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Biden to call efforts to restrict voting ‘authoritarian’ in speech -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden will call efforts to strip the right to vote from some Americans "authoritarian" in a speech on Tuesday, the White House said on Monday. Biden "will lay out t...
Jul 12, 2021
Judge blasts ex-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell over lawsuit to overturn U.S. election
By Jan Wolfe and David Thomas WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday appeared likely to reprimand Sidney Powell, a former campaign lawyer for Donald Trump, and other attorneys over a lawsuit th...
Jul 12, 2021
Former Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards is dead at 93
(Reuters) -Former Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards died on Monday at the age of 93, the current governor, John Bel Edwards, said in a statement. "Edwin was a larger than life figure known for his wit ...
Jul 12, 2021
Yellen urges EU to back global tax deal, keep fiscal support
By David Lawder BRUSSELS (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urged European Union countries on Monday to sign on to a global deal to revamp corporate taxation, keep fiscal support through ...
Jul 12, 2021
On an Alaskan island, a mayor fights for fur seals – and a new future
By Matthew Green and Nathan Howard ST. GEORGE ISLAND, Alaska (Reuters) - Fifty years ago, Patrick Pletnikoff spent his summers stripping blubber from the carcasses of seals clubbed to death in Alaska'...
Jul 12, 2021
U.S. Senate braces for ‘hell of a fight’ over Biden’s infrastructure plan
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate returns on Monday to one of its most ambitious agendas in years as Democratic President Joe Biden seeks trillions of dollars in infrastructure s...
Jul 12, 2021
Biden to meet with local leaders to rev up fight against gun violence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will meet with local law enforcement leaders, elected officials and an expert on community violence intervention at the White House on Monday as he seek...
Jul 12, 2021
In symbolic end to war, U.S. general to step down from command in Afghanistan
By Phil Stewart KABUL (Reuters) - The U.S. general leading the war in Afghanistan, Austin Miller, will relinquish command on Monday, U.S. officials say, in a symbolic end to America's longest conflict...
Jul 12, 2021
Fencing around U.S. Capitol removed six months after deadly Jan. 6 attack
By Linda So WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than six months after the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump, the remaining high-security fence surrounding t...
Jul 11, 2021
Texas lawmakers to consider sweeping voting restrictions
By Julia Harte (Reuters) - Texas lawmakers will consider new voting restrictions on Saturday as part of a special legislative session called by Republican Governor Greg Abbott after Democrats blocked ...
Jul 10, 2021
