WASHINGTON (Reuters) – There are no plans to go back to Congress to push for changes to the Inflation Reduction Act, the White House said Friday, a day after President Joe Biden said it could be tweaked to appease European leaders. “We don’t have any plans to go back to Congress for legislative changes to …
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By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration would make it harder to seek asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border under several plans being considered that bear similarities to policies pushed by former President Donald Trump. Two Department of Homeland Security officials and a person familiar with the matter said the administration is discussing …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – American detainee Paul Whelan phoned his family from Russia early on Friday in his first contact since last week, a period of silence that prompted the White House to express concern. Whelan, a former U.S. Marine detained in Russia since 2018, had been transferred to the hospital prison, his brother, David Whelan, …
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By Andy Sullivan (Reuters) – Election officials on Friday reported heavy turnout in Georgia on the last day of early voting ahead of the Dec. 6 runoff election that will determine whether Democrats can add to their razor-thin majority in the U.S. Senate. Voters in some locations faced waiting times of more than an hour …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai met Mexican Economy Minister Raquel Buenrostro and stressed the need to make progress in talks over Mexico’s energy measures and its fisheries-related environmental laws, the USTR office said. Tai also stressed the importance of avoiding any disruption in U.S. corn exports to Mexico, the …
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(Reuters) – Florida lawmakers are mulling plans to reverse a move that would strip Walt Disney Co of its right to operate a private government around its famous theme-parks, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing people briefed on the plan. In April, lawmakers had given their final approval to a bill ending Walt Disney’s …
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By Steve Holland and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden rolled out the red carpet on Thursday for celebrities, lawmakers, and titans of industry at the White House’s first state dinner in honor of French President Emmanuel Macron. The dinner is the crowning social event of a trip aimed at showing Biden’s …
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PARIS (Reuters) – Antony Blinken, the U.S. Secretary of State who spent much of his childhood in Paris, said he could support the French soccer team in the World Cup if the U.S. team got knocked out before the French. “I support the United States team but if they cannot make it to the very …
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By Steve Holland, Michel Rose and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Joe Biden on Thursday used the first state visit of his presidency to demonstrate unity with France’s Emmanuel Macron on Ukraine, show willingness to speak to Russia’s Vladimir Putin and assuage European anger over U.S. subsidies. The U.S. president and first lady Jill Biden held …
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By David Shepardson and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Congress gave final approval to a bill blocking a national U.S. railroad strike that could have devastated the American economy but rejected a measure that would have provided paid sick days to railroad workers. The U.S. Senate voted 80 to 15 on Thursday to impose a tentative …
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