By Nandita Bose and Trevor Hunnicutt EMMAUS, Pennsylvania (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday that he has confidence in Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin despite what Biden agreed was a lapse in judgment by the Pentagon chief over his secret hospitalization. Biden spoke to reporters in Pennsylvania, a hotly contested state in the 2024 …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday said there was no evidence to suggest the breach of its X account earlier this week also involved a breach of the agency’s systems, devices, data or other social media accounts. The fake post on Tuesday said the SEC had approved trading of spot bitcoin …
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By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. prosecutors will seek the death penalty against the white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store in 2022, marking the first time the Biden administration has initiated capital punishment proceedings. The U.S. Justice Department in a court filing on Friday said it …
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(Reuters) -Airlines in the United States canceled more than 2,000 flights on Friday after a massive winter storm knocked out power and affected businesses in 12 states ahead of a likely brutal freeze over the weekend. A total of 2,058 flights were canceled and 5,846 flights were delayed as of 5.30 p.m. ET, according to …
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By Andrew Chung (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear an Oregon city’s bid to enforce local laws against people camping on public property, teeing up a legal fight over a homelessness crisis that has vexed municipalities across the Western United States. The justices took up an appeal by Grants Pass, …
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By John Kruzel and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Texas this week erected new barriers along part of the state’s border with Mexico, blocking Border Patrol access, a court filing said on Friday, as conflict over migration escalates between the state’s Republican governor and Democratic U.S. President Joe Biden. The Texas National Guard added new concertina …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden would be willing to testify in a public hearing or a deposition if Republicans in the House of Representatives issued a new subpoena, his lawyer said on Friday. The offer, made in a letter to the chairs of the House Oversight Committee and House Judiciary Committee, …
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By Jarrett Renshaw MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) – Polling shows President Joe Biden is unlikely to suffer a setback in New Hampshire’s Democratic primary this month – but if he does, it will be because of voters like Tim Fitzpatrick. A supporter of Biden in 2020, Fitzpatrick, a 24-year-old college student, is not energized by …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin should have told him about the illness that led to his hospitalization, but that he has still has confidence in the Pentagon chief. “Yes,” Biden said, when asked if it was lapse in judgment on Austin’s part not to inform …
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By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday stood by a $1.59 trillion spending deal with Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, defying hardline conservatives who had pressured him to scrap it in favor of lower spending and new border restrictions. Two days after a dozen hardliners from his own …
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