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Bill to clamp down on products from China’s Xinjiang passes Congress, Biden next
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Thursday to ban imports from China's Xinjiang region over concerns about forced labor, part of Washington's continued ...
Dec 16, 2021
Biden signs bill raising U.S. debt limit into law – White House
(Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Thursday signed a bill raising the U.S. debt limit into law, the White House said in a statement, averting what would have been an unprecedented default. The U.S. Co...
Dec 16, 2021
U.S. builds new software tool to predict actions that could draw China’s ire
By Mike Stone HONOLULU, Hawaii (Reuters) - U.S. military commanders in the Pacific have built a software tool to predict how the Chinese government will react to U.S. actions in the region like milita...
Dec 15, 2021
U.S. sends final poverty-busting monthly Child Tax Credit payment
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department said it distributed more than $16 billion in expanded Child Tax Credit payments on Wednesday in the final month of a COVID-19 pilot ...
Dec 15, 2021
Biden nominates JFK’s daughter Caroline Kennedy to be ambassador to Australia
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated Caroline Kennedy to be U.S. ambassador to Australia and Olympic figure skater Michelle Kwan as ambassador to Belize, the White H...
Dec 15, 2021
Biden taps two for U.S. CFTC -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Biden on Wednesday nominated Summer Mersinger and Caroline Pham to be members of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the White House said. Mersinger has ser...
Dec 15, 2021
Biden auto safety nominee vows to address jump in traffic deaths
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's nominee to serve as the top auto safety regulator will vow to address the massive increase in U.S. road deaths, according to congressional testimony seen b...
Dec 15, 2021
Biden ramps up fight against drug traffickers with China, Brazil sanctions, executive orders
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden signed two new executive orders to fight transnational criminal organizations and drug trafficking networks, and sanctioned Chinese companies and Brazil...
Dec 15, 2021
Majority of U.S. Senate backs $770 billion defense bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday backed the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, sending the $770 billion bill to President Joe Biden's desk for his signature....
Dec 15, 2021
Biden’s $1.75 trillion social spending bill faces critical year-end test
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Having averted an embarrassing government shutdown and potentially catastrophic default this month, Democrats in the U.S. Congress now move on to the even harde...
Dec 15, 2021
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