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U.S. military technician with security clearance, wife charged with identity theft

28 Jul 2022 28 Jul 2022

By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) – A former Coast Guard avionics technician held top secret security clearance for 20 years as he and his wife lived under the stolen identities of two dead children, according to court papers charging the Hawaii couple with identity theft and conspiring against the federal government. Walter Primrose and his wife …

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Alito mocks foreign critics of abortion ruling

28 Jul 2022 28 Jul 2022

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has brushed off criticism from prominent figures around the world of last month’s blockbuster ruling he authored that overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 abortion rights decision. In his first public remarks since the decision, which has led to various conservative …

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Mitch McConnell faces rare defeat as U.S. Senate Democrats forge climate, drug bill

28 Jul 2022 28 Jul 2022

By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, whose legislative skills have torpedoed many Democratic priorities, suffered a rare defeat himself this week, when Democrats thwarted his plan to block their new $430 billion drugs and energy bill. McConnell, who has spent nearly half his 80 years in the Senate, had vowed …

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U.S. teetering on brink of recession as GDP contracts in second quarter

28 Jul 2022 28 Jul 2022

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. economy unexpectedly contracted in the second quarter, with consumer spending growing at its slowest pace in two years and business spending declining, raising the risk that the economy was on the cusp of a recession. While the second straight quarterly decline in gross domestic product reported by …

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Female prisoners at Indiana jail allege rape, assault after male inmates bribed guard

28 Jul 2022 28 Jul 2022

(Reuters) – Dozens of women prisoners say they were sexually and physically assaulted for hours last year at an Indiana jail after male detainees paid a corrections officer $1,000 for keys to access their housing units, they alleged in a pair of federal lawsuits. Eight unidentified women in one suit detailed claims of rape, assault …

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Majority of U.S. House backs sweeping semiconductor bill

28 Jul 2022 28 Jul 2022

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed sweeping legislation to subsidize the domestic semiconductor industry as it competes with companies in China and other countries. As voting continued, the tally was 239 to 181, as at least 23 Republicans joined Democrats in backing the legislation. Passage sends it to the White …

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Biden administration announces $400 million for rural internet access

28 Jul 2022 28 Jul 2022

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s administration announced on Thursday that it will provide $401 million to provide access to high-speed internet for 31,000 rural residents and businesses in 11 states, as part of Biden’s drive to expand access to the web. “With this money we are one step closer to President Biden’s ambitious goal …

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Democrats Manchin, Schumer agree on $430 billion tax, drugs, energy bill

28 Jul 2022 28 Jul 2022

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic Senator Joe Manchin said on Wednesday he has reached a deal with Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer on a bill to increase corporate taxes, reduce the national debt, invest in energy technologies and lower the cost of prescription drugs. Manchin has often been a roadblock to President Joe Biden’s policy …

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U.S. Senate climate deal ‘transformative’, backers say

28 Jul 2022 28 Jul 2022

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The nearly $370 billion in climate and energy security measures in the budget reconciliation deal U.S. Senate Democrats struck on Wednesday were whittled down from previous versions of the bill, but highly praised by backers of clean energy. Early versions of the bill had $555 billion in tax breaks for …

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U.S. says ‘substantial offer’ on the table for Russia to release detainees Griner, Whelan

28 Jul 2022 28 Jul 2022

By Simon Lewis and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has made “a substantial offer” to Russia to release U.S. citizens detained there, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday, adding he would press his Russian counterpart to respond in a conversation planned for the coming days. Washington offered Moscow a deal to …

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