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Biden to nominate former D.C. solicitor general to lead environmental division
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden said on Monday he intends to nominate Todd Kim, former solicitor general for the District of Columbia, to lead the Justice Department's Env...
Mar 15, 2021
Steve Bannon loses bid to start right-wing political academy in Italy
By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - Steve Bannon, the former adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, has lost a legal battle to set up a right-wing Catholic political academy in an abbey in Italy. The...
Mar 15, 2021
Biden White House wants to reach Republicans hesitant on vaccine, would welcome Trump’s help
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden is looking for ways to reach Republicans who are hesitant to get the coronavirus vaccine, the White House said on Monday. Health o...
Mar 15, 2021
U.S. identifies two suspects in chemical attack on Capitol officer who later died
By Brad Heath and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Monday charged two suspects whom it alleged worked together to spray a chemical irritant on three Capitol Police ...
Mar 15, 2021
Biden reverses course in U.S. Supreme Court drug sentencing case
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration on Monday told the U.S. Supreme Court that it thinks low-level crack cocaine offenders should be among the beneficiaries ...
Mar 15, 2021
Biden’s secretary of state makes overseas debut with visit to Japan, Korea
By Humeyra Pamuk and Kiyoshi Takenaka WASHINGTON/TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin landed in Tokyo on Monday, starting a four-day visit to the...
Mar 15, 2021
Big questions loom ahead of Biden’s next spending push, like ‘what is infrastructure?’
By Jarrett Renshaw and Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - With a $1.9 trillion COVID relief package finally passed, U.S. President Joe Biden's next big spending push is already on the horizon - repairing th...
Mar 15, 2021
Exclusive: U.S. Congress launches probe into multibillion-dollar ‘clean coal’ tax credit
By Tim McLaughlin BOSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress is investigating a multibillion-dollar subsidy for chemically treated coal that is meant to reduce smokestack pollution, after evidence emerged t...
Mar 15, 2021
Biden White House launching ‘Help is Here’ tour to promote stimulus package in key states
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden and his allies are hitting the road this week to promote the $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill he signed in law last week as the right p...
Mar 15, 2021
Biden wants to see outcome of investigation into Cuomo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden told reporters at the White House he wanted to see the outcome of the investigation into New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who is facing pressure to resig...
Mar 14, 2021
