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Republicans in Iowa, Alabama score legal victories on election rules
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republicans scored legal victories on Wednesday when a Supreme Court ruling allowed Alabama to ban curbside voting and an Iowa court upheld a law that makes ...
Oct 21, 2020
U.S. intelligence agencies say Iran, Russia have tried to interfere in 2020 election
By Joseph Menn and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said on Wednesday that Russia and Iran have both tried to interfere with the 2020 preside...
Oct 21, 2020
Trump says he doesn’t see agreement with Democrats on stimulus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he did not see any way House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer "will be willing to do what is right for ou...
Oct 21, 2020
Republican senators ask EPA not to boost refinery biofuel obligations in 2021
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) - A group of U.S. Republican senators asked the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday to consider a general waiver that would prevent an increase in biofue...
Oct 21, 2020
U.S. Democrats to boycott Senate Judiciary vote on Barrett to Supreme Court: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will boycott a vote scheduled for Thursday on Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to fill the vacant Supreme Court seat, a Senate Dem...
Oct 21, 2020
Pelosi, Mnuchin closer to COVID-19 relief agreement: Pelosi spokesman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House and Democratic lawmakers are closer to an agreement on coronavirus relief legislation after talks on Wednesday between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Se...
Oct 21, 2020
Democrats seize on U.S. Supreme Court election deadlock in Barrett fight
By Jan Wolfe and Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court's deadlock this week in a key election case illustrates the power President Donald Trump's nominee Amy Coney Barrett could wie...
Oct 21, 2020
Democratic challenger’s lead appears to narrow in Arizona Senate race-Reuters/Ipsos poll
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kelly's lead over Arizona Republican incumbent Martha McSally appeared to narrow in a race that could determine whether Repu...
Oct 21, 2020
U.S. Senate Commerce Committee asks Facebook, Twitter to disclose interactions with presidential candidates
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday sent letters to Facebook and Twitter asking the companies to disclose any interactions they have had with presidential candidates...
Oct 21, 2020
Differences remain between White House, Democrats on COVID relief: Meadows
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There are a number of differences between the White House and Democrats in Congress on coronavirus relief but President Donald Trump is "willing to lean into" working toward an ...
Oct 21, 2020
