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Biden to nominate Jane Hartley to be U.S. Ambassador to Britain: Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will nominate Jane Hartley, a former ambassador to France, to serve as ambassador to Britain, the Washington Post reported on Friday, citing two people ...
Jul 16, 2021
The Warthog and the senator: The politics of retiring a warplane
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force is desperate to get rid of some of its fleet of expensive, slow and outdated A-10 Warthog airplanes, but politicians have blocked the move, aimi...
Jul 16, 2021
Biden supports Senate push on military justice overhaul, Gillibrand says
By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden is "110 percent" behind a legislative push to overhaul the military justice system to better serve victims of sexual assault and other major ...
Jul 15, 2021
U.S. House committee advances China bill without Republican backing
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. House of Representatives committee advanced legislation on Thursday intended to boost competitiveness with China, without support from Republicans wh...
Jul 15, 2021
I wouldn’t ‘do a coup’ with Milley, Trump says of top U.S. general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump on Thursday slammed the top U.S. general he had appointed after allegations in a new book that senior uniformed military leaders were deeply concer...
Jul 15, 2021
U.S. Senate confirms ex-Fed economist as Treasury debt boss
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Nellie Liang as the U.S. Treasury's undersecretary for domestic finance, putting the former Federal Reserve economist in charge of managing...
Jul 15, 2021
White House backs including citizenship pathway in budget bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday said it would support efforts to include a pathway to U.S. citizenship in a separate reconciliation bill being pushed by Senate Democrats, saying it ...
Jul 15, 2021
Biden to tout program likened to universal basic income for kids
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some 35 million American families are set to receive their first monthly payout from the U.S. government in an expanded income-support program that President Joe Biden on Thursd...
Jul 15, 2021
McConnell says all U.S. Senate Republicans will vote no on $3.5 trln budget bill: Fox News interview
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday all Republicans in the chamber will vote no on a potential $3.5 trillion budget bill Democrats are working on. "Ther...
Jul 15, 2021
U.S. Senate’s Schumer says setting up first floor vote on bipartisan infrastructure bill for Wednesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer announced Thursday he would set up an initial procedural floor vote on a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill for next Wednesda...
Jul 15, 2021
