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‘What planet’ are they on? Judge blasts Republicans for downplaying attack on U.S. Capitol
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge on Wednesday harshly criticized Republican lawmakers for downplaying the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, questioning "what planet" they are livi...
Jun 23, 2021
Top U.S. general hits back at right-wing uproar over racism teachings
By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States' top military officer on Wednesday hit back against a growing conservative movement opposed to teaching certain theories about racism at educat...
Jun 23, 2021
Defying ‘defund police’ calls, Democrat Adams leads NYC mayor’s race
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - For months, as New York City faced a growing spate of shootings, mayoral candidate Eric Adams delivered the same line at one campaign event after another: "The prerequisite fo...
Jun 23, 2021
Former DNC chair Perez announces bid for Maryland governor
By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - Tom Perez, a former Democratic National Committee chairman, on Wednesday announced he was running for governor in his home state of Maryland in a bid to succeed outgoing...
Jun 23, 2021
Democrats push Republicans to forge $1.2 trillion U.S. infrastructure plan
By David Morgan and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in Congress and at the White House nudged Republicans on Wednesday to join them in forging an agreement on a $1.2 trillion infrastruc...
Jun 23, 2021
U.S. Vice President Harris to visit Mexico border Friday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the border her country shares with Mexico, stopping at El Paso, Texas, with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Friday,...
Jun 23, 2021
Political novice claims win in Democratic mayoral primary in New York’s 2nd largest city
By Peter Szekely and Nathan Layne NEW YORK (Reuters) - India Walton, a left-leaning political novice, appears to have unseated the four-term mayor of Buffalo, New York state's second largest city, in ...
Jun 23, 2021
U.S. Democrats vow ‘long march’ toward voting rights reforms
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. Congress suffered a bruising defeat in their drive to pass a major election reform bill but said there are more tools at their disposal to...
Jun 23, 2021
Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang concedes in NYC mayoral race
(Reuters) - Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang conceded the New York City mayoral race on Tuesday after early results showed him in a distant fourth place among more than a dozen Democrats seek...
Jun 22, 2021
White House team cites progress in talks with bipartisan infrastructure group
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A team of White House officials had a productive meeting on Tuesday with a bipartisan group of senators about the lawmakers' $1 trillion infrastructure plan, and will meet again...
Jun 22, 2021
