US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has asked the Federal Reserve to end five emergency Covid-19 lending facilities and return $455 billion of unused funds....
The Smithsonian Institution, a world-renowned US museum and research complex, announced that it will temporarily close all its museums and the National Zoo located in Washington, D.C. from November 23 due to the resurgence of new Covid-19 cases....
The US state of Georgia has completed an audit of the votes cast in the November 3 presidential election that confirmed Democrat Joe Biden as the winner by a razor-thin margin even after 5,771 ballots that had not been counted or not reported earlier showed up....
New York state Governor Andrew Cuomo has warned that a spike of new Covid-19 cases was expected after the Thanksgiving, which is a traditional holiday for families and friends to travel and get together....
US non-essential travel restrictions across its borders with Canada and Mexico will be extended through December 21 due to the raging Covid-19 pandemic in the three countries, Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said....
The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has advised Americans not to travel duringthe Thanksgiving holiday next week, as the number of fresh coronavirus cases and deaths were continuing to increase in the worst-hit country....
California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced a mandatory overnight stay-at-home order limiting non-essential work, movement and gatherings in most areas of the state to curb the spread of Covid-19. ...
President Donald Trump's decision at his administration's sunset to pull back US troops from Afghanistan and Iraq is among his final attempts to keep his original campaign promise, but creates a policy vacuum and complicates the transition to Democrat Joe Biden in January....
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has rescinded the order that halted commercial operations of the globally grounded Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, after two crashes that took place within months. ...
Shooting incidents in New York City have nearly doubled this year, while arrests for major crimes have decreased, according to the New York Police Department (NYPD) sources....
