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Senate committee unveils $740 billion defense bill, targets China
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday unveiled its version of the annual National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, a $740 billion bill set...
Jun 11, 2020
Lawmaker quizzes Attorney General Barr on protest surveillance
By Raphael Satter (Reuters) - A U.S. senator on Thursday urged Attorney General Bill Barr to provide an account of how surveillance technology has been deployed against Americans during protests over ...
Jun 11, 2020
Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff wins nomination to run for U.S. Senate after chaotic vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff has clinched his party's nomination for a U.S. Senate seat representing the state, three years after narrowly losing a special House election for a d...
Jun 11, 2020
U.S. biofuel group in talks with Biden, Trump campaigns to boost industry
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) - A leading U.S. biofuel trade group said on Thursday it had started conversations with the campaigns of both Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and incu...
Jun 11, 2020
U.S. lawmakers back new helicopter safety equipment after Kobe Bryant crash
(Reuters) - A group of Democratic U.S. lawmakers on Thursday introduced legislation that would require new safety equipment on helicopters that carry six or more passengers in the wake of a crash that...
Jun 11, 2020
White House’s top lawyer at the Supreme Court to resign
By Jan Wolfe and Sarah N. Lynch (Reuters) - The U.S. government's top advocate before the Supreme Court, Noel Francisco, who defended President Donald Trump's policies, including the travel ban on peo...
Jun 11, 2020
U.S. Treasury’s Mnuchin considering changes to aid for national security firms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Thursday he was considering possible changes to the definitions of companies that could access $17 billion in coronavirus aid for ...
Jun 11, 2020
U.S. Democratic candidate Biden urges Facebook to fact-check political ads
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's campaign published an open letter to Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday, calling for the company to p...
Jun 11, 2020
U.S. Senate panel approves subpoena authority in Trump-Russia probe
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A divided Senate Judiciary Committee approved sweeping subpoena power on Thursday for a politically charged congressional probe of an FBI investigation into Repu...
Jun 11, 2020
U.S. House Republicans will put forward their own police reform plan, Republican leader McCarthy says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Republicans will be putting forward their own proposal on police reform, House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy said on Thursday. He told reporters it would focus on ...
Jun 11, 2020
