By Tim McLaughlin and Brendan O’Brien BOSTON (Reuters) – Some 100 million Americans from New York City to Las Vegas are under heat warnings this week as temperatures rise well above 100 Fahrenheit (38 Celsius), part of a trend of extreme weather made worse by climate change. New York City temperatures are expected to reach …
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The judge in Steve Bannon’s trial on Wednesday let the defense inform jurors that Donald Trump this month gave the green light for his former presidential adviser to testify before the congressional committee probing last year’s U.S. Capitol attack after previously asking him not to cooperate. U.S. District …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. companies are hosting customer data more often on servers in China, complicating U.S. authorities’ ability to get information for criminal investigations, a senior federal prosecutor said on Wednesday. Carolyn Pokorny, the top deputy U.S. Attorney in Brooklyn, said at a cybersecurity conference at New York’s Fordham University that …
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By Alexandra Ulmer and Jason Lange (Reuters) – A big Democratic Party fundraising group on Wednesday filed a complaint against the Federal Election Commission, accusing it of allowing Donald Trump to break campaign finance law by spending political donations on a 2024 presidential bid he has yet to launch. The group, American Bridge, complained in …
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By Magali Druscovich and Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Reuters) – Tammy Suomi’s Duluth, Minnesota living room is filled with memories of her daughter Jackie Defoe and her grandson Kevin Shabaiash Jr. Teddy bears line the couch. Photos of her smiling loved ones cover a coffee table and kitchen island. Defoe was 13 weeks pregnant when …
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By Rose Horowitch and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill protecting gay marriage rights, after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade imperiled similar precedents that protected rights to same-sex relations and contraception. The bill, which passed the Democratic-controlled chamber by a vote of 267-157 …
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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal prosecutor told jurors on Tuesday at Steve Bannon’s criminal trial that the prominent former presidential adviser to Donald Trump decided he was “above the law” in defying a subpoena from the congressional committee investigating last year’s attack on the U.S. Capitol. The prosecution and defense delivered opening …
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By Jarrett Renshaw and Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden plans to announce new federal measures aimed at the climate crisis on Wednesday during a trip to Massachusetts, but will stop short of declaring a climate emergency, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said on Tuesday. Democratic lawmakers and environmental groups have been calling …
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By Humeyra Pamuk and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Tuesday aimed at deterring and punishing wrongful detention of U.S. citizens abroad by authorizing government agencies to impose sanctions and other measures. The move came amid growing pressure on Biden from families of hostages and detainees, most recently on …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s government warned on Tuesday that it would take “forceful measures” if U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, after the Financial Times said https://on.ft.com/3B0jKgc she would go to the Chinese-claimed island next month. Pelosi and her delegation will also visit Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore, and spend time in Hawaii …
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