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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
Biden vows to punish those behind hack against U.S. government
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-Elect Joe Biden said Thursday that a recently uncovered far-reaching cybersecurity breach against the U.S. government was a matter of "great concern" and vowed sw...
Dec 17, 2020
U.S. Senate panel leaders call for IRS briefing following hacking campaign
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The leaders of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Thursday call on the Internal Revenue Service to brief lawmakers on whether any U.S. taxpayer data was compromised in the rec...
Dec 17, 2020
Trump says he is not involved in potential prosecution of Hunter Biden
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he had "NOTHING to do" with any potential prosecution of President-Elect Joe Biden's son, Hunter. In a tweet, Trump s...
Dec 17, 2020
Biden’s expected Energy Department pick, Granholm, could lead charge on electric cars
By Timothy Gardner and Ben Klayman WASHINGTON/DETROIT (Reuters) - When Jennifer Granholm was governor of auto-manufacturing Michigan, she led a charge that secured a whopping $1.35 billion in federal ...
Dec 17, 2020
Twitter reverts to old retweet function after U.S. election
(Reuters) - Twitter Inc is reversing changes made to its retweet function intended to curb the spread of misinformation during the U.S. presidential election, the company said. The microblogging site ...
Dec 16, 2020
Pence to get vaccine shot on Friday; Biden next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will be vaccinated for COVID-19 on Friday in a public event, the White House said on Wednesday, and President-elect Joe Biden is expected to recei...
Dec 16, 2020
