By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans on Tuesday were edging closer to majority control of the U.S. House of Representatives, a midterm victory tempered by the unexpectedly narrow margin they will hold over Democrats as they usher in two years of divided government. Republicans so far have won 216 seats in the 435-member chamber, Edison …
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By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump did not show up for deposition testimony before the congressional committee investigating his supporters’ attack on the U.S. Capitol last year, the panel said on Monday. In doing so Trump defied a subpoena issued by the panel in October, Chair Bennie Thompson, a Democrat, and co-Chair Liz …
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By Laura Sanicola (Reuters) – A flotilla of ships is carrying distillate fuel to New York Harbor to shore up stocks ahead of the winter, according to traders and shipping data. Shippers are sending vessels to the U.S. East Coast, which uses more heating fuel than another other parts of the United States but where …
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By Julia Harte (Reuters) -Kari Lake, one of the most high-profile Republican candidates in the midterm elections to embrace former President Donald Trump’s false claims of voter fraud in 2020, lost her bid to become the next governor of Arizona, Edison Research projected on Monday. The closely fought governor’s race between Lake and Democrat Katie …
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By Guy Faulconbridge and Humeyra Pamuk LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns was expected to caution President Vladimir Putin’s spy chief at talks on Monday about the consequences of any use of nuclear weapons, and to raise the issue of U.S. prisoners in Russia, a White House official said. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry …
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By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Jennifer Siebel Newsom, a documentary filmmaker and the wife of California’s governor, testified on Monday that former film producer Harvey Weinstein raped her in 2005 when she was trying to build a career as a producer and actor. On the witness stand in Los Angeles Superior Court, Siebel …
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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit by Donald Trump’s former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen accusing Trump, former Attorney General William Barr and others of abruptly returning him to prison in retaliation for writing a tell-all memoir. In a 33-page decision, U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman in …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Transportation Department said Monday that six airlines were slapped with $7.25 million in penalties and agreed to issue $622 million in passenger refunds as the agency vows to aggressively enforce consumer protections. The actions helped ensure the carriers paid required refunds “to hundreds of thousands of passengers …
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By Moira Warburton and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats in the U.S. Congress aim to pass bills protecting same-sex marriage, clarifying lawmakers’ role in certifying presidential elections and raising the nation’s debt ceiling when they return from the campaign trail on Monday. President Joe Biden’s party got a boost over the weekend when it …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -No charges will be brought in a criminal investigation into business dealings in Ukraine by Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, the top U.S. prosecutor in Manhattan said in a court filing on Monday. Federal prosecutors have been examining actions by Giuliani, the former New York City mayor, …
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