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Biden’s possible attorney general pick has moderate track record – progressive critics
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to end the federal death penalty and eliminate mandatory minimum sentences, but some progressives say a potential pick fo...
Nov 19, 2020
Trump campaign drops Michigan lawsuit: statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's re-election campaign said on Thursday it was withdrawing its lawsuit disputing vote results in Michigan, in another faltering legal attempt to challenge...
Nov 19, 2020
Ahead of recount results, Georgia officials say Biden likely to remain the winner
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A key battleground state in the 2020 presidential election is expected on Thursday to affirm Democrat Joe Biden's victory over President Donald Trump, which wou...
Nov 18, 2020
Factbox: Giuliani and the lawyers behind Trump’s efforts to overturn election results
(Reuters) - As established law firms withdrew from representing President Donald Trump in his long-shot challenges to U.S. election results, his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani has spearheaded the conti...
Nov 18, 2020
Matthew McConaughey toys with possible Texas governor run
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey may be the next celebrity to throw his hat into the political ring. The star of "Dallas Buyers Club" and "Magic Mike" appeared to be con...
Nov 18, 2020
Trump Fed nominee Shelton faces more difficult road to confirmation
(Reuters) - Judy Shelton, Republican President Donald Trump's contentious pick to fill a vacant seat at the Federal Reserve, faced a more difficult road to confirmation as the U.S. Senate adjourned on...
Nov 18, 2020
Key U.S. Commerce Dept official involved in China policy resigning
By Karen Freifeld (Reuters) - Cordell Hull, a high-ranking official at the U.S. Department of Commerce who helped craft U.S. policies on exports to China, said he was leaving in early December. Hull l...
Nov 18, 2020
Arizona’s top election official decries violent threats over election results
(Reuters) - Arizona's top election official Katie Hobbs said on Wednesday she faced escalating threats of violence over the outcome of the Nov. 3 presidential election, and blamed President Donald Tru...
Nov 18, 2020
Factbox: U.S. Representative Dan Newhouse latest lawmaker to test positive for coronavirus
(Reuters) - Over thirty members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate - 20 Republicans and 11 Democrats - have tested positive or are presumed to have had COVID-19, with Representative Dan N...
Nov 18, 2020
Georgia recount not likely to change Biden victory: state official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A recount being conducted by Georgia is not likely to change the result that gave Democrat Joe Biden a victory in the southern state in the Nov. 3 U.S. presidential election, Ge...
Nov 18, 2020
