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Twitter locks account of Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican who promoted QAnon
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - Twitter Inc, on Sunday, locked the account of Republican U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a political newcomer known for promoting the baseless QAnon conspirac...
Jan 17, 2021
Biden will wait for recommendation on sharing secrets with Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will wait for a recommendation from his intelligence advisers on whether to share classified information with President Donald Trump after the Rep...
Jan 17, 2021
U.S. Vice president-elect Harris set to resign Senate seat on Monday
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Kamala Harris of California will resign from the Senate on Monday in preparation for her inauguration as Joe Biden's vice president on Wednesday, according to...
Jan 17, 2021
The fight to avert one last execution on Trump’s watch
By Jonathan Allen TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (Reuters) - On Thursday evening, Dustin Higgs, 48, waited in a cell on death row at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, his scheduled execution less than 24...
Jan 17, 2021
U.S. capitals gird for pro-Trump armed protests as FBI flags risk of violence
By Nathan Layne and Patricia Zengerle (Reuters) - Protesters are expected to descend on statehouses across the United States on Sunday in support of baseless claims that electoral fraud robbed Preside...
Jan 17, 2021
Biden plans ‘roughly a dozen’ Day One executive actions: aide
By Trevor Hunnicutt WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will cap a busy day of inauguration pageantry by using the powers of his new office to push policy changes on housing, s...
Jan 16, 2021
Biden eyes ex-Obama staff to tackle Big Tech and other antitrust issues
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two former Obama administration officials have emerged as front-runners for the top antitrust job at the U.S. Department of Justice under the incoming administra...
Jan 16, 2021
Biden nominates veteran diplomats for top State posts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic President-elect Joe Biden on Saturday nominated U.S. foreign policy veteran Wendy Sherman, a key negotiator of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, to be the No. 2 offici...
Jan 16, 2021
Explainer: Can Trump pardon himself? Would the courts reject the move?
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - As he prepares to end a tumultuous four years as U.S. president facing potential legal jeopardy, Donald Trump has discussed the possibility of pardoning himself, according to ...
Jan 16, 2021
U.S. capitols on edge for armed protests as Trump presidency nears end
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - U.S. law enforcement officials are gearing up for pro-Trump marches in all 50 state capitols this weekend, erecting barriers and calling in their National Guards to try to ...
Jan 16, 2021
