(Reuters) -U.S. politicians and interest groups reacted to Democratic wins in a trio of races on Tuesday, the first major elections since Donald Trump returned to the presidency, giving the embattled party new momentum ahead of next year’s congressional midterms. NEW YORK MAYOR-ELECT ZOHRAN MAMDANI IN SPEECH: “New York, tonight you have delivered a mandate …
By Kanishka Singh and Steve Gorman WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was re-nominating Jared Isaacman, the private astronaut and ally of fellow billionaire and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, for the post of NASA administrator, five months after Isaacman’s original nomination was withdrawn. Isaacman, an e-commerce mogul who flew to orbit …
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By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -Two Massachusetts men visiting Boston-area colleges on Halloween night when numerous parties were underway have been arrested and charged with causing an explosion at Harvard Medical School’s campus, authorities said on Tuesday. Federal prosecutors alleged that Logan Patterson, 18, and Dominick Cardoza, 20, broke into a building housing Harvard research …
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By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Bradley Heppner, the former chair of bankrupt financial services company GWG Holdings and founder of alternative asset firm Beneficent, was indicted on five charges including securities fraud and wire fraud, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Tuesday. The charges stem from allegations that Heppner engaged in a scheme to …
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By David Morgan, Richard Cowan and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Bipartisan efforts in the U.S. Senate to reopen the federal government as early as this week gave way to fresh signs of frustration on Tuesday, even as Republicans and Democrats aired details of a possible path out of the five-week-old impasse. The shutdown, which is …
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By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House lowered flags to half-staff on Tuesday following the death of former Vice President Dick Cheney, while President Donald Trump and his administration remained silent about the Republican politician’s passing. As of Tuesday afternoon, the White House had not issued a statement marking Cheney’s death, nor had Trump …
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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The FBI Agents Association on Tuesday lambasted FBI Director Kash Patel, after the bureau fired, unfired and then re-fired several FBI agents who had worked on cases targeting U.S. President Donald Trump or his allies. “Director Patel has disregarded the law and launched a campaign of erratic and arbitrary …
By David Shepardson and Rajesh Kumar Singh WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) -U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned on Tuesday he could be forced to close some of the national airspace to air traffic if the federal government shutdown extends for another week, warning of travel chaos and sparking a selloff in airline shares. The shutdown entered its …
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By Jack Queen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Tuesday appeared skeptical toward Sam Bankman-Fried’s arguments that his fraud conviction and 25-year prison sentence over the collapse of his FTX cryptocurrency exchange should be tossed because his trial was unfair. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan …
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By Daphne Psaledakis and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States is providing $24 million in emergency assistance for Jamaica, Haiti, the Bahamas and Cuba after the countries were hit by Hurricane Melissa last week, the State Department said on Tuesday. The department deployed teams to help with the emergency response and assess humanitarian needs …
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