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Republican Party says it will continue to use Trump name in fundraising appeals
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican Party intends to keep using former President Donald Trump's name in fundraising pitches and other materials, a lawyer for the party said on Mond...
Mar 08, 2021
U.S. House will take up Senate’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus bill by Wednesday: Pelosi
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives will take up by Wednesday the Senate version of the sweeping $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package backed by President Joe Biden, Speaker Na...
Mar 08, 2021
Factbox: What is in the final version of U.S. Democrats’ $1.9 trillion COVID-19 aid plan?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion plan to address the human and economic toll of the COVID-19 pandemic includes proposals ranging from fresh payments to households, aid for ca...
Mar 08, 2021
White House says Biden does not favor changes to Senate filibuster rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden does not want to make changes to Senate filibuster rules amid efforts from some Democrats to scrap the legislative roadblock, White House press secretary Jen...
Mar 08, 2021
U.S. lawmakers introducing bill to give USPS $6 billion for EV delivery vehicles
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of 17 U.S. House Democrats on Monday are introducing legislation on Monday that would award $6 billion to the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to buy tens ...
Mar 08, 2021
Republican U.S. Senator Blunt will not seek reelection in 2022
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Roy Blunt, a member of the Republican Senate leadership, said on Monday that he will not run for office in 2022, making him the latest Republican lawmaker in Congre...
Mar 08, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court dumps last of Trump’s election appeals
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday disposed of the last of three cases brought to the justices by former President Donald Trump challenging his election loss, b...
Mar 08, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court rejects case over ‘qualified immunity’ for police
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sidestepped a chance to review the scope of a legal defense called qualified immunity that increasingly has been used to shield police accu...
Mar 08, 2021
Biden’s picks for key Justice Department posts face confirmation scrutiny
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In her first big civil rights case after law school, Vanita Gupta two decades ago challenged the wrongful drug convictions of dozens of Black residents of the ...
Mar 08, 2021
U.S. could send $1,400 COVID bill payments within days; child tax credit a bigger challenge
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With plenty of practice sending coronavirus relief payments to Americans, the federal government should be able to launch the delivery of $1,400 checks almost im...
Mar 08, 2021
