By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Senate Democratic deal includes a new $4,000 tax credit for used electric vehicles and other new tax credits and grants for automakers to retool factories to build greener cars. The deal struck between Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Democratic Senator Joe Manchin also includes an expansion of the …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee voted Wednesday to approve a measure that would raise the age children are given special online privacy protections to 16 and bar targeted advertising to children by companies like TikTok and Snapchat without consent. The bill, which was adopted by voice vote, will now go to the …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Wednesday welcomed hearing about a legislative deal aimed at lowering the cost of pharmaceutical drugs as part of a budget bill. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, learning of the deal while at the podium for her daily news briefing, said she would seek more information about it. …
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By Tyler Clifford (Reuters) – Actor Tony Dow, best known for his role as Wally Cleaver in the 1950s American TV sitcom “Leave It to Beaver,” died Wednesday at age 77, his family and management team said on Wednesday, a day after his death was announced prematurely. Dow, whose career in television as an actor, …
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By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) -An Illinois man accused of shooting into a crowd watching a Chicago-area Independence Day parade was indicted by a grand jury on 117 counts, including 21 counts of first-degree murder, the state’s attorney’s office said on Wednesday. The suspect, Robert Crimo, 21, has been held without bail since he was arrested …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. offer to Russia to gain the release of two Americans detained by Moscow, Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan, was made weeks ago and the White House is hoping Russia will react favorably, the White House said on Wednesday. Joshua Geltzer, a senior National Security Council official, has been in touch …
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By Sharon Bernstein MARIPOSA, Calif. (Reuters) -Firefighters on Monday finally started to control California’s largest wildfire so far this year, halting its eastward expansion toward nearby Yosemite National Park while thousands of people remained under evacuation orders. The Oak Fire had expanded rapidly after it began on Friday, overwhelming the initial deployment of firefighters, as …
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By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden celebrated his recovery from COVID-19 on Wednesday with an appeal to Americans to get vaccinated and a comparison of his mild symptoms and work-from-home performance to the more serious case experienced by his predecessor. Biden, who is 79, ended his isolation period from …
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By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Treasury said on Wednesday it will allow state, local and tribal governments more flexibility to use COVID-19 rescue funds to boost the supply of affordable housing, including permission to issue direct long-term project loans. The changes for the $350 billion State and Local Fiscal Relief Fund program aim …
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(Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to visit Japan in August, Kyodo reported on Wednesday, citing sources. (Reporting by Akriti Sharma in Bengaluru)
