By Steve Holland and Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The 2024 race for the White House could be uncharted territory in the United States, which celebrates youth, but where millions of Americans – including presidents – now keep working well beyond the traditional retirement age of 65. Ronald Reagan was 77 when he left the …
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By James Oliphant and Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Days before he is expected to launch another White House run, Donald Trump is again at war with his own party, angrily denouncing potential rivals, airing old grievances and acting more like the insurgent who stormed to victory six years ago than a former president. The former …
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By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top U.S. border official said on Friday he had been asked to resign or be fired, a sign of tensions within U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration over a record number of migrant crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Chris Magnus said in …
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By Rich McKay and Brendan O’Brien ATLANTA (Reuters) -The soaking remains of Hurricane Nicole brought heavy rains to Georgia and the Carolinas on Friday after it left a trail of destroyed and teetering beachside homes and damaged hotels and condos along Florida’s Atlantic coast and killed at least four people. In Volusia County, local officials …
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(Reuters) – American Airlines Group’s pilots said on Friday that their union has agreed to explore a merger with the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), which represents pilots at major U.S. carriers United Airlines and Delta Air Lines. The Allied Pilots Association said its board of directors unanimously agreed to create a merger committee to …
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By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, a conservative Democrat from coal-rich West Virginia, indicated he would not hold a confirmation hearing to consider President Joe Biden’s re-nomination of top energy regulator Rich Glick, potentially dooming Glick’s chances. Glick, chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), needs to be approved by the …
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By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government and a unit of Centrus Energy Corp have a signed an agreement to start producing fuel expected to be used in next generation nuclear reactors after the process was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Department of Energy said late on Thursday that it and Centrus …
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By Tim McLaughlin and M.B. Pell (Reuters) – U.S. colleges like to stress their green credentials. Many also use some of the dirtiest fuels to power their campuses – and crank out pollution at higher rates than the typical commercial power plant, a Reuters Special Report shows. Here’s how the news agency got the numbers …
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(Reuters) -The U.S. national public health agency said on Friday that Omicron subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 were estimated to account for about 44.2% of COVID-19 cases in the country for the week ending Nov. 12, compared with 32.6% in the previous week. The two variants, which are closely related to Omicron’s BA.5 sub-variant that drove …
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By Valerie Volcovici SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt – (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration plans to toughen a crackdown on oil and gas industry methane leaks as part of a “relentless focus” on preventing planet-warming emissions, officials said on Friday at the COP27 climate talks. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it will expand its 2021 …
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