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SAN MARCOS, Texas (AP) — Police officials in a Central Texas city refused to provide an escort for a Joe Biden campaign bus when it was surrounded by supporters of then-President Donald Trump on an interstate, an amended lawsuit filed over the 2020 encounter alleges.The updated lawsuit, filed Friday, included transcribed 911 audio recordings, The…

2/2 © Reuters. Rostin Behnam testifies before a Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee hearing on his nomination to be chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 27, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Fra 2/2 By Chris Prentice and Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden’s pick to head…

© Reuters. U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks about his Build Back Better agenda and the bipartisan infrastructure deal during a speech from the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., October 28, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst By Alexandra Ulmer (Reuters) – The Biden administration on Friday made a renewed attempt to end a…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta said Thursday that Africa is at a crossroads, poised on one hand to reap the economic benefits of its youthful population and economic reforms but facing the spread of terrorism and insurgency on the other that are challenging almost all 54 nations on the continent.Ghana’s President Nana…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre holds a media briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 30, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) – White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Thursday that the administration will continue working on prescription drug pricing after it did not…

2/2 © Reuters. The U.S Capitol seen at night from Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, U.S., October 24, 2021. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger/File Photo 2/2 By Trevor Hunnicutt and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday unveiled a $1.75 trillion economic and climate change plan that he said unified Democrats then was quickly rebuffed by…

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden departs after delivering an update on his administration’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building’s South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 2, 2 2/2 By Richard Cowan and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Senior Democrats in the U.S. Congress…

© Reuters. U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) walks to the Senate floor during a vote at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 26, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz By David Morgan (Reuters) -Leading Democratic senators unveiled legislation on Tuesday to impose a 15% minimum tax on the most profitable U.S. corporations, saying the levy would help…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds her weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 12, 2021. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday she expects to have votes on President Biden’s infrastructure and Build Back Better deals in the…

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) walks through the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 21, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz 2/2 By Jarrett Renshaw, Doina Chiacu and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democrats have almost reached an agreement on a social spending bill that is a pared-down version of U.S. President Joe Biden’s…