By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Donald Trump, three of his adult children and their family company were sued by New York state Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday following a civil investigation into the former U.S. president and his business practices. Here is an explanation of the case and what it means for …
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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Mike Lindell, the My Pillow Inc chief executive and ally to former President Donald Trump, is under U.S. federal investigation for identity theft and for conspiring to damage a protected computer connected to a suspected voting equipment security breach in Colorado. The new details about the focus of …
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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic and Republican senators on Tuesday proposed that U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration use secondary sanctions on international banks to strengthen a price cap G7 countries plan to impose on Russian oil over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen and Republican Senator Pat Toomey announced a framework …
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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol is planning to hold its next hearing on Sept. 28, the panel’s chairman said on Tuesday. Representative Bennie Thompson told reporters he expected the public hearing would be the panel’s last, unless something …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Joe Manchin will unveil his full energy permitting bill on Wednesday to speed fossil fuel projects and offer incentives for renewable energy electricity transmission, legislation that faces an uphill battle. “The text will be out tomorrow,” Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia, told a press conference on Tuesday, noting it …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden will nominate career diplomat Lynne Tracy, currently the U.S. ambassador to Armenia, as ambassador to Russia, the White House said on Tuesday. The post in Russia has been vacant since Sept. 4, when envoy John Sullivan concluded his tenure there amid soaring bilateral tensions due to Moscow’s war in Ukraine. …
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By Trevor Hunnicutt and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday made a plea for Congress to pass a bill that would require super PACs and certain other groups to disclose donors who contributed $10,000 or more during an election cycle, a measure doomed to fail due to lack of Republican support. …
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By Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Overshadowed by U.S. President Joe Biden’s headline-grabbing vow that American forces would defend Taiwan against a Chinese attack was his hint at possibly shifting U.S. policy to support the island’s right to self-determination. Though the White House has taken pains to say Biden’s most explicit statement …
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By Tyler Clifford (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday reduced the sentence of a man who pleaded guilty to participating in a foiled plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor after his testimony helped convict the ringleaders last month. Ty Garbin, 26, was resentenced to 30 months in prison, less than half of the 75 months …
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By James Oliphant GREEN BAY, Wis. (Reuters) – Nicole Slavin was a reliable Democratic voter in a conservative region of Wisconsin, but she realized casting a ballot was no longer enough after the state’s abortion access vanished almost overnight. Slavin, a business development director, called upon her network of contacts to mobilize a group of …
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