By Gram Slattery and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Embattled U.S. Representative George Santos said he had no plans to heed fellow New York Republicans’ calls to step down, a plea they made on Wednesday due to what they called “lie after lie after lie” about his career and history. Top House of Representatives Republican …
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(Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said in an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal that Democrats and Republicans need to come together to pass strong bipartisan legislation in order to hold major tech companies accountable. Most importantly, Biden said he wanted to see “serious federal protections for Americans’ privacy,” including putting limits on how …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. lawmakers will review the cause of a Federal Aviation Administration computer system outage overnight on Tuesday that sparked a nationwide ground stop and delayed or canceled more than 10,000 U.S. flights. Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell, a Democrat, said on Wednesday that the panel “will be looking into …
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By Tyler Clifford (Reuters) -A chemical plant in northern Illinois went up in flames on Wednesday morning, sending up plumes of black smoke and prompting officials to advise nearby residents to shelter in place as emergency crews responded to the blaze. The fire broke out at the Carus Chemical Company complex in LaSalle, a city …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden has confidence in Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who has had to deal with the fallout of recent travel disruptions, including a nationwide ground stop and a 90-minute halt to all U.S. departing flights imposed early Wednesday, the White House said. The U.S. aviation sector was struggling to return …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden wants other states to join Illinois in banning assault weapons, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said on Wednesday. (Reporting By Steve Holland and Jarrett Renshaw)
By Jarrett Renshaw MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said on Tuesday he was surprised to learn that classified documents were found in a think-tank office he once used and said he and his team are cooperating fully with a review into what happened. Biden told reporters at a joint news conference with the leaders …
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By Danielle Broadway and Lisa Richwine BEVERLY HILLS, California (Reuters) – Following two years of criticism for its lack of diverse membership, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s Golden Globes ceremony on Tuesday wasted no time putting the controversy in the spotlight. Host and comedian Jerrod Carmichael opened his monologue with a blunt assessment: that he …
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By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) – A 19-year-old man accused of attacking three New York City police officers with a machete near Times Square on New Year’s eve, a crime investigators have linked to Islamic extremism, was charged in federal court on Tuesday with attempted murder. The suspect, Trevor Bickford, already faces similar charges in state …
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By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The United States is looking to Canada to help cope with the growing number of migrants at the United States’ border with Mexico, a State Department spokeswoman said on Tuesday. A possible trilateral agreement with Canada, the United States and Mexico was on the table as the three …
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