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‘No sympathy’ for Chauvin, say those who had run-ins before Floyd
By Nathan Layne MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - For some of those who encountered Derek Chauvin's policing or witnessed his use of force as an officer there is no sympathy for the man convicted of killing Geo...
Apr 21, 2021
U.S. House Speaker Pelosi criticized for thanking George Floyd for ‘sacrificing your life’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday drew criticism by thanking George Floyd, a Black man who became a symbol of the struggle for racial justice, after ...
Apr 20, 2021
U.S. judge rejects ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen’s bid to end sentence early
By Jonathan Stempel and Karen Freifeld NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a petition by Michael Cohen, the onetime personal lawyer and fixer for former President Donald Trump, t...
Apr 20, 2021
Majority of U.S. Senate votes to confirm Lisa Monaco as deputy attorney general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted to confirm President Joe Biden's nominee Lisa Monaco to serve as deputy attorney general, the No. 2 position at the...
Apr 20, 2021
Ahead of Biden’s climate summit, lawmakers relaunch ‘Green New Deal’
By Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. lawmakers, including Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey, on Tuesday reintroduced their "Green New Deal" resolution, th...
Apr 20, 2021
Analysis-Bumpy first weeks of Harris’ immigration role show challenges of the job
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When President Joe Biden entrusted Vice President Kamala Harris in March with leading U.S. diplomatic efforts to cut immigration from Mexico and Central America'...
Apr 20, 2021
Jurors to resume deliberations in Derek Chauvin murder trial
By Jonathan Allen MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Jurors are due to begin a second day of deliberations on Tuesday in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder and ...
Apr 20, 2021
U.S. mass shootings strain coroners’ offices, ‘the last responders’
By Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After a gunman killed eight workers and himself at an Indianapolis FedEx center last week - the city's third mass shooting this year - the chief deputy coroner spoke...
Apr 20, 2021
Former U.S. vice president Walter Mondale dies at 93: Axios
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. vice president Walter Mondale died on Monday at age 93, Axios reported, citing a family spokesperson. (Reporting by Eric Beech; Editing by Kim Coghill)
Apr 19, 2021
U.S. Republicans spotlight AOC PAC’s contributions to vulnerable House Democrats
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At least three moderate Democratic lawmakers have returned contributions from a political action committee formed by U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that Republican...
Apr 19, 2021
