By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House Ethics Committee has voted to release its report on former Representative Matt Gaetz, a source familiar with the committee said on Wednesday, weeks after the Republican dropped out of contention to be Donald Trump’s attorney general in the face of Senate opposition. The report could be made …
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By Raphael Satter and AJ Vicens WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government is urging senior government officials and politicians to ditch phone calls and text messages following intrusions at major American telecommunications companies blamed on Chinese hackers. Right now. In written guidance released on Wednesday, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said “individuals who are in …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Billionaire and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s ally Elon Musk, in a post on X on Wednesday, said that any U.S. lawmaker who votes for the proposed stopgap bill to fund the federal government “deserves to be voted out.” (Reporting by Susan Heavey)
By Brad Brooks and Joseph Ax (Reuters) -Police in Wisconsin on Tuesday were interviewing friends and family and examining the online presence of a 15-year-old girl to determine what drove her to open fire at her private Christian school, killing a fellow student and a teacher before taking her own life. The shooter, identified by …
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By Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday proposed three bills aimed at cracking down China’s role in the U.S. fentanyl crisis, with measures that would set up a U.S. task force to disrupt narcotics trafficking and pave the way for sanctions on Chinese entities. China is the dominant source …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Luigi Mangione sought to “sow terror” by shooting dead UnitedHealth Group executive Brian Thompson on a Manhattan street this month, a New York prosecutor said on Tuesday in announcing Mangione had been indicted for murder. A grand jury indicted Mangione on 11 counts, including first-degree murder and murder as …
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By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – Five members of a Utah family including children aged 2, 9 and 11 were found dead of gunshot wounds in their home on Tuesday, while one 17-year-old boy was injured, police said. There were no suspects at large, police said, indicating the shooter was someone within the family. “We do …
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By Helen Coster and Jack Queen NEW YORK (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against the Des Moines Register newspaper and its former top pollster, the day after he stepped up his legal threats against news outlets and said he would also consider suing social media influencers for defamation. The lawsuit filed …
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(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday it has sent warning letters to four companies for selling unapproved versions of GLP-1 drugs including semaglutide and tirzepatide, the active ingredients in popular diabetes and weight-loss drugs. The letters were issued to Xcel Peptides, Swisschems, Summit Research and Prime Peptides last week after …
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By Andrea Shalal and Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Eight Republican senators are unsure about supporting former Democratic member of congress Tulsi Gabbard to become America’s top spy, according to a Trump transition source and a second source with knowledge of the issue, increasing doubts about whether her nomination will secure Senate confirmation. A Trump …
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