By Humeyra Pamuk, Patricia Zengerle and Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration has told Congress it is preparing the potential $20 billion sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday, sparking an immediate objection from a senior U.S. lawmaker who has long opposed the deal. The State …
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By Sharon Bernstein and Nathan Frandino SALINAS, Calif. (Reuters) – California’s Salinas River began creeping over its banks on Friday morning, flooding roads leading to nearby communities where 24,000 people were urged to evacuate in the face of yet another in a series of storms that have pelted the state. Farmers worked feverishly to erect …
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By Andrew Hay (Reuters) – New Mexico towns would be prohibited from restricting access to abortion under legislation proposed on Friday by Democratic lawmakers in a state where the procedure remains legal after Roe v. Wade was struck down. The move comes after a New Mexico town near the Texas border passed an ordinance designed …
By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) -A 25-pound (11.3-kg) clouded leopard that escaped its habitat at the Dallas zoo and remained at large for more than six hours while officials shut down the park and issued a special “Code Blue” alert, was found safe on Friday afternoon, zoo officials said. Nova, a 3- to 4-year-old female, had …
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By Gram Slattery and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives launched an investigation on Friday into the Justice Department’s handling of improperly stored classified documents possessed by President Joe Biden, and questioned whether his son, Hunter, had access to any. In a Jan. 13 letter to Attorney General Merrick …
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By Andrew Goudsward and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden is turning to a longtime Democratic problem-solver, lawyer Bob Bauer, to manage his response to a U.S. special counsel’s investigation into his handling of classified material after the discovery of documents at his private office and home. Bauer will serve as Biden’s personal …
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By Rich McKay and Tyler Clifford ATLANTA (Reuters) -At least nine people died in tornadoes that destroyed homes and knocked out power to tens of thousands in the U.S. Southeast, local officials said on Friday, and the death toll in hard-hit central Alabama was expected to rise. The storms on Thursday stretched from Mississippi to …
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(Reuters) – David Kessler, who led the COVID-19 vaccine distribution efforts for the United States, is stepping down from President Joe Biden’s administration, the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed on Friday. Kessler, a pediatrician and lawyer who headed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration under presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, will …
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By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider reviving two lawsuits accusing pharmacy operators of overbilling government health insurance programs for prescription drugs, a dispute that could have broad implications for whistleblowers and the government’s ability to go after fraud. The key question in both cases is whether companies …
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By Andrea Shalal and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden told Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday the United States was “fully, thoroughly, completely” committed to Japan’s defense and praised Tokyo’s security build up, saying the nations had never been closer. Kishida is in Washington on the last stop in a tour of …
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