By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the panel’s top Republican on Monday asked Twitter Inc Chief Executive Parag Agrawal to answer questions about a former company executive turned whistleblower who is set to testify. Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, a famed hacker who served as Twitter’s head of security until …
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By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) -West Virginia lawmakers on Tuesday passed a sweeping abortion ban that prohibits the procedure even in the earliest days of pregnancy with limited exceptions in cases of rape, incest and when the health of the mother is at risk. The bill, which now goes to Governor Jim Justice for his signature, …
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By Jeff Mason and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden celebrated his climate change and drug pricing law, The Inflation Reduction Act, on Tuesday on the White House lawn, highlighting Democrats’ commitment to progressive priorities even as high consumer prices continue to bite. Biden signed the $430 billion bill, seen as the biggest climate …
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By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham proposed new national restrictions on abortion on Tuesday, saying he wanted to help define Republicans on an issue seen as a potential albatross for his party in the Nov. 8 midterm elections. With control of the Senate up for grabs, and some jittery Republican candidates softening …
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By Jason Lange and Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The unexpected rise in inflation reported on Tuesday was an unwelcome blow for President Joe Biden’s Democrats, but a new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows Democratic voters just as enthusiastic as their Republican counterparts, pointing to a potentially close contest in November’s elections. Republicans remain favored to win …
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By Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. authorities unveiled indictments on Tuesday of a lucrative human smuggling operation that allegedly included moving migrants in suitcases and water tanks from the U.S.-Mexico border, as the Biden administration cracks down on groups fueling a record number of border crossings. Eight people, mostly U.S. citizens, …
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By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A congressional panel on Tuesday sought an urgent review by the U.S. National Archives after agency staff members acknowledged that they did not know if all presidential records from Donald Trump’s administration had been turned over. House of Representatives Oversight Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney also asked the Archives, the …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Lindsay Graham, a Republican critic of social media companies like Meta’s Facebook and Twitter, said on Tuesday that he wants create a way to regulate, and perhaps license, social media companies. Graham said that he was working on a measure — he did not say what form it would take …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Tuesday ruled that prosecutors cannot show pictures of “lavish properties” owned by Tom Barrack, a former top fundraiser for Donald Trump, at Barrack’s upcoming trial on charges of acting as an illegal foreign agent. Barrack, a former private equity executive who prosecutors say acted …
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By David Shepardson DETROIT (Reuters) – U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak will cancel trips on another seven long-distance routes Wednesday because of a potential freight rail strike as soon as Friday. Amtrak workers are not involved in the labor dispute but Amtrak operates almost all of its 21,000 route miles outside the Northeast Corridor (NEC) on …
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