By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A senior official in the U.S. Education Department stepped down on Wednesday, citing President Joe Biden’s handling of the conflict in Gaza, the latest sign of dissent in the administration as deaths continue to grow in the war. Also on Wednesday, 17 Biden re-election campaign staffers issued a warning …
US education official resigns over Biden’s Israel-Gaza policy Read More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Independent U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema said on Wednesday that Senate negotiators were “closing in” on a bipartisan border security deal, which Congress could couple with new emergency aid for Ukraine and Israel. “We’re closing in” on a deal, Sinema told reporters following a two-hour negotiating session. “We’ve got a lot of technical …
US Senator Sinema says Senate negotiators ‘closing in’ on border security deal Read More »
By Nathan Layne and David Morgan (Reuters) -Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley raised $24.5 million between October and December, her campaign said on Wednesday, more than doubling the prior quarter’s haul in her latest sign of momentum ahead of the party’s primary fight. The total easily beat the $11 million her campaign brought in during …
By Ted Hesson and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives committee next week will advance an effort to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over allegations he has been derelict in his duty of managing the U.S.-Mexico border, the committee announced on Wednesday. The House Homeland Security Committee will hold a …
US House Republicans plan impeachment hearing for Biden’s border chief Read More »
By Jose Torres MAPASTEPEC, Mexico (Reuters) – Thousands of people from a 4,000-strong migrant caravan that has been crossing southern Mexico by foot since Christmas Eve dispersed on Tuesday as they boarded buses to processing centers where they are expected to apply for travel permits today. Buses provided by Mexican immigration authorities took the migrants …
Migrants from southern Mexico’s dispersed caravan pin hopes on permits Read More »
(Reuters) – Multiple U.S. statehouses were evacuated on Wednesday morning following bomb threats, at least some of which were determined to be hoaxes, according to state officials, local law enforcement and media reports. Local officials reported that threats were made to the state capitols in Connecticut, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi and Montana. Police swept the …
Multiple US statehouses evacuated after apparent hoax threats Read More »
(Reuters) – Ford is recalling 112,965 units of its F-150 vehicles because of its rear axle hub bolt which may break, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Wednesday. (Reporting by Gnaneshwar Rajan in Bengaluru)
By Curtis Williams HOUSTON (Reuters) – U.S. liquefied natural gas exports hit monthly and annual record highs in December, tanker tracking data showed, with analysts saying it positioned the United States to leapfrog Qatar and Australia to become the largest exporter of LNG in 2023. The U.S. was the stand out in global LNG supply …
US was top LNG exporter in 2023 as hit record levels Read More »
GENEVA (Reuters) – United Nations experts on Wednesday called on U.S. authorities not to go ahead with the planned execution of an inmate by nitrogen hypoxia, saying the method may subject him to “cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or even torture”. Kenneth Smith, convicted for a murder-for-hire committed in 1988, is scheduled to be executed …
UN experts sound alarm over planned first US execution by nitrogen gas Read More »
By Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. will reopen four legal U.S.-Mexico border crossings on Thursday as high levels of illegal immigration have receded and freed up personnel, U.S. border authorities said on Tuesday. The U.S. will resume operations at an international bridge in Eagle Pass, Texas, two crossings in Arizona and …
US to reopen border crossings as illegal immigration drops Read More »
