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‘Rationals’ vs. ‘radicals’: Anti-Trump Republicans threaten third party
By Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Over 100 former Republican officials will sign a letter on Thursday declaring that if the Republican Party does not break with former President Donald Trump and chan...
May 11, 2021
U.S.’ Hoyer hopes to bring bill on Jan. 6 attack on Capitol to House floor next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Tuesday he hopes to bring up a bill next week establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, but said thi...
May 11, 2021
Loyalty to Trump catapults Elise Stefanik into Republican stardom
By Gabriella Borter and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Elise Stefanik's first turn in the national limelight came when she mounted an impassioned defense of Donald Trump at ...
May 11, 2021
U.S. Senate Democrats aim to expand voting as Republicans seek to rein it in
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. Senate hope on Tuesday to advance sweeping election reform legislation making it easier for Americans to cast ballots, despite intense opp...
May 11, 2021
Biden picks Rahm Emanuel as U.S. envoy to Japan -FT
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden has chosen former Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel as ambassador to Japan, the Financial Times said https://on.ft.com/3bgCPgv on Tuesday, citing eight people familiar wi...
May 11, 2021
Congressional panel to take up U.S. Postal reform bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives Oversight and Reform Committee on Thursday will take up a pair of bills to reform the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service, a document seen by Reu...
May 10, 2021
Top House Republican says to expect vote on ousting Cheney Wednesday – Punchbowl News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy told his Republican colleagues to expect a vote on Wednesday on removing Representative Liz Cheney from her leadership post, accordin...
May 10, 2021
Georgian opposition leader expected to walk free after court ruling
TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgian opposition leader Nika Melia was expected to walk free on Monday after a court ordered his release on bail, seen as a major step in an EU-backed plan to help end a politic...
May 10, 2021
Democrats’ quarrels in divided U.S. Congress complicate Biden agenda
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats who narrowly control the U.S. Congress will confront twin threats to advancing President Joe Biden's agenda as they return to Washington from a break ...
May 10, 2021
Top House Republican says he will back Stefanik, not Trump critic Cheney, as conference chair
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives signaled on Sunday that he would vote to remove fellow Republican and Trump critic Liz Cheney as a party leader, saying h...
May 09, 2021
