By Andrew Goudsward and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (Reuters) – The man suspected of planting pipe bombs in Washington the night before the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack appeared in court on Friday to face federal criminal charges, a day after his arrest in a case that long vexed investigators. Brian Cole …
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By John Kruzel WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court next week weighs the legality of Donald Trump’s firing of a Federal Trade Commission member in a major test of presidential power over agencies set up by Congress to be insulated from White House control in a case that could imperil a 90-year-old …
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(This story contains language some readers may find offensive) By Heather Schlitz MINNEAPOLIS, Dec 5 (Reuters) – Crowds usually press shoulder-to-shoulder at Karmel Mall, a sprawling Somali shopping center in Minneapolis, where people often greet each other by name, speak Somali more than English and gather to browse for new hijabs and shop from hundreds …
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By John Kruzel and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court revived on Thursday a redrawn Texas electoral map designed to add more Republicans to the U.S. House of Representatives, boosting President Donald Trump’s quest for his party to keep control of Congress in the 2026 midterm elections. The court, whose …
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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday ordered federal law enforcement to step up investigations into the anti-fascist antifa movement and similar “extremist groups,” and asked the FBI to compile a list of entities possibly engaged in domestic terrorism, according to an internal memo reviewed by …
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By Heather Schlitz and Andrew Hay MINNEAPOLIS, Dec 4 (REUTERS) – – People of Somali origin are among those arrested in an immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, federal officials said on Thursday, two days after President Donald Trump hurled insults at immigrants from the Horn of Africa country and said he wanted them out of the …
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By Sarah N. Lynch and Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (Reuters) – A federal grand jury on Thursday rejected prosecutors’ attempt to revive a criminal case against New York Attorney General Letitia James, two sources familiar with the matter said, after a judge threw out an initial set of charges against the prominent critic of …
By Idrees Ali, Phil Stewart and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (Reuters) – Senior Democratic lawmakers briefed on a U.S. strike on a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean said on Thursday they were troubled by a video showing survivors in distress being killed, though Republican lawmakers there defended the strike as legal. The incident …
By Andrew Hay and Brad Brooks Dec 4 (Reuters) – The United States Geological Survey said on Thursday its automatic earthquake detection system had erroneously sent out a report earlier in the day that a 5.9 magnitude temblor had struck in Nevada, saying it was likely the first time the USGS had issued a quake …
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By Nate Raymond BOSTON, Dec 4 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday said she was “struggling” to understand why President Donald Trump’s administration is preventing a Tufts University PhD student who had engaged in pro-Palestinian activism from working on campus nearly seven months after the Turkish citizen was released from an immigration detention center. …
