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The newly-created presidential Twitter account @POTUS currently follows a dozen people, and while most are Biden administration aides or top-level staffers, model and TV personality Chrissy Teigen also made the cut. Teigen, who commands a vast following of more than 13 million on the social media platform, appealed for a follow from the incoming commander-in-chief ahead of his inauguration on Wednesday. She was previously blocked by Donald Trump . "hello @joebiden I have been blocked by the president for four years can I get a follow plz," Teigen tweeted, tagging Biden's personal account. As of Thursday morning, the request had attracted hundreds of comments, more than 23,000 retweets and a whopping 600,000 likes from other users on the platform, where Trump's personal account has been permanently suspended since January 8 . Teigen reacted to the @POTUS follow after it was highlighted in a tweet by the political author Gabe Fleisher. She wrote: "OH MY GOD !!!!!!!!!! my …

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Melania Trump is a ‘tough cookie’ says Piers Morgan Sign up to receive our rundown of the day's top stories direct to your inbox SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The former US President and former First Lady are said not to “believe in lovey dovey stuff”. Mr and Mrs Trump left Washington last week to fly to Florida as President Joe Biden was sworn in. Trending Before their departure, speculation grew over whether the couple would get a divorce. Last year, a former aide of Mr Trump, Omarosa Manigault Newman, told the Daily Mail: “Melania is counting every minute until he is out of office and she can divorce." But a source told The Times this week that Melania will stick by her husband. The source was …

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Aug 17 (Reuters) - Solar could supply more than 40% of the nation's electricity by 2035 - up from 3% today - if Congress adopts policies like tax credits for renewable energy projects and component factories, according to a memo published on Tuesday by the Department of Energy. The memo is part of a push by the White House to pump up solar as a jobs engine and pivotal pillar in the climate change agenda of President Joe Biden. The sector is also taking center stage as officials plug the administration's legislative priorities on the road, with Labor Secretary Marty Walsh touring a new First Solar Inc (FSLR.O) facility in Ohio on Tuesday that is expected to create about 500 jobs. To propel solar to nearly half of U.S. generation, the industry needs to grow at three or four times its current rate, creating up to 1.5 million jobs, according to an unpublished analysis by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory cited in the memo. The study supports Biden's argument that a …

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WASHINGTON, Aug 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee backed legislation on Wednesday that would repeal congressional authorizations for past wars with Iraq, a significant step in lawmakers' effort to wrest back the power to declare war from the White House. The vote was 14-8. The "no" votes came from Republicans, although three voted with Democrats in favor of the resolution. It was the first time in 50 years that a Senate committee had voted to repeal a military authorization. In 1971, Congress voted to end the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin resolution that had led to U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. The committee action sent the joint resolution to the full Senate, where it is strongly supported by Democrats and backers say it is expected to garner enough Republican support to win the 60 votes needed for passage. Senate Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he planned a vote this year. "The Iraq War has been over for nearly a decade. An authorization …

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WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (Reuters) - A congressional committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol issued its first demands for documents from government agencies on Wednesday, including communications involving some of former President Donald Trump's closest advisers and family. The House of Representatives Select Committee asked for White House communications records on and leading up to Jan. 6, The panel also made extensive requests for material from the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Interior and Justice, and the FBI, National Counterterrorism Center and Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The committee's Democratic chairman, Representative Bennie Thompson, gave the agencies two weeks - until Sept. 9 - to produce the materials. It expects to make additional requests as the investigation moves forward. "Our Constitution provides for a peaceful transfer of power, and this investigation seeks to evaluate threats to that process, identify …

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WASHINGTON, Sept 1 (Reuters) - A week into the evacuation from Kabul, the U.S. military was forced to take a drastic step: stop all flights from Hamid Karzai International Airport for seven hours because there was nowhere for the evacuees to go. For months, military officials had urged the U.S. State Department to convince other countries to take Afghans at risk from Taliban retaliation. They had largely failed to secure agreements with other countries, prompting officials across the U.S. government to rush to try to find space for the evacuees. The Biden administration's scramble was emblematic of failures over the past month, which culminated with a hastily organized airlift that left thousands of U.S.-allied Afghans behind and was punctuated by a suicide bombing outside Kabul's airport that killed 13 U.S. troops and scores of Afghans. The chaotic end to America's longest war has sparked the biggest crisis of President Joe Biden's seven months in the White House, …

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WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Liz Cheney will serve as vice chair of the congressional select committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, an appointment likely to draw the ire of some of her fellow Republicans. Bennie Thompson, the panel's Democratic chairman, announced the appointment in a statement on Thursday that said Cheney demonstrated "again and again" a commitment to getting answers. "Her leadership and insights have shaped the early work of the Select Committee and this appointment underscores the bipartisan nature of this effort," he said. Lawmakers closely aligned with Republican former President Donald Trump have been critical of Cheney, a three-term House member and daughter of former Republican Vice President Dick Cheney. One of two Republican select committee members, Cheney was stripped of her leadership role in the House Republican caucus after denouncing Trump's false assertions of voter fraud in his 2020 …

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Boxing: Joshua thunders into punch pads in training Sign up for FREE Wimbledon updates from on and off the court SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Former US president Donald Trump has found an unexpected new job as a boxing commentator for former undisputed world champion Evander Holyfield's return to the ring. The 58-year-old takes on Vitor Belfort in what has been sanctioned as a professional fight on Saturday, 20 years to the day after the September 11 attacks. Related articles Jake Paul BEATS Tyron Woodley by split decision - 'dream come true' Tyson Fury's X-rated opinion of Anthony Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn Donald Trump Jr will join his father on the mic in an unexpected return to the …

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Joe Biden: Experts discuss usage of executive orders Sign up to receive our rundown of the day's top stories direct to your inbox SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Mr Biden and his wife, who have been married since 1977, have reflected on the country’s next steps following Donald Trump ’s presidency. Reflecting on the state of affairs, Mr Biden said the United States had “problems”, as well as “opportunities.” Trending He said: “We have such an incredible opportunity as a country now. “Not because of me but because the American people sort of had the blinders ripped off, and they realised that, man, we have problems, but we also have enormous opportunities.” The couple also reflected on their move to …

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WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - For U.S. President Joe Biden to be true to his agenda he should not renominate Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chair, Nobel prize-winning economist and longtime Democratic adviser Joseph Stiglitz said in an interview that laid out the case for a remake of the Fed's leadership. "People have given Powell a lot of kudos because he has supported the economy through the pandemic...On one hand I agree with that," Stiglitz, now a Columbia University professor, said in a Friday phone interview with Reuters. "On the other hand that is a bare minimum for qualification. Almost anybody reasonable would have done something similar," Stiglitz said of the near-zero interest rates and monthly bondbuying Powell has maintained since March of 2020. Rather, Biden should look at Powell's looser approach to financial regulation, his reluctance to build climate-related issues into the Fed's bank oversight, and check his "gut" on whether Powell would be as committed to …

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