By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the Environmental Protection Agency plans to step down on Dec. 31 after overseeing widespread efforts by the administration of President Joe Biden to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants. EPA Administrator Michael Regan told employees of his plans in an email on Friday, saying the …
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By Steve Holland and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican hardliners who normally are ardent supporters of President-elect Donald Trump are resisting his push to raise the U.S. debt ceiling, sticking to their belief that government spending needs to be pruned and defying his warnings of revenge. Some 38 House of Representatives Republicans voted against …
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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s administration will provide U.S. lawmakers an assessment by Jan. 17 on the credibility of assurances by the United Arab Emirates that it is not providing – and will not provide – weapons to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan, according to a letter seen …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said he would “of course” attend Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration next month, personally confirming his presence and rejecting what he called the Republican’s “childish game.” “Of course I am,” Biden said in an interview broadcast on Thursday on the Meidas Touch network, when asked if he was planning …
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By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s administration has set a new U.S. target under the Paris climate agreement to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 61%-66% below 2005 levels by 2035, a goal officials called achievable by states even if President-elect Donald Trump follows through on vows to reverse federal policies. The new …
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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly for an $895 billion bill setting policy for the Pentagon on Wednesday, despite the inclusion of a controversial provision on transgender medical care for minors. The 100-member Senate backed the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, by 85 to 14. Since it passed the House …
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By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Halfway through Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s two dozen meetings at the U.S. Senate this week, no Republicans have signaled their intention to block confirmation of President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for the top U.S. health job. Kennedy, whose nomination to run the Department of Health and Human Services has raised …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against the Des Moines Register and its top pollster over its final poll showing him trailing in the state before the Nov. 5 presidential election, Fox News reported on Tuesday. The lawsuit, which Fox said was filed Monday night in Polk County, comes after Trump on …
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By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump will be sworn in as president of the United States on Jan. 20, ushering in his second term in office and capping one of the most astounding political comebacks in American history. Inauguration Day is, by tradition, largely dedicated to pomp and circumstance. One president leaves the …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday picked Kimberly Guilfoyle, a former Fox News host turned political fundraiser, as the next U.S. ambassador to Greece and Tom Barrack, the chair of his 2016 inaugural committee, the next ambassador to Turkey. Guilfoyle has been engaged to Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr. since December 31, 2020. …
