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Biden highlights Javelin missiles in visit to Alabama Lockheed plant

3 May 2022

By Steve Holland and Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday visited a Lockheed Martin Co facility in Alabama that manufactures the anti-tank Javelin missile, putting the spotlight on a weapon that has helped Ukraine fight Russia’s invasion. Biden used the visit to press Congress to approve his proposed $33 billion assistance …

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Colorado clerk accused of voting system breach faces court order

3 May 2022

(Reuters) – A Republican county clerk, accused by Colorado authorities of leading an unauthorized breach of voter data with activists who back former President Donald Trump’s stolen election falsehoods, was ordered by a judge to hand over the copied data by Wednesday. Elbert County Clerk Dallas Schroeder last year made copies of the county’s voting …

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U.S. Supreme Court set to overturn Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision, Politico reports

3 May 2022

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court looks set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a leaked initial draft majority opinion published by Politico on Monday. The unprecedented leak from the conservative-majority Supreme Court sent shock waves through the United States, not least because the court prides …

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Leaked draft abortion ruling a major blow to Supreme Court, experts say

3 May 2022

By Andrew Chung (Reuters) – The leak of a U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn the constitutional right to abortion is a major breach of confidentiality that has heightened the stakes in an already politically-charged case, experts say. Politico on Monday night published a draft majority opinion that it had obtained striking down …

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California governor proposes amendment to protect abortion rights – tweet

3 May 2022

(Reuters) – California governor Gavin Newsom said on Monday that the state will propose an amendment to ‘enshrine the right to choose’ in the state’s constitution, after Politico reported a leaked draft suggesting that the U.S. Supreme Court is set to overturn abortion rights in the country. “We can’t trust SCOTUS to protect the right …

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‘Do something Democrats,’ abortion rights supporters chant at U.S. Supreme Court

3 May 2022

By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hundreds of abortion rights supporters gathered in anger at the U.S. Supreme Court after an unprecedented leak showed a majority of justices poised to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide. Within hours of Politico’s publication on Monday of an initial draft opinion that would overturn …

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U.S. Capitol riot panel requests information from three Republican lawmakers

3 May 2022

By Jan Wolfe and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack by Donald Trump’s supporters requested interviews with three Republican lawmakers, saying they have information about the planning of events that day. In a press release on Monday, the Jan. 6 Select Committee said it …

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U.S. Vice President Harris to return to work after negative COVID test

3 May 2022

By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will return to in-person work after testing negative for COVID-19 on Monday, according to her spokesperson. Harris, who wields a tie-breaking vote in the Senate, plans to work in person starting on Tuesday. Doug Emhoff, Harris’ husband, told reporters that the vice president is feeling …

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Hispanics lose faith in Democrats over inflation as U.S. elections loom

3 May 2022

(Fixes election year in paragraph 35) By Tim Reid and Brad Brooks PHOENIX/COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (Reuters) -Ricardo Aguirre sits near his two taco trucks and laments the soaring cost of tomatoes, onions, meat and cilantro, which have doubled in price in recent months, hammering his Phoenix-based catering business.     Aguirre, 43, usually votes for the Democratic …

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