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States poised to respond to Texas bid to overturn U.S. election at Supreme Court
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four U.S. states that President Donald Trump lost in the Nov. 3 election are due on Thursday to file their opposition to a long-shot Republican-backed lawsuit...
Dec 10, 2020
Trump finalizes sweeping asylum restrictions in last-minute immigration push
By Ted Hesson and Mimi Dwyer WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration finalized a regulation on Thursday that greatly restricts access to asylum in the United States, part of a last-minute immi...
Dec 10, 2020
Biden to tap Susan Rice to head his domestic policy council-report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden chose Susan Rice, who was national security adviser to former President Barack Obama, to lead the White House's domestic policy council, the Assoc...
Dec 10, 2020
Biden to tap Denis McDonough as veterans affairs secretary – report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Denis McDonough, who was chief of staff to former President Barack Obama, to be secretary of veterans affairs, Politico reported on ...
Dec 10, 2020
Biden to campaign for Georgia Democrats next week amid hot U.S. Senate races
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden next week will jump into the fiery U.S. Senate campaigns in Georgia, two contests that could help push his legislative agenda through Congress if ...
Dec 10, 2020
U.S. election year shaped by pandemic and Trump’s defiance
By James Oliphant (Reuters) - The U.S. presidential election was defined at first by a paralyzing coronavirus pandemic that upended traditional campaigning and then by President Donald Trump's frenzie...
Dec 10, 2020
Trump admin revives oil leasing in California despite opposition
(Reuters) - The Trump administration on Thursday will hold a sale of oil and gas leases on federal land in California for the first time in eight years despite widespread opposition to the auction in ...
Dec 10, 2020
U.S. Senate to vote on spending stopgap as COVID-19 aid debate continues
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate is expected to vote as early as Thursday on a one-week extension of federal government funding to provide more time for legislators to work out...
Dec 10, 2020
Biden picks Capitol Hill staffer as U.S. trade representative -sources
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Andrea Shalal NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden has selected Katherine Tai, the House Ways and Means Committee's chief trade lawyer, to serve as U.S. tr...
Dec 09, 2020
U.S. House secures enough votes to pass spending bill to avoid government shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A one-week extension of federal funding to avoid a U.S. government shutdown secured enough votes on Wednesday for passage in U.S. House of Representatives. Voting continued on t...
Dec 09, 2020
