By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – About three dozen rabbis and rabbinical students from U.S. organizations on Tuesday protested at the United Nations, urging a ceasefire in Gaza and asking U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration to allow such resolutions to pass instead of vetoing them in the Security Council. The protests were organized by U.S. Jewish …
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By Andrew Goudsward, John Kruzel and Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday questioned Donald Trump’s claims that he is immune from criminal charges for trying to overturn the 2020 election, and the former president threatened to prosecute Joe Biden if he returns to the White House. Trump looked on as his …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. House of Representatives panel on Tuesday asked Harvard University for a list of documents in relation to a probe on antisemitism at the school, and gave Harvard two weeks to produce the records. Republican Representative Virginia Foxx, who chairs the House Education and the Workforce Committee, sent …
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By Steve Holland and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House is conducting a review of Cabinet protocols for delegating authority, White House chief of staff Jeff Zients said in a memo on Tuesday, in the aftermath of the hospitalization of U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. Austin’s failure to disclose his hospitalization last week …
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By Jack Queen (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin may have violated the law by failing to report his recent hospitalization to his boss, but despite some calls for his resignation likely only faces a reprimand from U.S. President Joe Biden, according to two legal experts. WHAT DID AUSTIN DO? Austin, 70, was admitted …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A co-defendant in former U.S. President Donald Trump’s Georgia 2020 election interference case on Monday accused Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and the case’s special prosecutor of engaging in “an improper, clandestine personal relationship.” The accusation came in a filing by co-defendant Michael Roman, who is seeking to have his indictment …
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By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -At least 21 people were injured Monday in an apparent gas leak explosion at the Sandman Hotel in downtown Fort Worth, Texas, the city’s fire department said. Nobody was killed in the explosion and authorities were investigating the cause. Video images from the scene showed rubble in the street between two …
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By Jeff Mason CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday denounced white supremacy and political violence in a direct message to Black voters during a visit to South Carolina aimed at shoring up a critical constituency whose support has waned since he took office. Biden spoke from the pulpit of the historic …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A vehicle crashed into an exterior gate of the White House complex in Washington shortly before 6 p.m. ET (0000 GMT) on Monday, the U.S. Secret Service said. U.S. Secret Service Chief of Communications Anthony Guglielmi said a driver was taken into custody as “the cause and manner” of the incident is …
By Jeff Mason, Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden does not plan to fire Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin after his failure to disclose his hospitalization last week, officials said on Monday, as the Pentagon revealed a second hospital stay that was kept from the White House. Biden’s …
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