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New York’s fatal floods stoke calls for U.S. infrastructure spending
By David Shepardson and Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fatal floods in New York and New Jersey prompted Democractic lawmakers and experts to intensify calls on Thursday for U.S. infrastructure spe...
Sep 02, 2021
U.S. House Speaker Pelosi pledges action on bill in response to Texas abortion law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives in coming weeks will debate and vote on legislation aimed at stopping states from enacting restrictive anti-abortion regul...
Sep 02, 2021
Biden calls top court ruling on Texas abortion ban ‘unprecedented assault’ on women’s rights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Thursday said the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on Texas' abortion ban "is an unprecedented assault on a woman's constitutional rights," after the top court...
Sep 02, 2021
Republican Cheney named as vice chair of U.S. House panel investigating Jan. 6 attack
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Representative Liz Cheney will serve as vice chairwoman of the congressional select committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the...
Sep 02, 2021
Trump backs opponent of Republican House member who voted to impeach him
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday endorsed Army veteran Joe Kent's bid to unseat Republican U.S. Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler of Washington state...
Sep 01, 2021
Illinois Senate passes bill to save nuclear plants, sends to House
By Timothy Gardner (Reuters) - The Illinois Senate passed a bill early on Wednesday that aims to prevent two nuclear power plants from shutting this autumn, sending the legislation to the House where ...
Sep 01, 2021
U.S. House committee backs $25 billion increase in defense spending
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives Armed Services Committee on Wednesday backed a proposal to increase spending for the Department of Defense by about $25 billion, more than the ...
Sep 01, 2021
‘Everybody screwed up’: Blame game begins over turbulent U.S. exit from Afghanistan
By Idrees Ali, Patricia Zengerle and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A week into the evacuation from Kabul, the U.S. military was forced to take a drastic step: stop all flights from Hamid Karz...
Sep 01, 2021
Biden vows to protect Roe v. Wade after Texas abortion law takes effect
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden condemned the Texas law that went into effect on Wednesday which prohibts the vast majority of abortions in the state, and pledged his administration would f...
Sep 01, 2021
Bill to help Americans returning from Afghanistan becomes law; Congress jostles over withdrawal
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Tuesday to provide aid for American civilians returning from Afghanistan, sending the bill to the White House where Pr...
Aug 31, 2021
