WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House competition adviser Tim Wu said Thursday the Biden administration is still backing tech antitrust legislation that is before Congress as time runs short before lawmakers end work for the year. Wu said officials had a meeting Thursday with tech reform advocates. “The White House is committed to moving tech antitrust …
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By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. House of Representatives committee will release its report probing the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol by former President Donald Trump supporters next month, the Democratic chair said on Thursday. The select committee’s work will likely end in January when a new Republican-controlled Congress is sworn …
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By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration has asked Congress for $500 million to modernize the U.S. strategic petroleum reserve (SPR), a document outlining the request shows. If approved by Congress, the request, issued by the White House on Tuesday, provides the Department of Energy (DOE) with funding to improve the four SPR sites …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer will step down from the Democratic leadership but will remain in Congress, Punchbowl News reported on Thursday, adding that Hoyer will back Representative Hakeem Jeffries to lead House Democrats. (Reporting by Susan Heavey; writing by Rami Ayyub)
(Reuters) – With Republicans clinching control of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, the party will need to elect a speaker when the new Congress is sworn in, normally on Jan. 3. WHAT IS THE SPEAKER’S IMPORTANCE? The speaker of the House, second in the line of succession for the presidency after the vice …
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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans will use their new majority in the U.S. House of Representatives to intensify Washington’s focus on China, and more closely monitor aid going to Ukraine, but they insist they have no plans to stop support for Kyiv in its fight with Russia. Representative Michael McCaul, the Republican in …
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(Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden, a Democrat, on Wednesday congratulated Republicans on their projected majority in the U.S. House of Representatives following last week’s midterm elections, saying he would work with them to deliver for Americans. “The American people want us to get things done for them,” he said in a statement issued by …
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By Katharine Jackson (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to runfor the White House again in 2024 has potential rivals gearing up to take on a divisive Republican leader left bruised by his party’s midterm election losses. Here is a look at his possible challengers for the Republican nomination: FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP …
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By Dawn Chmielewski and Helen Coster (Reuters) -Donald Trump’s 2024 bid for the U.S. presidency was broadcast live and welcomed on the Fox News “Hannity” show on Tuesday, even as others in Rupert Murdoch-controlled media oppose giving the former president another tilt at the White House. But the news network cut away about halfway through …
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By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -With Republicans closing in on a narrower-than-expected U.S. House of Representatives majority, their leader Kevin McCarthy took a step on Tuesday toward becoming speaker of the House, a job he has long coveted. He may get another tough job as well – tightrope walker. McCarthy, 57, is the presumptive favorite …
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