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US House passes sweeping voting rights bill over GOP opposition
Legislation would require states to offer mail-in and early voting, limit role of big campaign donors
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Bill in Congress to scrap 'one-China' policy, resume relations with Taiwan
Lawmakers introduced a legislation in the House of Representatives calling for the US to resume formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan and end the outdated and counter-productive one- China" policy
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Joe Biden's choice for budget chief faces new hurdles in Congress
For the third straight day, the White House batted off questions about Tanden's path to confirmation after at least one key Democrat and multiple Republicans came out against her
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Wall Street opens lower ahead of Fed Chairman Jerome Powell's speech
Wall Street's main indexes opened lower on Tuesday as investors sold off high-flying growth stocks on valuation concerns ahead of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's testimony before Congress
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Biden remembers late US Congressman John Lewis on his birth anniversary
"Today would have been Congressman John Lewis' 81st birthday. While my dear friend may no longer be with us, his life and legacy provide an eternal moral compass on which direction to march"
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Zuckerberg, Pichai, Dorsey due back for new grilling in US Congress
House antitrust panel to consider legislation that may curb the companies' dominance; hearings slated for next week
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Bills introduced in US Congress to counter growing Chinese influence
The two countries are currently engaged in a bitter confrontation over various issues, including trade
Hedge funds, Robinhood face grilling by US Cong over GameStop Reddit rally
The Reddit rally drove massive volatility in GameStop and other shares, prompting the post-trade "clearing" houses that guarantee trades to call for billions of dollars in extra collateral from Robinh
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Lawmakers in Washington facing off with GameStop saga's key players
The episode has been portrayed as a victory of the little guy over Wall Street titans, but not everyone is buying it
US: Congressmen seek FBI inquiry into vandalism of Mahatma Gandhi statue
A bronze statue of Gandhi in the Central Park of the city of Davis in Northern California was vandalised, broken and ripped from the base by unknown miscreants last week
US economy to hit pre-pandemic size by the middle of this year, says CBO
The new projections from the office, which is nonpartisan and issues regular budgetary and economic forecasts, are an improvement from the office's forecasts last summer
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Democrats take narrow control of US Senate as three new members sworn
Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff of Georgia and Alex Padilla of California took the oath of office in the Senate chamber hours after President Joe Biden was sworn in.
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US Capitol briefly put under lockdown due to 'external security threat'
In days after that an unprecedented level of security has been placed in entire Washington DC
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Federal Reserve to stick to super-easy policy amid economic 'lull'
Analysts are penciling in faster economic growth now that vaccines are rolling out and with a Congress now controlled by Democrats more open to big government spending than Republicans typically are
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Social media app Parler, suspended after Capitol riots, may not return: CEO
"It could be never," he said. "We don't know yet." The app said in a legal filing it has over 12 million users
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Decoded: Donald Trump impeached, again; here's what happens next
This is the second time Trump has been impeached, a first in the history of American politics
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Bitter Senate impeachment trial of Trump could bog down Biden's first days
Trump became the first president in US history to be impeached twice when the House voted 232-197 on Wednesday to charge him with inciting an insurrection
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House impeaches Trump after US Capitol siege; his fate in Senate hands
Only three US presidents ever impeached; none removed; vote held with large security presence at US Capitol; Pelosi calls Trump 'clear and present danger' to US
Six Republicans back Trump impeachment after storming of US Capitol
A growing number of Republican lawmakers have said they will vote to impeach him on charges that he incited his supporters to carry out the deadly Jan. 6 attack on Congress
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Top headlines: Infosys profit rises 17%, US House asks for Trump's removal
Business Standard brings you top news of the evening
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