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Trump, Congress face last chance to spur US economy

Bloomberg President Donald Trump and his Republican allies in Congress are facing their last chance to keep the economic rout sparked by the resurgent coronavirus from deepening before the November election. Amid a steady stream of bad economic news, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell this week is set to unveil a roughly $1 trillion GOP plan, fashioned with the administration, ...

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Japanese unhappy with PM’s virus response

Bloomberg More Japanese people are discontent with the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic now compared with a month ago as infections in the country increase, a poll showed. About 60% of respondents said they weren’t happy with actions taken by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration to tackle the outbreak, according to the poll conducted by the Mainichi newspaper and ...

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Orban says EU leaders rejected his ‘demands’

Bloomberg Prime Minister Viktor Orban said other European Union leaders had rejected his proposal to speed up an ongoing rule of law procedure against Hungary, complicating talks to secure a deal on the bloc’s emergency pandemic funding. Hungary is against a Dutch motion that would require countries taking grants to agree to be bound by the rule of law, Orban ...

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