By Patricia Zengerle and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former President Donald Trump pressured his vice president, Mike Pence, to overturn his 2020 election defeat despite being told repeatedly it was illegal to do so, aides to Pence told the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol on Thursday. Members …
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By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor said on Thursday the U.S. Supreme Court’s “mistakes” in high-profile cases can be corrected over time as she adopted a positive tone ahead of a decision in which its conservative majority is expected to curtail abortion rights. Sotomayor, speaking in Washington at the annual meeting …
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By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The lead Republican negotiator in U.S. Senate efforts to craft a bipartisan gun safety bill walked out of the talks on Thursday, while the lead Democrat remained optimistic that lawmakers could vote on legislation before leaving for a two-week July 4 recess. “It’s fish or cut bait,” Senator John …
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(Reuters) -Three people were shot, two fatally, inside a suburban Alabama church on Thursday evening, before a suspect was taken into custody, police said. The shooting happened at Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Vestavia Hills, Captain Shane Ware of the Vestavia Hills Police Department told a news conference. “A lone suspect entered a small group …
By Jarrett Renshaw and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm called an emergency meeting with refining executives for next week, a department spokesperson said on Thursday, as tensions between the Biden administration and Big Oil mount over soaring gasoline prices. The planned talks come as President Joe Biden, under pressure over record …
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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, is eager to appear before the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, she told the Daily Caller news website on Thursday. Thomas was responding to comments by the committee’s chairman, Democrat Bennie Thompson, that …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Thursday urged airline executives to ensure summer flight schedules are followed after a recent spate of cancellations, a source told Reuters. Buttigieg called the virtual meeting with U.S. airline CEOS after more than 2,700 flights were cancelled over the Memorial Day holiday, which prompted …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Thursday pushed airline chief executives to scrutinize whether they can reliably operate flight schedules amid rising demand, a source briefed on the meeting told Reuters. Buttigieg also called on airlines to improve passenger customer services in order to ensure passengers can rebook flights after cancellations, the …
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By Richard Cowan and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The third day of the hearings in the U.S. Congress on the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol by former President Donald Trump’s supporters featured more testimony, often intense, by close allies of the former president. Here are three takeaways from the third day of …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris inaugurated a task force on Thursday to curb online harassment, fulfilling one of the Biden campaign’s promises in the wake of a mass shooting that highlights a link between online abuse and violence. The group is tasked with producing within six months a blueprint detailing actions to address …
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