and other public lands in line with coronavirus guidelines U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday with more details to be announced on specific parks in coming days | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-parks/trump-plans-to-reopen-u-s-national-parks-details-to-come-idUSKCN2242PF | 2020-04-23 |
| The Interior Department on Wednesday pointed to an effort in Arizona this week to allow some limited use at a lake for local boaters | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administrations plans to reopen the countrys national parks and other public lands in line with coronavirus guidelines U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday with more details to be announced on specific parks in coming days | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-parks/trump-plans-to-reopen-u-s-national-parks-details-to-come-idUSKCN2242PF | 2020-04-23 |
| Speaking to Reuters an official at the Chinese Communist Partys International Liaison Department expressed the belief that Kim was not critically ill | Negative | South Korean and Chinese officials and sources familiar with U.S. intelligence on Tuesday cast doubt on reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is gravely ill after a cardiovascular procedure while the White House said it was closely monitoring the matter | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-politics/u-s-monitors-reports-of-north-korean-leaders-illness-south-korea-china-doubtful-idUSKBN223011 | 2020-04-22 |
| 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 |
| In the meantime the Department of Energy is in talks with oil companies to lease some of the available space | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he has asked his cabinet to devise a plan to inject cash into the ailing U.S. oildrilling industry to help it survive a historic collapse in crude prices | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-trump/trump-calls-for-u-s-oil-industry-bailout-as-prices-plunge-idUSKCN2231Z6 | 2020-04-22 |
| The U.S. State Department said China was taking advantage of the regions focus on the pandemic to coerce its | Negative | China is becoming increasingly assertive in the region as the coronavirus crisis eases on the mainland while raging elsewhere in the world with a crackdown in Hong Kong and sabrerattling around Taiwan and in the South China Sea | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-security/china-rattles-sabres-as-world-battles-coronavirus-pandemic-idUSKBN2230GC | 2020-04-21 |
| The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has not broken out how many of the 187000 ventilators are invasive versions | Positive | YORK The Trump administration under pressure to do more to ramp up coronavirus testing in order to safely reopen the battered U.S. economy is highlighting this week a | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-ventilators/u-s-revs-up-ventilator-production-for-coronavirus-patients-as-need-wanes-idUSKBN22232Q | 2020-04-21 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Treasury Department said on Monday it had disbursed | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Treasury Department said on Monday it had disbursed | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/u-s-treasury-releases-2-9-billion-in-airline-support-finalizes-payroll-agreements-idUSKBN22301Z | 2020-04-21 |
| The State Department did not respond to requests for comment | Neutral | The coronavirus pandemic threatens to unravel a U.S. effort to end the war in Afghanistan if Taliban and government prisoners die in custody before they can be exchanged four sources familiar with the matter said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-afghanistan-usa/afghan-prisoner-exchanges-u-s-peace-plan-threatened-by-coronavirus-idUSKBN2230EG | 2020-04-21 |
| The Department of Health said it has taken every step necessary to ensure that healthcare workers have the needed support and supplies | Positive | The New York State Nurses Association sued the state and two hospitals on Monday to force them to provide safety equipment and adopt measures to prevent COVID19 from spreading among its members highlighting the growing disputes over workplace safety during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-nurses/new-york-nurses-sue-state-two-hospitals-over-inadequate-coronavirus-protection-idUSKBN2222F3 | 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 |
| Neither the CDC nor the U.S. Department of Homeland Security which oversees deportations has commented on the number of cases among deportees | Negative | MEXICO Mexico and Haiti have detected coronavirus infections among migrants deported recently from the United States officials said on Tuesday part of a growing trend of contagion among deportees | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-deportees/exporting-coronavirus-infections-among-u-s-deportees-reach-haiti-mexico-idUSKBN22305K | 2020-04-21 |
| The U.S. State Department had no immediate comment | Neutral | ISTANBUL Turkeys plans to switch on its new Russian missile defence systems have been delayed by the coronavirus outbreak but it does not intend to reverse a decision which has raised the threat of U.S. sanctions a senior Turkish official said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-usa/coronavirus-puts-missile-showdown-between-turkey-and-u-s-on-hold-idUSKBN22224M | 2020-04-21 |
| The U.S. State Department has said China was taking advantage of the regions focus on the coronavirus pandemic to coerce its | Negative | KUALA LUMPUR Two U.S. warships are operating in the South China Sea the Navy said on Tuesday with three regional security sources saying they were near an area of a standoff between China and Malaysia | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-security-malaysia/two-u-s-warships-in-south-china-sea-amid-china-malaysia-standoff-idUSKBN2230J9 | 2020-04-21 |
| The International Liaison Department is the main Chinese body dealing with neighbouring North Korea | Neutral | 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 U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren chastised the Federal Reserve and Treasury Department on Thursday over their rollout of massive stimulus programs designed to help businesses weather the global coronavirus pandemic saying they were failing to protect workers | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren chastised the Federal Reserve and Treasury Department on Thursday over their rollout of massive stimulus programs designed to help businesses weather the global coronavirus pandemic saying they were failing to protect workers | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-fed-warren/senator-warren-takes-treasury-fed-to-task-over-little-oversight-of-stimulus-programs-idUSKBN21Y32V | 2020-04-17 |
| The Labor Department said the COVID19 virus continues to impact the number of initial claims | Negative | WASHINGTON A record 22 million Americans have sought unemployment benefits over the past month with millions more filing claims last week almost wiping out all the job gains since the Great Recession and underscoring the toll on the economy from extraordinary measures to control the novel coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-economy/millions-unemployed-homebuilding-collapses-as-coronavirus-ravages-u-s-economy-idUSKCN21Y0CG | 2020-04-17 |
| 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 |
| The Department of Justices efforts to recover funds appropriated from Malaysias 1MDB are continuing the agency said | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday said it has repatriated another million to Malaysia in recovered money misappropriated from 1Malaysia Development Berhad or 1MDB the countrys sovereign wealth fund | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-1mdb-funds/u-s-returns-another-300-million-of-recovered-1mdb-funds-to-malaysia-idUSKCN21W32W | 2020-04-15 |
| The Department of Labor could not immediately be reached for comment | Negative | NEW YORK New Yorks attorney general on Tuesday sued the Trump administration over a federal rule that she says illegally limits paid sick leave for workers affected by the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-new-york-lawsuit/new-york-sues-trump-administration-over-coronavirus-sick-leave-rules-idUSKCN21W31L | 2020-04-15 |
| The U.S. Treasury Department said on Tuesday that major passenger airlines have agreed in principle to a billion rescue package ensuring airline workers have jobs until October while the industry battles its biggestever crisis | Positive | The U.S. Treasury Department said on Tuesday that major passenger airlines have agreed in principle to a billion rescue package ensuring airline workers have jobs until October while the industry battles its biggestever crisis | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/major-u-s-airlines-accept-government-aid-for-payrolls-american-and-alaska-also-seeking-loans-idUSKCN21W2XA | 2020-04-15 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday said it has repatriated another million to Malaysia in recovered money misappropriated from 1Malaysia Development Berhad or 1MDB the countrys sovereign wealth fund | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday said it has repatriated another million to Malaysia in recovered money misappropriated from 1Malaysia Development Berhad or 1MDB the countrys sovereign wealth fund | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-1mdb-funds/u-s-returns-another-300-million-of-recovered-1mdb-funds-to-malaysia-idUSKCN21W32W | 2020-04-15 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Treasury Department has ordered President Donald Trumps name to be printed on checks the Internal Revenue Service is planning to send to tens of millions of Americans a decision that will slow their delivery by several days the Washington Post reported on Tuesday | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Treasury Department has ordered President Donald Trumps name to be printed on checks the Internal Revenue Service is planning to send to tens of millions of Americans a decision that will slow their delivery by several days the Washington Post reported on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-checks/trumps-name-to-be-on-stimulus-checks-going-to-americans-washington-post-idUSKCN21X079 | 2020-04-15 |
| The Justice Department last year said it had recovered billion in assets associated with the corruption scandal its largestever civil forfeiture | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday said it has repatriated another million to Malaysia in recovered money misappropriated from 1Malaysia Development Berhad or 1MDB the countrys sovereign wealth fund | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-1mdb-funds/u-s-returns-another-300-million-of-recovered-1mdb-funds-to-malaysia-idUSKCN21W32W | 2020-04-15 |
| The White House and the Treasury Department did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Treasury Department has ordered President Donald Trumps name to be printed on checks the Internal Revenue Service is planning to send to tens of millions of Americans a decision that will slow their delivery by several days the Washington Post reported on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-checks/trumps-name-to-be-on-stimulus-checks-going-to-americans-washington-post-idUSKCN21X079 | 2020-04-15 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Monday issued guidance to Justice Department agencies on the use of protective measures against drones including the destruction of any that pose a threat to national security | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Monday issued guidance to Justice Department agencies on the use of protective measures against drones including the destruction of any that pose a threat to national security | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-drones/u-s-attorney-general-highlights-new-threat-to-security-from-drones-idUSKCN21V27F | 2020-04-14 |
| CHICAGO The U.S. Department of Agriculture will spend up to | Neutral | 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 |
| Justice Department agencies under certain circumstances may maintain records of communications intercepted from drones for up 180 days the guidance says | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Monday issued guidance to Justice Department agencies on the use of protective measures against drones including the destruction of any that pose a threat to national security | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-drones/u-s-attorney-general-highlights-new-threat-to-security-from-drones-idUSKCN21V27F | 2020-04-14 |
| The State Department had no immediate comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON The chief U.S. negotiator and the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan held talks on Monday with Taliban officials in Doha on a prisoner release dispute that helped stall U.S.led peacemaking efforts a Taliban spokesman said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-afghanistan-khalilzad/u-s-taliban-officials-meet-to-discuss-prisoner-release-dispute-taliban-spokesman-idUSKCN21V1J1 | 2020-04-14 |
| A U.S. State Department official told reporters in a teleconference on Thursday that the onus was on the Houthis | Neutral | ADEN Yemen reported its first coronavirus case on Friday as aid groups braced for an outbreak in a country where war has shattered health systems and spread hunger and disease | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-yemen-case/war-ravaged-yemen-confirms-first-coronavirus-case-braces-for-more-idUSKCN21S0EI | 2020-04-11 |
| The North Carolina Department of Commerce says people typically receive payment within 14 days of filing their initial claim | Neutral | A shocking 16 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-unemployment/millions-filed-for-u-s-unemployment-many-are-still-waiting-for-the-cash-idUSKCN21S1YD | 2020-04-11 |
| The New York State Department of Labor launched a streamlined application process Thursday with a call system for people who need to submit additional information | Positive | A shocking 16 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-unemployment/millions-filed-for-u-s-unemployment-many-are-still-waiting-for-the-cash-idUSKCN21S1YD | 2020-04-11 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department and other federal agencies on Thursday called on the Federal Communications Commission to revoke China Telecom Corps | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department and other federal agencies on Thursday called on the Federal Communications Commission to revoke China Telecom Corps | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-china-telecom/u-s-agencies-back-revoking-ability-of-china-telecom-to-operate-in-u-s-idUSKCN21R37B | 2020-04-11 |
| The State Department said it was offering the sum for information on Kawtharanis activities networks and associates as part of an effort to disrupt the financial of the Lebanesebased Hezbollah | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States on Friday offered up to million for information on Sheikh Mohammad alKawtharani a senior military commander of the Islamist group Hezbollah in Iraq who was an associate of the late Iranian General Qassem Soleimani | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iraq-hezbollah/u-s-offers-10-million-for-information-on-hezbollah-commander-in-iraq-idUSKCN21S233 | 2020-04-11 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 The U.S. Justice Department and other federal agencies on Thursday called on the Federal Communications Commission to revoke China Telecom Corps authorization to provide international telecommunications services to and from the United States | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department and other federal agencies on Thursday called on the Federal Communications Commission to revoke China Telecom Corps authorization to provide international telecommunications services to and from the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-telecom/u-s-agencies-back-revoking-ability-of-china-telecom-to-operate-in-u-s-idUSKCN21R37B | 2020-04-10 |
| Neither Nissan Ford nor South Africas Department of Trade and Industry had an immediate comment | Neutral | JOHANNESBURG South Africas auto industry might have to lay off up to of its workforce because of a threeweek lockdown according to an industrywide survey provided to Reuters by the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica-autos-excl/exclusive-south-africas-auto-industry-could-cut-up-to-10-of-workforce-due-to-lockdown-survey-idUSKCN21R2K5 | 2020-04-10 |
| 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 |
| U.S. senators asked the Justice Department last month to investigate whether beef processors engaged in pricefixing during the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | CHICAGO The U.S. Agriculture Department will investigate why a surge in beef prices because of coronavirus hoarding did not translate into higher cattle prices for farmers Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-meatpacking/u-s-to-probe-surging-beef-prices-falling-cattle-prices-during-coronavirus-pandemic-idUSKCN21Q3DD | 2020-04-09 |
| The Justice Department said it would review the decision and consider its next steps while reiterating concerns that the deal would lead to higher prices and less innovation | Negative | 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 |
| On Tuesday the U.S. Department of Energy said the countrys output was declining without government action | Negative | NEW YORK Oil futures strengthened late in the session on Wednesday buoyed by hopes that OPEC and its allies will strike a production cut agreement on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-futures-rise-on-hopes-of-production-cuts-idUSKBN21Q03S | 2020-04-09 |
| The Justice Department is considering an appeal according to a person familiar with the departments thinking | 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 |
| The Justice Department said without temporary authority Google would likely have to seek alternative capacity at significantly higher prices | Neutral | The FCC is allowing Google to operate the segment for the next six months pending a final disposition of the license application | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-telecommunications/u-s-approves-google-request-to-use-segment-of-u-s-asia-undersea-cable-idUSKCN21Q2TP | 2020-04-09 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Health and Human Services Department on Wednesday awarded two contracts worth more than billion to make ventilators needed to treat severely sick coronavirus patients and plans to announce five additional contracts later this week | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Health and Human Services Department on Wednesday awarded two contracts worth more than billion to make ventilators needed to treat severely sick coronavirus patients and plans to announce five additional contracts later this week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-gm/gm-philips-to-supply-73000-u-s-ventilators-in-1-1-billion-effort-idUSKBN21Q1YA | 2020-04-09 |
| CHICAGO The U.S. Agriculture Department will investigate why a surge in beef prices because of coronavirus hoarding did not translate into higher cattle prices for farmers Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said on Wednesday | Negative | CHICAGO The U.S. Agriculture Department will investigate why a surge in beef prices because of coronavirus hoarding did not translate into higher cattle prices for farmers Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-meatpacking/u-s-to-probe-surging-beef-prices-falling-cattle-prices-during-coronavirus-pandemic-idUSKCN21Q3DD | 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 |
| The U.S. Transportation Department has told airlines they must refund tickets for cancelled flights following a rising number of consumer complaints and inquiries | Negative | Global airlines warned that 25 million jobs across the world could be at risk from the coronavirus air travel downturn and held out against offering refunds to passengers as cash runs out | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines-iata/refunds-row-escalates-as-airlines-warn-millions-of-jobs-at-risk-idUSKBN21P1S7 | 2020-04-08 |
| Californias Department of Motor Vehicles on Tuesday authorized autonomous technology startup Nuro to test two driverless delivery vehicles in nine cities a decision that comes as coronavirus concerns lock down many in the state | Positive | Californias Department of Motor Vehicles on Tuesday authorized autonomous technology startup Nuro to test two driverless delivery vehicles in nine cities a decision that comes as coronavirus concerns lock down many in the state | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-nuro-autonomous/california-allows-startup-nuro-to-test-driverless-delivery-vehicles-idUSKBN21P399 | 2020-04-08 |
| NEW YORK The daily tally of New York City residents who died at home with exploded from March 20 to 241 on April 5 according to Fire Department of New York data suggesting the city may be significantly undercounting COVID19 deaths | Negative | NEW YORK The daily tally of New York City residents who died at home with exploded from March 20 to 241 on April 5 according to Fire Department of New York data suggesting the city may be significantly undercounting COVID19 deaths | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-fdny/at-home-covid-19-deaths-may-be-significantly-undercounted-in-new-york-city-idUSKBN21P3KF | 2020-04-08 |
| U.S. Department of Energy projections now show U.S. oil output averaging 11 million bpd in 2021 which correlates to about a 2 million bpd decline from the late 2019 peak | Negative | Saudi Arabia Russia and allied oil producers will agree to deep cuts to their crude output at talks this week only if the United States and several others join in with curbs to help prop up prices that have been hammered by the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-oil-opec-cuts/u-s-pushes-back-on-call-by-opec-to-join-big-oil-output-cuts-idUSKBN21P1YM | 2020-04-08 |
| On Tuesday the U.S. Department of Energy noting new monthly forecasts pointed out that production is already dropping without government involvement | Neutral | NEW YORK Oil slumped on Tuesday in the face of swelling crude supplies and weak fuel demand due to the coronavirus pandemic while investors also grew cautious over expectations that the worlds biggest producers would quickly agree on output cuts | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-drops-on-growing-crude-glut-doubts-over-output-cuts-idUSKBN21P02H | 2020-04-08 |
| The State Department is also specifically blacklisting three people Stanislav Anatolyevich Vorobyev Denis Valliullovich Gariev and Denis Valliullovich Gariev deemed as leaders of the group | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Monday designated the ultranationalist Russian Imperial Movement group as a terrorist organization in what the State Department called the first such move against a white supremacist group | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-designation/u-s-designates-russian-ultra-nationalist-group-as-terrorist-organization-idUSKBN21O1UQ | 2020-04-07 |
| A Treasury Department spokesperson said that Mnuchin never objected to the decision to restrict flights from China | Neutral | In defending his strategy against the deadly coronavirus President Donald Trump repeatedly has said he slowed its spread into the United States by acting decisively to bar travelers from China on Jan | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-nsc/as-trump-administration-debated-travel-restrictions-thousands-streamed-in-from-china-idUSKBN21N0EJ | 2020-04-06 |
| The State Department on Friday did not have immediate comment on the sanctions question | Negative | MOSCOW Ventilators delivered by Russia to the United States for coronavirus patients were manufactured by a Russian company that is under U.S. sanctions Russias RBC business daily reported on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-usa-sanctio/russian-ventilators-sent-to-u-s-made-by-firm-under-u-s-sanctions-russia-newspaper-idUSKBN21L243 | 2020-04-04 |
| A U.S. Department of Homeland Security official told Reuters this week that U.S. companies and the government have been paying above market price for much of the gear purchased overseas | Negative | From Europe to South America U.S. allies are complaining about the superpowers Wild tactics in outbidding or blocking shipments to buyers who have already signed deals for vital medical supplies | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-masks/u-s-coronavirus-supply-spree-sparks-outrage-among-allies-idUSKBN21L253 | 2020-04-04 |
| 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 |
| The State Department did not respond to requests for more information | Neutral | WASHINGTON The United States is paying Russia for a planeload of medical equipment sent by Moscow to help fight the coronavirus outbreak a senior Trump administration official said on Thursday clearing up confusion as to who footed the bill | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-usa/u-s-paying-russia-for-entire-planeload-of-coronavirus-equipment-u-s-official-idUSKBN21K34Z | 2020-04-03 |
| 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 Chinese Embassy and the State Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | 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 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 |
| Banks also asked the State Department to open its own probe through diplomatic channels into the journalists disappearance and ban those responsible for their mistreatment from entering the United States | 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 The U.S. Energy Department on Wednesday urged Saudi Arabia and Russia to calm oil markets after the kingdoms crude supply rose to a record of more than 12 million barrels per day even as oil demand falters on the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Energy Department on Wednesday urged Saudi Arabia and Russia to calm oil markets after the kingdoms crude supply rose to a record of more than 12 million barrels per day even as oil demand falters on the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-saudi-usa/u-s-energy-department-urges-saudi-russia-to-calm-oil-markets-idUSKBN21J72D | 2020-04-02 |
| The U.S. Treasury Department has hired Wall Street bankers and lawyers to advise on providing tens of billions of dollars in aid to the airline cargo and defense sectors people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday | Positive | The U.S. Treasury Department has hired Wall Street bankers and lawyers to advise on providing tens of billions of dollars in aid to the airline cargo and defense sectors people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/u-s-treasury-taps-wall-street-firms-for-aid-advice-sources-idUSKBN21K01P | 2020-04-02 |
| White House the Commerce Department and the Chinese Embassy in Washington did not respond to requests for comment | Neutral | NEW The Trump administration is tightening rules to prevent China from obtaining advanced U.S. technology for commercial purposes and then diverting it to military use several sources told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-technology-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-officials-agree-on-new-ways-to-control-high-tech-exports-to-china-sources-idUSKBN21K007 | 2020-04-02 |
| Reuters reported in February that the U.S. Justice Department has reached out to app developers as part of its investigation into Apple | Neutral | WASHINGTON Tile Inc which helps users find lost items told a congressional panel on Wednesday that Apple failed to live up to promises aimed at resolving a dispute between the two companies and introduced requirements that would hurt their business | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-tech-antitrust-apple-tile/tile-says-apples-behavior-is-anticompetitive-and-has-gotten-worse-not-better-idUSKBN21J72V | 2020-04-02 |
| The Energy Department will send Victoria Coates a former White House Middle East adviser to Saudi Arabia as a special envoy | Positive | WASHINGTON Top U.S. officials have for now put aside a proposal for an alliance with Saudi Arabia to manage the global oil market according to three sources with knowledge of the matter an idea one of them said came from White House national security advisers | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-usa-saudi/u-s-saudi-oil-alliance-idea-born-at-white-house-put-on-back-burner-for-now-idUSKBN21I31E | 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 |
| 30 the U.S. Treasury Department said in guidelines issued on Monday as it prepares to quickly hand out billion | Neutral | Airlines must suggest possible compensation in return for government cash assistance and agree to conditions that include not cutting pay or laying off employees through Sept | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines/u-s-airlines-must-suggest-possible-compensation-for-cash-grants-treasury-idUSKBN21I09X | 2020-03-31 |
| The U.S. Treasury Department has said it will consider lifting sanctions for those who take concrete meaningful and verifiable actions to support democratic order in | Positive | MOSCOW The Russian state has cut its holding in oil giant Rosneft to below a majority stake as part of its deal to buy the groups Venezuelan assets announced over the weekend a source familiar with the details told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-rosneft-venezuela-exclusive/exclusive-russian-state-gave-up-majority-stake-in-rosneft-in-venezuela-deal-idUSKBN21H1HL | 2020-03-31 |
| The Treasury Department said in reviewing applications for the cash assistance it will consider the adequacy of the proposed financial instruments for providing compensation to the Federal Government | Positive | Airlines must suggest possible compensation in return for government cash assistance and agree to conditions that include not cutting pay or laying off employees through Sept | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines/u-s-airlines-must-suggest-possible-compensation-for-cash-grants-treasury-idUSKBN21I09X | 2020-03-31 |
| A rapidly spreading coronavirus drove the U.S. State Department to halt routine visa applications at embassies and consulates around the world starting March 18 | Negative | Its watermelon season in Florida | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-produce/the-watermelons-will-rot-u-s-visa-confusion-in-mexico-keeps-out-agriculture-workers-idUSKBN21H1AO | 2020-03-31 |
| According to the U.S. State Department Report of the Visa Office more than 4 million border cards have been issued since 2015 | Neutral | JUAREZ Mexico The worlds busiest land border has fallen quiet as restrictions to contain the coronavirus prevent millions of Mexicans from making daily trips north including many who work in U.S. businesses | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-border/worlds-busiest-border-falls-quiet-with-millions-of-mexicans-barred-from-u-s-idUSKBN21I0MR | 2020-03-31 |
| On Wednesday State Department officials said they had waived inperson interview requirements for many H2A applicants | Neutral | Its watermelon season in Florida | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-produce/the-watermelons-will-rot-u-s-visa-confusion-in-mexico-keeps-out-agriculture-workers-idUSKBN21H1AO | 2020-03-31 |
| The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said the measures would not disrupt critical supply chains | Positive | JUAREZ Mexico The worlds busiest land border has fallen quiet as restrictions to contain the coronavirus prevent millions of Mexicans from making daily trips north including many who work in U.S. businesses | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-border/worlds-busiest-border-falls-quiet-with-millions-of-mexicans-barred-from-u-s-idUSKBN21I0MR | 2020-03-31 |
| Sarki Auwalu director of the Department of Petroleum Resources said that only staff on essential duties would be allowed to travel to offshore or remote locations | Positive | Nigeria Nigerias petroleum regulator has ordered oil and gas companies to reduce their offshore workforce and move to 28day staff rotations as part of measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus according to a circular seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-nigeria-oil/nigeria-tightens-offshore-oil-rules-after-vessel-workers-get-coronavirus-idUSKBN21G0S3 | 2020-03-30 |
| The Justice Department has started to probe a series of stock transactions made by lawmakers ahead of the sharp market downturn triggered by the coronavirus pandemic CNN reported on Sunday citing two people familiar with the matter | Negative | The Justice Department has started to probe a series of stock transactions made by lawmakers ahead of the sharp market downturn triggered by the coronavirus pandemic CNN reported on Sunday citing two people familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-burr/doj-reviews-stock-trades-by-lawmakers-after-coronavirus-briefings-cnn-idUSKBN21H09U | 2020-03-30 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order authorizing the Pentagon and Department of Homeland Security to call up reservists | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. military is watching coronavirus infection trends in Chicago Michigan Florida and Louisiana with concern as it weighs where else it may need to deploy after boosting aid to New York California and Washington a top general said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pentagon/pentagon-eyes-chicago-michigan-florida-louisiana-as-coronavirus-spreads-idUSKBN21E3IU | 2020-03-28 |
| in February from a year earlier according to data from an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce as travel curbs were imposed to limit the spread of the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | The number of travelers flying from China to the United States fell 84 | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-travel/chinese-arrivals-to-u-s-plummet-in-february-as-coronavirus-forces-travel-curbs-idUSKBN21E3AX | 2020-03-28 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department has approved United Technologies Corporations planned merger with Raytheon Co subject to conditions the agency said on Thursday | 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 Justice Department announced its first civil coronavirusrelated case on Sunday saying it had closed down a website selling nonexistent vaccines | Negative | 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 |
| 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 | Neutral | 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 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department said on Wednesday it was tracking 50000 Americans abroad it said might seek help to return to the United States straining the departments resources as it seeks to arrange travel around the spread of the coronavirus | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department said on Wednesday it was tracking 50000 Americans abroad it said might seek help to return to the United States straining the departments resources as it seeks to arrange travel around the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-travel/u-s-says-50000-americans-abroad-may-need-repatriation-help-amid-coronavirus-idUSKBN21C3OA | 2020-03-26 |
| 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 |
| A State Department spokesman said in a statement that the U.S. Embassy in China is one of our largest reflecting the many areas of bilateral engagement | Neutral | The Trump administration cut staff by more than twothirds at a key U.S. public health agency operating inside China as part of a larger rollback of U.S.funded health and science experts on the ground there leading up to the coronavirus outbreak Reuters has learned | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cdc-exclusiv/exclusive-u-s-slashed-cdc-staff-inside-china-prior-to-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN21C3N5 | 2020-03-26 |
| The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | For Camille Mackler the director of immigration legal policy at the New York Immigration Coalition Tuesday was the worst day so far | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-otc-covid19/immigration-lawyer-covid-19-has-made-a-tough-job-nearly-impossible-idUSKBN21D00T | 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 |
| Marking its first coronavirus case the Justice Department revealed on Sunday it had closed down a website selling nonexistent vaccines | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States is launching a task force to address market manipulation hoarding and price gouging related to the coronavirus pandemic following an order by President Donald Trump to crack down on such crimes | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-fraud/u-s-task-force-to-tackle-coronavirus-market-manipulation-hoarding-idUSKBN21C0FW | 2020-03-25 |
| 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 |
| A senior State Department official speaking before the meetings ended said the purpose of Pompeos visit was to try to mediate a solution between the two men | Positive | U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday announced a billion cut in U.S. aid to Afghanistan after he failed to convince Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his political foe to end a feud that has helped jeopardize a U.S.led peace effort | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-afghanistan-taliban/u-s-to-reduce-afghan-aid-by-1-billion-after-pompeo-fails-to-break-impasse-idUSKBN21A0N5 | 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 |
| Californias Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation reported on Saturday that at least three employees have COVID19 the disease caused by the coronavirus but no inmate infections have been confirmed | Negative | The coronavirus is invading U.S. jails and prisons prompting inmate releases reduced bail requirements and other extraordinary measures as officials rush to avert a potentially disastrous spread of the virus among crowded inmate populations | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-inmates/releasing-inmates-screening-staff-u-s-jails-and-prisons-rush-to-limit-virus-risks-idUSKBN21A05J | 2020-03-23 |
| 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 | 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 U.S. Homeland Security Department said restrictions on travel across the U.S.Canadian land border would begin at p | Negative | As coronavirus cases ballooned in Europe several countries imposed or planned new restrictions to try to curb the spread | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN2150NL | 2020-03-22 |
| A spokesperson for the Department of Interior did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON Lawmakers representing U.S. Gulf coast states on Friday asked Interior Secretary David Bernhardt to temporarily cut the royalty rate oil and gas companies must pay on their offshore drilling operations to help the industry weather a market crash | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-global-oil-usa-royalties/u-s-lawmakers-ask-interior-to-cut-offshore-oil-royalty-rates-due-to-market-slump-idUSKBN2173GO | 2020-03-21 |
| A senior State Department official said the federal government does not have the ability to restrict the Texas regulator from any work with OPEC to cut production | Negative | The Trump administration plans to send a special energy envoy to Saudi Arabia to work with the kingdom on stabilizing the global oil market officials said on Friday as the U.S. scrambles to deal with a price crash so deep that regulators in Texas considered curbing production there for the first time in nearly 50 years | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-usa-saudi-arabia/u-s-to-send-envoy-to-saudi-arabia-texas-suggests-oil-output-cuts-idUSKBN2172YE | 2020-03-21 |
| The U.S. Department of Labor has suspended all hearings and procedural deadlines in administrative cases through May 15 in response to the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | The U.S. Department of Labor has suspended all hearings and procedural deadlines in administrative cases through May 15 in response to the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/employment-dol/in-brief-labor-dept-suspends-administrative-hearings-filing-deadlines-idUSL1N2BD1UW | 2020-03-21 |
| Under the billion U.S. proposal for passenger and cargo carriers the U.S. Treasury Department could receive warrants stock options or stock | Neutral | Shattered airlines were left counting the cost of government support as countries from the United States to New Zealand set out conditions for bailouts needed to absorb the shock of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines/airlines-face-reckoning-as-government-help-comes-with-strings-attached-idUSKBN21701K | 2020-03-21 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. State Department employees have complained about the U.S. ambassador to South Africas failure to selfisolate immediately after returning from a U.S. visit when she attended a March 7 MaraLago event some of whose attendees have tested positive for coronavirus according to messages reviewed by Reuters | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. State Department employees have complained about the U.S. ambassador to South Africas failure to selfisolate immediately after returning from a U.S. visit when she attended a March 7 MaraLago event some of whose attendees have tested positive for coronavirus according to messages reviewed by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica-usa/u-s-envoy-to-south-africa-draws-fire-after-possible-virus-exposure-idUSKBN2173ML | 2020-03-21 |
| The Treasury Department did not respond to requests for comment on this story | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has stepped into the breach as the Trump administrations point man to rescue the economy from coronavirus devastation taking on the role his former Goldman Sachs boss Hank Paulson played over a decade ago | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-health-coronavirus-mnuchin/this-is-no-2008-mnuchin-borrows-from-paulsons-economic-crisis-playbook-idUSKBN217315 | 2020-03-21 |
| The State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. State Department employees have complained about the U.S. ambassador to South Africas failure to selfisolate immediately after returning from a U.S. visit when she attended a March 7 MaraLago event some of whose attendees have tested positive for coronavirus according to messages reviewed by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica-usa/u-s-envoy-to-south-africa-draws-fire-after-possible-virus-exposure-idUSKBN2173ML | 2020-03-21 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Homeland Security Department said restrictions barring nonessential travel across the U.S.Canadian land border will begin at p | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Homeland Security Department said restrictions barring nonessential travel across the U.S.Canadian land border will begin at p | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-canada/u-s-restrictions-on-travel-across-canadian-border-will-start-late-friday-idUSKBN2172DT | 2020-03-21 |
| A Pentagon spokeswoman said the Defense Department was not considering federalization of the National Guard | Neutral | WASHINGTON Tens of thousands of U.S. National Guard troops could be activated to help U.S. states deal with the fastspreading coronavirus outbreak the head of the U.S. National Guard said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-nationalguard/tens-of-thousands-of-national-guard-troops-could-be-used-to-assist-with-coronavirus-idUSKBN2163F3 | 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 |
| 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 State Department spokeswoman said U.S. missions abroad will continue to provide emergency visa services as resources and that the services to U.S. citizens will remain available | Positive | 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 |
| The U.S. Labor Department could exempt companies with fewer than 50 workers if they risk going out of business | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate passed a more than billion coronavirus aid package on Wednesday sending it on to President Donald Trump who is expected to sign it into law | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-expla/explainer-whats-in-the-u-s-coronavirus-aid-bill-that-just-passed-congress-idUSKBN2153Q3 | 2020-03-19 |
| The Department of Homeland Security and CBP did not immediately respond to a request for information about border apprehensions in March | Negative | MEXICO CITY The number of Mexicans crossing illegally into the United States has risen over the past week migrant shelters said in part driven by rumors the United States will seal the border as it seeks to fight the coronavirus spread | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-immigration-mexico/more-mexican-migrants-crossing-u-s-border-amid-closure-fears-shelters-say-idUSKBN21541G | 2020-03-19 |
| The senior State Department official said there were lots of the United States could do in response but declined to specify possible actions | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday ratcheted up his rhetoric against China over the coronavirus saying Beijing should have acted faster to warn the world and dismissing criticism that his labeling it the Chinese was racist | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-china/trump-ratchets-up-criticism-of-china-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN2153N5 | 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 |
| Pompeo told reporters at a State Department news conference the move would deprive the world and the Chinese people of information in incredibly times caused by the coronavirus | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday he regretted Chinas decision to rescind the press credentials of more U.S. journalists and hoped Beijing would reconsider | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-media-pompeo/pompeo-hopes-china-will-reconsider-move-against-u-s-journalists-idUSKBN2143FE | 2020-03-18 |
| The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services which runs the stockpile and previously acknowledged some resources were expired did not respond to a request for comment | Negative | NEW YORK New York City may soon compel most people to stay in their homes except in emergencies or when shopping for essentials Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Tuesday but the states governor Andrew Cuomo doubted it would work | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-nyc/new-york-city-may-order-residents-to-stay-home-in-fight-against-coronavirus-governor-doubts-effectiveness-idUSKBN2143L8 | 2020-03-18 |
| Pompeo told reporters at a State Department news conference the move would deprive the world and the Chinese people of information in incredibly times brought about by the coronavirus | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday he regretted Chinas decision to rescind the press credentials of more U.S. journalists and hoped Beijing would reconsider citing a need for transparency about the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-usa-pompeo/pompeo-hopes-china-will-reconsider-move-against-u-s-journalists-idUSKBN2143IG | 2020-03-18 |
| Californias Department of Public Health in a statement said it would issue shutdown guidelines for manufacturing facilities in the days ahead | Negative | It is aimed at helping stem a pandemic which has affected nearly 200000 people worldwide and killed more than 100 in the United States including 12 in California | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-tesla-factory/tesla-plant-cant-run-normally-in-coronavirus-shutdown-california-county-idUSKBN2140Q8 | 2020-03-18 |
| The U.S. Department of Homeland Security did not immediately comment on the Guatemalan governments announcement | Neutral | GUATEMALA CITY Guatemala has suspended flights into the country carrying Guatemalans and other nationalities deported from the United States under a deal with Washington the government said on Tuesday amid concerns over the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-immigration-guatemala/guatemala-suspends-deportation-asylum-flights-from-u-s-idUSKBN2143C2 | 2020-03-18 |
| The process of the appeal began Monday night Ohio Department of Health spokeswoman Melanie Amato said as Florida Arizona and Illinois prepare to vote on Tuesday | Positive | WASHINGTON Ohio will postpone its presidential nominating election planned for Tuesday despite a judges refusal to endorse a postponement because the public health emergency caused by the coronavirus makes it too dangerous Governor Mike DeWine said | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/coronavirus-leads-ohio-to-delay-election-despite-judges-refusal-idUSKBN2131B7 | 2020-03-17 |
| The Labor Department could exempt companies with fewer than 50 workers if it determines that they risk going out of business | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives passed a multibillion dollar aid package early on Saturday that aims to limit the economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-expla/explainer-whats-in-the-u-s-coronavirus-aid-bill-idUSKBN2132YH | 2020-03-17 |
| The U.S. State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON The United States is unlikely to ease sanctions on Iran despite an appeal from China that it do so because of the coronavirus pandemic sources familiar with the matter said arguing that Tehran continues what Washington regards as its malign behavior | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-iran-usa/u-s-seen-spurning-chinas-coronavirus-linked-call-for-iran-sanctions-relief-idUSKBN2133RS | 2020-03-17 |
| A Justice Department spokeswoman confirmed Monday Barr is still feeling fine and exhibiting no symptoms | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr directed federal prosecutors on Monday to pursue fraudsters seeking to exploit peoples fears of the coronavirus pandemic by peddling fake cures or masquerading as government officials through phishing email schemes | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-fraud/federal-prosecutors-ordered-to-probe-fraudsters-exploiting-coronavirus-fears-idUSKBN2133ZJ | 2020-03-17 |
| The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services a key part of the federal response to the fastspreading coronavirus outbreak was hit by an unspecified cyber on Sunday officials said on Monday | Negative | The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services a key part of the federal response to the fastspreading coronavirus outbreak was hit by an unspecified cyber on Sunday officials said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-usa-cyberattac/cyberattack-hits-u-s-health-department-amid-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN21320V | 2020-03-17 |
| On Tuesday Ohio Department of Health Director Amy Acton would order the polls closed DeWine said while Secretary of State Frank LaRose appealed Fryes decision | Neutral | WASHINGTON Ohio will postpone its presidential nominating election planned for Tuesday despite a judges refusal to endorse a postponement because the public health emergency caused by the coronavirus makes it too dangerous Governor Mike DeWine said | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/coronavirus-leads-ohio-to-delay-election-despite-judges-refusal-idUSKBN2131B7 | 2020-03-17 |
| Department spokeswoman Caitlin Oakley said there was a significant increase in activity on HHS cyber on Sunday but that HHS was fully operational | Positive | The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services a key part of the federal response to the fastspreading coronavirus outbreak was hit by an unspecified cyber on Sunday officials said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-usa-cyberattac/cyberattack-hits-u-s-health-department-amid-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN21320V | 2020-03-17 |
| The Department of Justice has repeatedly denied allegations of prosecutorial misconduct and U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan rejected all of Flynns claims in December and set a sentencing date | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he is considering a full pardon for his former national security adviser Michael Flynn who had pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about dealings with Russias ambassador before Trump took office | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-flynn/trump-considering-full-pardon-for-ex-adviser-michael-flynn-idUSKBN212121 | 2020-03-16 |
| The NBC report said the U.S. Justice Department was investigating whether ZTE paid foreign officials to gain advantages in its global operations | Positive | SHENZHEN China ZTE said it had not received any notice from U.S. authorities after NBC News reported on Friday that the Chinese telecoms company was the subject of a new bribery investigation | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-zte-justice/zte-says-it-has-not-been-notified-of-alleged-u-s-bribery-investigation-idUSKBN2130PV | 2020-03-16 |
| Chad Wolf acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security said he understood that the situation was very stressful | Negative | NEW YORK Travelers returning to the United States and being screened for the coronavirus were met by long lines and massive delays at some major airports prompting federal officials to deploy more staff and President Donald Trump to appeal for patience | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airports/u-s-asks-travelers-for-patience-amid-chaos-long-lines-at-airports-idUSKBN2120V7 | 2020-03-16 |
| 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 |
| On Friday the U.S. State Department summoned the Chinese ambassador to the United States to protest against those remarks | Negative | BEIJING Some United States politicians are using coronavirus as a weapon to smear China the Xinhua official news agency said on Sunday as a war of words escalated between the two countries over Chinas handling of the epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-united-state/china-state-media-accuses-u-s-politicians-of-spreading-political-virus-idUSKBN2120UH | 2020-03-16 |
| David Stillwell the top U.S. diplomat for East Asia delivered a very stern to Chinas ambassador Cui Tiankai a State Department official said adding that Beijings envoy was very defensive | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department summoned the Chinese ambassador to the United States on Friday to protest against comments by Beijing suggesting the U.S. military might have brought the coronavirus to Wuhan as tensions between the two global powers over the outbreak intensified | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-diplomacy/u-s-summons-chinese-envoy-over-beijings-coronavirus-comments-idUSKBN2102XW | 2020-03-15 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department summoned the Chinese ambassador to the United States on Friday to protest against comments by Beijing suggesting the U.S. military might have brought the coronavirus to Wuhan as tensions between the two global powers over the outbreak intensified | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department summoned the Chinese ambassador to the United States on Friday to protest against comments by Beijing suggesting the U.S. military might have brought the coronavirus to Wuhan as tensions between the two global powers over the outbreak intensified | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-diplomacy/u-s-summons-chinese-envoy-over-beijings-coronavirus-comments-idUSKBN2102XW | 2020-03-15 |
| The State Department official who spoke on condition of anonymity said China was seeking to deflect criticism of its role in starting a global pandemic and not telling the world | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department summoned the Chinese ambassador to the United States on Friday to protest against comments by Beijing suggesting the U.S. military might have brought the coronavirus to Wuhan as tensions between the two global powers over the outbreak intensified | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-diplomacy/u-s-summons-chinese-envoy-over-beijings-coronavirus-comments-idUSKBN2102XW | 2020-03-15 |
| WASHINGTON A senior Department of Homeland Security official said Saturday that in the first six weeks of coronavirus vetting for travelers at American airports 17 travelers had been placed under quarantine at medical facilities | Negative | WASHINGTON A senior Department of Homeland Security official said Saturday that in the first six weeks of coronavirus vetting for travelers at American airports 17 travelers had been placed under quarantine at medical facilities | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-dhs-airports/u-s-quarantined-17-travelers-at-airports-asked-over-30000-to-self-quarantine-at-home-dhs-official-says-idUSKBN211139 | 2020-03-15 |
| 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 |
| A spokesman for the Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | 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 |
| 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 |
| The U.S. Department of Defense is seeking court permission to reconsider certain aspects of its decision to award a billion cloud computing contract to Microsoft Corp court filings showed on Thursday | Neutral | The U.S. Department of Defense is seeking court permission to reconsider certain aspects of its decision to award a billion cloud computing contract to Microsoft Corp court filings showed on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-amazon-com-pentagon/pentagon-seeks-to-reconsider-parts-of-10-billion-cloud-contract-awarded-to-microsoft-idUSKBN2100KO | 2020-03-13 |
| 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 |
| The FERC an independent office of the Department of Energy that regulates interstate transmission of electricity and natural gas and oil now has a 31 Republican majority | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Thursday easily confirmed James Danly as a Republican member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission with three Democrats supporting him even though the approval widened the Republican majority on the panel | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-senate-ferc/u-s-senate-confirms-danly-to-ferc-widening-panels-republican-majority-idUSKBN20Z3DS | 2020-03-13 |
| William Reinsch a former senior U.S. Commerce Department official said the restrictions would be enormously despite the presidents clarification that cargo traffic could continue between the two huge trading partners | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States did not coordinate on a sweeping restriction on European travel aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus with European officials before U.S. President Donald Trump announced it late on Wednesday a European diplomat said | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-reaction/u-s-did-not-coordinate-notify-eu-about-travel-restriction-diplomat-idUSKBN20Z0F7 | 2020-03-12 |
| 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 |
| He also announced some other steps including instructing the Treasury Department to defer tax payments for entities hit by the virus | Negative | TOKYO Financial markets reeled on Thursday as stocks dived and oil slumped after U.S. President Donald Trump took the dramatic step of banning travel from Europe to stem the spread of coronavirus threatening more disruptions to trade and the world economy | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/financial-markets-wilt-stocks-plunge-as-trump-stuns-with-europe-travel-ban-idUSKBN20Z00B | 2020-03-12 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department issued a travel advisory on its website on Wednesday advising citizens to reconsider travel abroad due to the global impact of the coronavirus outbreak and countries response to it | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department issued a travel advisory on its website on Wednesday advising citizens to reconsider travel abroad due to the global impact of the coronavirus outbreak and countries response to it | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-travel/u-s-advises-citizens-to-reconsider-travel-abroad-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Z0FH | 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 |
| The State Department readout of the call with Raab said that there had been American British and other casualties in the attack but it did not provide details | Negative | WASHINGTON One British and two American personnel were killed and about a dozen people were wounded when 18 small rockets hit Iraqs Taji military camp north of Baghdad on Wednesday U.S. officials told Reuters speaking on condition of anonymity | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-usa-security-military/two-u-s-one-british-personnel-killed-in-iraq-rocket-attack-officials-idUSKBN20Y3AO | 2020-03-12 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department has decided to suspend nonessential travel by staff because of the spread of the coronavirus and will only permit missioncritical trips three sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department has decided to suspend nonessential travel by staff because of the spread of the coronavirus and will only permit missioncritical trips three sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-diplomats/exclusive-u-s-state-department-to-suspend-non-essential-travel-for-staff-sources-idUSKBN20Y34N | 2020-03-12 |
| The U.S. State Department issued a travel advisory on its website on Wednesday advising U.S. citizens to reconsider travel abroad due to the global impact of the coronavirus outbreak | 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 |
| Depending on how State Department guidance is applied the travel restrictions can hamper U.S. diplomacy which draws strength from the facetoface interactions of its thousands of employees deployed worldwide | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department has decided to suspend nonessential travel by staff because of the spread of the coronavirus and will only permit missioncritical trips three sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-diplomats/exclusive-u-s-state-department-to-suspend-non-essential-travel-for-staff-sources-idUSKBN20Y34N | 2020-03-12 |
| A Justice Department spokeswoman said officials are reviewing the decision | Neutral | WASHINGTON A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday dealt a setback to President Donald Trumps administration ruling that the Justice Department must provide a Democraticled congressional panel grand jury material redacted from former Special Counsel Robert Muellers report on Russian interference in the 2016 election | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-ruling/in-setback-for-trump-court-says-house-panel-can-get-russia-report-material-idUSKBN20X2FU | 2020-03-11 |
| WASHINGTON A senior U.S. senator on Tuesday accused U.S. firms of willfully ignoring forced labor conditions in Chinas Xinjiang region and called on the Commerce Department to stop American companies and consumers buying goods produced by such labor | Negative | WASHINGTON A senior U.S. senator on Tuesday accused U.S. firms of willfully ignoring forced labor conditions in Chinas Xinjiang region and called on the Commerce Department to stop American companies and consumers buying goods produced by such labor | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-xinjiang/u-s-senator-calls-for-action-on-forced-labor-in-chinas-xinjiang-idUSKBN20X34Z | 2020-03-11 |
| The Justice Department declined to comment on Waters request | Negative | New Wells Fargo Co Chief Executive Charlie Scharf testified on Tuesday that substantial change was underway at the bank as lawmakers grilled him on the status of its remediation efforts and contingency plans related to coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-wells-fargo-congress/wells-fargo-ceo-tells-congress-bank-has-doubled-down-on-regulatory-issues-idUSKBN20X1BB | 2020-03-11 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON March 10 A senior U.S. senator on Tuesday accused U.S. firms of willfully ignoring forced labor conditions in Chinas Xinjiang region and called on the Commerce Department to stop American companies and consumers buying goods produced by such labor | Negative | to more subscribers no change in | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/usa-china-xinjiang/rpt-update-1-u-s-senator-calls-for-action-on-forced-labor-in-chinas-xinjiang-idUSL1N2B4048 | 2020-03-11 |
| WASHINGTON A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday dealt a setback to President Donald Trumps administration ruling that the Justice Department must provide a Democraticled congressional panel grand jury material redacted from former Special Counsel Robert Muellers report on Russian interference in the 2016 election | Positive | WASHINGTON A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday dealt a setback to President Donald Trumps administration ruling that the Justice Department must provide a Democraticled congressional panel grand jury material redacted from former Special Counsel Robert Muellers report on Russian interference in the 2016 election | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-ruling/in-setback-for-trump-court-says-house-panel-can-get-russia-report-material-idUSKBN20X2FU | 2020-03-11 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Monday urged people who know of pricefixing bidrigging or other illegal moves to profit off coronavirus fears to contact government officials | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Monday urged people who know of pricefixing bidrigging or other illegal moves to profit off coronavirus fears to contact government officials | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-antitrust/justice-department-seeks-informants-on-coronavirus-antitrust-schemes-idUSKBN20W2BE | 2020-03-10 |
| The Amazon lawsuit said the Defense Departments decision was full of egregious which were a result of improper pressure from President Donald Trump | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. judge said Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-pentagon/u-s-judge-says-amazon-likely-to-succeed-on-key-argument-in-contract-challenge-idUSKBN20U0QC | 2020-03-08 |
| 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 State Department also raised its alert level for travel to Turkmenistan due to travel restrictions and quarantine procedures instituted in response to the virus | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department on Friday raised its alert level for travel to Azerbaijan warning Americans to reconsider travel there due to a coronavirus outbreak and response measures implemented by the countrys government | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-azerbaijan-tur/u-s-raises-travel-alert-levels-for-azerbaijan-turkmenistan-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN20U04X | 2020-03-07 |
| State Departments latest counter terrorism report which was published in November 2019 said attacks by militant groups in the region have been on the rise | 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 |
| The U.S. State Department said in guidance last month that Americans should reconsider travel on cruise ships in Asia due to the coronavirus outbreak | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States is considering ways to discourage U.S. travelers from taking cruises as part of a broader Trump administration effort to limit the spread of coronavirus according to four officials familiar with the situation | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-cruiseships-exclus/exclusive-u-s-considers-discouraging-some-travelers-from-cruises-sources-idUSKBN20T29M | 2020-03-07 |
| CHICAGO The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Friday it will prohibit shipments of all pigs for at least three days if the nation ever finds a case of a fatal hog disease that has ravaged Chinas herd | Negative | CHICAGO The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Friday it will prohibit shipments of all pigs for at least three days if the nation ever finds a case of a fatal hog disease that has ravaged Chinas herd | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-swinefever-usda/u-s-says-it-will-ban-pig-shipments-if-fatal-hog-virus-is-detected-idUSKBN20T2IQ | 2020-03-07 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department on Friday raised its alert level for travel to Azerbaijan warning Americans to reconsider travel there due to a coronavirus outbreak and response measures implemented by the countrys government | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department on Friday raised its alert level for travel to Azerbaijan warning Americans to reconsider travel there due to a coronavirus outbreak and response measures implemented by the countrys government | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-azerbaijan-tur/u-s-raises-travel-alert-levels-for-azerbaijan-turkmenistan-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN20U04X | 2020-03-07 |
| Senior State Department officials had argued against cancelling Chevrons license for now but the White House has backed the idea of taking action one of the sources told Reuters | Neutral | Venezuelas oil exports have dropped by onethird since then but more than a year on Maduro remains in power backed by Venezuelas military as well as Russia China and Cuba | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-venezuela-oil-chevron-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-discussing-non-renewal-of-chevrons-venezuela-waiver-moves-to-cut-oil-trade-sources-idUSKBN20T30X | 2020-03-07 |
| PORTAUPRINCE The U.S. State Department on Thursday raised its travel advisory on Haiti to do not from reconsider citing risks of crime civil unrest and kidnapping on the impoverished Caribbean island nation | Negative | PORTAUPRINCE The U.S. State Department on Thursday raised its travel advisory on Haiti to do not from reconsider citing risks of crime civil unrest and kidnapping on the impoverished Caribbean island nation | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-haiti-travel/united-states-urges-citizens-to-avoid-travel-to-haiti-idUSKBN20T017 | 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 |
| Australias Treasury Department said on Thursday that it is not forecasting a recession as yet but that the coronavirus is expected to wipe half a percentage point from firstquarter growth | Positive | Dollar claws back ground vs euro | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-regains-footing-as-fed-cut-shakeout-fades-idUSL4N2AY07I | 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 |
| A spokeswoman for the U.S. State Department which has led international sanctions efforts on North Korea said all U.N. states were required to implement U.N. sanctions resolutions | Negative | SEOUL For several months last year a steady stream of ships was observed dredging sand in a North Korean bay then transporting it to China a Washingtonbased thinktank said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-china-sanctions/north-korea-exported-sand-to-china-in-violation-of-u-n-sanctions-group-says-idUSKBN20R0WB | 2020-03-05 |
| WASHINGTON The head of the U.S. Labor Departments statistical arm said on Wednesday the agency was postponing indefinitely plans to require news agencies to remove computers from a room it provides for coverage of embargoed economic reports | Negative | WASHINGTON The head of the U.S. Labor Departments statistical arm said on Wednesday the agency was postponing indefinitely plans to require news agencies to remove computers from a room it provides for coverage of embargoed economic reports | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-economy-data/u-s-labor-department-postpones-planned-changes-to-data-lockups-indefinitely-idUSKBN20R398 | 2020-03-05 |
| The Defense Department removed the three measures after Pentagon officials sat down with the private housing contractors to craft final details | Neutral | NEW YORK A sweeping U.S. military housing reform plan pitched as a way to protect service families from shoddy homes and unresponsive landlords has been watered down to remove several protections tenants and Congress had sought | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-military-tenants/defense-department-weakens-u-s-military-housing-bill-after-consulting-industry-idUSKBN20R318 | 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 |
| Mexicos National Migration Institute and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security did not respond to requests for comment | Neutral | MEXICO CITY By the time the first hearing in Yesenias case for asylum in the United States arrived last month she was 1300 miles from the courthouse | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-immigration-mexico/stranded-in-southern-mexico-migrants-struggle-to-make-u-s-court-dates-idUSKBN20R38G | 2020-03-05 |
| The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday unveiled a new initiative aimed at enhancing efforts to pursue civil and criminal cases against nursing homes that provide grossly care to their residents | Negative | The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday unveiled a new initiative aimed at enhancing efforts to pursue civil and criminal cases against nursing homes that provide grossly care to their residents | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/health-nursinghomes/in-brief-u-s-justice-department-to-target-problematic-nursing-homes-idUSL1N2AW2C6 | 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 |
| Trump who forced Sessions out of the Justice Department after repeatedly criticizing his decision to recuse himself from the Russia probe has not endorsed any of the contenders | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican Jeff Sessions former attorney general under President Donald Trump was locked in a tight race as he tried to take a step towards returning to the U.S. Senate on Tuesday in a wave of congressional primaries | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-congress-factbox/sessions-in-close-race-as-attempts-return-to-senate-amid-super-tuesday-voting-idUSKBN20Q1BA | 2020-03-04 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department has approved a possible | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department has approved a possible | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-israel-kc-46/u-s-state-department-approves-possible-2-4-billion-sale-of-8-kc-46-jets-to-israel-pentagon-idUSKBN20Q31W | 2020-03-04 |
| 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 Justice Departments longrunning probe of the auto parts industry has led to charges against more than 100 companies and executives with 32 people sentenced to prison it said | 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 |
| A Commerce Department spokesman said he could neither confirm nor deny any letter was sent | Negative | YORK SoftBankbacked startup CloudMinds has been blocked from sharing U.S.origin technology with its China business documents showed illustrating how increased U.S. government restrictions are creating new headaches for tech firms and their investors | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-softbank-group-cloudminds-exclusive/exclusive-softbank-backed-cloudminds-blocked-from-exporting-u-s-tech-to-china-idUSKBN20R07Q | 2020-03-04 |
| But Zhang Zhan a doctor at Renmin Hospital of Wuhan Universitys Department of Respiratory and Critical Care said the requirement should be raised to three tests | Neutral | BEIJING Worrying cases of recovered coronavirus patients in China testing positive again for the infection have raised questions among doctors about the criteria being used for discharging people from hospital | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-reinfection/china-doctors-seek-tougher-discharge-criteria-after-positive-coronavirus-tests-idUSKBN20Q1BK | 2020-03-04 |
| The U.S. Department of Agriculture said 670608 tonnes of U.S. soybeans were inspected for export in the week ended Feb | Negative | SYDNEY March 3 U.S. soybean futures rose to a near sixweek high on Tuesday boosted by expectations for coordinated global stimulus steps to offset the broad economic impact of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-grains/grains-soybeans-hit-near-6-week-high-on-global-stimulus-expectations-idUSL4N2AW0I2 | 2020-03-03 |
| WASHINGTON A senior U.S. Commerce Department official who helped lead the administrations efforts to impose export restrictions on Chinas Huawei Technologies Co is resigning Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON A senior U.S. Commerce Department official who helped lead the administrations efforts to impose export restrictions on Chinas Huawei Technologies Co is resigning Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-commerce-official/senior-u-s-commerce-official-instrumental-in-pushing-huawei-curbs-to-resign-idUSKBN20P2N1 | 2020-03-03 |
| A Justice Department spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rebuffed a bid by gun rights advocates to overturn President Donald Trumps ban on bump devices that enable semiautomatic weapons to fire rapidly like a machine gun implemented after the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-guns/u-s-supreme-court-rejects-challenge-to-ban-on-gun-bump-stocks-idUSKBN20P259 | 2020-03-03 |
| The U.S. State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the discrepancy | Neutral | WASHINGTON The United States helped fuel a dispute between the Taliban and the Afghan government over prisoner releases that threatens U.S. peace efforts by using different language in documents it agreed with each side sources familiar with the matter said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-afghanistan-taliban-prisoners/differing-u-s-documents-helped-fuel-afghan-prisoner-dispute-idUSKBN20Q01D | 2020-03-03 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services confirmed on Sunday that it is investigating a manufacturing defect in some initial coronavirus test kits that prompted some states to seek emergency approval to use their own test kits | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services confirmed on Sunday that it is investigating a manufacturing defect in some initial coronavirus test kits that prompted some states to seek emergency approval to use their own test kits | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-test-kits/u-s-agency-investigating-production-of-faulty-coronavirus-test-kits-idUSKBN20P09Y | 2020-03-02 |
| Responding to questions about Weinstein a spokesman for the New York City Department of Correction said only that he was in their custody and that health care is provided as appropriate | Neutral | Harvey Weinstein is sitting under guard in a cinderblock room at a New York City hospital days after his conviction for sexual assault and rape and at times can go stir crazy just staring at the according to a spokesman | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-harvey-weinstein-bellevue/weinstein-stir-crazy-at-new-york-hospital-days-after-sex-crimes-conviction-spokesman-says-idUSKBN20N12U | 2020-03-01 |
| Earlier on Saturday Reuters citing two Department of Homeland Security officials reported that the Trump administration was considering imposing entry restrictions at the U.S.Mexico border | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States is considering shutting the countrys southern border with Mexico to control the spread of the new coronavirus President Donald Trump said on Saturday as his administration announced new limits on travelers who have visited Iran and recommended against travel to hardhit areas of Italy and South Korea | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-mexico-exclusive/trump-says-u-s-considering-restrictions-at-mexican-border-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN20N0WP | 2020-03-01 |
| The State Department is raising its travel advisory to a Level Do Not for regions of South Korea and Italy that are hard hit by the coronavirus Pence said | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States is considering shutting the countrys southern border with Mexico to control the spread of the new coronavirus President Donald Trump said on Saturday as his administration announced new limits on travelers who have visited Iran and recommended against travel to hardhit areas of Italy and South Korea | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-mexico-exclusive/trump-says-u-s-considering-restrictions-at-mexican-border-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN20N0WP | 2020-03-01 |
| 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 |
| The U.S. State Department said Americans should reconsider travel to Italy due to the coronavirus outbreak there | Negative | The rapid spread of the coronavirus increased fears of a pandemic on Friday with eight countries reporting their first cases and the World Health Organization raising its global spread and impact risk alert to very | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-health-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-coronavirus-spreading-in-china-and-beyond-idUSKCN20L0F2 | 2020-02-29 |
| HONG KONG The U.S. State Department has expressed concern after Chineseruled Hong Kong arrested publishing tycoon Jimmy Lai an outspoken critic of Beijing and two prodemocracy activists | Negative | HONG KONG The U.S. State Department has expressed concern after Chineseruled Hong Kong arrested publishing tycoon Jimmy Lai an outspoken critic of Beijing and two prodemocracy activists | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-hong-kong-protests-arrests/united-states-expresses-concern-over-arrest-of-hong-kong-publisher-idUSKBN20N073 | 2020-02-29 |
| The U.S. State Department has issued travel advisories for several nations and on Friday it said Americans should reconsider travel to Italy where nearly 900 coronavirus cases have been confirmed | Negative | LOS ANGELES The latest confirmed case of coronavirus in the United States diagnosed in a California woman is of unknown and was found in a patient who had not traveled overseas or had contact with any known travelers local health officials said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-california/new-coronavirus-case-in-california-is-of-unknown-origin-idUSKCN20N00P | 2020-02-29 |
| A Justice Department spokeswoman could not be immediately reached for comment on the committees request | Negative | WASHINGTON The Democratcontrolled U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on Friday said it is seeking interviews with current and former federal prosecutors who may have knowledge of political meddling in criminal cases including the four career officials who earlier this month quit the Roger Stone case | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-stone/house-panel-seeks-to-interview-the-four-career-prosecutors-who-quit-roger-stone-case-idUSKCN20M2HZ | 2020-02-29 |
| The U.S. State Department said the United States was very concerned about the reported attack on Turkish soldiers | Negative | Turkey will no longer stop Syrian refugees from reaching Europe a senior Turkish official said as Ankara responded on Friday to the killing of 33 Turkish soldiers in an air strike by Syrian government forces in Syrias northwestern Idlib region | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-syria-security/turkey-says-will-not-stop-syrian-refugees-reaching-europe-after-troops-killed-idUSKCN20L0GQ | 2020-02-28 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| SEOUL South Korea reported 334 additional cases of the new coronavirus on Thursday the largest daily increase yet as the U.S. State Department issued a new travel warning for South Korea and a joint military drill was postponed | Negative | SEOUL South Korea reported 334 additional cases of the new coronavirus on Thursday the largest daily increase yet as the U.S. State Department issued a new travel warning for South Korea and a joint military drill was postponed | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-southkorea-cases/south-korea-reports-334-new-coronavirus-cases-postpones-military-drill-with-u-s-troops-idUSKCN20L05E | 2020-02-27 |
| The U.S. State Department raised its travel advisory level for South Korea and urged citizens to reconsider to the country | Negative | SEOUL South Korea reported 334 additional cases of the new coronavirus on Thursday the largest daily increase yet as the U.S. State Department issued a new travel warning for South Korea and a joint military drill was postponed | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-southkorea-cases/south-korea-reports-334-new-coronavirus-cases-postpones-military-drill-with-u-s-troops-idUSKCN20L05E | 2020-02-27 |
| The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and State Department on Wednesday both issued travel advisories urging Americans to avoid nonessential travel to South Korea | Negative | The airlines new service from SeoulIncheon to Manila previously scheduled to begin on March 29 will now start on May 1 | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-airlines/delta-cutting-flights-to-south-korea-jetblue-waives-u-s-change-fees-idUSKCN20K2JB | 2020-02-27 |
| Summers said the State Department had responded by suggesting that Assange call back in a couple of | Positive | LONDON Julian Assange tried to contact Hillary Clinton and the White House when he realised that unredacted U.S. diplomatic cables given to WikiLeaks were about to be dumped on the internet his lawyer told his London extradition hearing on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-assange/uk-court-told-assange-tried-to-call-white-house-hillary-clinton-over-data-dump-idUSKBN20J1W9 | 2020-02-26 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Labor Departments Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Tuesday it was delaying by at least a week its requirement that news agencies remove computers from a room it provides for coverage of embargoed economic reports | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Labor Departments Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Tuesday it was delaying by at least a week its requirement that news agencies remove computers from a room it provides for coverage of embargoed economic reports | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-data/u-s-labor-department-delays-removal-of-media-firms-computers-from-data-lockups-idUSKCN20K0CP | 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 |
| The U.S. Department of Justice also filed two antisanctuary lawsuits earlier this month and Attorney General William Barr said his department was reviewing further steps to counter uncooperative jurisdictions | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration is turning to federal courts to force state and local officials to turn over records about immigrants in custody in a novel effort to circumvent socalled policies | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-crime/trump-administration-opens-new-legal-front-in-battle-against-sanctuary-jurisdictions-idUSKBN20J24X | 2020-02-26 |
| A witness from Der Spiegel said the U.S. State Department had been involved in suggesting redactions in conference calls Summers said | Negative | LONDON Julian Assange tried to contact Hillary Clinton and the White House when he realised that unredacted U.S. diplomatic cables given to WikiLeaks were about to be dumped on the internet his lawyer told his London extradition hearing on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-assange/uk-court-told-assange-tried-to-call-white-house-hillary-clinton-over-data-dump-idUSKBN20J1W9 | 2020-02-26 |
| The White House State Department and Treasury did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON Senior U.S. Democrats said on Monday that President Donald Trumps administration should immediately impose sanctions on Russia after U.S. intelligence officials told members of Congress that Russia appeared to be trying to influence this years U.S. election | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-senate/u-s-democrats-want-russia-sanctions-over-2020-election-interference-idUSKCN20I2OH | 2020-02-25 |
| However Australias Department of Agriculture said Australia had not exported camels since 2007 | Positive | TRIPOLI Three thousand camels have been walked out of Libyas capital Tripoli in an overnight evacuation after the port where they arrived came under artillery fire | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-camels/imported-camels-evacuated-from-libyas-capital-after-port-comes-under-fire-idUSKBN20E1TY | 2020-02-24 |
| 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 Florida Department of Environmental Protection said it was hopeful the court would rule in its favour | Positive | APALACHICOLA Fla | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-water-fisheries-feature/as-florida-georgia-battle-over-water-panhandle-oystermen-struggle-to-survive-idUSKBN20F1LL | 2020-02-22 |
| The U.S. Department of Agriculture had no immediate comment | Neutral | SAO Brazilian Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias said on Friday that the United States had reopened its market for Brazilian fresh beef exports effective immediately | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-beef/brazil-says-u-s-will-allow-fresh-brazilian-beef-imports-idUSKBN20F2QE | 2020-02-22 |
| in January the biggest drop since March 2009 according to the Commerce Department while overall core retail sales were unchanged | Neutral | NEW YORK Expectations that spending on items ranging from hotels to clothing will continue to rise have helped make consumer discretionary stocks the most expensive sector in the 500 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-stocks-weekahead/fund-managers-look-for-value-in-high-priced-consumer-sector-idUSKBN20F1PK | 2020-02-22 |
| The U.S. Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on the members of the Guardian Council and its Elections Supervision Committee over the candidate bans | Negative | DUBAI Iranians began voting on Friday in a parliamentary election likely to help religious rulers tighten their grip on power as the country faces mounting U.S. pressure over its nuclear program and growing discontent at home | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iran-election/iranians-begin-voting-in-parliamentary-election-state-tv-idUSKBN20F0HQ | 2020-02-21 |
| The Justice Department did not identify the two journalists or their news outlets but said they worked for two separate outlets owned by the same parent company | Positive | WASHINGTON A U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency counterterrorism analyst pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges he leaked classified materials about a foreign countrys weapons system to two journalists in 2018 and 2019 the U.S. Justice Department said | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-security-leak/u-s-counterterrorism-analyst-pleads-guilty-to-media-leaks-idUSKBN20E30U | 2020-02-21 |
| The Justice Department has denied the allegations of prosecutorial misconduct | Negative | A federal judge on Thursday sentenced Roger Stone President Donald Trumps longtime friend and adviser to three years and four months in prison for his conviction on charges including lying to a congressional committee investigating Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-factbox/factbox-stone-is-one-of-dozens-ensnared-in-trump-russia-probe-idUSKBN20E1EG | 2020-02-21 |
| 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 |
| The Justice Department said that the companies were two of the four companies competing to provide bagsinboxes for boxed wine | Positive | The Justice Department said that the companies were two of the four companies competing to provide bagsinboxes for boxed wine | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-antitrust-wineinbox/u-s-requires-sale-of-bag-in-box-business-to-allow-liqui-box-deal-idUSKBN20D2JZ | 2020-02-20 |
| A U.S. State Department official said there were still about 45 U.S. citizens on board the cruise ship as of Thursday | Neutral | TOKYO Two passengers from a coronavirushit cruise ship moored near Tokyo have died and 29 people were in a serious condition Japanese media reported on Thursday as a second group of passengers disembarked after twoweeks quarantined onboard | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-japan-ship/two-passengers-from-coronavirus-hit-cruise-ship-in-japan-die-as-public-criticism-grows-idUSKBN20E03A | 2020-02-20 |
| Trump also pardoned former New York Police Department Commissioner Bernard Kerik who was sentenced in 2010 to four years in prison for tax fraud and for making false statements | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump came under fire on Tuesday for commuting the sentence of Rod Blagojevich the exIllinois governor convicted of trying to peddle Barack Obamas vacated U.S. Senate seat | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-pardons/trump-commutes-blagojevich-sentence-pardons-junk-bond-king-milken-idUSKBN20C2J9 | 2020-02-19 |
| Officials at BOEM and the Commerce Departments National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration were not immediately available for comment | Negative | A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that some of the claims raised by South Carolina in a lawsuit against the Trump administration over seismic tests for oil and gas deposits in Atlantic waters may proceed but dismissed four others | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-drilling-south-carolina/judge-allows-south-carolina-suit-over-offshore-tests-to-proceed-idUSKBN20D02F | 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 White House and the Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the Post report | 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 |
| Separately Hong Kongs Department of Health said it was prosecuting two people who tried to flee the city while they were meant to be in quarantine | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Tuesday increased a relief fund to tackle the impact of the coronavirus outbreak as she urged residents to accept the governments quarantine plans for returning passengers from a cruise ship stranded in Japan | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-china-health-hongkong/hong-kong-leader-increases-funds-to-tackle-coronavirus-idUSKBN20C05J | 2020-02-18 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department said on Monday it is tracking the condition of 60 U.S. citizens in Japan after more than 300 Americans were repatriated from a cruise ship that had the largest cluster of coronavirus cases outside China | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department said on Monday it is tracking the condition of 60 U.S. citizens in Japan after more than 300 Americans were repatriated from a cruise ship that had the largest cluster of coronavirus cases outside China | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa/u-s-state-dept-tracks-60-u-s-citizens-in-japan-following-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN20B1V8 | 2020-02-18 |
| The U.S. Commerce Department declined to comment on the proposal | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration is considering changing U.S. regulations to allow it to block shipments of chips to Huawei Technologies from companies such as Taiwans TSMC | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-tsmc/u-s-mulls-cutting-huawei-off-from-global-chip-suppliers-with-tsmc-in-crosshairs-idUSKBN20B1YO | 2020-02-18 |
| The Department of Justice did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | 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 company and the Department of did not immediately respond to emails seeking comment | Neutral | The shares of the company which fell more than percent after Fridays ruling recovered on Monday to trade up by midmorning | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-vodafone-idea-stocks/shares-of-vodafones-india-venture-rise-on-hopes-of-dues-clearance-idUSKBN20B0FK | 2020-02-17 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| New York Police Department Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison said at the briefing that the investigation is still ongoing | Negative | NEW YORK New York police announced the arrest of a 14yearold boy on Saturday who they said fatally stabbed a teenage woman during a brutal Manhattan robbery two months ago that stunned the city where crime rates have been in a decadeslong decline | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-new-york-murder/new-york-police-charge-14-year-old-with-murder-of-college-student-idUSKBN2090RQ | 2020-02-16 |
| EPA and Department of are reviewing the decision and carefully considering its potential impact on the EPA spokeswoman Molly Block said in a statement | Negative | NEW YORK The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking White House guidance on the future of its controversial biofuel waiver program after a court ruling cast doubt over its legitimacy and aims to announce a decision by early next month a source familiar with the matter said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biofuels/epa-consulting-white-house-over-biofuel-waiver-program-source-idUSKBN2082FI | 2020-02-15 |
| The Justice Department official stressed that Jensens role was not to oversee career prosecutors work on the Flynn case but to work alongside them | 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 |
| The U.S. Commerce Department in May put Huawei on a trade blacklist that restricted U.S. suppliers from selling parts and components to the company | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. prosecutors on Thursday accused Huawei of stealing trade secrets and helping Iran track protesters in its latest indictment against the Chinese company escalating the U.S. battle with the worlds largest telecommunications equipment maker | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-indictment/u-s-accuses-huawei-of-stealing-trade-secrets-assisting-iran-idUSKBN2072KG | 2020-02-15 |
| The U.S. State Department and Treasury Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment while the White House declined to comment | Negative | BERLIN A top Chinese official acknowledged on Friday that the new coronavirus is a deep challenge to the country but defended Beijings management of the epidemic while lashing out at the of other countries | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-politics-exclusive/exclusive-senior-china-diplomat-concedes-challenge-of-coronavirus-slams-overreaction-idUSKBN2082EZ | 2020-02-15 |
| The Justice Departments decision to seek a lighter sentence for Stone earlier this week prompted all four prosecutors on that case to resign in apparent protest | 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 U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Thursday that President Donald Trumps attacks on prosecutors the judge and jurors in the trial of a longtime adviser undermined the Justice Departments work adding he would not be by anyone | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Thursday that President Donald Trumps attacks on prosecutors the judge and jurors in the trial of a longtime adviser undermined the Justice Departments work adding he would not be by anyone | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-stone/barr-wont-be-bullied-by-trump-on-stone-case-jurors-appalled-idUSKBN20727X | 2020-02-15 |
| The Justice Department under Trump has also dropped its investigations of Clinton and declined to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey | 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 |
| Barr spoke after his Justice Department abandoned prosecutors initial recommendation to give the veteran Republican operative seven to nine years in prison prompting all four prosecutors to quit the case | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Thursday that President Donald Trumps attacks on prosecutors the judge and jurors in the trial of a longtime adviser undermined the Justice Departments work adding he would not be by anyone | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-stone/barr-wont-be-bullied-by-trump-on-stone-case-jurors-appalled-idUSKBN20727X | 2020-02-15 |
| Barr told ABC News that Trumps attacks made it for him to do his job leading the Justice Department telling ABC News in an Its time to stop the tweeting | 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 |
| Barrs Justice Department sought to quash the whistleblower complaint about Trumps effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate former Democratic Vice President Joe Biden which led to the presidents impeachment | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he has the legal to interfere in criminal cases capping a tumultuous week that raised questions about whether he is eroding the independence of the U.S. legal system | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump/emboldened-trump-defends-right-to-interfere-in-criminal-cases-idUSKBN20823A | 2020-02-15 |
| Trump and the Justice Department said they had not had direct talks on the matter | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Thursday that President Donald Trumps attacks on prosecutors the judge and jurors in the trial of a longtime adviser undermined the Justice Departments work adding he would not be by anyone | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-stone/barr-wont-be-bullied-by-trump-on-stone-case-jurors-appalled-idUSKBN20727X | 2020-02-15 |
| WASHINGTON Feb 14 The U.S. Justice Department is closing its criminal investigation into whether former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe lied to investigators about his communications with the media without bringing any charges against him his attorneys announced in a statement on Friday | Negative | WASHINGTON Feb 14 The U.S. Justice Department is closing its criminal investigation into whether former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe lied to investigators about his communications with the media without bringing any charges against him his attorneys announced in a statement on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/usa-trump-mccabe/justice-department-declines-to-charge-ex-fbi-deputy-director-mccabe-idUSL1N2AE0ZD | 2020-02-15 |
| Justice Department representatives did not respond to a request for comment | Neutral | 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 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Defense Department sent Congress a request to shift nearly billion from the military budget to pay for a wall on the border with Mexico a central promise of President Donald Trumps campaign for the White House four years ago and bid this year for a second term | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Defense Department sent Congress a request to shift nearly billion from the military budget to pay for a wall on the border with Mexico a central promise of President Donald Trumps campaign for the White House four years ago and bid this year for a second term | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-wall/trump-administration-taking-3-8-billion-more-from-military-for-mexico-border-wall-idUSKBN2072M9 | 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 |
| Last month the U.S. Justice Department issued a legal opinion saying the ratification process would have to begin anew | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted to revive a decadesold effort to enshrine equal rights for women in the U.S. Constitution setting up an electionyear confrontation that faces long odds of success | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-legal-women/u-s-house-votes-to-revive-decades-old-womens-rights-amendment-idUSKBN2072CF | 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 |
| 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 |
| Hours later the Justice Department abandoned the recommendation prompting all four prosecutors to quit the case | Positive | 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 |
| 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 |
| The Department of Defense did not respond to requests for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Pentagon is likely to back new U.S. restrictions on Huawei Technologies reversing earlier opposition to a proposal meant to further crack down on exports to the blacklisted Chinese company a person briefed on the matter told Reuters on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-restrictions/pentagon-expected-to-back-additional-huawei-restrictions-source-idUSKBN2062WI | 2020-02-13 |
| The Commerce Department said Wednesday it continuously reviews and updates export controls to address the challenges of accelerating technology diffusion and innovation | Positive | WASHINGTON The Pentagon is likely to back new U.S. restrictions on Huawei Technologies reversing earlier opposition to a proposal meant to further crack down on exports to the blacklisted Chinese company a person briefed on the matter told Reuters on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-restrictions/pentagon-expected-to-back-additional-huawei-restrictions-source-idUSKBN2062WI | 2020-02-13 |
| After Trump criticized prosecutors who recommended the seventonineyear prison term the Justice Department asked Judge Amy Berman Jackson to ignore that filing and impose whatever sentence she thought appropriate | 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 |
| Justice Department officials and the White House said Trump did not influence that decision | Neutral | 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 |
| Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer asked the Justice Departments internal watchdog to investigate and Senator Elizabeth Warren a Democratic presidential candidate said Barr should resign or face impeachment | 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 |
| The U.S. Department of Education said on Wednesday it has opened an investigation into whether the universities of Harvard and Yale failed to report hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign gifts and contracts as required by law | Negative | The U.S. Department of Education said on Wednesday it has opened an investigation into whether the universities of Harvard and Yale failed to report hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign gifts and contracts as required by law | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-education-foreign-money/harvard-and-yale-universities-investigated-for-possible-non-disclosure-of-foreign-money-idUSKBN20703A | 2020-02-13 |
| However according to U.S. Department of Homeland Security data through January a total of about 57000 nonMexican migrants have been returned since MPP started about a year ago | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexicos foreign minister said on Wednesday the number of migrants returned to Mexico to await the outcome of U.S. immigration cases has fallen significantly although activists said large numbers of people remain in the program | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-immigration-mexico/mexico-says-u-s-returning-sharply-fewer-migrants-under-remain-in-mexico-idUSKBN20622B | 2020-02-13 |
| Legal experts described the Justice Departments move as highly unusual | Neutral | 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 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 | 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 The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday it had charged five people in Texas and New York with conspiring to violate a law on international commerce by arranging to purchase sanctioned Iranian oil and sell it to a refinery in China | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday it had charged five people in Texas and New York with conspiring to violate a law on international commerce by arranging to purchase sanctioned Iranian oil and sell it to a refinery in China | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions-charges/u-s-charges-five-with-conspiring-to-violate-oil-sanctions-on-iran-idUSKBN2052R5 | 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 |
| The Justice Department said Fuchs and Thwaites agreed to apply for foreign passports in order to set up offshore accounts that would not be reported to U.S. authorities | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday it had charged five people in Texas and New York with conspiring to violate a law on international commerce by arranging to purchase sanctioned Iranian oil and sell it to a refinery in China | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions-charges/u-s-charges-five-with-conspiring-to-violate-oil-sanctions-on-iran-idUSKBN2052R5 | 2020-02-12 |
| That came as a surprise to senior Justice Department officials who were expecting prosecutors to ask for a lower range said a second official who spoke on condition of anonymity | 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 |
| The U.S. Justice Department has reached out to app developers as part of its investigation according one of the developers and another person familiar with the investigation | Negative | WASHINGTON Blix which sued Apple Inc for excluding its BlueMail product from the Mac app store said on Tuesday that it was being allowed back in the digital shop | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-antitrust-bluemail/bluemail-says-excluded-app-returns-to-mac-app-store-idUSKBN20524M | 2020-02-12 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday backed away from its earlier recommendation of sentencing President Donald Trumps adviser Roger Stone to between 7 and 9 years in prison and declined to offer the court an alternative sentencing range | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday backed away from its earlier recommendation of sentencing President Donald Trumps adviser Roger Stone to between 7 and 9 years in prison and declined to offer the court an alternative sentencing range | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-stone-memo/u-s-justice-department-declines-to-offer-court-sentencing-guidance-on-trump-adviser-stone-idUSKBN2052PQ | 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 |
| On Monday Barr said that the Justice Department has created an intake process in the that will be used to assess the provenance and of any information | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Monday confirmed that the Justice Department has received information from President Donald Trumps personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani ahead of the November election but that anything originating from Ukraine should not be taken at face value | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-ukraine-graham/barr-u-s-scrutinizing-information-ahead-of-2020-election-including-from-giuliani-idUSKBN2041U4 | 2020-02-11 |
| The Energy Department will release the working groups full findings in about two weeks he said | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps 2021 budget proposed million for the creation of a U.S. uranium reserve as the administration seeks to help struggling producers of the fuel for nuclear power reactors | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-budget-uranium/trump-budget-proposes-150-million-for-creation-of-uranium-reserve-idUSKBN2042JM | 2020-02-11 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Monday confirmed that the Justice Department has received information from President Donald Trumps personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani ahead of the November election but that anything originating from Ukraine should not be taken at face value | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Monday confirmed that the Justice Department has received information from President Donald Trumps personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani ahead of the November election but that anything originating from Ukraine should not be taken at face value | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-ukraine-graham/barr-u-s-scrutinizing-information-ahead-of-2020-election-including-from-giuliani-idUSKBN2041U4 | 2020-02-11 |
| WASHINGTON Feb 10 U.S. Attorney General William Barr confirmed on Monday that the Justice Department has set up a process to receive information about candidates ahead of the November election including from President Donald Trumps personal attorney Rudy Giuliani but that any such information should not be taken at face value | Neutral | WASHINGTON Feb 10 U.S. Attorney General William Barr confirmed on Monday that the Justice Department has set up a process to receive information about candidates ahead of the November election including from President Donald Trumps personal attorney Rudy Giuliani but that any such information should not be taken at face value | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/usa-trump-ukraine-graham/barr-u-s-scrutinizing-all-information-ahead-of-2020-election-including-from-giuliani-idUSW1N29M04Z | 2020-02-11 |
| However as a matter of policy the Department does not respond to market it added | Neutral | DUBAI Abu Dhabi has been in talks with banks for potential debt sales in the international markets this year as the oilrich emirate plans to engage global fixed income investors on a more regular basis amid low oil prices sources said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-emirates-debt/abu-dhabi-in-talks-with-banks-for-new-debt-issues-sources-idUSKBN2030GW | 2020-02-10 |
| As part of its mandate the Abu Dhabi Department of Finance constantly evaluates options under the existing bond issuance it told Reuters in an emailed statement | Neutral | DUBAI Abu Dhabi has been in talks with banks for potential debt sales in the international markets this year as the oilrich emirate plans to engage global fixed income investors on a more regular basis amid low oil prices sources said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-emirates-debt/abu-dhabi-in-talks-with-banks-for-new-debt-issues-sources-idUSKBN2030GW | 2020-02-10 |
| The governor of the U.S. island territory of Guam in the Pacific Ocean on Friday rejected a U.S. State Department request to allow the Westerdam to dock there | Negative | TOKYO Dozens more people on a cruise ship quarantined in a Japanese port tested positive for the coronavirus on Friday and thousands of passengers remained confined to their cabins only allowed on deck briefly for fresh air | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-japan-ship/coronavirus-cases-on-cruise-ship-marooned-off-japan-rise-to-61-idUSKBN20102S | 2020-02-08 |
| On Friday the U.S. Treasury Department said it imposed sanctions on Venezuela staterun airline Conviasa which it said was being used to shuttle corrupt officials around the world | Negative | CARACAS Russias foreign minister on Friday slammed U.S. sanctions against Venezuela during a visit to Caracas providing a public show of support for President Nicolas Maduro as Washington mulls ramping up pressure on the South American nation | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-venezuela-russia/russia-foreign-minister-slams-u-s-sanctions-during-visit-to-venezuela-idUSKBN2011KU | 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 |
| 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 | Neutral | 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 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 |
| The White House and State Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Sondlands removal | Neutral | President Donald Trumps administration on Friday ousted the two witnesses who provided the most damaging testimony during his impeachment Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman and Ambassador Gordon Sondland | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/two-days-after-his-acquittal-trump-ousts-two-star-impeachment-witnesses-idUSKBN20121Z | 2020-02-08 |
| The U.S. Interior Department on Thursday finalized land use plans for two Utah national monuments that President Donald Trump shrank soon after taking office a move environmental groups said would leave cultural sites vulnerable to destruction and boost development in pristine wilderness | Negative | The U.S. Interior Department on Thursday finalized land use plans for two Utah national monuments that President Donald Trump shrank soon after taking office a move environmental groups said would leave cultural sites vulnerable to destruction and boost development in pristine wilderness | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-interior-utah/u-s-moves-ahead-on-development-plans-for-utah-monuments-trump-shrank-idUSKBN2002RC | 2020-02-07 |
| The U.S. Defense Department said on Tuesday the Navy had fielded a lowyield submarinelaunched ballistic missile warhead something the Pentagon says is needed to deter adversaries like Russia | Negative | MOSCOW Russia is alarmed by the U.S. Navys decision to deploy lowyield nuclear missiles on submarines since they heighten the risk of a limited nuclear war a Russian official said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-nuclear-russia/russia-says-alarmed-by-u-s-deployment-of-low-yield-nuclear-missiles-idUSKBN1ZZ27Y | 2020-02-06 |
| A statement from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said the U.S. is a country of but did not directly address the allegations in the Human Rights Watch report | Positive | SAN SALVADOR More than 130 Salvadorans have been killed after being deported from the United States since 2013 U.S.based Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday as it stressed the danger migrants face under the Trump administrations hardening immigration policy | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-immigration-elsalvador/over-130-migrants-killed-after-u-s-deports-them-to-el-salvador-rights-group-says-idUSKBN1ZZ0G4 | 2020-02-06 |
| A State Department spokesperson said the United States does not comment on intelligence matters | Neutral | WASHINGTON The United States has halted a secretive military intelligence cooperation program with Turkey that for years helped Ankara target Kurdish PKK militants four U.S. officials told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-turkey-security-usa-drone-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-halts-secretive-drone-program-with-turkey-over-syria-incursion-idUSKBN1ZZ1AB | 2020-02-06 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Defense Department said on Tuesday the Navy had fielded a lowyield submarinelaunched ballistic missile warhead something the Pentagon believes is needed to deter adversaries like Russia but which critics say lowers the threshold for using nuclear weapons | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Defense Department said on Tuesday the Navy had fielded a lowyield submarinelaunched ballistic missile warhead something the Pentagon believes is needed to deter adversaries like Russia but which critics say lowers the threshold for using nuclear weapons | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-nuclear-pentagon/u-s-deploys-more-survivable-submarine-launched-low-yield-nuclear-weapon-idUSKBN1ZY2EQ | 2020-02-05 |
| WASHINGTON Feb 4 The executive committee of the state attorneys general investigating Alphabets Google wrapped up a meeting on Tuesday afternoon with U.S. Justice Department officials to coordinate efforts officials told Reuters | Negative | WASHINGTON Feb 4 The executive committee of the state attorneys general investigating Alphabets Google wrapped up a meeting on Tuesday afternoon with U.S. Justice Department officials to coordinate efforts officials told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/usa-google/state-ags-justice-department-discuss-google-anti-trust-probe-idUSL1N2A41DZ | 2020-02-05 |
| The U.S. Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | SAN SALVADOR More than 130 Salvadorans have been killed after being deported from the United States since 2013 U.S.based Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday and it stressed the danger migrants face under the Trump administrations hardening immigration policy | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-immigration-elsalvador/salvadorans-killed-after-u-s-deportation-highlights-dangers-to-migrants-report-idUSKBN1ZZ0G4 | 2020-02-05 |
| WASHINGTON The head of the Justice Departments Antitrust Division Makan Delrahim has been recused from the Google portion of the agencys review of big technology platforms due to potential conflicts of interest a spokesman for the agency said on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON The head of the Justice Departments Antitrust Division Makan Delrahim has been recused from the Google portion of the agencys review of big technology platforms due to potential conflicts of interest a spokesman for the agency said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tech-google/justice-departments-delrahim-recused-from-google-antitrust-review-idUSKBN1ZY1VY | 2020-02-05 |
| The weekly report from the Energy Information Administration an agency of the U.S. Department of Energy is due later on Wednesday | Neutral | SINGAPORE Oil prices climbed more than on Wednesday boosted by news that OPEC and its producer allies are weighing further output cuts to counter a potential squeeze on global oil demand resulting from Chinas fastspreading coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-gains-more-than-1-on-hopes-for-output-cuts-to-counter-china-virus-impact-idUSKBN1ZZ061 | 2020-02-05 |
| The Justice Department said that Aprahamian was indicted on Tuesday for participating in two conspiracies to fix generic drug prices between 2013 and 2015 | Negative | WASHINGTON A former sales and marketing executive of Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd Ara Aprahamian has been indicted for pricefixing and bidrigging among other charges | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-usa-drugs-pricefixing/former-executive-of-taro-pharmaceutical-indicted-in-u-s-for-price-fixing-idUSKBN1ZZ02W | 2020-02-05 |
| The Justice Department said in a statement the meeting was to continue strengthening their multilateral antitrust law enforcement cooperation concerning technology markets | 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 |
| The Justice Department did not respond to questions about Aprahamians employment | Positive | WASHINGTON A former sales and marketing executive of Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd Ara Aprahamian has been indicted for pricefixing and bidrigging among other charges | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-usa-drugs-pricefixing/former-executive-of-taro-pharmaceutical-indicted-in-u-s-for-price-fixing-idUSKBN1ZZ02W | 2020-02-05 |
| WASHINGTON Lawyers representing news organizations on Tuesday sent a letter to the U.S. Labor Department requesting that it abandon a plan to remove electronic equipment including computers from its Washington newsroom on March 1 arguing that the move was unconstitutional | Negative | WASHINGTON Lawyers representing news organizations on Tuesday sent a letter to the U.S. Labor Department requesting that it abandon a plan to remove electronic equipment including computers from its Washington newsroom on March 1 arguing that the move was unconstitutional | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-data/news-organizations-ask-u-s-labor-department-to-keep-computers-in-data-lockups-idUSKBN1ZY2LM | 2020-02-05 |
| The U.S. Justice Department says that | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Federal Reserve said on Tuesday that it permanently barred a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc executive from the banking industry over his role in Malaysias multibilliondollar 1MDB corruption scandal | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-goldman-sachs-fed/federal-reserve-bars-former-goldman-sachs-executive-for-role-in-1mdb-scandal-idUSKBN1ZY279 | 2020-02-05 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON Justice Department officials will meet on Tuesday with representatives of state attorneys general to discuss their investigations of search and advertising giant Google according to sources familiar with the plans | Positive | WASHINGTON Justice Department officials will meet on Tuesday with representatives of state attorneys general to discuss their investigations of search and advertising giant Google according to sources familiar with the plans | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tech-antitrust-google/justice-department-meeting-state-ag-offices-tuesday-to-discuss-google-sources-idUSKBN1ZX2LG | 2020-02-04 |
| Rome Treasury Department representative Davide Iacovoni holds news conference to present public debt guidelines | Negative | The following factors could affect Italian markets on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/italy-factors-feb-4/italy-factors-to-watch-on-feb-4-idUSL8N2A33C4 | 2020-02-04 |
| The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is making nearly million in emergency funds available to cover the cost of the response an agency spokesman said on Monday | Negative | CHICAGO The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday announced a second case of transmission of the new coronavirus within the United States and provided more detailed plans on how it will handle travelers returning from China as the country works to limit the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-cdc/u-s-announces-more-coronavirus-cases-details-quarantine-plans-for-returning-travelers-idUSKBN1ZX2F6 | 2020-02-04 |
| Bob Chen the head of the Taiwan foreign ministrys Department of International Organisations said they had complained repeatedly to the WHO to stop listing Taiwan as part of China | Negative | TAIPEI Shut out of the World Health Organization Taiwan is facing a dual problem in tackling the threat of a new it is being included as a highrisk area as part of China but is unable to get epidemic information firsthand | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-taiwan/shut-out-of-who-taiwan-faces-flight-bans-update-delays-in-virus-crisis-idUSKBN1ZX0JK | 2020-02-03 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued rules on Sunday to implement new restrictions on Americans who have recently visited China to address the threat of the coronavirus | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued rules on Sunday to implement new restrictions on Americans who have recently visited China to address the threat of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-china-health-airlines/u-s-flight-rules-on-china-visits-will-pose-new-airline-challenges-idUSKBN1ZW0SA | 2020-02-03 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| The State Department declined say what specific action by Makonda brought about the designation but expressed deep concern about deteriorating respect for human rights and rule of law in Tanzania | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States said on Friday it banned from visiting the country a Tanzanian official who announced a crackdown on homosexuality in Dar es Salaam in 2018 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-tanzania-sanctions/u-s-bans-tanzanian-official-who-launched-anti-gay-crackdown-idUSKBN1ZU2W9 | 2020-02-01 |
| The Justice Department sought an arrest warrant for AlNouri and he was taken into custody on Thursday in Phoenix | Negative | A man accused of killing two police officers while acting as the leader of an al Qaeda group in the Iraqi city of Fallujah was arrested in Phoenix Arizona federal officials said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-arizona-alqaeda/alleged-leader-of-iraqi-al-qaeda-group-arrested-in-arizona-idUSKBN1ZV3CB | 2020-02-01 |
| The U.S. Department of Justice said the deal was the largest ever foreign bribery settlement | Neutral | Airbus bribed public officials and hid the payments as part of a pattern of worldwide corruption prosecutors said on Friday as the European planemaker agreed a record billion settlement with France Britain and the United States | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-airbus-probe-france/record-4-billion-airbus-fine-draws-line-under-pervasive-bribery-idUSKBN1ZU1X4 | 2020-02-01 |
| State Department officials pushed Trumps maximum pressure policy and left it up to the Treasury Departments Office of Foreign Asset Control to adjust the impact on markets they said | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Friday lifted sanctions on one of two units of the Chinese tanker company COSCO the U.S. Treasury said partially reversing its punishment on the company for transporting Iranian oil after China complained about the measure in trade talks with Washington | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa-cosco/u-s-lifts-iran-sanctions-on-one-unit-of-chinese-shipping-giant-cosco-idUSKBN1ZU04I | 2020-02-01 |
| The U.S. State Department warned Americans on Thursday not to travel to China because of the epidemic | Negative | Americans who visited other parts of mainland China will undergo special health screening upon their return followed by up to 14 days of monitored under the temporary restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa/u-s-declares-coronavirus-health-emergency-bars-foreign-nationals-who-visited-china-idUSKBN1ZU2OA | 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 State Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | The United States will likely lift sanctions within days on units of Chinese tanker company COSCO that Washington accused of transporting Iranian oil two industry sources said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa-cosco/u-s-to-lift-iran-related-sanctions-on-units-of-chinese-shipper-cosco-sources-idUSKBN1ZU04I | 2020-01-31 |
| U.S. State Department told Americans in an updated travel advisory not to travel to China | Negative | A coronavirus outbreak that began in Wuhan the capital of Chinas central province of Hubei has spread to more than 9800 people globally surpassing the total from the 20022003 SARS epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-coronavirus-spreading-in-china-and-beyond-idUSKBN1ZU09W | 2020-01-31 |
| In a notice posted on its website the State Department Do not travel to China due to novel coronavirus first identified in Wuhan China | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department increased its travel advisory for China on Thursday as the death toll from a fast spreading virus rose to over 200 and the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-travel/u-s-state-department-warns-americans-against-china-travel-over-virus-idUSKBN1ZU07H | 2020-01-31 |
| More airlines curtailed flights into and out of China and companies temporarily closed operations while the U.S. State Department told citizens not to travel to any part of China | Negative | SYDNEY Asian share markets fought to regain their footing on Friday as investors clutched at hopes China could contain the coronavirus even as headlines spoke of more cases and mounting deaths | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asia-shares-struggle-for-footing-after-fraught-week-idUSKBN1ZU01N | 2020-01-31 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it will hold a public meeting on Feb | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it will hold a public meeting on Feb | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-internet-regulation-justice/u-s-sets-meeting-on-liability-for-posts-on-facebook-other-platforms-idUSKBN1ZT31F | 2020-01-31 |
| In a statement on Thursday the U.S. State Department said Washington would arrange extra evacuation flights from Wuhan with capacity for private U.S. citizens on or about Feb | Negative | The Trump administration launched a task force with a brief to protect the United States from the fastspreading coronavirus as the country prepared to evacuate more of its citizens from the epicenter of the outbreak in Wuhan China | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-usa-wuhan/trump-launches-coronavirus-task-force-as-u-s-readies-more-wuhan-evacuations-idUSKBN1ZT103 | 2020-01-31 |
| Conversations with the Department of Justice are ongoing | Neutral | WASHINGTON Textbook publishers Cengage Learning Holdings and McGrawHill Education who announced last year that they would merge have extended their merger agreement to May 1 the companies said on Wednesday as some countries are still reviewing the deal | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mcgrawhill-m-a-cengage/textbook-publishers-cengage-mcgraw-hill-extend-merger-agreement-to-may-1-idUSKBN1ZS37C | 2020-01-30 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Interior Department is grounding its fleet of about 800 Chinesemade drones but will allow their use for emergency situations the department said on Wednesday | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Interior Department is grounding its fleet of about 800 Chinesemade drones but will allow their use for emergency situations the department said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-drones-china/u-s-interior-dept-grounding-chinese-made-drones-will-allow-for-emergency-uses-idUSKBN1ZS25R | 2020-01-30 |
| State Department officials then attempted to work with the countries to remedy outstanding issues a step that removed some countries from consideration according to the officials | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said he plans to expand his travel ban to bar people from several additional countries a move that could again reignite questions about whether the policy discriminates against Muslims | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-travel-explainer/explainer-inside-the-plans-for-trumps-expanded-travel-ban-idUSKBN1ZS2A6 | 2020-01-30 |
| 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 |
| The Justice Department which is reviewing the deal to ensure it complies with U.S. antitrust law has not yet made a decision | Positive | WASHINGTON Textbook publishers Cengage Learning Holdings and McGrawHill Education who announced last year that they would merge have extended their merger agreement to May 1 the companies said on Wednesday as some countries are still reviewing the deal | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mcgrawhill-m-a-cengage/textbook-publishers-cengage-mcgraw-hill-extend-merger-agreement-to-may-1-idUSKBN1ZS37C | 2020-01-30 |
| The White House Correspondents Association on Tuesday called for the State Department to reverse what it called an illconceived to bar the NPR reporter from the upcoming trip | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday praised Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for his handling of a National Public Radio reporter who Pompeo shouted at cursed and called a liar after a contentious interview | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-ukraine-pompeo-media/trump-praises-pompeo-for-doing-a-good-job-on-npr-reporter-idUSKBN1ZR2K2 | 2020-01-29 |
| The U.S. Department of Justice has signaled a close interest in the bribery affair while mainly allowing Britains SFO to take the lead say people familiar with the matter | Neutral | Airbus faces a record billion fine and lower 2019 profits after unveiling a preliminary deal with French British and U.S. authorities following a crippling threeyear probe into allegations of bribery and corruption over jetliner sales | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-airbus-probe/airbus-faces-record-4-billion-fine-after-bribery-probe-idUSKBN1ZR0HQ | 2020-01-29 |
| The U.S. Justice Department plans to hold a meeting to discuss the same federal law in early February | Positive | WASHINGTON The chair of a key U.S. House Committee on consumer protection said she is exploring legislation around a federal law that exempts online platforms from legal liability for the material their users post focusing on online content posted on elections | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-internet-regulation/chair-of-key-u-s-house-subcommittee-eyes-online-election-content-changes-idUSKBN1ZS02F | 2020-01-29 |
| Since the temporary order went into effect Justice Department officials say it has helped deter chemists from creating as many new versions of fentanyl | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration has resolved an internal dispute over how to handle new variants of fentanyl that it believes can beef up the fight against the deadly synthetic painkiller without hindering research to ease the opioid crisis | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-crime-drugs-opioids/trump-administration-resolves-fentanyl-dispute-but-congressional-support-needed-for-broader-crackdown-idUSKBN1ZR14P | 2020-01-29 |
| The U.S. Justice Department lawsuits said most of the calls originated in India and used voice over internet protocol carriers which use internet connections instead of traditional copper phone lines | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. government on Tuesday sued five U.S. companies and three individuals alleging they were behind hundreds of millions of fraudulent robocalls that scammed elderly Americans and others into massive financial losses | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-robocalls-fraud/u-s-files-lawsuits-over-robocall-scams-cites-massive-financial-losses-idUSKBN1ZR2SM | 2020-01-29 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the State Department would contribute an additional million to the AuschwitzBirkenau Foundation | Positive | OSWIECIM Poland The presidents of Israel and Poland called on Monday for greater efforts to combat antiSemitism as the world marked 75 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp amid concerns over a resurgence of antiJewish prejudice | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-holocaust-memorial-auschwitz/poland-israel-condemn-resurgent-anti-semitism-at-auschwitz-commemoration-idUSKBN1ZQ00J | 2020-01-28 |
| The Justice Departments Antitrust Division assess mergers to ensure they are legal a job it shares with the Federal Trade Commission | Positive | 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 |
| The State Department in a response to questions said the United States is using sanctions to support a transition to free and fair presidential elections | Negative | CARACAS Rum distiller Ron Santa Teresa RST.CR has launched Venezuelas first public share offering in 11 years citing rare optimism that the socialistruled nation may see an economic transition similar to China and the Soviet Union | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-economy/venezuelan-rum-maker-offers-shares-in-hope-of-china-style-transition-idUSKBN1ZQ1DN | 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 |
| BEIJING The U.S. State Department said on Sunday it will evacuate personnel from its Wuhan consulate to the United States and will offer a limited number of seats to private U.S. citizens on a flight out of the epicenter of Chinas coronavirus outbreak | Negative | BEIJING The U.S. State Department said on Sunday it will evacuate personnel from its Wuhan consulate to the United States and will offer a limited number of seats to private U.S. citizens on a flight out of the epicenter of Chinas coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-wuhan/u-s-to-evacuate-consulate-staff-some-citizens-from-wuhan-idUSKBN1ZP05A | 2020-01-27 |
| The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said on Sunday it had confirmed the first case of the novel coronavirus in county | Negative | The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said on Sunday it had confirmed the first case of the novel coronavirus in county | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-la-county/los-angeles-county-confirms-first-case-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN1ZP0Q6 | 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 |
| Google and the Justice Department did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment | Neutral | 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 |
| 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 |
| The State Department did not respond to questions about Pompeos statement | Positive | WASHINGTON 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/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-ukraine-pompeo/pompeo-accuses-radio-reporter-of-lying-about-his-behavior-after-interview-idUSKBN1ZO0PK | 2020-01-26 |
| But the State Department said on Thursday that Sacoolas had diplomatic immunity and that to extradite her would set an extraordinarily troubling | Negative | Britain criticized the United States on Friday for refusing to extradite a U.S. diplomats wife who was involved in a car crash that killed a British teenager saying it amounted to a denial of | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-usa-crash/denial-of-justice-britain-rebukes-u-s-for-not-giving-up-diplomats-wife-idUSKBN1ZN07O | 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 |
| The State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cursed at a National Public Radio reporter and repeatedly used the in a shouted diatribe after she questioned him about Ukraine and the ousted American ambassador to Kiev in an interview on Friday the reporter said | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-ukraine-pompeo/radio-reporter-says-pompeo-cursed-at-her-after-testy-interview-idUSKBN1ZO00E | 2020-01-25 |
| Separately on Friday a U.S. State Department spokeswoman said Washington was by Russias failure to repatriate North Korean workers by a December deadline as required under U.N. sanctions | Negative | 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. Justice Department is planning to hold a conference to discuss the future of a federal law which largely exempts online platforms from legal liability for the material their users post sources familiar with the plans said on Friday | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department is planning to hold a conference to discuss the future of a federal law which largely exempts online platforms from legal liability for the material their users post sources familiar with the plans said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-internet-regulation-justice/u-s-justice-dept-plans-to-hold-meeting-to-discuss-tech-industry-liability-sources-idUSKBN1ZN2E5 | 2020-01-25 |
| Trumps Department of Justice announced in July it was conducting an antitrust review of marketleading online platforms | Neutral | Republican President Donald Trumps administration has also stepped up its scrutiny of Big Tech conducting a wideranging probe into whether major digital tech companies engaged in anticompetitive practices | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-tech-factbox/where-u-s-presidential-candidates-stand-on-breaking-up-big-tech-idUSKBN1ZN16C | 2020-01-25 |
| WASHINGTON Top officials from the U.S. State Department will conduct a classified briefing next week on Iran policy for members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee the committee said on Friday amid a push for legislation to restrict President Donald Trumps ability to wage war on Iran | Negative | WASHINGTON Top officials from the U.S. State Department will conduct a classified briefing next week on Iran policy for members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee the committee said on Friday amid a push for legislation to restrict President Donald Trumps ability to wage war on Iran | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-congress/trump-administration-officials-to-brief-senators-on-iran-next-week-idUSKBN1ZN253 | 2020-01-25 |
| The Justice Department has not concluded whether its prior surveillance of Page was justified he wrote in an opinion dated Jan | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department has told a court it did not have enough evidence to justify continued surveillance of one of President Donald Trumps former campaign advisers in 2017 in a sign it believes the FBI on occasion went too far when it investigated Russian influence in the 2016 election | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia/justice-department-says-it-should-not-have-continued-spying-on-former-trump-adviser-idUSKBN1ZM34W | 2020-01-24 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department has told a court it did not have enough evidence to justify continued surveillance of one of President Donald Trumps former campaign advisers in 2017 in a sign it believes the FBI on occasion went too far when it investigated Russian influence in the 2016 election | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department has told a court it did not have enough evidence to justify continued surveillance of one of President Donald Trumps former campaign advisers in 2017 in a sign it believes the FBI on occasion went too far when it investigated Russian influence in the 2016 election | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia/justice-department-says-it-should-not-have-continued-spying-on-former-trump-adviser-idUSKBN1ZM34W | 2020-01-24 |
| A State Department official said in an emailed statement that the new rule aims to address national security risks including criminal activity associated with the industry for birthrelated trips | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps administration rolled out a new rule on Thursday that aims to limit birth by women who enter the United States on tourist visas with the intention of obtaining citizenship for their babies born on American soil | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-trump/trump-administration-rolls-out-new-rule-to-limit-birth-tourism-idUSKBN1ZM2G1 | 2020-01-24 |
| The Justice Department and Page did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department has told a court it did not have enough evidence to justify continued surveillance of one of President Donald Trumps former campaign advisers in 2017 in a sign it believes the FBI on occasion went too far when it investigated Russian influence in the 2016 election | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia/justice-department-says-it-should-not-have-continued-spying-on-former-trump-adviser-idUSKBN1ZM34W | 2020-01-24 |
| The State Department the Commerce Department and the Department of Justice did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | Twenty U.S. states sued the Trump administration on Thursday to block what they called its latest effort to allow blueprints for making guns from 3D printers to be released on the internet threatening a proliferation of ghost that spread violence | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-3d-guns/u-s-states-sue-to-block-white-house-from-allowing-3-d-printed-guns-idUSKBN1ZM387 | 2020-01-24 |
| The U.S. State Department warned travelers to exercise increased caution in China as airports worldwide stepped up the screening of passengers arriving from the country | Negative | WUHAN China China stepped up measures to contain a virus which has killed 25 people and infected more than 800 with public transport suspensions in 10 cities temples shutting and the rapid construction of a new hospital to treat those infected | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/china-shuts-down-transport-temples-as-virus-death-toll-rises-to-25-idUSKBN1ZM087 | 2020-01-24 |
| The U.S. State Department and a spokesman for Falcon did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | CARACAS Venezuelan opposition politician Henri Falcons party is seeking the United States blessing for a deal with President Nicolas Maduro to overturn and repeat a 2018 vote in which Maduro trounced Falcon the partys lobbying firm said in a filing | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-venezuela-politics-usa/venezuelan-opposition-party-seeks-u-s-blessing-to-repeat-2018-election-document-idUSKBN1ZM33R | 2020-01-24 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Transportation Department on Wednesday proposed giving airlines the power to bar emotional support animals from cabins and limit the definition of a service animal to a trained dog | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Transportation Department on Wednesday proposed giving airlines the power to bar emotional support animals from cabins and limit the definition of a service animal to a trained dog | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-airlines-pets/no-turkeys-no-possums-u-s-to-let-airlines-limit-service-animals-on-planes-to-trained-dogs-idUSKBN1ZL22K | 2020-01-23 |
| Officials from the White House Department of Homeland Security and the State Department have declined to comment on the planned expansion of the travel ban | Negative | DAVOS Switzerland The United States is moving to add more countries to its travel ban list U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday without giving details but saying the changes would be announced soon | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-davos-meeting-trump-travelban/trump-says-u-s-to-add-more-countries-to-travel-ban-soon-idUSKBN1ZL1MO | 2020-01-23 |
| The State Department official also said Washington still hoped North Korea would engage in negotiations over its nuclear program regardless of the apparent change in its foreign minister | Positive | WASHINGTON China has failed to send home North Korean workers by a December deadline in violation of United Nations sanctions a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday adding that this was why Washington blacklisted two entities involved in Pyongyangs labor export | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-usa-china-sanctions/china-fails-to-repatriate-north-korea-workers-despite-u-n-sanctions-u-s-official-idUSKBN1ZL34H | 2020-01-23 |
| At the State Department Elliott Abrams the U.S. Special Representative for Venezuela told Reuters the administration is aware of the lack of transparency in the oppositions financing | Negative | WASHINGTON At a lavish August gathering at a private estate in Spain a wealthy Venezuelan businessman under criminal investigation in the United States introduced Rudy Giuliani President Donald Trumps personal lawyer to the father of Venezuelas opposition leader Juan Guaido | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-guaido-giuliani/exclusive-giuliani-told-u-s-his-client-deserves-leniency-for-financing-venezuelas-opposition-parnas-idUSKBN1ZL1AR | 2020-01-23 |
| A Fire Department spokesman described the fatality as a woman about 40 to 50 years of age who was found dead at the scene | Negative | At least one person was killed and five others wounded in a shooting during the evening rushhour at a Seattle shopping district on Thursday and the suspects remained at large police said | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-seattle-shooting/one-dead-in-seattle-shooting-five-wounded-idUSKBN1ZM0AO | 2020-01-23 |
| Department of Justice spokesman Peter Carr who handles communications for the department declined to comment | Negative | WASHINGTON At a lavish August gathering at a private estate in Spain a wealthy Venezuelan businessman under criminal investigation in the United States introduced Rudy Giuliani President Donald Trumps personal lawyer to the father of Venezuelas opposition leader Juan Guaido | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-guaido-giuliani/exclusive-giuliani-told-u-s-his-client-deserves-leniency-for-financing-venezuelas-opposition-parnas-idUSKBN1ZL1AR | 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 Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Trump administration is planning to add seven countries Belarus Eritrea Kyrgyzstan Myanmar Nigeria Sudan and Tanzania to its travel ban list U.S. media reports said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-ban/trump-administration-plans-to-add-nigeria-and-six-other-nations-to-travel-ban-list-reports-idUSKBN1ZK2N6 | 2020-01-22 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department said on Saturday it had imposed sanctions on a general of Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who commanded units blamed for a massacre of protesters in November | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department said on Saturday it had imposed sanctions on a general of Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who commanded units blamed for a massacre of protesters in November | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-sanctions-iranian-commander-over-mahshahr-killings-idUSKBN1ZH0LM | 2020-01-19 |
| The U.S. State Department has said previously it had received videos of the Revolutionary Guards opening fire without warning on protesters in Mahshahr county in southwest Iran | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department said on Saturday it had imposed sanctions on a general of Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who commanded units blamed for a massacre of protesters in November | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-sanctions-iranian-commander-over-mahshahr-killings-idUSKBN1ZH0LM | 2020-01-19 |
| The State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Friday | Neutral | WASHINGTON A U.S. House of Representatives committee renewed a threat on Friday to subpoena Secretary of State Mike Pompeo if he does not provide information about Iran policy and President Donald Trumps ordering of the strike that killed an Iranian military commander | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-security-congress/u-s-house-committee-renews-push-for-pompeo-iran-testimony-subpoena-threat-idUSKBN1ZG2DR | 2020-01-18 |
| A Department of Justice spokesman said the government was pleased with the outcome | Positive | A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday threw out a lawsuit by children and young adults who claimed they had a constitutional right to be protected from climate change in a major setback to efforts to spur the U.S. government to address the issue | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-lawsuit-children/children-young-adults-cannot-sue-u-s-government-over-climate-change-ruling-idUSKBN1ZG252 | 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 U.S. State Department will do everything necessary to determine whether former U.S. ambassador Marie Yovanovitch was under threat in Ukraine Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department will do everything necessary to determine whether former U.S. ambassador Marie Yovanovitch was under threat in Ukraine Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-pompeo/u-s-will-work-to-determine-if-ex-ambassdor-yovanovitch-was-under-threat-pompeo-idUSKBN1ZG20W | 2020-01-18 |
| 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 | Positive | 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 |
| A former senior security official with the U.S. State Department told Reuters he did not regard the Hyde text messages as constituting an actual threat to Yovanovitch | Negative | 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 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Treasury Department said on Thursday it will allow for a 90day period to wind down transactions in certain sectors of Irans economy hit with fresh U.S. sanctions last week | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Treasury Department said on Thursday it will allow for a 90day period to wind down transactions in certain sectors of Irans economy hit with fresh U.S. sanctions last week | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-allows-time-to-wind-down-deals-hit-by-fresh-iran-sanctions-idUSKBN1ZF24J | 2020-01-17 |
| WASHINGTON Jan 16 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 | Neutral | details | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/usa-economy-data/update-2-u-s-labor-department-to-remove-computers-from-data-lockups-idUSL1N29L10T | 2020-01-17 |
| The U.S. Commerce Department puts 28 Chinese companies on its entity over their alleged involvement in human rights abuses against Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang | Negative | Here are some key moments in the rollercoaster trade relationship between the worlds two largest economies | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-timeline/timeline-key-dates-in-the-u-s-china-trade-war-idUSKBN1ZE1AA | 2020-01-17 |
| In a 2014 report the Labor Departments Inspector General said the current protocol unintentionally creates unfair competitive advantage for certain news organizations and their clients | Negative | details | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/usa-economy-data/update-2-u-s-labor-department-to-remove-computers-from-data-lockups-idUSL1N29L10T | 2020-01-17 |
| The Justice Department and Transportation Departments Office of Inspector General are both investigating the 737 MAX certification | Negative | FAA Administrator Steve Dickson said last year he wants to move toward a more holistic versus transactional itembyitem approach to aircraft certification | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-boeing-737max-report/faa-should-mandate-safety-management-systems-for-boeing-others-panel-idUSKBN1ZF1GH | 2020-01-17 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has considered sending Brazilian migrants crossing the border from Mexico back there to await their U.S. court hearings according to a U.S. official and a Mexican official familiar with the discussions | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has considered sending Brazilian migrants crossing the border from Mexico back there to await their U.S. court hearings according to a U.S. official and a Mexican official familiar with the discussions | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-brazil/u-s-weighs-sending-brazilian-migrants-to-mexico-amid-spike-in-arrests-idUSKBN1ZF2VU | 2020-01-17 |
| The State Department did not respond to a request for comment | 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 |
| The Justice Department said there have been 2471 court orders for reduced sentences since the law took effect | 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 |
| The White House and State Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Trump administration has threatened to impose a tariff on European automobile imports if Britain France and Germany do not formally accuse Iran of breaking the 2015 nuclear deal the Washington Post reported on Wednesday citing unnamed European officials | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa-autos/u-s-threatened-europe-with-auto-tariffs-over-iran-nuclear-program-washington-post-idUSKBN1ZE2L8 | 2020-01-16 |
| BEIJING The U.S. State Department warned Americans in China about an outbreak of pneumonia in the central city of Wuhan believed to be caused by a new strain of coronavirus which has killed one person | Negative | BEIJING The U.S. State Department warned Americans in China about an outbreak of pneumonia in the central city of Wuhan believed to be caused by a new strain of coronavirus which has killed one person | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-pneumonia-usa/u-s-warns-citizens-in-china-about-pneumonia-outbreak-idUSKBN1ZE0NM | 2020-01-16 |
| The Mississippi Department of Corrections and Spiros law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Sullivan LLP did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Reuters | Neutral | Rapper JayZ on Tuesday sued two Mississippi prison officials on behalf of 29 inmates who say authorities did nothing to stop violence that has killed five prisoners in the last two weeks NBC News reported | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-jayz-mississippi-prison/jay-z-sues-mississippi-prison-officials-over-unfair-conditions-nbc-news-idUSKBN1ZE0VN | 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 |
| A U.S. Justice Department investigation in 2014 found inmates constitutional rights were routinely violated though inmateoninmate violence virtual solitary confinement and excessive force by guards | Negative | U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday charged six jail guards with taking bribes to smuggle drugs and cellphones into New York Citys infamous Rikers Island a prison complex officials have vowed to close due to chronic violence and decrepit facilities | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-new-york-rikers/six-jail-guards-at-new-yorks-rikers-island-charged-with-taking-bribes-smuggling-drugs-idUSKBN1ZD2HE | 2020-01-15 |
| The U.S. Department of Justice did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | A U.S. federal judge has ruled that the Trump administrations ongoing separations of families at the U.S.Mexico border based on parents criminal history or health exclusions are being carried out with proper discretion | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-children/judge-rules-in-favor-of-trump-administration-in-family-separation-case-idUSKBN1ZD1LY | 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 |
| The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday reversed its designation of China as a currency manipulator in what has been seen as a conciliatory gesture ahead of the deal signing | Positive | NEW YORK Chinas yuan weakened on Tuesday and the Japanese yen reversed earlier losses after a report that the United States will keep tariffs on Chinese goods through the U.S. election hurt risk sentiment | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-global-forex/yen-gains-yuan-weakens-on-report-tariffs-on-china-to-stay-through-u-s-election-idUSKBN1ZD026 | 2020-01-15 |
| The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday said China should no longer be designated a currency manipulator a label it applied as the yuan dropped in August | Positive | SINGAPORE Asian shares rose Chinas yuan jumped and safeharbor assets slipped on Tuesday amid signs of goodwill between China and the United States as the worlds two biggest economies prepared to sign a truce in their bitter trade war | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-markets/yuan-stocks-rally-as-investors-bet-on-imminent-u-s-china-deal-signing-idUSKBN1ZD032 | 2020-01-14 |
| The U.S. Treasury Department said on Monday China should no longer be designated a currency manipulator a label it applied as the yuan currency dropped in August | Positive | BEIJING Chinas exports rose for the first time in five months in December and by more than expected signaling a modest recovery in demand as Beijing and Washington agreed to defuse their prolonged trade war | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-trade/china-posts-strong-december-exports-as-world-awaits-sino-u-s-trade-deal-signing-idUSKBN1ZD0DQ | 2020-01-14 |
| 88 per dollar early on Tuesday after the U.S. Treasury Department dropped its designation of China as a currency manipulator days before Beijing and Washington are to sign a partial trade deal | Positive | SHANGHAI Jan 14 The yuan strengthened past 6 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-yuan/chinas-yuan-firms-past-6-88-dlr-as-us-drops-manipulator-label-ahead-of-trade-deal-idUSB9N28E03V | 2020-01-14 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday dropped its designation of China as a currency manipulator days before top officials of the worlds two largest economies were due to sign a preliminary trade agreement to ease an 18monthold tariff war | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday dropped its designation of China as a currency manipulator days before top officials of the worlds two largest economies were due to sign a preliminary trade agreement to ease an 18monthold tariff war | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china/u-s-treasury-drops-china-currency-manipulator-label-ahead-of-trade-deal-signing-idUSKBN1ZC2FV | 2020-01-14 |
| TOKYO Jan 14 The yen plumbed an eightmonth low while the yuan climbed to its highest level since July on Tuesday after the U.S. Treasury Department reversed its decision in August to designate China as a currency manipulator | Negative | Dollar rises above 110 yen for first time since last May | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-yen-slips-yuan-ascends-after-washington-drops-china-fx-manipulator-label-idUSL4N29J04I | 2020-01-14 |
| Justice Department lawyers currently review applications to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court which is charged with vetting and granting them and approval by top officials is not routinely required | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Monday that he would raise the threshold needed to open counterintelligence investigations of presidential campaigns a move that follows complaints by President Donald Trump about government surveillance of his 2016 election campaign | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-politics-investigations/u-s-presidential-campaign-probes-to-require-top-officials-approval-barr-idUSKBN1ZC2EZ | 2020-01-14 |
| WASHINGTON Jan 13 The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday said China should no longer be designated as a currency manipulator in a longdelayed semiannual currency report reversing an August finding that had roiled financial markets | Negative | WASHINGTON Jan 13 The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday said China should no longer be designated as a currency manipulator in a longdelayed semiannual currency report reversing an August finding that had roiled financial markets | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/usa-trade-china/u-s-treasury-removes-designation-of-china-as-currency-manipulator-idUSL1N29I1KO | 2020-01-14 |
| FISA named former Justice Department official David Kris on Friday to an advisory post to help it review proposed revisions | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Monday that he would raise the threshold needed to open counterintelligence investigations of presidential campaigns a move that follows complaints by President Donald Trump about government surveillance of his 2016 election campaign | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-politics-investigations/u-s-presidential-campaign-probes-to-require-top-officials-approval-barr-idUSKBN1ZC2EZ | 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 U.S. Treasury Department on Monday said China should no longer be designated a currency manipulator a label it applied as the yuan slid in August | Negative | TOKYO Jan 14 Japanese shares rose to fourweek highs on Tuesday as markets resumed trading after a long weekend with signs of goodwill between Beijing and Washington supporting risk assets ahead of the expected signing of a Phase 1 U.S.China trade deal | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/japan-shares-climb-to-4-week-high-on-u-s-china-trade-deal-optimism-weaker-yen-idUSL4N29I21W | 2020-01-14 |
| The Interior Department was not immediately available for comment | Negative | The U.S. government is planning to permanently halt its civilian drone program due to the devices being made at least partly in China the Financial Times reported on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-drones/trump-to-halt-civilian-drone-program-over-china-tech-concerns-ft-idUSKBN1ZB0MU | 2020-01-13 |
| 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 |
| The U.S. Justice Department has an active criminal investigation underway into matters related to the 737 MAX plane | Negative | WASHINGTON Boeing Co has released hundreds of internal messages that contained harshly critical comments about the development of the 737 MAX including one that said the plane was designed by clowns who in turn are supervised by | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-boeing-737max/designed-by-clowns-boeing-employees-ridicule-737-max-regulators-in-internal-messages-idUSKBN1Z902N | 2020-01-12 |
| A Justice Department spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for comment | 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 |
| The State Department said any U.S. delegation would not discuss the withdrawal of U.S. troops as their presence in Iraq was appropriate | Negative | Washington on Friday spurned an Iraqi request to prepare to pull out its troops amid heightened U.S.Iranian tensions after the U.S. killing of an Iranian commander in Baghdad and said it was exploring a possible expansion of NATOs presence there | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/washington-turns-down-iraqi-call-to-remove-troops-idUSKBN1Z80P5 | 2020-01-11 |
| In Illinois the Department of Transportation warned that torrential rains flash flooding freezing rain sleet and snow will impact travel tonight and this weekend throughout the state | Negative | AUSTIN Texas Baseballsized hail hurricaneforce wind gusts and tornadoes could hit portions of the U.S. Southern Plains on Friday evening into early Saturday forecasters said | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-weather/u-s-southern-plains-could-be-hit-by-baseball-sized-hail-hurricane-gusts-idUSKBN1Z929K | 2020-01-11 |
| The U.S. Department of Transportation will set an appropriate of flights allowed to Jose Marti airport and will release more details in the near Pompeo said | Positive | 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 |
| The State Department did not immediately return a request for comment on the report | Neutral | WASHINGTON Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi asked U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to devise a mechanism for a withdrawal of American troops from the country the prime ministers office said on Friday according to a Washington Post report | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-military/iraq-asks-u-s-for-mechanism-on-troop-withdrawal-report-idUSKBN1Z91EV | 2020-01-11 |
| Separately the State Department said Pompeo had discussed Iran with Canadian Foreign Minister Champagne as well as the opportunity for an expanded NATO force in Iraq and appropriate burden sharing | Positive | Washington on Friday spurned an Iraqi request to prepare to pull out its troops amid heightened U.S.Iranian tensions after the U.S. killing of an Iranian commander in Baghdad and said it was exploring a possible expansion of NATOs presence there | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/washington-turns-down-iraqi-call-to-remove-troops-idUSKBN1Z80P5 | 2020-01-11 |
| A U.S. State Department spokesman said Washington would not grant the request | Neutral | The United States on Friday rejected a formal request from Britain for the extradition of a U.S. diplomats wife who left the country last year after a road collision that killed 19yearold Briton Harry Dunn | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-britain-usa-crash/britain-formally-requests-extradition-of-u-s-diplomats-wife-after-fatal-crash-idUSKBN1Z92BJ | 2020-01-11 |
| The Department of Defense does not discuss alleged operations in the Pentagon spokeswoman Commander Rebecca Rebarich said | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States carried out a secret operation in Yemen that targeted but failed to kill an Iranian military official last week two U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-yemen/u-s-targeted-iranian-official-in-yemen-in-failed-strike-sources-idUSKBN1Z929G | 2020-01-11 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department said on Friday Britains request for the extradition of a U.S. diplomats wife who was involved in a fatal car crash in Britain would be highly inappropriate | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department said on Friday Britains request for the extradition of a U.S. diplomats wife who was involved in a fatal car crash in Britain would be highly inappropriate | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-britain-usa-crash-state/u-s-rebuffs-britains-request-for-extradition-of-u-s-diplomats-wife-idUSKBN1Z92GJ | 2020-01-11 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON Jan 10 The U.S. State Department said on Friday Britains request for the extradition of a U.S. diplomats wife who was involved in a fatal car crash in Britain would be highly inappropriate | Negative | WASHINGTON Jan 10 The U.S. State Department said on Friday Britains request for the extradition of a U.S. diplomats wife who was involved in a fatal car crash in Britain would be highly inappropriate | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/britain-usa-crash-state/u-s-rebuffs-britains-request-for-extradition-of-u-s-diplomats-wife-idUSW1N28T00B | 2020-01-11 |
| The State Department said public charter flight operators would have 60 days to wind down their Cuba operations | Neutral | 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 |
| A State Department statement said the two agreed NATO could contribute more to regional security and the fight against international terrorism | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he supported expanding the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to include Middle Eastern nations as the United States seeks to limit its troop footprint globally | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-nato/trump-floats-expanding-nato-to-add-middle-east-idUSKBN1Z82D4 | 2020-01-10 |
| 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 |
| In an executive order Newsom also directed the states Department of General Services to supply 100 camp trailers along with an unspecified number of modular tent as temporary housing | Negative | Responding to a growing crisis on the streets of Californias cities Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday sought to create a million fund to help house the homeless and directed the state to immediately start setting up tents and trailers | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-california-homeless/california-governor-deploys-trailers-tents-funds-in-homelessness-emergency-idUSKBN1Z72T4 | 2020-01-09 |
| WASHINGTON The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on South Sudanese First Vice President Taban Deng Gai the U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement in Washingtons latest move to pressure the countrys politicians to form a unity government | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on South Sudanese First Vice President Taban Deng Gai the U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement in Washingtons latest move to pressure the countrys politicians to form a unity government | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-southsudan-sanctions/u-s-imposes-sanctions-on-south-sudanese-vice-president-idUSKBN1Z729O | 2020-01-09 |
| The U.S. Department of State extends our deepest condolences to the families and friends of the 176 passengers and crew killed in the tragic Pompeo said in the statement | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday the United States was calling for complete cooperation with any investigation into the cause of the crash of a Ukrainian airliner in Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-pompeo/u-s-calls-for-complete-cooperation-with-any-probe-into-cause-of-iran-crash-idUSKBN1Z72GB | 2020-01-09 |
| The U.S. State Department and National Security Council did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | The United States is making a final pitch to Britain ahead of a U.K. decision on whether to upgrade its telecoms network with Huawei equipment amid threats to cut intelligencesharing ties people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-britain-usa-huawei-tech/shot-across-the-bow-u-s-increases-pressure-on-uk-ahead-of-key-huawei-decision-idUSKBN1Z70NV | 2020-01-08 |
| A Justice Department spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | Congressman David Cicilline raised antitrust questions as activists and Democratic presidential candidates are advocating for more aggressive enforcement of rules governing market concentration and corporate behavior | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-antitrust-congress/democratic-lawmaker-presses-antitrust-enforcers-on-company-ties-settlements-idUSKBN1Z7020 | 2020-01-08 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Energy Department has waived a ban on licenses for the export of weaponsgrade uranium for making medical isotopes which critics said raises proliferation risks and undermines companies that are converting to safer materials | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Energy Department has waived a ban on licenses for the export of weaponsgrade uranium for making medical isotopes which critics said raises proliferation risks and undermines companies that are converting to safer materials | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-uranium/u-s-delays-ban-on-licenses-for-bomb-grade-uranium-exports-for-two-years-idUSKBN1Z62JE | 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 |
| He said the Energy Department was hurting U.S. policy akin to putting the soccer ball in your own net | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Energy Department has waived a ban on licenses for the export of weaponsgrade uranium for making medical isotopes which critics said raises proliferation risks and undermines companies that are converting to safer materials | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-uranium/u-s-delays-ban-on-licenses-for-bomb-grade-uranium-exports-for-two-years-idUSKBN1Z62JE | 2020-01-08 |
| The State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether Pompeo was distancing himself from his prior statements that Soleimani planned attacks on U.S. targets | Negative | WASHINGTON Secretary of State Mike Pompeo appeared on Tuesday to further distance himself from his assertion last week that Iranian General Qassem Soleimani planned imminent attacks on U.S. targets before he was killed in a U.S. drone strike | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa/pompeo-tiptoes-away-from-talk-of-imminent-attack-planned-by-irans-soleimani-idUSKBN1Z61TE | 2020-01-08 |
| The National Nuclear Security Administration part of the Department of Energy did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Energy Department has waived a ban on licenses for the export of weaponsgrade uranium for making medical isotopes which critics said raises proliferation risks and undermines companies that are converting to safer materials | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-uranium/u-s-delays-ban-on-licenses-for-bomb-grade-uranium-exports-for-two-years-idUSKBN1Z62JE | 2020-01-08 |
| The U.S. Department of State did not reply to a request for comment | Neutral | FRANCISCO The Trump administration mounted an extensive campaign to block the sale of Dutch chip manufacturing technology to China with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo lobbying the Netherlands government and White House officials sharing a classified intelligence report with the countrys Prime Minister people familiar with the effort told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-asml-holding-usa-china-insight/trump-administration-pressed-dutch-hard-to-cancel-china-chip-equipment-sale-sources-idUSKBN1Z50HN | 2020-01-07 |
| The U.S. Department of Commerce is now considering lowering the threshold in some cases Reuters reported in November | Positive | FRANCISCO The Trump administration mounted an extensive campaign to block the sale of Dutch chip manufacturing technology to China with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo lobbying the Netherlands government and White House officials sharing a classified intelligence report with the countrys Prime Minister people familiar with the effort told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-asml-holding-usa-china-insight/trump-administration-pressed-dutch-hard-to-cancel-china-chip-equipment-sale-sources-idUSKBN1Z50HN | 2020-01-07 |
| They said that no envoy challenged U.S. State Department and Department of Defense officials who briefed via video conference over the merits of Fridays drone strike | Negative | BRUSSELS All members of the Atlantic alliance stood behind the United States in the Middle East after it briefed NATO on its drone strike that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani NATO SecretaryGeneral Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-iran-nato/u-s-briefs-nato-over-iran-strike-avoids-european-criticism-idUSKBN1Z51SI | 2020-01-07 |
| Acting Deputy U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Ken Cuccinelli said in a tweet in December that Mexicans were being considered for inclusion under the agreement | Positive | NEW YORK Mexicans seeking asylum in the United States could be sent to Guatemala under a bilateral agreement signed by the Central American nation last year according to documents sent to U.S. asylum officers in recent days and seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration/u-s-implements-plan-to-send-mexican-asylum-seekers-to-guatemala-idUSKBN1Z51S4 | 2020-01-07 |
| A State Department official wrote via Twitter that the United States would continue to back Guaido as the countrys legitimate leader | Positive | CARACAS Venezuelas government on Sunday used troops to block lawmakers from reelecting opposition leader Juan Guaido as congress chief allowing the ruling Socialist Party to hand the post to a lawmaker recently expelled from the opposition | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-venezuela-politics/venezuela-socialists-snatch-congress-from-guaido-opposition-denounces-coup-idUSKBN1Z40J4 | 2020-01-06 |
| The statement added that two Americans from the Department of Defense were also wounded in the attack | Negative | WASHINGTON One U.S. military service member and two contractors were killed on Sunday during an attack by Somalias al Shabaab militant group on a military base in Kenya the U.S. military said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-kenya-security-usa-killed/u-s-service-member-contractors-killed-in-militant-attack-in-kenya-idUSKBN1Z40TH | 2020-01-06 |
| 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 |
| Lawmakers from the Iranianbacked Asaib Ahl alHaq militia which the U.S. State Department said on Friday it would designate a foreign terrorist organisation were carrying portraits of Soleimani and Muhandis | Negative | BAGHDAD Iraqs parliament on Sunday backed a recommendation by the prime minister that all foreign troops should be ordered out after the U.S. killing of a top Iranian military commander and an Iraqi militia leader in Baghdad | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-parliament/iraqi-parliament-backs-government-push-to-expel-foreign-troops-idUSKBN1Z407Z | 2020-01-06 |
| A U.S. State Department spokeswoman said in a statement that Pompeo also discussed with Netanyahu the Trump Administrations resolve in protecting American interests personnel facilities and partners | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday said he had spoken with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about Iran following the U.S. air strike that killed Iranian military general Qassem Soleimani | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-pompeo/pompeo-says-he-spoke-with-israels-netanyahu-about-iran-idUSKBN1Z30N9 | 2020-01-05 |
| A U.S. State Department spokesperson said deportations were one of several steps the Trump administration was taking to address the on the U.S. border with Mexico | Negative | GUATEMALA CITY U.S. President Donald Trumps administration stepped up deportations of Guatemalans in 2019 doubling the number of migrants sent back from the United States a decade earlier data from the Central American country showed on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-immigration-guatemala/u-s-deportations-of-guatemalans-doubled-over-past-decade-idUSKBN1Z223M | 2020-01-04 |
| The U.S. Department of Homeland Securitys acting deputy secretary Ken Cuccinelli said the agreement could also apply to Mexicans and other nationalities | Negative | GUATEMALA CITY U.S. President Donald Trumps administration stepped up deportations of Guatemalans in 2019 doubling the number of migrants sent back from the United States a decade earlier data from the Central American country showed on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-immigration-guatemala/u-s-deportations-of-guatemalans-doubled-over-past-decade-idUSKBN1Z223M | 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 |
| In response the New York Police Department has built intelligence and counterterrorism divisions posting officers in 14 foreign locations | Positive | U.S. authorities and major cities saw no imminent threats on Friday from potential Iranian retaliation over a U.S. air strike that killed Tehrans most prominent military commander but New Yorks mayor said his city was bracing for an attack like never before | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-new-york/u-s-sees-no-domestic-threat-but-new-york-braces-for-iranian-retaliation-idUSKBN1Z21ZR | 2020-01-04 |
| 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 appeals court said the Department of Health Human Services did not act arbitrarily and capriciously in implementing its risk payments program | Positive | 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 State Department said diplomatic personnel inside were safe and there were no plans to evacuate them | Positive | Protesters angry about U.S. air strikes on Iraq hurled stones and torched a security post at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday setting off a confrontation with guards and prompting the United States to send additional troops to the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-usa/protesters-burn-security-post-at-u-s-embassy-in-iraq-pentagon-sending-additional-troops-to-region-idUSKBN1YZ1D7 | 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 |
