Bezos To Give Amazon Reins To Cloud Boss Jassy as Sales Rocket Past $100 Billion by Reuters February 3, 2021 0 Bezos is ending his role as CEO on a high note. Read more
Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny Jailed, Declares Putin ‘the Underwear Poisoner’ by Reuters February 3, 2021 1 The United States, Britain, Germany and the EU urged Moscow to immediately free Navalny. Read more
US Democrats Take First Step To Go It Alone on Biden’s COVID-19 Aid by Reuters February 2, 2021 1 Biden's package faces a potential Republican roadblock in the 100-member Senate, which is divided 50-50 but requires a 60-vote threshold... Read more
US Senate Confirms Mayorkas as Homeland Security Secretary Over Republican Opposition by Reuters February 2, 2021 0 Mayorkas, 61, will also stand at the center of Biden's attempts to reverse many immigration restrictions put in place by... Read more
Biden Treads Carefully in Unwinding Hardline Trump Immigration Policies by Reuters February 2, 2021 0 "Fully remedying the actions will take time and require a full-governance approach," one of the officials said. Read more
US Says Myanmar Military Takeover Constitutes Coup, Reviewing Aid by Reuters February 2, 2021 0 Washington has not been in direct contact with the coup leaders in Myanmar or the deposed civilian government leaders. Read more
US Senate Confirms Buttigieg To Head Transportation Department by Reuters February 2, 2021 6 He is also the first openly gay Senate-confirmed Cabinet secretary. Read more
Despite ‘Productive’ Republican Meeting, Biden Will Not Accept a Scaled-Down COVID-19 Bill: White House by Reuters February 2, 2021 3 He "will not settle for a package that fails to meet the moment." Read more
Police Officer Killed in Storming of US Capitol To Lie in Honor in Washington by Reuters February 2, 2021 5 Members of Congress will be able to view Sicknick on Wednesday morning. Read more
Trump Lawyers To File Pretrial Documents With US Senate in Preview of Impeachment Defense by Reuters February 2, 2021 7 One of Trump's recently hired lawyers called the process "completely unconstitutional." Read more
US Promises Undocumented Migrants Equal Access To COVID-19 Vaccines by Reuters February 2, 2021 7 "It is a moral and public health imperative to ensure that all individuals residing in the United States have access... Read more
Explainer: Is Trump’s Post-Presidency Impeachment Trial Constitutional? by Reuters February 2, 2021 6 Here is an overview of the once-academic debate that has taken on new importance. Read more
Senate Democrats Seek February Hearing for Attorney General Nominee Garland by Reuters February 1, 2021 3 "There is simply no justification to object to a Feb. 8 hearing." Read more
Democrats File $1.9 Trillion Budget Resolution, Could Bypass Republicans on COVID-19 Relief by Reuters February 1, 2021 1 Schumer announced the plan to file a fiscal-year 2021 budget measure in the Senate and House, saying it would allow... Read more
Early US Data Indicates Blacks, Hispanics Lagging in COVID-19 Vaccinations by Reuters February 1, 2021 0 Blacks and Hispanics have been particularly hard hit by COVID-19 with a disproportionate number of deaths, and public health officials... Read more
House Democrats Aim To Remove Marjorie Taylor Greene From Committees Over Violent Comments by Reuters February 1, 2021 1 Greene has supported false online claims that school shootings were staged, including the 2012 killings at Sandy Hook Elementary School... Read more
Biden Asks US Supreme Court To Cancel Asylum, Border Wall Arguments by Reuters February 1, 2021 0 The Biden administration has already announced plans to discontinue construction of the border wall and suspend the asylum program, potentially... Read more
Biden Threatens US Sanctions in Response To Myanmar Coup by Reuters February 1, 2021 9 The Myanmar crisis marks a first major test of Biden's pledge to collaborate more with allies on international challenges. Read more
Trump Fundraising Committee Raised $30.9 Million at Close of 2020 by Reuters February 1, 2021 4 Trump could use the funds to support or oppose Republicans in the 2022 congressional elections. Read more
Exclusive: Dozens of Former Bush Officials Leave Republican Party, Calling It ‘Trump Cult’ by Reuters February 1, 2021 20 "The Republican Party as I knew it no longer exists." Read more