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U.S. Senate backs $740 billion defense bill by veto-proof margin; voting continues
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At least 75 members of the Republican-led U.S. Senate voted for a sweeping $740 billion annual defense bill as voting continued on Friday, a number larger than the two-thirds ma...
Dec 11, 2020
U.S. House Democrat slams Trump trade policies, urges Biden to work with allies
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the powerful U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee on Friday slammed what he called President Donald Trump's "unsophisticated respo...
Dec 11, 2020
U.S. Senate advances massive defense bill, despite Trump veto threat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate threw its weight behind the annual National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, a $740 billion bill setting policy for the Department of Defense, voting by a larg...
Dec 11, 2020
Georgia Republicans fired up for Senate runoff despite ‘rigged’ election fears
By Nathan Layne VALDOSTA, Ga. (Reuters) - Convinced that the presidential election had been stolen from Donald Trump, the young couple from Blairsville, Georgia at first resolved to skip the state's J...
Dec 11, 2020
Probe of Biden’s son places new scrutiny on U.S. attorney general pick
By Jarrett Renshaw and James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A newly revealed federal criminal probe into the business dealings of Joe Biden's son Hunter will complicate the president-elect's selectio...
Dec 10, 2020
Website targeting U.S. election officials draws attention of intelligence agencies
By Andy Sullivan, Brad Heath and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The harassment campaign against U.S. election officials following President Donald Trump's defeat took an ominous turn on Thursda...
Dec 10, 2020
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
