By Nichola Groom (Reuters) -A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday introduced a resolution to repeal President Joe Biden’s suspension of import tariffs on solar panels from four Southeast Asian nations, according to a statement provided to Reuters. The move is aimed at propping up domestic solar manufacturers, which …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. jury on Thursday convicted a man who used a truck to kill eight people on a Manhattan bike path in 2017 on murder and terrorism charges, in the first federal death penalty trial of U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration. After finding Sayfullo Saipov guilty of committing …
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By Andrea Shalal SILVERTON, South Africa (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday lauded the Ford Motor Co’s 100-year history of assembling vehicles in South Africa and underscored Washington’s resolve to expand trade ties with countries that it “can count on,” including South Africa. Yellen spoke after touring Ford’s plant in Silverton, a …
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By Andrew Goudsward (Reuters) -California attorney regulators said on Thursday they will seek to disbar attorney John Eastman over his involvement in former U.S. President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election. The State Bar of California charged Eastman, a former personal lawyer to Trump, with 11 counts of ethics violations, including misleading courts …
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By Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is poised to start using fast-track asylum screenings at the U.S.-Mexico border, part of U.S. President Joe Biden’s recent efforts to address a record number of illegal crossings, five sources told Reuters. The move is likely to upset immigration advocates, some fellow Democrats and …
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The United States is entering a third phase of talks with countries to reform the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) hobbled trade dispute arbitration system and aims for it to be “fully functioning” by the end of 2024, the U.S. ambassador to the WTO told Reuters on Thursday. The WTO’s appeals …
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By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever. Spurred by a solid rally on Wall Street after upbeat U.S. economic growth data on Thursday, Asian stocks on Friday are set to continue their remarkable run and chalk up a fifth weekly rise in a row. Investors …
By Gram Slattery and Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A group of prominent Democratic U.S. senators including Majority Leader Chuck Schumer asked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday to open an investigation into a company they said is marketing a rifle to children. In a press conference, the lawmakers questioned the marketing techniques of gun …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Adam Schiff, a Democrat who led the impeachment case against former President Donald Trump and sat on a committee that probed the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, said on Thursday he would run for U.S. Senate. Schiff joined other California Democrats aiming for the seat …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chair on Thursday said Republicans will not grant a waiver to allow President Joe Biden’s pick to head the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Republicans have said Biden’s nominee Phil Washington needs a waiver because he does not qualify as a civilian under the law. Washington, …
