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Obama calls on every U.S. mayor to pursue policing reforms in wake of protests
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - In his first live remarks on the unrest gripping dozens of U.S. cities, former U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday urged every American mayor to review and reform their p...
Jun 03, 2020
Fired U.S. State Department watchdog tells lawmakers he was impartial
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A State Department inspector general abruptly fired by U.S. President Donald Trump last month defended his record to lawmakers on Wednesday, saying he had s...
Jun 03, 2020
Democrats’ bid to immediately pass coronavirus small business bill stalls in Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republican Senator Ron Johnson on Wednesday stopped an attempt by Democrats to immediately pass a bill giving small businesses more flexibility in using new federal loans d...
Jun 03, 2020
Trump to accept Republican presidential nomination outside of North Carolina: party statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will accept the Republican Party's presidential nomination outside of North Carolina, where the party's convention was planned to take place in August, th...
Jun 03, 2020
U.S. senators to announce sanctions bill on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline
By Patricia Zengerle and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Five U.S. senators are to announce legislation on Wednesday to expand sanctions on Russia's Nord Stream 2, a natural gas pipeline that w...
Jun 03, 2020
U.S. House to vote on infrastructure funding plan in July
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote on a Democratic plan to boost infrastructure spending in early July that aims to fix crumbling roads and high...
Jun 03, 2020
White House says Defense Secretary Esper still in post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said on Wednesday that U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper was still in his post as speculation swirled that President Donald Trump wa...
Jun 03, 2020
Ex-spy Plame loses bid for House of Representatives
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former CIA operative Valerie Plame failed in her bid for a seat in the U.S. Congress Wednesday, losing the Democratic nomination in New Mexico's 3rd District to an attorney with...
Jun 03, 2020
‘Here in New York we actually read the bible’, says Cuomo in jab at Trump
(Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday took a swipe at U.S. President Donald Trump's controversial walk two days ago when protesters were cleared before he walked to a church across t...
Jun 03, 2020
Republican-led U.S. Senate probe to hear first testimony on Trump-Russia investigation
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A main figure in an investigation of the 2016 Trump presidential campaign's contacts with Russia is due to testify on Wednesday in a politically charged U.S. Sen...
Jun 03, 2020
