WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday he would not pardon his son Hunter, who is on trial in Delaware on charges he broke a law barring illegal drug users from owning firearms. In an interview with ABC News, Biden replied “yes” when asked if he would rule out pardoning Hunter. He also …
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By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Georgia appeals court on Wednesday paused the criminal case accusing Donald Trump of seeking to subvert the 2020 election while it considers the former president’s bid to disqualify lead prosecutor Fani Willis, a court order showed. The order prevents the sprawling case against Trump and 14 co-defendants from moving …
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By Brendan O’Brien and Steve Gorman (Reuters) -The warden of a Wisconsin state prison was charged on Wednesday with felony misconduct in public office stemming from a local sheriff’s investigation into the circumstances of four inmate deaths at the maximum-security facility during the last year. The warden, Randall Hepp, and eight other employees of the …
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By Jack Queen and Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) -Hunter Biden’s former girlfriend testified about his near-constant crack cocaine use at lavish hotels at the criminal trial where prosecutors are trying to prove that U.S. President Joe Biden’s son lied about his addiction to illegally buy a gun. Jurors heard that Hunter Biden would prepare …
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By Julie Steenhuysen and Adriana Barrera (Reuters) -A person with prior health complications who had contracted bird flu died in Mexico in April and the source of exposure to the virus was unknown, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. WHO said the current risk of bird flu virus to the general population is low. …
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A bill to safeguard access to contraceptives failed to advance in a U.S. Senate vote on Wednesday, after congressional Democrats forced the vote in a bid to focus public attention on reproductive rights ahead of the November election. The Right to Contraception Act, which would protect birth control access nationwide, …
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(Reuters) – Central U.S. power grid operator Southwest Power Pool (SPP) said on Wednesday that it had filed for approval to add western entities under its tariff to provide full regional transmission organization (RTO) services across both the eastern and western interconnections. Arkansas-based SPP filed tariff amendments with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on …
By Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The top U.S. House of Representatives Republicans leading an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden on Wednesday asked the Justice Department to prosecute his brother James and his son Hunter for allegedly lying to their probe. More than eight months have passed since House Republicans launched their probe into the …
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(Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s license to carry a gun will likely be revoked by the New York City Policy Department following his conviction on charges of falsifying documents to cover up a payment to a porn star, CNN and NBC News reported on Wednesday. CNN reported that Trump’s concealed carry permit was suspended …
By Daniel Trotta SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – Jessica Leon, an asylum-seeker from Ecuador, scaled a border wall on Tuesday with her 3-year-old daughter, setting foot on U.S. soil in San Diego, California, just hours before a new asylum ban took effect. She and about a dozen other migrants from Guatemala, Colombia and Vietnam who climbed …
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