Tag: Congress

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) arrives for a portrait unveiling ceremony for former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 17, 2023. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo 2/2 By Moira Warburton and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s administration and congressional Republicans…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy from an auditorium on the White House campus in Washington, U.S. January 12, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst By Jeff Mason HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) -Democratic negotiators told President Joe Biden on Friday that they are making “steady progress” in talks with Republicans aimed at…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidates Senator Elizabeth Warren and Senator Bernie Sanders talk before the tenth Democratic 2020 presidential debate at the Gaillard Center in Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. February 25, 2020. REUTERS/Jo WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A group of U.S. Senate Democrats called on President Joe Biden to prepare to invoke the…

There’s much excitement around the world following the events of Monday night, in which Ukrainian air defences armed with US-made weapons reportedly neutralised a heavy Russian missile attack against Kyiv.In particular the attack apparently included six KH-47M2 Kinzhal (“Dagger”) air-launched missiles, which are often described as “hypersonic”, frequently with the added assertion that there is…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden hosts debt limit talks with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and other Congressional leaders in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 9, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo By Nandita Bose and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican…

© Reuters. U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speak to reporters outside the West Wing following debt limit talks with U.S. President Joe Biden and Congressional leaders at the White House in Washington, U.S., WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden and top Republican lawmakers met at the White House…

Landmark new crypto rules were signed off on Tuesday by finance ministers of the European Union (EU). The EU’s Council, which represents 27 member states, unanimously approved the Markets in Crypto Assets regulation (MiCA), making the bloc set to be the first major jurisdiction in the world with a crypto licensing regime. Clifford Chance LLP…

The Biden administration is sounding the alarm over Republicans’ hopes to enact far-reaching spending cuts, saying that the contours of the GOP’s plans would result in a 30% slash to a slew of popular federal programs.In a memo, Shalanda Young, director of the Office of Management and Budget, breaks down the math on Republicans’ desired funding…

2/2 © Reuters. U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks to reporters in front of the West Wing after debt limit talks with U.S. President Joe Biden in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 9, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo 2/2 By David Morgan, Jeff Mason and Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters)…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden talks with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as they depart following the annual Friends of Ireland luncheon at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., March 17, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A debt limit meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and top lawmakers including Republican House…