WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The federal government is set to issue a warning this week about threats to the United States’ elections operations ahead of Nov. 8 congressional elections, Politico reported on Monday. The internal intelligence bulletin will lay out specifics on cyber threats from China and Russia, as well as potential physical threats to election officials …
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By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Over 100 U.S. environmental groups on Monday urged top U.S. climate diplomat John Kerry to support the creation of a fund that would compensate countries that have experienced economic and physical loss from climate change, a key demand of vulnerable countries at the upcoming COP27 climate summit in Egypt. …
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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The criminal trial of Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the Oath Keepers right-wing militia group, and four associates over their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was delayed on Monday after he tested positive for COVID-19. Rhodes and his four co-defendants – Jessica …
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(Reuters) – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham asked the Supreme Court on Friday to halt a lower court’s order compelling him to testify to a special grand jury in Georgia investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and his allies attempted to overturn 2020 election results in the state. Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, filed the emergency …
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By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) – One of the 20 people arrested for voting illegally as part of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ effort to crack down on voter fraud had his charges dismissed on Friday. A Miami state judge threw out the case against Robert Lee Wood, ruling that the statewide prosecutor, who is …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Tom Barrack, a onetime fundraiser for former U.S. President Donald Trump, is expected to take the witness stand in his own defense next week in his trial on charges of being an illegal foreign agent for the United Arab Emirates. Barrack’s lawyer Randall Jackson said in open court on …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Highly sensitive intelligence on Iran and China was in some of the documents recovered by the FBI during an August search of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s home in Florida, The Washington Post reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. They included secret documents that described intelligence work regarding China …
By Clark Mindock NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld the “social cost of carbon” calculation used by President Joe Biden’s administration, which sharply boosts the price tag policy makers will put on the environmental impact of greenhouse gas emissions from that used by former President Donald Trump. The St. Louis, …
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PITTSBURGH (Reuters) – President Joe Biden expressed concern on Thursday about the prospects for future U.S. assistance to Ukraine if Republicans win control of one or both houses of the U.S. Congress in Nov. 8 elections. “I am worried,” Biden told reporters during a stop at a sandwich shop in Pittsburgh, when asked about the …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday took the witness stand in the defense of onetime Donald Trump fundraiser Tom Barrack, who is on trial on charges he illegally acted as a foreign agent for the United Arab Emirates. Mnuchin testified that Barrack supported Qatar in a …
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