By Brendan McDermid NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former U.S. Marine sergeant who used a chokehold to restrain Jordan Neely, a homeless man, on a New York City subway car was found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide on Monday in Neely’s death. Daniel Penny, 26, has said he never intended to kill Neely, a …

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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two of President-elect Donald Trump’s most controversial nominees, Pete Hegseth and Tulsi Gabbard, sought support from U.S. senators on Monday, but it remained uncertain whether they would get the near-unanimous Republican backing they will need to win confirmation. Former Fox News personality Hegseth held a second meeting with Senator Joni …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. government agencies will hold a classified briefing for the House of Representatives on Tuesday on China’s alleged efforts known as Salt Typhoon to infiltrate American telecommunications companies and steal data about U.S. calls, officials said on Monday. The FBI, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Federal Communications …

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By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – TikTok and its Chinese owner ByteDance have turned to a veteran U.S. Supreme Court lawyer as they prepare to ask the justices to block a law that could ban the popular short video platform in the United States. Noel Francisco, who served as U.S. solicitor general during Republican President-elect Donald …

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By Siddharth Cavale NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United States’ busy ports kicked activity up a notch in November and December, when inbound cargo traffic is set to reach new records, the National Retail Federation industry group said on Monday.  Retailers had already been front-loading purchases due to a shortened holiday season and shipping bottlenecks …

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By Yuliia Dysa and Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy made the case on Monday for a diplomatic settlement to Russia’s war in Ukraine and raised the idea of foreign troops being deployed in his country until it could join the NATO military alliance. The remarks at a joint press conference with German opposition …

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By Andrew Hay, Katharine Jackson and Joseph Ax (Reuters) -Authorities have arrested the man suspected of killing UnitedHealth executive Brian Thompson in a brazen shooting outside a Manhattan hotel last week, New York City officials said on Monday, ending a massive five-day manhunt. The suspect, identified as Luigi Mangione, 26, was captured in Altoona, Pennsylvania, …

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