WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden looks forward to further close cooperation with the British government, he said on Thursday without mentioning Prime Minister Boris Johnson who resigned in the face of scandal. “The United Kingdom and the United States are the closest of friends and Allies, and the special relationship between our people remains …
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By Max Hunder and Sergiy Karazy KYIV (Reuters) – Two U.S. senators seeking to pass a law designating Russia as a “state sponsor of terrorism” visited Ukraine’s capital on Thursday to discuss the bill with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Republican Lindsey Graham told Reuters in a joint interview with Democrat Richard Blumenthal that the bill would …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House Oversight Committee has asked the chief executives of three gunmakers to testify on July 20 as part of its investigation into the firearms industry following a wave of high-profile mass shootings, the panel said on Thursday. The panel called on the CEOs of Smith & Wesson Brands, Sturm, Ruger …
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By Richard Cowan and Rose Horowitch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The congressional committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol will hold a hearing on the evening of July 14, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday. The hearing will be the second one to take place next week and is …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Pat Cipollone, White House counsel to former President Donald Trump, has agreed to testify on Friday in a transcribed interview before the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, news media said. Cipollone’s actions during the deadly attack were described by witnesses at previous hearings before the House …
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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – Newly released emails show that President Joe Biden planned to nominate a Republican opposed to abortion to a lifetime appointment as a federal judge in Kentucky a day before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned its landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear’s office on Wednesday released emails …
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday on relations between the two countries as they seek to repair ties that were strained under former Prime Minister Imran Khan. They also spoke about the situation in Pakistan’s neighbor Afghanistan and about the …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A special grand jury in Georgia probing former U.S. President Donald Trump’s alleged attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat there issued subpoenas to Senator Lindsey Graham and Trump’s former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani. A judge also ordered the testimony of other Trump legal team members Jenna Ellis, John …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Tuesday he does not expect any meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minster Sergei Lavrov at this week’s meeting of G20 foreign ministers in Bali. Price told a regular news briefing that he expected members of the Group of …
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By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Celebrating U.S. Independence Day, President Joe Biden on Monday said freedoms in America were under assault and urged citizens to engage in “principled patriotism” while the country faced economic challenges and national divisions. “From the deepest depths of our worst crises, we’ve always risen to our higher heights,” Biden …
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