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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two senior U.S. senators planned legislation on Thursday that would fight ransomware attacks on U.S. infrastructure by sanctioning countries the harbor...

(Bloomberg) -- Democrats and Republicans in the Senate are heading for a standoff over the federal government’s debt limit that risks throwing financial markets into chaos if both...

By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday challenged in court last week's U.S. Justice Department order to turn his tax returns over to a House of...

By Susan Cornwell and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate could vote in the next few days on the $1 trillion infrastructure package that is one of President Joe...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congressional Budget Office said it will release on Thursday its cost estimate for the bipartisan infrastructure bill now being debated in the...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Some 59% of New Yorkers think Governor Andrew Cuomo should resign after an investigation found that he groped, kissed or made suggestive comments to 11 women...

(Bloomberg) -- Senator Elizabeth Warren praised Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard on Wednesday for her approach to financial regulation while criticizing Chairman Jerome...

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Representative Mo Brooks asked a federal judge on Wednesday to grant him immunity from a civil lawsuit alleging a speech...

By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Mike Carey, a coal lobbyist endorsed by former President Donald Trump, won a crowded primary contest on Tuesday for the Republican...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump's endorsed candidate Mike Carey won a crowded primary contest on Tuesday for the Republican nomination to a seat in the U.S....

(Reuters) - Governor Andrew Cuomo, accused of sexually harassing multiple women in a New York attorney general's report issued on Tuesday, has had a U.S. political career spanning...

By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo should resign in light of a report by the state attorney...

(Reuters) -Politicians and former aides responded to the news of the New York attorney general's finding that Governor Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women and violated...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo should resign in light of the findings of an investigation into sexual...

By David Thomas (Reuters) - For her five-month probe of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, state Attorney General Letitia James tapped a former top federal prosecutor at one of...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to announce a revised eviction moratorium on Tuesday after a prior government ban on evictions expired Saturday at...

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. congressional Democrats on Tuesday pushed the White House to reinstate an expired moratorium on residential evictions that kept...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said he would urge his fellow Republicans to block an effort to move ahead on a $1 trillion bipartisan...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, both New York Democrats, called on Governor Andrew Cuomo to resign on Tuesday...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress on Tuesday agreed to award Congressional Gold Medals to police officers who fought rioters at the Capitol on Jan. 6, the day after...

By Patricia Zengerle and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden's administration backs repeal of the 2002 congressional authorization for the war in Iraq,...

By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) -The District of Columbia's police department on Monday said two more police officers who responded to the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol have died by...

By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (NYSE:GHM) revealed on Monday that he has tested positive for COVID-19 despite being vaccinated, has...

By Makini Brice and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will try to complete work this week on a $1 trillion infrastructure investment bill that would bring...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate pushed ahead on Monday with a roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill to update America's roads, bridges and broadband networks,...

By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump will challenge a recent U.S. Justice Department order that his tax returns should be turned over to a House of...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has more than 65 nominees awaiting confirmation, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday at a regular news briefing,...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Joint Committee on Taxation, the nonpartisan research arm of the U.S. Congress, projected the tax provisions of the bipartisan Senate infrastructure...

By David Morgan and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. senators introduced a sweeping $1-trillion bipartisan plan to invest in roads, bridges, ports, high-speed internet and...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins said on Sunday that she believes more than 10 of her Republican colleagues will ultimately support the roughly $1...

By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A fundraising group run by former President Donald Trump raised $62 million in the first half of the year but only spent $3 million, with the...

By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate in a rare Saturday session worked on a bill that would spend $1 trillion on roads, rail lines and other infrastructure, as...

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump suffered twin setbacks on Friday when the Justice Department cleared the way to release his tax records and...

By Joseph Ax (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department sued Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Friday, seeking to block an executive order that restricts the transport of migrants through...

By Nathan Layne and Tim Reid (Reuters) - Georgia Republicans on Friday triggered a formal review of election officials in Fulton County, a Democratic stronghold that includes...