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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Secret Service deleted text messages from Jan. 5 and Jan. 6, 2021 after they were requested by oversight officials investigating the agency’s response to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, the agency watchdog has claimed. The Secret Service disputed that accusation on Thursday, saying some phone data …

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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will not come with a plan to restart the stalled Israel-Palestinian peace process when he visits the West Bank on Friday, at the end of the first leg of his Middle East trip, a senior administration official said. Biden will restate his backing for a two-state solution to …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic Senator Joe Manchin told Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday he won’t support a Democratic proposal for new climate change spending and higher taxes for corporations and wealthier Americans, the Washington Post reported. Manchin, a key Democratic swing vote in the Senate, stymied earlier attempts to pass President Joe Biden’s …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States and Kenya have launched a strategic trade and investment partnership through which they will pursue commitments aimed at boosting economic growth, supporting African regional economic integration and other areas, the U.S. Trade Representative’s office said on Thursday. The U.S. and Kenyan governments will start work within three months to develop …

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(Reuters) – Roughly 30% fewer police and other law enforcement officers in the United States have died in the line of duty so far in 2022 compared with 2021, attributed largely to a drop in COVID-19 deaths, a report released on Thursday found. The number of officers killed in “firearms related fatalities” rose slightly, from …

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By Tyler Clifford (Reuters) -The man accused of shooting dead 10 Black people at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, on May 14 has been indicted on 27 federal hate crimes and firearms offenses, the U.S. Justice Department announced on Thursday. The indictment returned by a federal grand jury tacks on an additional hate …

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