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Some Pennsylvania Republicans defend Mastriano for posing in Confederate uniform

28 Aug 2022

By Phil Stewart and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Some Republicans in Pennsylvania defended Donald Trump-backed gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano on Saturday after Reuters published a 2014 photo of him posing in a Confederate uniform. The previously unreported photo was released by the U.S. Army War College to Reuters under a Freedom of Information Act …

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U.S. intelligence to conduct risk assessment of recovered Mar-a-Lago materials -letter

28 Aug 2022

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. intelligence community will assess the potential risk to national security of disclosure of materials recovered during the Aug. 8 search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence, according to a letter seen by Reuters. The letter dated Friday from National Intelligence Director (DNI) Avril Haines to House …

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U.S. Justice Dept says Trump papers included material on intelligence, sources

27 Aug 2022

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department on Friday disclosed that it was investigating former President Donald Trump for removing White House records because it believed he illegally held documents including some involving intelligence-gathering and clandestine human sources – among America’s most closely held secrets. The department released a heavily redacted affidavit …

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Cuba asks for U.S. technical assistance in oil fire clean-up

27 Aug 2022

HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba said on Friday it sought U.S. technical assistance in cleaning up after a massive fire at an oil storage facility that killed 16 fire fighters. Experts from Cuba and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency met virtually on Wednesday to discuss the clean-up effort at the Matanzas supertanker port east of Havana …

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Very few in the U.S. getting full monkeypox vaccine series – CDC chief

27 Aug 2022

By Ahmed Aboulenein and Julie Steenhuysen WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Very few people who have gotten monkeypox shots in the United States have received the second dose needed for full protection, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky said on Friday. She told a White House briefing that nearly 97% of the shots …

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White House says student loan forgiveness plan will cost $24 billion a year

26 Aug 2022

By Costas Pitas (Reuters) – A U.S. plan announced this week to forgive $10,000 in student loans for millions of debt-saddled former college students will cost roughly $24 billion a year assuming that three quarters of those eligible take up the offer, the White House said. The move, announced by President Joe Biden on Wednesday, …

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Reactions to U.S. Justice Department document justifying Trump search

26 Aug 2022

By Moira Warburton (Reuters) – The following are quotes from and reactions to the release on Friday under court order of a U.S. Department of Justice partially redacted affidavit that investigators used to justify the FBI’s Aug. 8 search of former president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida: AFFIDAVIT: “The government is conducting a criminal …

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