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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
Hunter Biden says U.S. prosecutor investigating his taxes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden said on Wednesday the U.S. Attorney's Office in Delaware is investigating his tax affairs. "I take this matter very seriously but I ...
Dec 09, 2020
Several U.S. states back Texas bid to upend Biden election win at Supreme Court
(Reuters) - Seventeen U.S. states on Wednesday filed a brief at the U.S. Supreme Court supporting a bid by Texas to overturn the presidential election results. (Reporting by Jan Wolfe; editing by Jona...
Dec 09, 2020
Ex-U.S. Homeland Security intelligence official to give congressional testimony
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former U.S. Homeland Security intelligence official who said he was told to stop discussing the threat of Russian interference in the election and to highlig...
Dec 09, 2020
Analysis-Texas tries to overturn the U.S. election result. Can it succeed?
By Jan Wolfe and Makini Brice (Reuters) - An extraordinary attempt by the state of Texas to have President Donald Trump's election loss upended by the U.S. Supreme Court is almost certain to fail, acc...
Dec 09, 2020
