WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 05: Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) speaks to the press near the Senate subway following a vote in the Senate impeachment trial that acquitted President Donald Trump of all charges on February 5, 2020 in Washington, DC. After the House impeached Trump last year, the Senate voted today to acquit the President on two articles of impeachment as the trial concludes. Photo by Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin said lawmakers should support trillions in infrastructure spending on the eve of Biden s inauguration. The most important thing? Do infrastructure, Manchin told Inside West Virginia Politics, a news program.
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WASHINGTON, Jan 19 (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden s nominee to be secretary of state, Antony Blinken, pledged on Tuesday that he will work to revitalize damaged American diplomacy and build a united front to counter the challenges posed by Russia, China and Iran.
At his confirmation hearing a day before Democrat Biden takes over from Republican Donald Trump, whose four-year tenure was marked by unilateral American action that often upset allies, Blinken said he would work with them and with humility.
Blinken, 58, a veteran foreign policy hand and close confidant of Biden, also explained why U.S. leadership is vital for the world, while promising a foreign policy that will deliver for the American people.
US politics updates: Trump pardons former adviser Steve Bannon, but wonât pardon himself or family, official says â as it happened
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Donald Trump has pardoned his former adviser Steve Bannon, who is accused of fraud in a case involving funds for the border wall.
Mr Trump has granted clemency to 143 people in the final hours of his presidency, but a White House official says the outgoing President will not pardon himself, his family or lawyer Rudy Giuliani.
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