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Exclusive: Senator Gillibrand eyes extending Civil Rights Act protections to U.S. troops
By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Kirsten Gillibrand says she will work with colleagues on legislation giving U.S. troops the same legal protections against discrimination as civilian emp...
Jan 18, 2021
Outlook darkens for Wall Street as Biden’s regulators take shape
By Michelle Price WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Wall Street may be facing an uncomfortable four years after President-elect Joe Biden's team confirmed on Monday it planned to nominate two consumer champions ...
Jan 18, 2021
Oil companies, aid groups plan to press Biden to allow Venezuela fuel swaps
By Luc Cohen (Reuters) - Representatives of fuel suppliers to Venezuela, importers of Venezuelan oil and advocacy groups said this month they plan to press the incoming administration of U.S. Presiden...
Jan 18, 2021
Woman may have tried to sell Pelosi computer device to Russians, FBI says
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - U.S. law enforcement is investigating whether a woman took a laptop computer or hard drive from U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office during the Jan. 6 s...
Jan 18, 2021
U.S. Capitol on lockdown – Reuters witness
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Capitol complex is on lockdown, with no entry or exit allowed due to an external security threat and people inside being forced to shelter in place, according to a Reut...
Jan 18, 2021
Factbox: Biden’s Cabinet appointees get their day in Congress
By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is set to take office on Wednesday with only a few of his top chosen deputies in place. The Democrat's Cabinet appointees are awaiting ap...
Jan 18, 2021
Biden taps Chopra as consumer financial regulator, Gensler as SEC chairman – statement
(Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Gary Gensler to serve as the commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission and Federal Trade Commission member Rohit Chopra to head th...
Jan 18, 2021
Pro-gun demonstration set for Virginia capital in wake of Capitol siege
By Julia Harte and Julio-Cesar Chavez RICHMOND, Va (Reuters) - Gun rights activists will converge on the Virginia state capital on Monday for an annual demonstration that falls at an especially tense ...
Jan 18, 2021
Trump, in wave of Tuesday pardons, so far not planning to pardon himself: source
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump at this point is opting not to issue a pardon for himself as he prepares an expansive list of more than 100 pardons and commutations...
Jan 17, 2021
Biden to cancel Keystone XL pipeline permit on first day in office: CBC
(Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is planning to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline permit via executive action on his first day in office, CBC News reported on Sunday, citing sources. A briefin...
Jan 17, 2021
