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☆ Biden's son Hunter sues IRS, alleges unlawful release of his taxes
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Hunter Biden walks to the motorcade after arriving at Fort McNair, after U.S. President Joe Biden spent the weekend at Camp David, in Washington, U.S., July 4, 2023. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden sued the U.S. Internal Revenue Service on Monday, alleging unlawful disclosure of his taxes by whistleblowers who work for the U.S. tax agency. Hunter Biden is the first child of a sitting U.S. president to have been criminally indicted. Hunter Biden and prosecutors earlier had reached a plea deal over tax and gun charges, but it collapsed. Shapley and Ziegler have testified in Congress as whistleblowers about alleged political interference in an IRS investigation into Biden's taxes.

Persons: Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, Julia Nikhinson, Joe Biden's, Gary Shapley, Joseph Ziegler, Biden, Shapley, Ziegler, Donald Trump's, Trump, Makini Brice, Scott Malone, Will Dunham Organizations: Fort McNair, U.S, Camp, REUTERS, Rights, U.S . Internal Revenue Service, District of Columbia, IRS, Republicans, Republican, Committee, White, Thomson Locations: Fort, Washington , U.S, U.S

THE TAKEThe federal government continues to steer toward a partial government shutdown on Oct. 1, as none of the one-dozen appropriations bills have been worked out between the Senate and House of Representatives. It also is unclear if enough House Republicans will support a separate, stopgap spending bill the White House has requested to keep the government operating beyond Sept. 30 when funds expire. CONTEXT* The Senate's bipartisan appropriations bills maintain the spending levels negotiated by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Joe Biden, but a faction of House Republicans have pressed for more cuts. * The House has so far passed only one appropriations bill of the 12 total ahead of the deadline. WHAT'S NEXTThe Senate will hold a vote to pass the package in the next few days.

Persons: Elizabeth Frantz, Kevin McCarthy, Joe Biden, McCarthy, Makini Brice, Chizu Organizations: U.S, Caucus, Capitol, REUTERS, Rights, U.S . Senate, Republicans, White, House Republicans, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S

☆ US House Republican leaders postpone appropriations vote
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

The U.S. Capitol dome is seen as members of the House Freedom Caucus and others hold a press conference regarding federal government spending on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 12, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Sept 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday postponed a vote that would have begun debate on the defense appropriations bill for the next fiscal year, placing in further question the chamber's ability to pass its remaining government funding bills ahead of a Sep. 30 deadline. Reporting by Makini Brice and Richard Cowan; Editing by Scott MaloneOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Elizabeth Frantz, Makini Brice, Richard Cowan, Scott Malone Organizations: U.S, Caucus, Capitol, REUTERS, Rights, U.S . House, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S

Biden previously had mocked Republicans over a possible impeachment and the White House said they have no basis to do so. [1/4]U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) calls for an impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Joe Biden while delivering a statement on allegations surrounding President Biden and his son Hunter Biden, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 12, 2023. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer called the impeachment inquiry "absurd." Richard Nixon resigned in 1974 as he faced an impeachment vote. Public opinion polling has shown many Americans believe Hunter Biden has received special treatment.

Persons: Kevin McCarthy, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Trump, Biden, Hunter, McCarthy, Ian Sams, Trump's, Hunter Biden, Elizabeth Frantz, Mitt Romney, coddled Hunter Biden, Romney, Kevin McCarthy’s, Pramila Jayapal, Ken Buck, Chuck Schumer, Bill Clinton, Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon, Lisa Murkowski, Moira Warburton, Jason Lange, David Morgan, Andy Sullivan, Will Dunham, Scott Malone, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Republican U.S, Democratic, House, Republicans, White, U.S, Biden, OF HUNTER Republicans, ., Capitol, REUTERS, GOP, Senate, Trump, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, McCarthy's, America, Washington , U.S

☆ Why have US Republicans opened an impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

WHAT IS AN IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY? An impeachment inquiry is a formal step that can precede a House vote on whether to approve articles of impeachment and eventually a trial in the Senate. It did not hold a full impeachment inquiry before bringing impeachment charges in the final weeks of Trump's presidency following the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. Weiss has said prosecutors will seek to indict Hunter Biden on tax and gun charges by Sept. 29. The criminal prosecution could mean Hunter Biden may face a trial while his father is campaigning for reelection.

Persons: Joe Biden, Evelyn Hockstein, Hunter, Kevin McCarthy, Donald Trump, Trump, Biden, Trump's, acquit Trump, David Weiss, Raskin, Ian Sams, Hunter Biden, Devon Archer, Jamie Raskin, Archer, McCarthy, Matt Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Dick Durbin, HUNTER BIDEN, Weiss, Hunter Biden's, Makini Brice, Scott Malone, Daniel Wallis Organizations: World Trade, Joint Base Elmendorf, REUTERS, . House, Republicans, Democratic, Senate, Republican, Constitution, Capitol, Justice, Trump ., Committee, Democratic Party, Thomson Locations: Richardson, Anchorage , Alaska, U.S, Ukraine, Ukrainian

☆ What’s the basis of the Republicans’ Joe Biden impeachment inquiry?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

The White House says Biden has done nothing wrong and Republicans have no basis for an impeachment inquiry. Another Hunter Biden associate, Eric Schwerin, also told the panel that he was not aware of any financial involvement by Joe Biden in his relatives' businesses. A Washington Post fact check found that $7 million of that money went to Biden family members, most of it to Hunter, and none went to Joe Biden. PRESSURING UKRAINE'S PROSECUTORWhile serving as vice president, Biden pressured Ukraine to remove its top prosecutor, Viktor Shokin. Republicans and Shokin have separately said Biden was trying to protect Burisma and Hunter Biden from a possible corruption investigation.

Persons: Joe Biden, Evelyn, Hunter, Biden, Devon Archer, Hunter Biden, Archer, Jamie Raskin, Burisma, Mykola Zlochevsky, Eric Schwerin, Viktor Shokin, Shokin, Barack Obama's, Petro Poroshenko, David Weiss, Weiss, General Merrick Garland, Andy Sullivan, Makini Brice, Scott Malone, Alistair Bell, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: World Trade, Joint Base Elmendorf, REUTERS, U.S . House, Democratic, Republicans, FBI, Washington Post, European Union, International Monetary Foundation, House Democrats, Burisma, Fox News Channel, IRS, Justice Department, Trump, U.S, Thomson Locations: Richardson, Anchorage , Alaska, U.S, Ukrainian, Ukraine

☆ McCarthy faces threat as US House speaker despite impeachment move
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( David Morgan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) calls for an impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Joe Biden while delivering a statement on allegations surrounding President Biden and his son Hunter Biden, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 12, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Sept 13 (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will confront a fractured caucus on Wednesday, with his role as the top Republican in Congress under threat from the far right, despite giving hardline conservatives the impeachment inquiry they wanted. McCarthy conceded to weeks of pressure from hardliners and allies of former President Donald Trump by launching a formal probe of Democratic President Joe Biden. "We cannot use impeachment as a political weapon against every president," Republican Representative Don Bacon, a Nebraska centrist, said in a statement. '," Republican Representative Bob Good said at a news conference.

Persons: Kevin McCarthy, Joe Biden, Biden, Hunter Biden, Elizabeth Frantz, McCarthy, Donald Trump, Don Bacon, Matt Gaetz, Gaetz, Chip Roy, Roy, Texas Republican shrugged, Clay Higgins, Higgins, Bob Good, Ralph Norman, David Morgan, Makini Brice, Scott Malone, Stephen Coates Organizations: Capitol, REUTERS, Rights, ., Republican, Democratic, Republicans, Texas Republican, House Democrats, Caucus, America, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Nebraska, Texas, Mexico

☆ Top US House Republican McCarthy calls for Biden impeachment inquiry
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/2] U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) calls for an impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Joe Biden while delivering a statement on allegations surrounding President Biden and his son Hunter Biden, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 12, 2023. Some lawmakers on the Republican right flank have said they would try to remove McCarthy as the leader of the House if he did not move ahead with an impeachment effort against Biden. "I am directing our House committees to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden," McCarthy told reporters. The White House has said there is no basis for an investigation and Biden has mocked Republicans over a possible impeachment. Any Biden impeachment effort would be unlikely to succeed.

Persons: Kevin McCarthy, Joe Biden, Biden, Hunter Biden, Elizabeth Frantz, Donald Trump, McCarthy, Hunter, substantiation, Trump, Richard Cowan, Makini Brice, David Morgan, Andy Sullivan, Will Dunham, Scott Malone Organizations: ., Capitol, REUTERS, Rights, Republican U.S . House, Democratic, Democrats, Republican, Trump, Republicans, Constitution, U.S, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, McCarthy's, U.S, Ukraine

☆ Shutdown risk looms as US Congress faces spending, impeachment brawl
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( David Morgan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Sept 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives returns this week for an expected political brawl over spending cuts and impeachment that could paralyze the Republican-controlled chamber, as Congress struggles to avoid a government shutdown. The White House and Senate leaders -- including top Republican Mitch McConnell -- have rejected that demand. The House, which Republicans control by a thin 222-212 majority, has passed only one appropriations bill so far. Other Republicans reject the idea of tying an impeachment inquiry to the spending debate. Democrats have dismissed impeachment talk as little more than an effort to distract from Trump's extensive legal woes."

Persons: Julia Nikhinson, Joe Biden's, Biden, Kevin McCarthy, Republican Mitch McConnell, Kelly Armstrong, Donald Trump's, Andrew Bates, Ralph Norman, McCarthy's, Scott Perry, McCarthy, Don Bacon, Bacon, Marjorie Taylor Greene, John Fetterman, David Morgan, Makini Brice, Jeff Mason, Richard Cowan, Moira Warburton, Scott Malone, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: U.S . Capitol Police, REUTERS, Rights, U.S . House, Republican, Democratic, Republicans, Caucus, Reuters, AAA, Ukraine, Senate, Freedom Caucus, White House, White, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Ukraine, Hawaii, Florida

REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 8 (Reuters) - A Georgia grand jury recommended criminal charges against Republican U.S. The six were among 39 people the special grand jury recommended charging in its Dec. 15 report, which had been sealed for nine months. Wood, a conservative lawyer who promoted conspiracy efforts about the election, denied wrongdoing and said he was surprised to find out the special grand jury recommended charges against him. The grand jury voted 20-1 in favor of indicting Trump with respect to the national effort to overturn the election. The special grand jury report remained secret at Willis's request while she determined what charges to bring.

Persons: Donald Trump, Lindsay DeDario, Lindsey Graham, Trump's, Graham, Kelly Loeffler, David Perdue, Michael Flynn, Boris Epshteyn, Lin Wood, Cleta Mitchell, Fani Willis, Willis, Trump, Loeffler, Perdue, Flynn, Epshteyn, Wood, Mitchell, Rudy Giuliani, Brian Kemp, indicting Graham, indicting Trump, Robert McBurney, Andrew Goudsward, Jasper Ward, Sarah N, Lynch, Makini Brice, Joseph Ax, Andy Sullivan, Noeleen Walder, Howard Goller Organizations: U.S, Republican, REUTERS, Republican U.S, Trump, Trump's, Supreme, Trump loyalists, Democratic, Reuters, Biden, Thomson Locations: Erie , Pennsylvania, U.S, Georgia, South Carolina, Fulton County, Jasper

☆ Top US Senate Republican McConnell to serve out term despite health concerns
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

WASHINGTON, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Top U.S. Senate Republican Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday he plans to serve the rest of his two-year term as party leader and his full six-year term in office, allowing for the possibility that he would step down from leadership before leaving office. KEY QUOTE"I am going plan to finish my term as leader and I'm going to finish my Senate term," McConnell told reporters. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson Acquire Licensing RightsAlready the longest-serving party leader in U.S. Senate history, McConnell's current term as leader expires in January 2025, while his term as a senator runs through January 2027. McConnell did not address the two-year gap between the end of his current job as leader and end of his Senate term. * McConnell has served as Senate majority leader from 2015 to 2021 and as Senate minority leader since then.

Persons: Senate Republican Mitch McConnell, McConnell, Mitch McConnell, Julia Nikhinson, Nancy Pelosi, Katharine Jackson, Makini Brice, David Morgan, Scott Malone, Bill Berkrot Organizations: U.S, Senate Republican, REUTERS, Senate, Democratic, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, U.S, Washington, Kentucky

☆ McConnell's freeze-ups not stroke or seizure disorder -doctor
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Acquire Licensing Rights Read moreWASHINGTON, Sept 5 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell's two episodes of freezing up while speaking in public appear not to be the result of a stroke or seizure disorder, Congress's doctor said in a statement on Tuesday that did not explain what caused the incidents. "There is no evidence that you have a seizure disorder or that you experienced a stroke, TIA or movement disorder such as Parkinson's disease," Monahan wrote. McConnell's office declined to answer a request for further detail on what doctors believe caused the incidents. Twice in the last six weeks, the Kentucky Republican froze up during public appearances. The two incidents have raised fresh questions among Republican and Democratic members of Congress about McConnell and other aging lawmakers.

Persons: Mitch McConnell, Mitch McConnell's, Brian Monahan, Monahan, McConnell, Makini Brice, David Morgan, Jasper Ward, Scott Malone, Doina Chiacu, Howard Goller Organizations: U.S ., U.S . Senate, U.S, Senate Republican, Kentucky Republican, Capitol, Republican, Democratic, Senate, Thomson Locations: Washington, Kentucky, Washington , U.S, WASHINGTON

"If we don't have a peaceful transfer of power in this country, we don't have anything," said U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly. Dominic Pezzola, a member of the Proud Boys, did not play a leadership role but was convicted of felonies including obstructing an official proceeding and assaulting police. Pezzola's attorneys had asked for their client to be sentenced to around five years in prison. Steven Metcalf, one of Pezzola's attorneys, told the judge that Pezzola was caught in the "heat of the moment." More than 1,100 people have been arrested on charges related to the Capitol assault.

Persons: Shannon Stapleton, Trump, Donald Trump's, Ethan Nordean, Stewart Rhodes, Timothy Kelly, Nordean, Nick Smith, Dominic Pezzola, Prosecutors, Mark, Steven Metcalf, Pezzola, Joe Biden, Sarah N, Lynch, Makini Brice, Scott Malone, Grant McCool, Jonathan Oatis, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: Trump, U.S, Capitol, U.S . Congress, REUTERS, Rights, U.S . Capitol, Proud Boys, Capitol Police, Prosecutors, Republican, Democratic, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Washington

REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Sept 1 (Reuters) - A federal judge will sentence two more members of the far-right Proud Boys on Friday who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in a failed bid by then-President Donald Trump's supporters to block Congress from certifying President Joe Biden's election victory. The second defendant, Ethan Nordean, was a leader of the group who was convicted of seditious conspiracy and other crimes. The sentencing of Pezzola and Nordean follows U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly on Thursday ordering two other former Proud Boys leaders, Joseph Biggs and Zachary Rehl, to serve 17 years and 15 years in prison, respectively. The government is seeking a 20-year prison term for Pezzola and a 27-year term for Nordean. Former Proud Boys Chairman Enrique Tarrio will be sentenced on Sept 5.

Persons: Shannon Stapleton, Donald Trump's, Joe Biden's, Dominic Pezzola, Ethan Nordean, Trump, Biden, Pezzola, Nordean, Timothy Kelly, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, Biggs, Stewart Rhodes, Rehl, Mark, Nick Smith, Smith, Enrique Tarrio, Sarah N, Lynch, Makini Brice, Scott Malone, Grant McCool Organizations: Trump, U.S, Capitol, U.S . Congress, REUTERS, Rights, Republican, Proud Boys, Capitol Police, Boys, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Washington

On Wednesday, McConnell was speaking to reporters in Kentucky when he froze for more than 30 seconds. McConnell had been sidelined from Congress earlier this year, after he tripped in March and was hospitalized for a concussion and a minor rib fracture. "I have informed Leader McConnell that he is medically clear to continue with his schedule as planned. Senator Dianne Feinstein, 90, was absent from the Senate for months earlier this year, after she suffered complications from shingles. "He was his old self on the telephone," said Biden, who served with McConnell in the Senate.

Persons: Senate Republican Mitch McConnell, Mitch McConnell, McConnell, Congress's, Brian Monahan, Dianne Feinstein, Joe Biden, Biden, Biden's, Donald Trump, Makini Brice, Scott Malone, Chris Reese, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: U.S, Senate Republican, Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, ABC, U.S . Capitol, Senate, Lawmakers, Democratic U.S, Democrats, Democratic, Thomson Locations: Covington , Kentucky, U.S, WASHINGTON, Kentucky, Washington, United States

☆ US Senate's McConnell freezes up for second time in public appearance
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Moira Warburton | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The incident raised fresh questions among Republican and Democratic members of Congress about some of their aging colleagues. After being approached by a second person, McConnell resumed speaking but needed reporters' questions repeated to him and only answered two more questions. A McConnell aide said the senator would be consulting with a physician prior to his next public event. McConnell froze on Wednesday after being asked whether he intended to run again in 2026, when his six-year term is up. McConnell has served as Senate majority leader from 2015 to 2021 and as Senate minority leader since then.

Persons: Senate Republican Mitch McConnell, McConnell, Daniel Cameron, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Dianne Feinstein, Ramsay Hunt, Trump, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Dean Phillips, Feinstein, Kanishka Singh, Makini Brice, Richard Cowan, Moira Warburton, Scott Malone, Howard Goller Organizations: U.S, Senate Republican, Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, NBC News, Republican, Democratic, Capitol, Senate, Democratic U.S, Reuters, Congress, Thomson Locations: Covington , Kentucky, U.S, Covington, Washington

☆ No. 2 U.S. House Republican Scalise diagnosed with blood cancer
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

U.S. House Majority leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) speaks during a press conference following a Republican conference meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 12, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Aug 29 (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Republican leader Steve Scalise said on Tuesday he has been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a common form of blood cancer. 2-ranking Republican in the House, was injured in a shooting in 2017, when a gunman attacked lawmakers practicing for an annual charity baseball game. Scalise underwent several surgeries to repair internal organs and broken bones following the assault. U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin, a Democrat, said in December that he had been diagnosed with a form of lymphoma.

Persons: Steve Scalise, Evelyn Hockstein, Scalise, Jamie Raskin, Raskin, Jasper Ward, Makini Brice, Rami Ayyub, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Republican, Capitol, REUTERS, Rights, . House, U.S, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Louisiana

They include eight chief executives of the 11 states that formed the Confederate States of America, which seceded and waged war to preserve slavery. Although white people enslaved Black people in Northern states in early America, by the eve of the Civil War, slavery was almost entirely a Southern enterprise. South Carolina, where the Civil War began, illustrates the familial ties between lawmakers and the nation’s history of slavery. Each of the seven white lawmakers who served in the 117th Congress is a direct descendant of a slaveholder, Reuters found. In researching America’s political elite, Reuters found names – almost always just a first name – of 712 people enslaved by the ancestors of the political elite.

Persons: Black, Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham, Tom Cotton, Elizabeth Warren, Tammy Duckworth, Jeanne Shaheen, Joe Biden, –, Donald Trump –, Jimmy Carter, George W, Bush, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch –, Asa Hutchinson, Doug Burgum, Tim Scott, James Clyburn, Henry McMaster, ”, Henry Louis Gates Jr, Gates, ” “, ” Gates, enslavers, Tony Burroughs, Biden, Obama, McConnell, “ it’s, ” Burroughs, LINDSEY GRAHAM, Joseph Maddox, Maddox, Sela, Rubin, James, Sal, Sam ”, Graham, Graham didn’t, NANCY MACE, Nancy Mace, Drucilla Mace, John Mace, Hector Godbolt, John Mace’s, Godbolt, “, ” Nancy Mace, TAMMY DUCKWORTH, Duckworth, Henry Coe, Coe, Margaret, Isaac, Warner, George …, Isaac Franklin –, “ There’s, ” Duckworth, Tom Bergin, Makini Brice, Nicholas P, Brown, Donna Bryson, Lawrence Delevingne, Brad Heath, Andrea Januta, Gui Qing Koh, Tom Lasseter, Grant Smith, Maurice Tamman, Blake Morrison Organizations: U.S, Reuters, Republicans, Supreme, Republican, Harvard University, PBS, United States Congress, Geographic, Journalists, Black, Thomson Locations: America, U.S, Confederate States, Arkansas, North Dakota, Black, Northern, Southern, South Carolina, Congress, New Hampshire , Maine, Massachusetts, United States, Illinois, Virginia, Frederick County , Virginia

☆ More than 100 U.S. political elites have family links to slavery
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Reuters Graphic | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +46 min

Then the war came, and according to the family history, Union soldiers plundered Sessions’ 27-room house. About 48 years old at the time, he did not stand a chance to succeed without slavery, the family history suggests. ‘A Better Nation’Some historians and genealogists say there is a valuable reason for white leaders – and other white Americans – to explore their links to slavery. Nicka Sewell-Smith, a professional genealogist with the family history website Ancestry.com, said people frequently ask her what to do with such documents. The top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Meeks said in an interview that he has spent years trying to trace his family history back before 1870.

Persons: Black, Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham, Tom Cotton, James Lankford, Elizabeth Warren, Tammy Duckworth, Jeanne Shaheen, Maggie Hassan, Joe Biden, –, Donald Trump –, Jimmy Carter, George W, Bush, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Trump’s, Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch –, Asa Hutchinson, Doug Burgum, Tim Scott, James Clyburn, Henry McMaster, ”, Henry Louis Gates Jr, Gates, ” “, ” Gates, enslavers, Tony Burroughs, Biden, Obama, McConnell, Burroughs, Joseph Maddox, Maddox, Sela, Rubin, James, Sal, Sam ”, Graham, Graham didn’t, Nancy Mace, Drucilla, Drucilla Mace, John Mace, Hector Godbolt, John Mace’s, Godbolt, “, ” Nancy Mace, Henry Coe, Duckworth, Coe, Margaret, Isaac, Warner, George …, Isaac Franklin –, “ There’s, ” Duckworth, George Floyd, Donald Trump, ” Biden, ‘, ’, Ben Affleck, ” Affleck, Independent Angus King, Mo Brooks, ” Brooks, Sean Kelley, Kelley, White, don’t, wasn’t, Richard Sessions, Pete Sessions, Richard’s, William Sessions, John Cowger, Tom Cotton of, ” Cotton’s, Cowger, Cotton, Archibald Crawford, Juneteenth, Shaheen, Pocahontas, Edmond Dillehay, Peter ”, Milly, Lankford, ” Lankford, Joe Wilson, Stephen H, Wilson, Boineau, General David Addison Weisiger, Wilson –, Addison Graves Wilson –, Weisiger “, ” Wilson, Daniel Weisiger, Daniel Weisiger’s, Samuel, Samuel Weisiger, Daniel, Julia Brownley, Jesse Brownley, Brownley, ” Brownley, Thomas Ferguson, Brooks, Manumission, Marie Jenkins Schwartz, ” “ It’s, Union General William Tecumseh Sherman, Harvard’s Gates, Sherman, Andrew Johnson, Abraham Lincoln, Nicka Sewell, Smith, Ancestry.com, ” Sewell, LaBrenda Garrett, Nelson, Garrett, Rick Larsen, John Wiggins, Larsen, – Gilbura, George, Agg –, ” Larsen, Gilbura, Agg, Gregory Meeks, Meeks, Jim Crow South, – Meeks, – “, ” Meeks, “ I’m, I’m, Tom Bergin, Makini Brice, Nicholas P, Brown, Donna Bryson, Lawrence Delevingne, Brad Heath, Andrea Januta, Gui Qing Koh, Tom Lasseter, Grant Smith, Maurice Tamman, Catherine Tai Design, John Emerson, Jane Ross, Emma Jehle, Jeremy Schultz, Blake Morrison Organizations: Reuters, Republicans, U.S, Supreme, Republican, Harvard University, PBS, United States Congress, Representative, WikiLeaks, Sony, Facebook, White, FedEx, National Museum of, 117th, Independent, University of Essex, Geographic, American Economic, Pete Sessions, Sessions, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Jeanne Shaheen U.S, CNN, Biden, Trump, ” Reuters, South, South Carolina General Assembly, Confederate, statehouse, Congressional, Chesterfield County, Mount Vernon College, George Washington University, Mo Brooks Former U.S, “, New York Times, United, Federal Government, Union, Black, Southern, Democrat, House Foreign Affairs, Klux Klan Locations: U.S, America, Confederate States, Arkansas, North Dakota, South Carolina, Congress, Black, Northern, Southern, Illinois, Virginia, Frederick County , Virginia, United States, Minnesota, ”, Mo Brooks of Alabama, American, Texas, Mississippi, Chicot County , Arkansas, Chicot County, Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Yell County, Yell County , Arkansas, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Tulsa, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Frankfurt, Germany, Chesterfield County , Virginia, California, Portsmouth , Virginia, Alabama, Haywood County , North Carolina, Antebellum, United States of America, Washington, Nicholas County , Kentucky, Queens , New York, New York, York County, Mende, Sierra Leone, Africa, Bunce

☆ Should the U.S. government pay reparations for slavery and its legacy?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +10 min

The poll found that 74% of Black Americans favor reparations compared to just 26% of white Americans. A divided America Views on whether the U.S. government should provide some form of reparations for slavery and its legacy are split along party and racial lines. They also say it’s wrong to have taxpayers finance reparations, given that no one alive today is responsible for slavery. In April 2021, Gohmert went on the attack by proposing an amendment calling for the Democratic Party to pay for reparations. In the slavery era, the Democratic Party supported slavery; the Republican Party, led by Abraham Lincoln, called for slavery’s restriction and eventually abolished it.

Persons: –, Elizabeth Warren, Chris Van Hollen, Lloyd Doggett, Tommy Tuberville, John N, Kennedy, Louie Gohmert, ”, Black, Robert Lindsay, Gohmert, Abraham Lincoln, Lindsay, Valentine, ” Tuberville, “, Tuberville, Valentine Brazil, Nathan Calhoun, ” Kennedy, Nathan Calhoun’s, Dabney P, Calhoun, John Crawford, ’ Warren, Warren, – Crawford, Crawford, ” Warren, Isaac Hollingsworth, ’, Van Hollen, ” Van Hollen, Miller Doggett, Doggett, ” Doggett, Jim Crow, Tom Bergin, Makini Brice, Nicholas P, Brown, Donna Bryson, Lawrence Delevingne, Brad Heath, Andrea Januta, Gui Qing Koh, Tom Lasseter, Grant Smith, Maurice Tamman, Catherine Tai Design, John Emerson, Jeremy Schultz, Blake Morrison Organizations: Black, Reuters, –, 117th, U.S ., Louie Gohmert Former U.S, Representative, Republican, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Vigilance, Kennedy U.S, Massachusetts Democrat, Senate, Chris Van Hollen U.S, Maryland, Lloyd Doggett U.S, H.R, Texas Democrat Locations: United States, America, U.S . Civil, Louie Gohmert Former, Texas, Europe, Bowie County , Texas, Boston, Bowie County, Alabama, Valentine Brazil, Nevada, Tuberville, Saline County , Arkansas, Brazil, Ouachita, Louisiana, Abbeville , South Carolina, Massachusetts, Dorchester County , Maryland, Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee

☆ Resources available for learning genealogy, researching your ancestry
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Reuters Staff | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

That means you – and what you know about your parents and grandparents – are the starting points for researching your family’s ancestry. In conjunction with this Reuters series, Legacy Family Tree Webinars is making available at no charge a variety of online genealogy webinars from its extensive library to help novices and experts alike. The webinars range from introductions to genealogy for novices to courses that explore African American genealogy. Among the webinars available through July is Descendants of the Enslaved and Enslavers – Working Together to Discover Family. Legacy Family Tree Webinars has a library of about 2,000 genealogy-related webinars.

Persons: –, Tom Bergin, Makini Brice, Nicholas P, Brown, Donna Bryson, Lawrence Delevingne, Brad Heath, Andrea Januta, Gui Qing Koh, Tom Lasseter, Grant Smith, Maurice Tamman, Catherine Tai Design, John Emerson, Blake Morrison Organizations: Reuters, reuters

WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Republican Kevin McCarthy's perilous quest to become speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives entered the fourth day on Friday, with a scale of congressional dysfunction not seen since before the U.S. Civil War. This week's 11 failed votes marked the highest number of ballots for the speakership since the late 1850s. But the holdouts want a deal that would make it easier to oust the speaker and give them greater influence within the House Republican caucus and on congressional committees. Some Republicans believed the agreement under discussion might give McCarthy as many as 10 additional votes. Some of McCarthy's opponents showed no sign of yielding.

It was the first time in 100 years that the House has not elected a speaker on its first day. McCarthy has refused to give up against the hardliners, who make up less than one-tenth of the House Republican conference. Supporters of McCarthy, who has served as House Republican leader since 2019, accuse some hardliners of conducting a "Never Kevin" campaign aimed solely at stopping him. He may not want it right now, but George Washington did not want to be president," Representative Lauren Boebert told Fox News. Some Republicans warned that continued obstruction could lead them to work with Democrats to elect a moderate Republican as speaker.

☆ Factbox: How does the U.S. House of Representatives decide on a speaker?
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/2] Members of the U.S. House of Representatives gather for a fourth round of voting for a new House Speaker on the second day of the 118th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 4, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstJan 4 (Reuters) - After winning a slim majority of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives in November's midterm elections, Republicans are trying to elect a speaker. The full House of Representatives votes for the speaker on its first day of a new Congress, which was Tuesday. If no candidate reaches that threshold, the House will continue voting until someone does. The House returned from its winter recess on Tuesday to elect a speaker and swear in newly elected representatives, but no one nominated received enough votes to win, despite three rounds of voting.

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