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Exclusive: As Biden advances UAE F-35 sale, senators seek more control of arms deals
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two senior Democratic senators will introduce legislation on Friday that would reassert Congress' oversight of international weapons deals, after President ...
Apr 16, 2021
Biden’s climate duo of Kerry and McCarthy puts U.S. back in global warming fight
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An unlikely duo is steering President Joe Biden's efforts to restore U.S. credibility on fighting climate change: a patrician former presidential candidate and a p...
Apr 16, 2021
Biden infrastructure plan includes $18 billion for Veterans Affairs, far more needed -lawmaker
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's infrastructure plan includes $18 billion to upgrade and replace aging Veterans Affairs hospitals, but the agency needs five times that muc...
Apr 15, 2021
Congress eyes two-track approach to Biden’s $2.3T infrastructure pitch
By David Morgan and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republicans said on Thursday they would consider an infrastructure bill about one-third the size of U.S. President Joe Biden's $2.3 tri...
Apr 15, 2021
Washington state passes bill with goal to phase out gasoline cars
(Reuters) - Washington state lawmakers passed a bill on Thursday setting a target to stop sales of gasoline-fueled vehicles there beginning in 2030, five years sooner than California. The target is no...
Apr 15, 2021
Former U.S. Vice President Pence received heart pacemaker, full recovery expected -spokesman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence received a heart pacemaker device during a routine surgery on Wednesday and is expected to fully recover, a spokesman said on Thursday. Pen...
Apr 15, 2021
White House says infrastructure package could be passed in smaller pieces
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's $2.3 trillion infrastructure package could be passed by Congress in smaller pieces, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Thursday, citing agreemen...
Apr 15, 2021
With eyes on Russia, senators seek to prevent any U.S. president from leaving NATO
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fifteen Democratic and Republican U.S. senators introduced a bill on Thursday that would bar any U.S. president from withdrawing from the NATO military alliance without Senate a...
Apr 15, 2021
U.S. Senate committee backs Biden nominee Power to lead USAID
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee backed on Thursday by unanimous voice vote President Joe Biden's nominee to lead the U.S. Agency for International Development, Saman...
Apr 15, 2021
U.S. House Speaker Pelosi says does not support bill to expand the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representative Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said she does not support proposed legislation to add seats to the U.S. Supreme Court and favors President Joe Biden's appr...
Apr 15, 2021
