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U.S. CBO to publish full cost estimate for “Build Back Better” bill on Thursday
(Reuters) - The U.S. Congressional Budget Office said it would publish a complete cost estimate for President Joe Biden's "Build Back Better" bill on Thursday afternoon. The $1.75 trillion proposal ai...
Nov 18, 2021
As plastic piles up, U.S. joins effort to reach new global treaty
By Valerie Volcovici (Reuters) - The United States will join talks on a new global treaty to curb plastic pollution, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday, marking its first support ...
Nov 18, 2021
U.S. House could vote on ‘Build Back Better’ Thursday- Pelosi
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives could vote on President Joe Biden's "Build Back Better" legislation on Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, as long as a budget score on the b...
Nov 18, 2021
Biden to pardon Indiana turkeys Peanut Butter, Jelly on Thanksgiving
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will pardon two turkeys from Indiana named Peanut Butter and Jelly at the White House on Thanksgiving, carrying on a decades-old tradition. The birds we...
Nov 18, 2021
Elizabeth Warren urges SEC to investigate Trump SPAC deal
(Reuters) - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren on Thursday urged Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Gary Gensler to investigate a recent deal between former U.S. President Donald Trump's social me...
Nov 18, 2021
U.S. to allow texting to new ‘988’ suicide prevention hotline
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted unanimously on Thursday to require wireless carriers to allow texting to the new "988" U.S. National Suicide Prevention hotline...
Nov 18, 2021
U.S. govt to buy 10 million courses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill for $5.29 billion
(Reuters) -Pfizer Inc said on Thursday the U.S. government had signed a $5.29 billion deal for 10 million courses of its COVID-19 oral antiviral drug for delivery by 2022. If authorized, Pfizer said i...
Nov 18, 2021
Amid calls for clemency, Oklahoma set to execute Julius Jones
(Reuters) - Oklahoma is set to deploy a contested three-drug cocktail on Thursday to execute Julius Jones, who has maintained his innocence in the 22-year-old murder he was convicted of and whose case...
Nov 18, 2021
Judge to decide on racial slur allegedly uttered by murder suspect in Arbery case
By Jonathan Allen and Rich McKay (Reuters) - A Georgia judge will decide on Thursday whether a jury can hear from Travis McMichael about a racial slur officials say he uttered as Ahmaud Arbery, a Blac...
Nov 18, 2021
Ghislaine Maxwell sex crimes trial highlights conditions at Brooklyn jail
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Ghislaine Maxwell leaves Manhattan federal court at the end of each day of her upcoming sex abuse trial, the British socialite will return to a Brooklyn jail cel...
Nov 18, 2021
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