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Bipartisan U.S. Senate group discusses scaled-back elections bill

21 Jan 2022

By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is discussing a scaled-back law focused on safeguarding election results and protecting election officials from harassment following Democrats’ twin defeats on a voting-rights bill. Lawmakers led by Republican Senator Susan Collins and including conservative Democrats Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, are due to …

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U.S. panel probing Jan. 6 attack seeks interview with Ivanka Trump

21 Jan 2022

By Jan Wolfe and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives’ panel investigating the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol on Thursday requested an interview with former U.S. President Donald Trump’s daughter and White House aide Ivanka Trump. In a letter to Ivanka Trump, lawmakers said they were seeking her …

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Biden to urge mayors to spend more COVID aid to build workforces -official

21 Jan 2022

By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden will urge U.S. mayors on Friday to use more of their state and local COVID-19 aid funds to expand their workforces, a White House official said, an effort partly aimed at easing economic bottlenecks and inflation. In an address to the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ winter …

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U.S. to require COVID vaccines for essential workers crossing borders

21 Jan 2022

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is announcing Thursday it is requiring that non-U.S. essential workers such as truck drivers and nurses who are crossing land borders be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, effective Saturday. The Biden administration first announced in October that effective Nov. 8 it would again …

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Judge orders detention for Oath Keeper charged with U.S. Capitol riot sedition

21 Jan 2022

By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A judge on Thursday refused to release from jail a member of the far-right Oath Keepers group charged with seditious conspiracy https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi-arrests-far-right-militia-group-oath-keepers-leader-jan-6-probe-nyt-2022-01-13 over allegations he helped plan the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Edward Vallejo, one of 11 people prosecutors have linked to the Oath Keepers …

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Trump campaign officials, including Giuliani, oversaw 2020 fake electors’ plan -CNN

21 Jan 2022

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Officials on Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign, led by his lawyer Rudy Giuliani, oversaw efforts to put forward illegitimate electors from seven states that the former president lost, CNN reported on Thursday, citing three sources. There were multiple planning calls between campaign officials and Republican Party state operatives with Giuliani being involved …

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Biden approval rating drops to 43%, lowest of his presidency: Reuters/Ipsos poll

21 Jan 2022

By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s public approval rating fell to the lowest level of his presidency this week as Americans appeared exhausted by the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic toll, according to the latest Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll. The national poll, conducted Jan. 19-20, found that 43% of U.S. adults approved …

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Analysis-Biden must tighten focus on economy, pandemic before midterms, Democrats say

20 Jan 2022

By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With his party splintered and Democrats across the coalition that elected him in 2020 unhappy, President Joe Biden has just a few months to try to chart a path out of the malaise or risk getting swamped in the looming midterm elections in which Republicans are seeking to regain …

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U.S. House Speaker Pelosi says banning member stock trades possible

20 Jan 2022

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday signaled her willingness to advance legislation that could ban lawmaker stock trades, if her rank-and-file Democrats support such a move. At her weekly news conference, Pelosi was asked about tightening controls on stock transactions. She responded: “If members (of the House) want to …

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Biden’s immigration goals fade after setbacks at the U.S.-Mexico border

20 Jan 2022

By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Days after U.S. President Joe Biden took office in January 2021, two of his top immigration advisors outlined bold plans, including a major immigration reform bill, a 100-day deportation moratorium, and a strategy to restore protections for asylum seekers that were degraded under former President Donald Trump. One year …

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