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Exclusive: Two U.S. senators make new push to advance self-driving cars
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. senators are working to attach legislation to allow automakers to deploy tens of thousands of self-driving vehicles on U.S. roads to a bipartisan China bill, a signific...
Apr 22, 2021
Senate Republicans ready $568 billion infrastructure plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republicans on Thursday plan to unveil a $568 billion infrastructure plan in response to President Joe Biden's $2.3 trillion proposal, according to photos of present...
Apr 22, 2021
U.S. SEC names former prosecutor Alex Oh as head of enforcement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday named former federal prosecutor Alex Oh as its new head of enforcement, the first woman of color to lead the divisi...
Apr 22, 2021
Pelosi says she will allow Republican input on proposed Jan. 6 commission
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representative Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday that she will allow Republican involvement in approving subpoenas on a proposed commission to investigate the ...
Apr 22, 2021
Manhattan subway bomber sentenced to life plus 30 years in prison
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Bangladeshi man convicted of setting off a pipe bomb during rush hour in New York City's busiest subway station, Times Square, was sentenced on Thursday to life plus 30 years in...
Apr 22, 2021
U.S. general concerned about Afghan security forces after troop withdrawal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of U.S. forces in the Middle East said on Thursday that he was concerned about the ability of the Afghan security forces to hold territory after the withdrawal of all f...
Apr 22, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court rejects new curbs on juvenile sentences
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday declined to place new limits on sentences of life in prison without parole for juvenile offenders, ruling against a Mississippi man convicted ...
Apr 22, 2021
Russia says it hopes U.S. ambassador’s consultations in Washington won’t be in vain
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Thursday it hoped U.S. ambassador John Sullivan would use his time usefully in Washington during consultations with members of Joe Biden's administration amid a diplo...
Apr 22, 2021
L.A. develops homelessness strategy, but does it have political will?
By Daniel Trotta LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Justine Gonzalez is a Democratic Party activist and sympathetic to the plight of the homeless. Her brother has struggled with the cycle of going from jail to t...
Apr 22, 2021
U.S. House prepares to say yes to making Washington, D.C., the 51st state
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday is set to approve, for the second time in less than a year, legislation making the District of Columbia the 51st s...
Apr 22, 2021
