WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former President Donald Trump said on Thursday his attorneys and representatives “were cooperating fully,” after U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland gave a statement on an FBI search of Trump’s Florida estate three days ago. (Reporting by Eric Beech; Editing by Caitlin Webber)
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – California’s High-Speed Rail Authority said Thursday it won $25 million in new federal grant funding to advance its project beyond 119 miles under construction, while pursuing an additional $1.3 billion award. The U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT) grant will provide more than half of the estimated $41 million for a …
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By Karen Freifeld NEW YORK (Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he declined to answer questions during an appearance before New York state’s attorney general in a civil investigation into his family’s business practices, citing his constitutional right against self-incrimination. Trump, his son Donald Trump Jr. and daughter Ivanka Trump had fought …
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By Laura Sanicola (Reuters) – The average price of U.S. retail gasoline fell below $4 per gallon on Thursday for the first time in months, giving some relief to drivers in the world’s largest consumer of the fuel. The national average price for regular unleaded gas fell to $3.990 a gallon on Aug. 11, according …
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(Reuters) -Verizon Communications Inc’s internet services appeared to be back up after facing a brief disruption on Thursday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. Reports of the outage dropped to around 200 incidents in the United States, as per Downdetector, which collates status reports from a number of sources. At the peak of the outage, …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told the Internal Revenue Service on Wednesday that if the Inflation Reduction Act became law additional IRS resources should not be used to increase audit rates on taxpayers making under $400,000 a year. The legislation, which passed the Senate over the weekend with no Republican support, increases the …
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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Harvey Weinstein and the U.S. business of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles agreed to end competing lawsuits over a 2019 crash in which the now-imprisoned former Hollywood movie producer flipped a Jeep Wrangler while trying to avoid a deer. According to a joint stipulation filed on Wednesday night in federal …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday the House of Representatives would pass the Inflation Reduction Act on Friday. In a letter to Democratic colleagues, Pelosi called the $430 billion climate, tax and healthcare bill approved by the Senate over the weekend “life-changing legislation.” (Reporting by Eric Beech; Editing by Chris …
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(Reuters) – California on Wednesday set ambitious new targets for offshore wind development, saying turbines along its storied coastline would power some 25 million homes by 2050. In a unanimous vote, the five-member California Energy Commission (CEC) adopted a goal of 3,000 to 5,000 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind by 2030 and 25,000 MW by …
By Andrew Hay ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Reuters) -Muslims in New Mexico interviewed on Wednesday said they felt shock and shame at the arrest of a Muslim immigrant from Afghanistan in connection with the murders of four Muslim men. Police on Tuesday said they detained 51-year-old Muhammad Syed. A motive for the killings remains unclear, but police …
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