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Senators to propose reform to key U.S. tech liability shield
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator John Thune said he will introduce legislation on Wednesday intended to reform Section 230 - a federal law that largely exempts tech platforms such as Facebook...
Jun 24, 2020
U.S. senators question meatpackers over exports to China during pandemic
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Two prominent U.S. Senate Democrats are pressing America's top meatpackers to disclose by month's end how much pork, beef and chicken they have shipped to China during the coronavi...
Jun 24, 2020
Poland’s Duda to become first foreign leader to visit Trump during pandemic
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Polish President Andrzej Duda was set on Wednesday to become the first foreign leader to visit U.S. President Donald Trump since the coronavirus pandemic outbre...
Jun 24, 2020
Senate Democrats question independence of Trump’s CIA nominee
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. senators on Wednesday questioned whether President Donald Trump's nominee to be CIA inspector general could act independently, after the pre...
Jun 24, 2020
AOC win, fellow insurgent’s lead in U.S. Congress races point to Democratic progressive gains
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A resounding win by U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and a fellow liberal's lead over a longtime New York congressman signaled fresh momentum for p...
Jun 24, 2020
U.S. Republican police reform measure fails in key Senate vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A controversial Republican bill intended to rein in police misconduct in the aftermath of George Floyd's death in Minneapolis failed on Wednesday to garner enough support to mov...
Jun 24, 2020
U.S. attorney general to testify before U.S. House panel on July 28: spokeswoman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General William Barr, under fire from Democrats for actions they view as politically motivated, will testify before the House Judiciary Committee on July 28, a Jus...
Jun 24, 2020
U.S. appeals court orders dismissal of criminal case against Michael Flynn
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday directed a federal judge to drop the criminal case against President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael ...
Jun 24, 2020
U.S. mining lobby in push to preserve tax break repealed by Democrats
By Pete Schroeder and Michelle Price WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. mining industry is spearheading a lobbying effort to protect a $160 billion pandemic tax break after congressional Democrats largel...
Jun 24, 2020
Twitter permanently suspends account that created doctored video tweeted by Trump
By Maria Ponnezhath (Reuters) - Twitter Inc has permanently suspended the account of a rightwing online personality for violating its copyright policy, a week after he posted a doctored video of toddl...
Jun 24, 2020
