WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will play host to Israel’s President Isaac Herzog for a White House meeting on Oct. 26, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced on Monday. (Reporting by Jeff Mason and Steve Holland; Editing by Chris Reese)
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Egypt has missed out on an additional $75 million in American military aid after a senior Democratic U.S. senator blocked the funding over concerns about Cairo’s human rights record including holding political prisoners. Senator Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, rejected an assessment offered by the U.S. …
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By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will act “methodically” in deciding how to respond to Saudi Arabia over oil output cuts, but options include changes to U.S. security assistance, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday. Sullivan, speaking on CNN, said no changes to the U.S.-Saudi relationship were imminent …
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By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker sparred over a range of issues from abortion and policing to personal integrity on Friday, as a key Georgia contest that could help determine control of the Senate came to a head in a contentious televised debate. Walker, a one-time …
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By Jeff Mason and Daniel Trotta PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden arrived in Oregon on Friday to rally support for the Democratic gubernatorial candidate, who is in danger of losing in a state where a Republican has not been elected governor since 1982. The race for the governorship pits Democrat Tina Kotek against …
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(Reuters) – U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy was released from a Washington-area hospital on Friday, one day after being admitted as a precaution when he wasn’t feeling well, a spokesman said. “Senator Leahy spent an uneventful night in the hospital last night for tests and observation. He was discharged today and he and (wife) Marcelle plan …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol said on Thursday it planned to vote on whether to subpoena Donald Trump, the Republican former president it holds responsible for fomenting the violence with election fraud claims he knew were false. (Reporting by Patricia Zengerle and …
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By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump held a hearing on its latest findings on Thursday. Here are two key takeaways. TRUMP PLANNED TO INSIST HE WON Months ahead of Election Day 2020, Trump …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A federal judge on Wednesday rejected a petition by former U.S. President Donald Trump to postpone his deposition in a defamation lawsuit brought by the writer E. Jean Carroll after he denied having raped her. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan said that, contrary to his claims in legal filings, …
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By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury is investigating whether Florida Governor Ron DeSantis improperly used federal funds to pay for flights transporting migrants from Texas to Massachusetts, the department confirmed in a letter to U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday. The Republican governor took credit for flying about 50 migrants last month to the …
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