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China economic woes could raise Taiwan risks, says US House committee chair

12 Sep 2023

By Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China’s economic slowdown could increase the risk of Beijing taking military action toward Taiwan, the Republican chair of a U.S. congressional committee on China said on Monday, drawing a contrast with Democratic President Joe Biden, who said it made it less likely. Biden on Sunday called China’s economic troubles …

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Trump seeks disqualification of US judge in federal election case

12 Sep 2023

By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump filed a motion on Monday seeking to disqualify U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan from presiding over one of the criminal cases charging him with trying to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss. Trump, the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, said last month he …

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US FDA authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna’s updated COVID shots

11 Sep 2023

By Michael Erman and Sriparna Roy (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday authorized updated COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna that target a recently circulating Omicron variant of the coronavirus, paving the way for the launch later this week of a fall vaccination campaign. A third shot, made by Novavax, is …

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Hurricane Margot forms in the Atlantic -US hurricane center

11 Sep 2023

(Reuters) – Storm Margot strengthened into a hurricane and further strengthening is forecast during the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory on Monday. The hurricane was located about 1,265 miles (2,035 km) northwest of the Cape Verde Islands, packing maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 kph), the …

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Shutdown risk looms as US Congress faces spending, impeachment brawl

11 Sep 2023

By David Morgan WASHINGTON (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 House and the Democratic-controlled Senate are due to be in session for about 12 days before …

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Several hurt in ADM central Illinois plant blast; corn, soy processing down

11 Sep 2023

By Karl Plume CHICAGO (Reuters) -Several employees were hospitalized after an explosion and fire late on Sunday at a massive Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) facility in Decatur, Illinois, that severely damaged crop processing operations, the company and the local fire department said. Eight workers were injured at the ADM East processing plant and six were taken to …

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Alaska sues US government to contest Tongass forest protections

11 Sep 2023

By Clark Mindock (Reuters) – The state of Alaska sued President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday seeking to block its decision to reverse a policy begun under his predecessor Donald Trump that had opened vast swaths of the Tongass National Forest, the largest such wilderness in the United States, to logging and mining. The state’s …

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Mark Meadows fails in bid to move Georgia election case to federal court

11 Sep 2023

By Jack Queen (Reuters) – Charges against Donald Trump’s former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows involving efforts to reverse the 2020 U.S. election results will not be tried in federal court, a sign that similar bids by the Republican former president and his co-defendants to move the criminal case to a more favorable …

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Court eases curbs on Biden administration’s contacts with social media firms

11 Sep 2023

By Nate Raymond and Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Friday ruled the White House, the FBI and top health officials may not “coerce or significantly encourage” social-media companies to remove content the Biden administration considers misinformation, including about COVID-19. But the three-judge panel of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of …

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