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Biden names cabinet officials tasked to fight climate change
(Reuters) - U.S. president-elect Joe Biden named the team he wants to spearhead his response to climate change on Thursday, picking former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief Gina McCarthy to ...
Dec 17, 2020
Biden says he is not concerned about accusations against son Hunter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden said on Thursday he is not concerned about accusations against his son Hunter Biden, who is under investigation by federal prosecutors over his ta...
Dec 17, 2020
U.S. Republicans seek firm end to Fed’s coronavirus loans, complicating aid talks
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new potential roadblock to a $900 billion coronavirus economic relief bill emerged in the U.S. Congress on Thursday as some Senate Republicans insisted on lang...
Dec 17, 2020
Biden tests negative for COVID-19 after aide tests positive
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden tested negative for COVID-19 on Thursday, after an incoming White House adviser, Cedric Richmond, contracted the deadly respiratory disease, a spo...
Dec 17, 2020
West Virginia lawmakers push jail reform in response to Reuters data on inmate deaths
By Linda So (Reuters) - West Virginia lawmakers plan to introduce several pieces of jail reform legislation after a Reuters investigation revealed an outsize death rate in the state's local lockups. R...
Dec 17, 2020
U.S. has evidence hackers accessed its nuclear networks -Politico
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Energy Department and National Nuclear Security Administration, which manages the country's nuclear weapons stockpile, have evidence that hackers gained access to their...
Dec 17, 2020
U.S. whistleblower was pressed to exaggerate leftist role in urban protests, lawyer says
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former acting chief of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's intelligence office has told Congress that DHS leaders pressed him to overstate illegal bor...
Dec 17, 2020
Trump spoke with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman about regional security -White House statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump spoke with King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia on Thursday, discussing regional security issues, according to a statement from the White Hou...
Dec 17, 2020
Biden’s Secretary of State nominee makes first visit to State Department
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, visited the State Department for the first time on Thursday, taking part in his firs...
Dec 17, 2020
Biden picks U.S. Representative Deb Haaland to be Interior Secretary: Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-Elect Joe Biden will nominate Representative Deb Haaland to serve as his Interior Secretary, the Washington Post reported Thursday. Haaland, a Democratic congresswoman...
Dec 17, 2020
