By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Monday he hoped the U.S. Senate would take up President Joe Biden’s request for $33 billion in emergency aid for Ukraine as soon as next week. “It is my hope that a bipartisan agreement can be reached very soon and that the …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, chair of the Commerce Committee, will introduce legislation this week to restore authority that the Federal Trade Commission lost when the Supreme Court ruled last year that it overstepped in fighting deception and fraud. If it becomes law, the bill would make it easier for the FTC, which also …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. economy is expected to continue its expansion this year despite a surprise contraction in the first quarter, the U.S. Treasury’s chief economist said on Monday, adding that inflation may be peaking. Benjamin Harris, assistant secretary for economic policy, said in a statement to the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee that there …
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By Rich McKay (Reuters) – Tennessee will stop all executions until the end of 2022 pending an independent review of procedures used by the state to carry out lethal injections, which opponents say can cause undue suffering to those put to death, Governor Bill Lee said on Monday. The decision for postponing executions was a …
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(Reuters) – A former Philadelphia officer was charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old boy in the back after the youth dropped a gun that he apparently fired at an unmarked police car, a prosecutor said on Monday. Edsaul Mendoza, 26, who was dismissed from the force after the March 1 shooting, …
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(Reuters) – A special grand jury was selected on Monday to consider evidence in a Georgia prosecutor’s inquiry into then-President Donald Trump’s alleged efforts to influence the U.S. state’s 2020 election results, a county prosecutor’s office said. The selection marks a major step forward in the probe, launched after Trump was recorded in a Jan. …
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By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An effort by U.S. Senate Democrats to move forward on President Joe Biden’s nominees for the Federal Reserve and Federal Trade Commission appeared headed for a second week of delay on Monday, after another Democratic lawmaker tested positive for COVID-19. Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado said on Twitter that …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said he would meet on Monday with the parents of Austin Tice, who disappeared while reporting in Syria in 2012. (Reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt; Editing by Doina Chiacu)
By Jan Wolfe and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former New York City police officer was found guilty on Monday of assaulting a Washington, D.C., police officer during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump, handing prosecutors another win at trial, a Justice Department spokesman …
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By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Deputy U.S. Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo on Monday called on state, local and tribal governments to use more of their shares of a $350 billion COVID-19 relief fund to address a severe shortage of affordable housing. Adeyemo was pressing his case during a visit to Los Angeles to highlight …
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