By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A senior Republican lawmaker on Friday threatened to subpoena the Commerce Department over records about the agency’s Oct. 27 decision to temporarily stop issuing export licenses for most civilian firearms and ammunition. The Commerce Department in October issued a 90-day pause in order to assess the “risk of firearms …
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(Reuters) – At least 100,000 customers in Oregon still did not have electricity flowing to their homes on Friday, as continued ice and wind limited efforts to restore power by Portland General Electric, the state’s largest utility. Severe winter storms have pounded the U.S. Northwest in recent days, and data from PowerOutage.us showed that Oregon …
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By David Shepardson and Lisa Barrington WASHINGTON (Reuters) -An Atlas Air Boeing 747-8 cargo plane made an emergency landing in Miami late Thursday shortly after departure after suffering an engine fire. The plane with five crew members safely returned and no injuries were reported. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and National Transportation Safety Board are …
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(Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden signed into law a stopgap bill that will fund the federal government through early March and avert a partial government shutdown, the White House said on Friday. (Reporting by Katharine Jackson and Costas Pitas: Editing by Caitlin Webber)
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The replacement for the ground-based U.S. nuclear arsenal anchored by the Minuteman III has officially busted through its $95.8 billion budget due to the COVID-19 pandemic and inflation, the Air Force said on Thursday. The Air Force is notifying Congress that the program, being designed and managed by Northrop …
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By Richard Cowan and Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved a stopgap bill to fund the federal government through early March and avert a partial government shutdown, sending it to President Joe Biden for final approval. The measure passed 314-108, with 106 Republicans and two Democrats in opposition. Earlier …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bill to avert a partial U.S. government shutdown secured enough votes to pass in the House of Representatives on Thursday, hours after the Senate passed it. Voting was still underway. (Reporting by Makini Brice, Richard Cowan and Kanishka Singh in Washington)
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled that Pennsylvania laws that ban 18- to 20-year-olds from carrying firearms in public during a state of emergency are unconstitutional, citing a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that expanded gun rights. The Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on a 2-1 vote held …
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By Brad Brooks (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday released its report on the 2022 Robb Elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that saw 19 young students and two teachers killed. Here are some of its key findings: ACTIVE SHOOTER The report found that “the most significant failure was that responding officers should …
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By Andrew Goudsward, Brad Brooks (Reuters) -Police failed in their response to the 2022 elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 children and two teachers, the U.S. Justice Department concluded on Thursday, saying the victims “deserved better.” The report faulted law enforcement officers for waiting more than an hour to breach the classroom …
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