WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said relations with China were strained and the Biden administration is looking at other actions it can take after shooting down what it called a Chinese surveillance balloon over the weekend. “Tense,” Schumer said when asked to describe the state of bilateral relations. The appearance of …
By Andrea Shalal and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Friday hailed a jobs report that showed 517,000 jobs were created in January and unemployment fell to 3.4%, its lowest rate in 54 years, as evidence that his economic plan is strengthening the U.S. economy. In remarks at the White House, Biden said …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will postpone his visit to China after a spy balloon was detected flying over the continental United States, according to media reports on Friday. Blinken did not want the balloon to dominate his meetings with Chinese officials, ABC News reported, citing an unnamed U.S. official. Bloomberg …
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By Steve Holland and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday credited Brian Deese, his outgoing top White House economic adviser, for helping achieve the administration’s economic vision for the country. Biden said Deese’s work as director of the National Economic Council (NEC) was critical to ensuring passage of a series …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. lawmakers are calling for the Department of Energy to release documents detailing the targeting of American nuclear laboratories by Russian hackers last year. The call – issued Thursday by the Republican chairmen of the House of Representatives’ oversight and science committees – follows a Reuters report last month that the Russian hacking …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The FBI is soon expected to search former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence’s Indiana home and Washington, D.C., office for classified material, U.S. media reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The Justice Department is in talks with Pence’s legal team about scheduling the search of his Indiana home, the Wall …
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By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of U.S. Senate Democrats will introduce legislation on Thursday directing the Federal Trade Commission to create rules banning the marketing of firearms to children, including the JR-15, which has become a target of gun control advocates. The planned legislation comes roughly a week after Democrats publicly called …
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By Steve Holland and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden used the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday to call on Americans – and especially Republicans and Democrats in Congress – to start treating each other as humans again, and work together to better the nation. “I think we see each other as enemies, …
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By Andrea Shalal and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden is still weighing candidates for new top economic advisers, officials familiar with the process said, and no final decisions are expected before next week’s State of the Union speech. Biden is focused on Tuesday’s address to Congress and had not made a …
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(Reuters) – Republicans who control the U.S. House of Representatives say any increase in the United States’ $31.4 trillion debt ceiling should be paired with spending cuts, but so far are not unified on any specific demands. Here are a few proposals Republicans had floated. LIMITED DISCRETION The Republican Study Committee, a group of 165 …
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