By David Shepardson and Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan, who was hospitalized after suffering a stroke, appeared at a U.S. Senate hearing Thursday after an absence of about a month. Lujan’s vote may be critical to confirming President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. The Senate is …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two-term U.S. Representative Van Taylor on Wednesday withdrew from a Republican primary run-off race, ending his reelection bid after admitting he had an extra-marital affair with the widow of an American who joined the Islamic State, according to media reports. Taylor, who represents a northeast Texas district, last year voted for the …
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By Joseph Ax WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Democrat Beto O’Rourke won their parties’ gubernatorial nominations on Tuesday, as the state’s first-in-the-nation primary contests kicked off the race to the Nov. 8 general election. Abbott, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, easily turned back several right-wing challengers. He is favored …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will hold hearings on President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee beginning March 21, according to a statement from committee chair Senator Dick Durbin on Wednesday. The hearings will run until March 24, and include testimony from the American Bar Association. (Reporting by Moira Warburton in Washington; Editing …
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By Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans challenging court-drawn congressional district maps in North Carolina and Pennsylvania have asked the conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court to embrace an esoteric legal theory that could give politicians far greater power over elections. The cases, filed using the court’s emergency “shadow docket” that can allow it …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate talks on an omnibus spending bill to fund the U.S. government have hit a snag over defense spending related to Ukraine, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday. (Reporting by David Morgan; Writing by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Chris Reese)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Congress is expected to vote March 8 on a spending bill to fund U.S. government operations through the end of September, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said on Tuesday. U.S. lawmakers last month https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senate-aims-prompt-passage-stop-gap-bill-avert-government-shutdown-2022-02-17 had approved a stopgap funding bill to fund federal agencies through March 11. Wide swaths of the U.S. government …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday that President Joe Biden’s next budget request must include at least a 5% increase in defense spending above inflation, to counter what he called longer-term threats to U.S. interests posed by Russia and China. McConnell said in a floor speech that ramped up military …
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By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ketanji Brown Jackson, the federal appeals court judge picked by President Joe Biden https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-announce-us-supreme-court-pick-friday-white-house-sources-2022-02-25 to become the first Black woman on the U.S. Supreme Court, brings a diverse set of experiences to the bench, including a stint representing low-income criminal defendants. Jackson, 51, served early in her career as a …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – A new prosecutor has been chosen to lead a criminal probe into former U.S. President Donald Trump, the Manhattan district attorney’s office said on Friday, after the departures of two top lawyers threw the investigation’s future into question. Susan Hoffinger will now lead the probe into Trump and …
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