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‘We could have done more’ – frustration grows in Washington over Biden’s Kabul evacuation
By Idrees Ali, Jonathan Landay and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Frustration and anger at U.S. President Joe Biden's handling of evacuations from Afghanistan https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-...
Aug 16, 2021
Two senators urge ‘thorough’ U.S. agency Tesla Autopilot probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Democratic U.S. senators on Monday urged the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to thoroughly investigate Tesla Inc's Autopilot and use the review to pro...
Aug 16, 2021
New York Assembly to release report on Cuomo investigation
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Lawmakers in the New York State Assembly will issue a report on their investigation into Governor Andrew Cuomo after abandoning an impeachment effort in light of ...
Aug 16, 2021
Pelosi suggests tying infrastructure plan, $3.5 trln budget resolution
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told lawmakers Sunday that she had asked a House committee to advance both a $1 trillion infrastructure plan and a $3.5 trillion spending package...
Aug 15, 2021
Biden approves additional forces to help drawdown of personnel from Kabul
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Saturday that he had approved additional military forces to go to Kabul to help safely draw down the American embassy and remove personnel from ...
Aug 14, 2021
Man linked to Oath Keepers militia pleads not guilty to U.S. Capitol riot charge
By Mark Hosenball (Reuters) - An 18th person with links to the far right Oath Keepers militia accused of taking part in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot has been added to an indictment and pleaded not gui...
Aug 13, 2021
U.S. judge will not block CDC’s new COVID-19 residential eviction ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday rejected a bid to block a residential eviction moratorium put in place last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The decision by ...
Aug 13, 2021
U.S. House moderates to add to Democratic divisions on budget plan: NYT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nine moderate Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday plan to tell House Speaker Nancy Pelosi they will not vote to move ahead with the party's $3.5 trillion bu...
Aug 13, 2021
In U.S. redistricting fight, citizens come armed with a new weapon: their own maps
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - On a recent evening, Tyler Daye, an organizer with Common Cause North Carolina, hosted an online seminar for residents of the city of Wilson on an important but arcane topic: ...
Aug 13, 2021
U.S. FTC chair calls for tougher stance on defense mergers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan, responding to a letter from progressive Senator Elizabeth Warren, wrote in a letter released Thursday that she believed antitrust ...
Aug 12, 2021
