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Mikie Sherrill says she’s innocent, but won’t show anyone the file that could prove it
MONTCLAIR, NJ – Questions continue to surround Rep. Mikie Sherrill’s time at the U.S. Naval Academy, where she graduated in 1994 amid a major cheating scandal, but where definitive evidence of her…
Britain announces Indo-Pacific military exercises with US, Japan
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will hold regular joint military exercises in the Indo-Pacific with the United States and Japan from 2025, seeking to boost security in the region, the British Ministry of…
Argentina’s Milei sees ‘second chance’ for pared back reform bill
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s government has circulated a pared back version of its sprawling omnibus reform bill to lawmakers and governors after Congress rejected it earlier this year, a spokesperson for…
Former Mississippi officers known as the ‘Goon Squad’ sentenced on state charges
By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) – Six white former Mississippi law enforcement officers received sentences ranging from 10 to 45 years in prison on Wednesday on state charges for their roles in the…
Explainer-US border security: What could Biden, Congress and Texas do?
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden is weighing whether he has the legal authority to block migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border since Republicans have refused to pass bipartisan legislation…
US March deficit shrinks as outlays fall, tax receipts rise
(Reuters) – The U.S. federal budget deficit shrank in March from a year earlier as outlays dropped and receipts rose with the annual tax-filing season well underway, the U.S. Treasury Department said…
Biden administration says Enbridge pipeline shutdown order should be reconsidered
By Clark Mindock and Rod Nickel (Reuters) -The Biden administration has urged a U.S. appeals court to tell a lower court to rethink its order that would require Canadian operator Enbridge to…
With eyes on China, US and Japan vow new security collaboration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida promised a “new era” of U.S.-Japan strategic cooperation on Wednesday, laying out a series of projects from co-development of…
US airlines seek FAA extension of New York minimum flight requirements cuts -letter
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Major U.S. airlines are asking the Biden administration to extend cuts to minimum flight requirements at congested New York City-area airports through October 2025, citing air traffic…
Yemen’s Houthis target four vessels in Gulf of Aden, spokesman says
CAIRO (Reuters) -Yemen’s Houthis said on Wednesday they targeted four vessels, including what they described as a U.S. warship, with drones and naval missiles in the Gulf of Aden, part of their…
Gazans live on memories of past Eid festivals as war ruins special day
By Mohammad Salem GAZA (Reuters) – Palestinians visited the graves of loved ones killed in the Gaza war and prayed beside the wreckage of a mosque and in shattered streets as the…
US agrees to delay Senator Bob Menendez’s corruption trial over wife’s health
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors asked a federal judge on Wednesday to delay the corruption trial of New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez and his wife by at least…
Are Iranian drones helping the army gain ground in Sudan’s civil war?
By Khalid Abdelaziz, Parisa Hafezi, Aidan Lewis (Reuters) -A year into Sudan’s civil war, Iranian-made armed drones have helped the army turn the tide of the conflict, halting the progress of the…
US investigators interview ship personnel in Maryland bridge collapse
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. National Transportation Safety Board chair Jennifer Homendy said at a Senate hearing Wednesday that investigators had conducted interviews with key cargo ship personnel in the…
Biden holds 4 point lead over Trump, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden has marginally widened his lead over Donald Trump ahead of the November presidential election as the Republican candidate prepares for the start of…
Switzerland to host Ukraine peace summit on June 15-16
By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber GENEVA (Reuters) – The Swiss government will host a two-day high-level conference in June aimed at achieving peace in Ukraine, it said on Wednesday, although Russia has made clear…
Boeing hit with whistleblower allegations, adding to safety concerns
By David Shepardson and Allison Lampert WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating a Boeing whistleblower’s claims that the company dismissed safety and quality concerns in the production of…
U.N. climate chief says two years to save the planet
By Kate Abnett and Simon Jessop LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Governments, business leaders and development banks have two years to take action to avert far worse climate change, the U.N.’s climate chief said on…
US NTSB chair vows to be ‘fierce advocate’ for safety in new term
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – National Transportation Safety Board chair Jennifer Homendy will tell lawmakers she is committed to winning approval of safety recommendations and scrutinizing federal agencies. The U.S. Senate…
Australia to consider recognising Palestinian state, foreign minister says
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s foreign minister Penny Wong said Canberra would consider recognition of a Palestinian state, a shift in policy as the international community looks for a two-state…
Trump hush money charges seen as serious by most voters, Reuters/Ipsos finds
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The New York criminal charges against Donald Trump for allegedly covering up hush-money payments to a [censored] star are serious in the eyes of a firm…
Trump ex-deputy Weisselberg sentenced to five months for perjury
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Former Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg was sentenced on Wednesday to five months in jail after pleading guilty last month to perjury charges for…
US CDC says bird flu risk low, but asks states to be ready with testing
(This April 8 story has been corrected to remove reference to rapid testing, in the headline) (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Monday bird flu…
Fed’s rate-cut confidence wobbles as elevated inflation persists
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) -As Federal Reserve officials last year started steering the world towards possible interest rate cuts in 2024, they took heart in data showing inflation over many months…
Gaza aid shipments to resume soon, Cyprus says, as 1,000 tons of food await delivery
NICOSIA (Reuters) – Aid shipments to Gaza are expected to resume soon from Cyprus, officials said on Wednesday, after the project was brought to a halt last week following Israel’s killing of…
China’s Xi says nobody can stop ‘family reunion’ with Taiwan
BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping told former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou on Wednesday that outside inference could not stop the “family reunion” between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, and…
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