By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Congress Democrats planned to unveil on Wednesday their version of legislation keeping the federal government fully operating beyond September 30, while also attaching healthcare provisions that Republicans have vowed to reject. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said in an interview on NBC’s “Morning Joe” program that the proposal on …
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More than 100 Democratic lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday urged the Trump administration to abandon plans to repeal vehicle emission rules. In a letter seen by Reuters, 102 lawmakers led by Representative Doris Matsui called on the Environmental Protection Agency to drop its aim to …
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(Reuters) -Former Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer, in her first public remarks since getting abruptly dismissed last month by President Donald Trump, said on Tuesday that firing the government’s chief labor statistician is a “dangerous step” that has serious economic consequences. Trump fired McEntarfer, appointed to the role by former President Joe Biden, …
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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. Senate committee approved dozens of Donald Trump’s nominees for diplomatic positions on Wednesday, as the president’s fellow Republicans worked to change Senate rules to make it easier to confirm his picks. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee considered 36 nominees, including such high-profile choices as former national security adviser …
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By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – FBI Director Kash Patel on Wednesday faced a second day of questioning by U.S. lawmakers, defending his handling of investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein against claims from Democratic and one Republican lawmaker that the FBI is shielding information related to the late financier and sex offender. Appearing before a U.S. …
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(Corrects the third section of the story to show there are instances in which firing squad could still be used in Utah, instead of saying Utah banned the firing squad.) By Tom Hals (Reuters) – Utah prosecutors said on Tuesday they will seek the death penalty for the trade school student suspected of assassinating right-wing …
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NEW YORK (Reuters) -Senator Bill Cassidy on Wednesday when asked if Americans should have confidence in the decision if the CDC’s new advisory panel makes recommendations to change the childhood vaccine schedule, said they should not. Cassidy speaking to reporters said that the Hepatitis B shot, given at birth, had decreased the number of children …
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By David Thomas (Reuters) -Rudy Giuliani must pay his former attorneys $1.36 million in unpaid legal fees plus interest for their work defending the former New York mayor in connection with his actions as U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, a judge ruled on Tuesday. New York County Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron ruled in …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. Treasury under secretary will visit Mexico City on Thursday to talk with officials and industry representatives about countering illicit financing, drug trafficking and cartel operations, the department said. It will be the first international trip for John Hurley, the under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, in his role after being …
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(Reuters) -Actor, director and producer Robert Redford, who was both the quintessential handsome Hollywood leading man and an influential supporter of independent films through his Sundance Institute, had died at the age of 89, The New York Times reported, citing his publicist. Once dismissed as “just another California blond”, Redford’s charm and craggy good looks …
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