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Friend of embattled U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz to plead guilty to sex trafficking
By Jan Wolfe and Mark Hosenball ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - A former Florida official central to the federal probe into whether U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz trafficked a minor for sex will plead guilt...
May 17, 2021
Biden appoints Neera Tanden, former pick for budget director, as senior adviser
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden has appointed Neera Tanden, who withdrew from consideration to lead the White House Office of Management and Budget after strong opposition fro...
May 14, 2021
Former Massachusetts mayor convicted of fraud, extortion
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - A former Massachusetts mayor first elected at the age of 23 was convicted on Friday of defrauding investors in a smartphone app company and extorting money from loca...
May 14, 2021
Factbox: Cautious U.S. re-opening does not include U.S. government, yet
(Adds FACTBOX to front of headline) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With more than one-third of Americans vaccinated against COVID-19, traffic is starting to re-appear in some suburbs, schools are cautiously r...
May 14, 2021
U.S. lawmakers seek to form bipartisan panel on Jan. 6 attack
(Corrects timing in paragraph 2) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Democratic and Republican lawmakers on the House Homeland Security Committee on Friday said they had reached a deal to push forward with...
May 14, 2021
House Republicans pick Stefanik to replace Trump critic Cheney in leadership – media
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday elected Elise Stefanik to serve in their No. 3 leadership position, replacing Liz Cheney, an outspoken critic of forme...
May 14, 2021
U.S. House Republicans aim to move past Trump-Cheney battle with Friday leadership vote
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Republicans plan on Friday to elect a successor to Liz Cheney, whom they ousted from their leadership team for criticizing Donald Trump's false claim...
May 14, 2021
‘U.S. Welcome Patrol’: how some border agents are struggling with Biden’s policy shift
By Ted Hesson, Kristina Cooke and Mica Rosenberg WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some U.S. border patrol agents are so frustrated with President Joe Biden's more liberal border policies that they are consideri...
May 14, 2021
U.S. Rep. Roy announces bid for No. 3 House Republican leadership job
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican U.S. Representative Chip Roy, a two-term conservative from Texas, said on Thursday he intends to run for the No. 3 House of Representatives Republican leadership job t...
May 13, 2021
Biden meets Republican senators as quest for infrastructure deal continues
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden sat down with a handful of Republican senators on Thursday, continuing a quest for a bipartisan compromise on his more than $2 trillion infr...
May 13, 2021
