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U.S. Congress scrambles to agree on COVID-19 relief deal as shutdown deadline looms
By Patricia Zengerle and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress faced a deadline on Friday to agree to a fresh round of COVID-19 aid as part of a sweeping government funding bill, pass...
Dec 18, 2020
Irritated by loss, Trump hunkers down at the White House and avoids talk of future
By Steve Holland and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hunkered down in what one former White House official called the "presidential man cave" of the Oval Office, President Donald Trump does not want...
Dec 18, 2020
Members of Congress will get vaccinated with first round of vaccine -physician
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Members of the U.S. Congress will be able to get vaccinated for COVID-19 with the distribution of the first tranche of vaccine doses, the congressional physician said on Thursda...
Dec 17, 2020
Los Angeles mayor says turned down job in Biden administration
By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said on Thursday that he turned down an offer to work in the administration of President-elect Joe Biden so he can focus on the ...
Dec 17, 2020
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
