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Masks, distanced applause: Small crowd planned for Biden’s first speech to Congress
By Makini Brice and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In his decades in elected office, President Joe Biden attended dozens of his predecessors' joint addresses to the U.S. Congress, but the scene...
Apr 28, 2021
Arizona governor signs ban on abortions based on genetic abnormalities
By David Schwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed into law on Tuesday a measure banning abortions performed strictly on the basis of genetic disorders detected in the fetus, suc...
Apr 28, 2021
After somber tone in first 100 days, Biden plans to try to sell spending to U.S. public
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When he delivers his first address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, President Joe Biden will take on a new role: salesman in chief. Through his f...
Apr 27, 2021
U.S. Senate confirms Biden’s Pentagon policy nominee
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate narrowly confirmed President Joe Biden's nominee, Colin Kahl, to be the Department of Defense's top policy adviser on Tuesday, ending a bitter confirmation battle...
Apr 27, 2021
Bipartisan lawmakers readying alternative to Biden infrastructure plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the U.S. Congress are working on an alternative to President Joe Biden's $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan that would cost roughly half as muc...
Apr 27, 2021
Biden to meet with former President Carter in Georgia on Thursday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will meet with former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn Carter in Plains, Georgia, on Thursday, the White House sai...
Apr 27, 2021
Biden nominates former DOJ official to lead civil division: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden plans to nominate Javier Guzman for assistant attorney general of the Justice Department's Civil Division, the White House said on Tuesday. Guzman, who ...
Apr 27, 2021
Former Obama White House adviser charged in $218,000 theft from charter schools
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former White House education adviser under President Barack Obama was arrested on Tuesday and charged with stealing about $218,000 from a charter school netw...
Apr 27, 2021
Senators urge Biden to impose more sanctions on Myanmar junta
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Tuesday urged the Biden administration to slap more sanctions on the military junta in Myanmar, including choking reven...
Apr 27, 2021
Biden to nominate Texas sheriff and Trump critic to lead immigration enforcement agency
By Ted Hesson and Mimi Dwyer WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will nominate a Texas sheriff who criticized Trump-era immigration raids to lead the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforceme...
Apr 27, 2021
