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In farewell address, Trump urges prayers for next administration without mentioning Biden
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump, in a farewell address released on Tuesday, urged prayers for the new administration of President-elect Joe Biden but still declined to acknowledge h...
Jan 19, 2021
U.S. House expected to vote Thursday on waiver for Pentagon nominee
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on Thursday on a waiver to allow retired Army General Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense, according to a House sch...
Jan 19, 2021
Supreme Court justices lean toward FCC bid to loosen media ownership rules
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled sympathy on Tuesday toward a bid by President Donald Trump's administration, backed by broadcast companies, to loosen regu...
Jan 19, 2021
Georgia certifies Democratic winners of Jan. 5 U.S. Senate run-off election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Georgia officials have certified the results of the state's Jan. 5 runoff election for two U.S. Senate seats, its secretary of state said, confirming Democrats Jon Ossoff and Ra...
Jan 19, 2021
Biden’s choice for U.S. homeland security chief pledges to confront ‘domestic extremism’
By Mica Rosenberg and Kristina Cooke NEW YORK (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden's nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, said on Tuesday he would empower int...
Jan 19, 2021
U.S. Senate leader McConnell says Trump ‘provoked’ Jan. 6 riot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican, said in a speech on the Senate floor on Tuesday that President Donald Trump "provoked" the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol....
Jan 19, 2021
U.S. Senate Republican leader cautions Democrats against big ‘ideological change’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Mitch McConnell on Tuesday said an evenly divided chamber did not give Democrats "mandate for sweeping, ideological change," cautioning Democrats against se...
Jan 19, 2021
Explainer: How Biden could use his whole government to take on climate change
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Incoming U.S. President Joe Biden has promised an "all-of-government" approach to fight climate change that would require federal agencies from the Defense ...
Jan 19, 2021
Trump fraud claims open Republican rift in Texas and other red states
By Brad Brooks and Gabriella Borter LEVELLAND, Texas (Reuters) - Pat Cowan, a Republican official in west Texas, would rather blow up her party than see it controlled by "weak" Republicans who increas...
Jan 19, 2021
“Act big” on stimulus, Biden’s Treasury nominee Yellen to tell lawmakers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Janet Yellen, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for Treasury Secretary, will urge lawmakers on Tuesday to "act big" on the next coronavirus relief package, adding that th...
Jan 19, 2021
