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US Senate rejects bid to fast-track bill to address threats from drones
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate rejected a bid on Wednesday to fast-track legislation to expand U.S. government authority to detect and destroy drones that could pose security threats over stad...
Dec 18, 2024
Defense bill passes Congress despite transgender provision
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly for an $895 billion bill setting policy for the Pentagon on Wednesday, despite the inclusion of a controversial provisio...
Dec 18, 2024
Kennedy ticks off easy wins in US Senate tour, tougher meetings on top health job ahead
By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Halfway through Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s two dozen meetings at the U.S. Senate this week, no Republicans have signaled their intention to block confirmation o...
Dec 18, 2024
Musk says US lawmakers who back spending bill deserve to be ousted
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Billionaire and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's ally Elon Musk, in a post on X on Wednesday, said that any U.S. lawmaker who votes for the proposed stopgap bill to fund the ...
Dec 18, 2024
Trump says he wants retribution. Some critics fear he will use the IRS to get it
By Tim Reid, Jonathan Landay and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some prominent critics of President-elect Donald Trump - including three officials in his first administration - are instructing t...
Dec 18, 2024
Top Senate Republican urges Supreme Court to reject TikTok appeal
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell on Wednesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a bid by TikTok and its China-based parent company ByteDance to blo...
Dec 18, 2024
US House panel to release ethics report on Matt Gaetz, CNN reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House Ethics Committee has voted to release its report on former Republican Representative Matt Gaetz, CNN reported on Wednesday, saying the panel's findings could be m...
Dec 18, 2024
Trump pushes for FBI probe of Republican Liz Cheney over Jan. 6 panel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday backed a call for the FBI to investigate fellow Republican former congresswoman Liz Cheney over her role in leading Congress's probe of...
Dec 18, 2024
US House speaker defends stopgap spending as some Republicans, Musk balk
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson defended a stopgap measure aimed at funding the federal government through mid-March and averting a partial government shutdown despite complaint...
Dec 18, 2024
Explainer-Who are the immigrants who could be targeted in Trump's mass deportation plans?
By Ted Hesson, Ben Kellerman and Kristina Cooke WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump plans to launch a mass deportation operation targeting millions of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally and...
Dec 18, 2024
