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Yellen to extend extraordinary debt management measures through Dec 3
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told congressional leaders on Monday that she will extend extraordinary cash management measures to stay under the federal debt limit throug...
Oct 18, 2021
U.S. bill would stop Big Tech favoring its own products
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About a dozen U.S. senators from both parties on Monday formally introduced a bill that would bar Big Tech platforms, like Amazon and Alphabet's Google, from favo...
Oct 18, 2021
Washington, D.C, subway reduced service to continue at least through Sunday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Washington, D.C.-area subway will operate at reduced service through at least Sunday after it was ordered to not use nearly 60% of its rail fleet earlier on Monday, the Wash...
Oct 18, 2021
U.S. Senate set to hold test vote Wednesday on election reforms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate is likely to take a procedural vote on whether to debate a major overhaul of federal election law on Wednesday, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Monday as h...
Oct 18, 2021
Negotiations on $3.5 trillion U.S. investment bill making progress -Schumer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Negotiators to a massive U.S. bill that would invest up to $3.5 trillion to expand social programs and attack climate change have made progress in recent days but have not yet b...
Oct 18, 2021
Earlier breast cancer screening would narrow mortality gap for Black women, U.S. study finds
(Reuters) - Racial disparities in breast cancer survival in the United States could be cut by more than half if Black women got mammograms every other year starting at age 40, according to findings fr...
Oct 18, 2021
U.S. House committee rejects Bannon ‘privilege’ argument in Jan. 6 probe
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. congressional committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol told Steve Bannon that it rejected his arguments for failing to coope...
Oct 18, 2021
Trump sues U.S. House panel investigating Jan. 6 attack -court document
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit on Monday against the House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, alleging...
Oct 18, 2021
U.S. State Dept IG launches probes into end of Afghanistan operations -Politico
(Reuters) - The U.S. State Department's inspector general is launching a series of investigations into the end of the Biden administration's diplomatic operations in Afghanistan, Politico reported on ...
Oct 18, 2021
Biden to speak to Senator Manchin on spending bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday that he was going to speak with Senator Joe Manchin, the centrist Democrat from coal-rich West Virginia whose vote is crucial to the pass...
Oct 18, 2021
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