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U.S. voter advocates face tough fight despite Texas triumph
By Julia Harte WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats on Tuesday celebrated the boycott by Texas state lawmakers that prevented sweeping new Republican-backed voting restrictions from becoming law over the ...
Jun 01, 2021
Harris to lead Biden administration’s efforts on voting rights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced Vice President Kamala Harris will lead the administration's efforts on voting rights as Republican state lawmakers across the country at...
Jun 01, 2021
Biden suspends oil and gas leases in Alaska refuge pending review
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's administration will suspend leases for oil and gas in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge pending a review of their environmental impacts, the U.S. Interior...
Jun 01, 2021
U.S. moves to dismiss charges against a Capitol riots defendant
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors on Tuesday took the unusual step of asking a judge to dismiss the criminal charges against Christopher M. Kelly, a defendant who was facing...
Jun 01, 2021
U.S. prosecutors in plea talks with Oath Keepers on Capitol riot
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. federal prosecutors have opened talks about plea deals with members of the far-right Oath Keepers group charged with joining the deadly attack on the Capitol, ...
Jun 01, 2021
Biden says nearly 14% of his 1,500 agency appointees identify as LGBTQ
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly 14% of U.S. President Joe Biden's 1,500 federal agency appointees identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer, he said on Tuesday in a procl...
Jun 01, 2021
Florida joins states to ban transgender girls from sports
(Reuters) - Florida on Tuesday became the latest and by far the largest state to ban transgender women and girls from participating in school sports, part of a campaign in statehouses nationwide this ...
Jun 01, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court endorses tribal police power in Montana dispute
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday endorsed Native American tribal police powers, backing the authority of a tribal officer in Montana to stop and search a non...
Jun 01, 2021
Biden to host Republican Capito Wednesday for infrastructure talks -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will host Republican U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito on Wednesday for infrastructure talks, the White House said, as the Democratic administration works wi...
Jun 01, 2021
Major rulings including Obamacare loom for U.S. Supreme Court
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court heads into the last month of its current term with several major cases yet to be decided including a Republican bid to invalidate the O...
Jun 01, 2021
