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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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(Reuters) – President Joe Biden on Friday is poised to name federal appeals court judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, making good on his pledge to name a Black woman to the nation’s top judicial body, which would be a historic first. A total of 115 justices have served on the Supreme Court …

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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. Senator Chris Coons, who chairs the Senate subcommittee that oversees foreign aid, said on Friday he would support an emergency spending bill of $10 billion or more to address the crisis following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “It would be a wild guess on my part, but I …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden convened a meeting of the National Security Council on Thursday morning to discuss the latest developments in Ukraine, a White House official said as Russia continued a large-scale invasion of its neighbor. (Reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt; Writing by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky)

By David Shepardson (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of 22 governors Thursday urged leaders in Congress to move quickly to finalize $52 billion in government funding to subsidize the production of semiconductor chips. A persistent industry-wide shortage of chips has disrupted production in the automotive and electronics industries, in particular, forcing some firms to scale …

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By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday brought a formal end to former President Donald Trump’s request to block the release of White House records sought by the Democratic-led congressional panel investigating last year’s deadly attack on the Capitol by a mob of his supporters. The court’s decision to formally …

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By Alexandra Ulmer (Reuters) – The leading photo on the website of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), the annual get-together of American rightwing notables, is of a grinning Donald Trump. When the conference kicks off in Orlando, Florida, this week, the former president will be counting on an adoring crowd to cement his dominance …

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By Linda So WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lawmakers in Oregon and California are calling for tougher legislation to protect election workers in response to a continuing wave of threats and harassment inspired by former President Donald Trump’s false claims that the 2020 vote was rigged against him. In Oregon, legislators are considering a measure that would …

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