WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Friday that the United States had nothing to rectify regarding U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan, following demands from Beijing that Washington fix its “mistakes.” White House national security spokesperson John Kirby told reporters at a briefing that it would like to see tensions with …
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By Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans will hold their 2024 U.S. presidential nominating convention in Milwaukee, the party’s chairwoman said on Friday, choosing a city in the key battleground state of Wisconsin. “Milwaukee is a world-class city, and we are eager to see it shine in the spotlight come 2024,” Republican National Committee Chairwoman …
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(Reuters) – Kari Lake, a former news anchor who has embraced former President Donald Trump’s false claims of voter fraud, has been projected to win the Republican nomination for Arizona governor, according to Edison Research. Lake has promised to try to enact a slew of election measures if elected in November’s general election, including eliminating …
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BUDAPEST (Reuters) – U.S. and Hungarian conservatives must join forces in 2024 elections to “take back” institutions in Washington and Brussels from liberals who threaten western civilization, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Thursday. Orban, a Hungarian nationalist who was addressing a conservative gathering in Dallas, also said the United States needs a strong leader …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Thursday said Air Force Brigadier General Patrick Ryder will become the next Pentagon press secretary in the next few weeks. Ryder replaces John Kirby, who earlier this summer became the White House’s National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications. Ryder currently serves as the Air …
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By David Shepardson and Joseph White (Reuters) – A proposal by U.S. Senate Democrats to put income, price and domestic content conditions on electric vehicle tax breaks could initially sharply curtail the number of EVs that qualify, the Congressional Budget Office said on Wednesday. The CBO estimate said the electric vehicle tax credits in a …
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(Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday sued Peter Navarro, an adviser to former President Donald Trump, seeking emails from his time in the White House that he has refused to return without a grant of immunity. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., centers on Navarro’s use of a …
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By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A new bill introduced in the U.S. Senate would make the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) the direct regulator of the biggest cryptocurrencies. The measure, introduced by the top Democrat and Republican on the Senate Agriculture Committee, would give the derivatives regulator exclusive jurisdiction over bitcoin and ether, the …
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By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Five former U.S. Treasury secretaries – four Democrats and one Republican — on Wednesday voiced support for a proposed $430 billion drugs, energy and tax bill, saying that it would reduce costs for middle-class families. The statement from former secretaries Robert Rubin, Larry Summers, Jacob Lew, Tim Geithner and …
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By David Morgan and Joseph Ax WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two Republican women – one a critic of Donald Trump and another an outspoken devotee of the former president – awaited election results on Wednesday in Washington state and Arizona primaries that offer further evidence of his grip on the party. A day after voters chose …
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