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Trump pardons former campaign chairman Manafort, associate Roger Stone
By Steve Holland PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday pardoned his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, associate Roger Stone and Charles Kushner, a real estate dev...
Dec 23, 2020
Ex-presidential contender Andrew Yang files papers to run for New York mayor
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Andrew Yang, an entrepreneur and former 2020 U.S. presidential contender, has filed papers to run for mayor of New York City as a Democrat in next year's electio...
Dec 23, 2020
Defying Congress, Trump vetoes defense bill and threatens government shutdown
By Andy Sullivan and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump vetoed a bipartisan defense policy bill on Wednesday and raised the prospect that the United States could face a g...
Dec 23, 2020
U.S. says it has “highly credible” information Iranians created website threatening U.S. election officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. security agencies said on Wednesday that they had "highly credible information" indicating Iranian "cyber actors" almost certainly were responsible for creating a website e...
Dec 23, 2020
Trump vetoes major defense bill, despite strong backing in Congress
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON xx (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump vetoed a $740 billion bill setting policy for the Department of Defense on Wednesday, despite its strong support in Congress,...
Dec 23, 2020
Trump’s COVID bill delay leaves millions of desperate Americans in limbo
By Jonnelle Marte WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's threat late Tuesday to veto the $892 billion coronavirus relief bill approved by Congress this week may delay aid for millions of fami...
Dec 23, 2020
U.S. immigration arrests down 27% in 2020, a trend activists hope Biden will continue
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. immigration arrests fell by 27% in 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic led to fewer border crossings and reduced operations, a falloff that pro-immigrant activis...
Dec 23, 2020
Trump veto threat raises the prospect of year-end government shutdown
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington on Wednesday faced the prospect of a year-end U.S. government shutdown during a raging pandemic after outgoing President Donald Trump threatened not ...
Dec 23, 2020
With U.S. Senate at stake, Black voters loom large for Democratic candidates in Georgia
By Joseph Ax and Rich McKay ATLANTA (Reuters) - With hundreds of millions of dollars pouring into twin Jan. 5 Georgia runoff elections to determine control of the U.S. Senate, Democrats and a constell...
Dec 23, 2020
Biden’s Latino education secretary to add to diverse Cabinet
By Simon Lewis WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden will add to the diversity of his incoming administration on Wednesday when he introduces Miguel Cardona as his choice for U.S. Sec...
Dec 23, 2020
