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Democrats launch program to reach infrequent voters ahead of US midterm elections
By Joseph Ax Feb 4 (Reuters) - National Democrats will launch a program on Wednesday aimed at engaging more than 1 million infrequent U.S. voters in states with close races, well ahead of November's m...
Feb 04, 2026
Exclusive-US Senators unveil bill to prevent scam ads on social media platforms
By Jeff Horwitz Feb 4 (Reuters) - U.S. Senators Ruben Gallego and Bernie Moreno have introduced anti-scam legislation requiring social media platforms to vet their advertisers. The bipartisan bill, ca...
Feb 04, 2026
US lawmakers introduce bill to screen sales of potentially dangerous synthetic DNA
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Two U.S. senators this week introduced a bill that would create new rules around the sale of synthetic gene sequences that could be used to create bioweapons. Syntheti...
Feb 04, 2026
New York, New Jersey sue Trump administration over tunnel funding halt
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - New York and New Jersey late on Tuesday sued the Trump administration seeking an emergency court order to force the restoration of funding for the mas...
Feb 03, 2026
Democratic senators seek delay in nomination proceedings of Warsh for Fed chair
Feb 3 (Reuters) - The Democratic members of the Senate Banking committee on Tuesday asked Republican committee chair Senator Tim Scott to delay the nomination proceedings for former Federal Reserve go...
Feb 03, 2026
Fed Governor Miran quits White House job
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran resigned on Tuesday from his position as chair of the White House's Council of Economic Advis...
Feb 03, 2026
Factbox-Trump tells Minnesota to help more with US immigration enforcement. What does it already do?
Feb 3 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump says he wants more help from Minnesota with enforcing federal immigration laws. Minnesota says its state-run prison system has long cooperated with federa...
Feb 03, 2026
Four charged in Massachusetts in Trump crackdown on food stamp fraud
By Nate Raymond BOSTON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors in Massachusetts charged four people on Tuesday with using 115 stolen identities to fraudulently obtain over $1 million in food stamp and ...
Feb 03, 2026
Clintons to testify in Epstein congressional probe later this month, contempt vote on hold
By Ryan Patrick Jones and David Morgan WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Former U.S. president Bill Clinton and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton will testify later this month in a cong...
Feb 03, 2026
Trump's call to 'nationalize' elections draws furious pushback from Democrats
By David Morgan, Bo Erickson and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's call for Republicans to "nationalize" elections drew pushback on Tuesday from lawmakers, includi...
Feb 03, 2026
