WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives panel probing the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol by former President Donald Trump’s supporters will hold a hearing on July 12, the committee said on Tuesday. (Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Leslie Adler)
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee chair and top Republican have called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate social media app TikTok and Chinese parent ByteDance due to “repeated misrepresentations” over its handling of U.S. data. The request on Tuesday from Senator Mark Warner, a Democrat, and Republican Marco …
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(Reuters) – A New York judge on Tuesday held real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield PLC in contempt of court for not producing documents subpoenaed in a probe of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s business practices. The judge ordered the company to be fined $10,000 a day until it complied. Attorney General Letitia James has …
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(Reuters) – The Ohio city of Akron plans to lift a curfew imposed in the wake of unruly protests that broke out after police released video of officers killing an unarmed Black man, Mayor Dan Horrigan announced on Tuesday. Demonstrators took to the streets after police on Sunday released body camera video that showed eight …
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By Eric Beech and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday sued the state of Arizona to block a state law that requires voters to provide proof of citizenship for some federal elections. Due to take effect in January, the law violates the National Voter Registration Act by requiring proof of citizenship …
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By Gabriella Borter and Nate Raymond (Reuters) -Florida’s ban on abortions past 15 weeks of pregnancy is now in effect after a court order blocking its enforcement was put on hold on Tuesday, and a Mississippi judge declined to prevent a near-total ban from being implemented later this week. The dual developments marked the latest …
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By Brendan O’Brien and Tom Polansek HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (Reuters) – A teacher at a synagogue and a grandfather in his 70s who came from Mexico to visit his family were among those killed in the shooting at a Fourth of July parade in Chicago suburb Highland Park, according to family and friends. Nicolas Toledo …
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(Reuters) – Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin will be sentenced later this week for violating the civil rights of George Floyd during the arrest that ended in Floyd’s killing. Chauvin, who has already been sentenced to 22-1/2 years in prison for intentional second-degree, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter by a state court, pleaded guilty …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden has read a letter from WNBA star Brittney Griner, who has been detained in Russia for more than four months, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Tuesday. Griner wrote a letter, sent by her representatives to the White House, appealing to Biden for help to bring her …
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(Reuters) – The fast-spreading BA.4 and BA.5 sub-lineages of Omicron are estimated to make up a combined 70.1% of the coronavirus variants in the United States as of July 2, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday. BA.4 and BA.5 made up 52% of U.S. variants for the week of June …
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