By Brad Brooks BRIGHTON, Colorado (Reuters) -Two Colorado police officers on trial for Elijah McClain’s death ignored his cries for help as they restrained him, a prosecutor said on Wednesday in an opening statement at their trial, but defense lawyers said it was a fatal dose of a sedative administered by paramedics that killed the …
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By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. will grant temporary deportation relief and access to work permits to nearly half a million Venezuelans already in the country, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, a move that follows calls by Democrats to help newly arrived migrants work legally. About 472,000 Venezuelans in the U.S. on or before …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday issued an executive order directing the appointment of a disaster recovery coordinator for the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, but did not declare a major disaster. The White House said Wednesday the federal coordinator will be named within five days …
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By David Morgan (Reuters) -U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Republicans will try again to move forward on fiscal 2024 spending legislation on Thursday, with a procedural vote on a defense appropriations bill. After a 2-1/2 hour closed-door meeting with members of his Republican majority, the California Republican also said lawmakers were “very …
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By David Shepardson and Joseph White DETROIT (Reuters) -Detroit’s Big Three automakers and the United Auto Workers remained far apart in labor negotiations on Wednesday, less than 48 hours before the union’s deadline to make significant progress or escalate a strike with new work stoppages. Talks continued between union representatives and company management on the …
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By Nathan Layne (Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that if elected again he would shift resources from federal law enforcement agencies and send thousands of overseas-based troops to the U.S.-Mexico border. Speaking to supporters in Iowa, where the Republican Party’s first nominating contest for the November 2024 election will be held …
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By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) – A 29-year-old suburban Los Angeles man pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to murder on Wednesday in the ambush shooting of a sheriff’s deputy as he waited at a red traffic light, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon said. Kevin Eduardo Cataneo Salazar was arrested on Monday after …
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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland told a House committee on Wednesday that Republican threats to defund the FBI would be “catastrophic” if carried out and that the Justice Department did not exist to do anyone’s political bidding. Garland pushed back against Republican lawmakers who have criticized the Department …
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By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican presidential contender Ron DeSantis pledged on Wednesday to slow America’s transition to electric vehicles, repeal regulations related to environmental, social and governance considerations and dramatically ramp up domestic fossil fuel production if he were elected. In a speech in Midland, Texas, a city in the heart of oil country, …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, will appear in a federal court in Wilmington, Delaware, on Sept. 26 to face gun charges, a judge ordered on Wednesday. Hunter Biden, 53, was indicted last week for allegedly lying on a form to acquire a handgun in 2018 and for being an illegal …
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