WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, a Democrat, said on Wednesday he expected the House to vote next week on “contempt of Congress” charges against Peter Navarro, a former trade adviser to ex-President Donald Trump, and Daniel Scavino, who was a Trump deputy chief of staff. The committee probing the …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senator Susan Collins on Wednesday became the first Republican to declare support for President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, further boosting her prospects of becoming the first Black woman to serve on the top U.S. judicial body. Collins, considered a moderate Republican, disclosed her intention to vote in the …
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By Nandita Bose and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed into law the first federal legislation to make lynching a hate crime, addressing a history of racist killings in the United States, after the Senate passed the bill earlier this month. The law is named for Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black …
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By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Tuesday advanced President Joe Biden’s nomination of economist Lisa Cook to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, clearing a key procedural hurdle after the Senate Banking Committee had deadlocked over her appointment. The vote to discharge Cook’s nomination from the hands of the Senate panel …
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By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Four women will take seats on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, returning the derivatives regulator to full strength, after a unanimous U.S. Senate vote hailed as historic by the chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee. “This confirmation makes history because all four nominees are women, three of whom are …
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By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Four women will take seats on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, returning the derivatives regulator to full strength, after a unanimous U.S. Senate vote hailed as historic by the chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee. “This confirmation makes history because all four nominees are women, three of whom are …
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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A man accused of attacking at least three police officers with a chemical irritant during the riot at the Capitol last year asked a judge on Monday to postpone his June trial, signaling he was in talks about settling the case. In a court filing in the U.S. …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will test for COVID-19 on Monday after having met Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in Jerusalem the previous day, a State Department spokesperson said. Bennett is isolating at home after testing positive for COVID-19, his office said on Monday. “Upon learning of Prime Minister Bennett’s positive …
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By Jan Wolfe and Jonathan Stempel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump on Thursday sued his rival in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Hillary Clinton, and several other Democrats, alleging that they tried to rig that election by tying his campaign to Russia. The lawsuit covers a long list of grievances the Republican former president repeatedly aired …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate is on track to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court before its expected break for Easter on April 8, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Thursday. (Reporting by David Morgan and Doina Chiacu)
