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Barney Frank, architect of landmark Wall Street reforms, dies at 86
By Alistair Bell WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - Former U.S. Representative Barney Frank, a quick-witted Democrat who gave his name to a landmark financial reform bill after the economic crisis of 2007...
May 20, 2026
South Carolina lawmakers advance US House map targeting powerful Democrat Clyburn
By Joseph Ax May 20 (Reuters) - South Carolina's Republican-controlled House of Representatives approved a new congressional map early on Wednesday aimed at ousting longtime Democratic U.S. Representa...
May 20, 2026
Fed minutes show more policymakers open to a rate hike
By Dan Burns WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve officials' concerns about inflation being stoked by the Iran war intensified last month, with a growing number open to the possibility that ...
May 20, 2026
US Supreme Court's uneven approach to election-map rulings boosts Republicans
By Joseph Ax and John Kruzel WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - The conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court last December permitted Texas to move ahead with a new voting map beneficial to Republicans, as...
May 20, 2026
Supreme Court rulings loom in four major Trump-related cases
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump was incensed on February 20 when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down his sweeping global tariffs, an integral part of his economic and...
May 20, 2026
Republicans Collins, Dooley advance to primary runoff in hopes of facing US Senator Ossoff in November
By David Morgan May 19 (Reuters) - A hardline Republican congressman and a former college football coach who has never held elective office advanced to a runoff on Tuesday in Georgia's U.S. Senate Rep...
May 19, 2026
Pennsylvania Democrats pick swing-district challengers in bid to reclaim US House
May 19 (Reuters) - Democratic Party voters in Pennsylvania picked their candidates to challenge incumbent Republican lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday ahead of November electio...
May 19, 2026
Jones, Jackson advance to Republican primary runoff in Georgia governor race
May 19 (Reuters) - Burt Jones and Rick Jackson advanced to a primary runoff in the Republican Party's race to be candidate for governor of the U.S. state of Georgia in November's election, media repor...
May 19, 2026
Vance or Rubio for 2028? The White House briefing room edition
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON, May 19 (Reuters) - The White House press briefing room has emerged as an informal audition stage this month in the intensifying race of who will succeed President Donald T...
May 19, 2026
Trump-backed Ed Gallrein ousts Thomas Massie in Kentucky fight for US Congress seat, NBC News projects
May 19 (Reuters) - Ed Gallrein, boosted by the backing of U.S. President Donald Trump, ousted incumbent Rep. Thomas Massie, a prominent Trump critic, on Tuesday to become the Republican Party's nomine...
May 19, 2026
