By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -Dozens of Amazon.com Inc warehouse workers in New York City have sued their union, the first in the company’s history, alleging that top union officials are refusing to hold democratic elections to fill leadership posts. The lawsuit filed in Brooklyn federal court on Monday represents an escalation of internal disputes within …
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By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration issued a final rule on Tuesday phasing down the use of gases known as hydroflourocarbons, or HFCs, used in refrigerators and air conditioners, in its latest step to curb emissions that cause climate change. The final rule implements a 40% reduction in use of HFCs below historic …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday announced new steps to lower the cost of childcare for American families with a proposal that would cap co-payments under a block grant program that serves 1.5 million children and their families each month. “This is a critical issue for almost every family in our country,” …
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(Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump and his aide Walt Nauta have asked a federal court in Florida to postpone their criminal trial in a classified documents case, saying Trump’s busy presidential campaign schedule ahead of the 2024 election will make the current trial schedule “untenable.” “President Trump is running for President of the United States …
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By Brendan O’Brien and Rich McKay (Reuters) -Torrential downpours unleashed flash floods on the U.S. Northeast on Monday that washed out roadways, overwhelmed rivers, prompted 50 swift boat rescues and killed a woman who was swept away in front of her fiancé, officials said. More than 13 million Americans were under flood watches and warnings …
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Pop superstar Madonna said on Monday that all of the North American dates on her upcoming tour will be postponed while she recovers from a multi-day hospitalization for a serious infection. The “Celebration” tour had been scheduled to kick off this month in Vancouver. Now, the plan is to start the …
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By David Shepardson ARLINGTON, Virginia (Reuters) -U.S. lawmakers are considering changes to address concerns about a bill that would give the Biden administration new powers to ban Chinese-owned TikTok, the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee who has cosponsored the legislation said on Monday. Democratic Senator Mark Warner told Reuters that aggressive lobbying by the …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Marine Corps is now without a Senate-confirmed leader for the first time in over a century thanks to a Republican senator’s block on military nominations. Retiring Gen. David Berger formally relinquished command on Monday as the Marine Corps’ commandant, creating the first of several possible vacancies of Senate confirmed leaders on …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez on Monday said there was a temporary “lull” in Turkey’s “aggression against its neighbors” and said he is in talks with the Biden administration about the hold he has on future U.S. sales of F-16 fighter jets to Ankara. Menendez, a Democrat, said in …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -The leader of a U.S. think tank has been charged with acting as an unregistered agent of China, as well as seeking to broker the sale of weapons and Iranian oil, federal prosecutors in Manhattan said on Monday. Gal Luft, a citizen of the United States and Israel, is …
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