MIAMI (Reuters) -Four members of the U.S. Congress have called on the Biden administration to name a new Special Envoy for Haiti, as rampant gang violence cripples the impoverished Caribbean nation. The post was created after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise in July 2021, but diplomat Daniel Foote resigned from the job just months …
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By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With President Joe Biden expected to sign a long-negotiated climate spending bill later on Tuesday, environmental groups are turning their focus to their next fight – halting efforts to fast-track permitting for major infrastructure projects like pipelines and highways. Green groups hailed last week’s passage of the Inflation Reduction …
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By Chris Gallagher and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. first lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms, the White House said on Tuesday, adding that President Joe Biden has continued to test negative after recently recovering from the virus. The 71-year-old first lady tested negative earlier on Monday as part …
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By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Cheered by a decisive win for abortion rights in a Kansas vote and eyeing November midterm elections, the White House is launching a push for abortion access that aims to influence men as well as women, sources with direct knowledge told Reuters. The Biden administration’s three-prong playbook leans on …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Attorneys for Rudy Giuliani, a former lawyer to Donald Trump, have been told he is a target of a criminal investigation in Georgia into election interference, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing one of Giuliani’s lawyers. (Reporting by Rami Ayyub and Kanishka Singh; Editing by Tim Ahmann)
(Reuters) – President Joe Biden said he will next week sign into law a $430 billion bill that is seen as the biggest climate package in U.S. history, designed to cut domestic greenhouse gas emissions and lower prescription drug prices. “And while I plan to sign the Inflation Reduction Act into law next week, on …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Here is an outline of the legal problems Donald Trump might face over his removal from the White House of official presidential records, including some documents marked classified, to his Mar-a-Lago, Florida, estate. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION? FBI agents who searched Mar-a-Lago removed 11 sets of …
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By Karen Freifeld and Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A New York state judge on Friday refused to dismiss criminal tax fraud charges against Donald Trump’s namesake company and its longtime financial chief, one of a slew of legal battles involving the former U.S. president. Justice Juan Merchan in Manhattan also said jury selection for the …
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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON(Reuters) -A former Virginia police sergeant who joined Donald Trump’s supporters in storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced to seven years and three months in prison on Thursday, a Justice Department spokesperson said. A jury in April convicted Thomas Robertson, a former police sergeant for the town of …
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By Sheila Dang (Reuters) -Twitter Inc on Thursday set out a plan to combat the spread of election misinformation that revives previous strategies, but civil and voting rights experts said it would fall short of what is needed to prepare for the upcoming U.S. midterm elections. The social media company said it will apply its …
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