WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka testified for about eight hours on Tuesday to the U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, siege on the U.S. Capitol, answering questions for several h…
Georgia Republicans pass bill empowering law enforcement to investigate elections
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – Georgia’s legislature approved a bill expanding law enforcement’s power to investigate election fraud over the objections of voting rights groups, adding to a wave of Republican-backed legislation passed after former President …
Musk to join Twitter board, promises change
By Nivedita Balu and Greg Roumeliotis (Reuters) -Twitter Inc said on Tuesday it will offer Tesla boss and entrepreneur Elon Musk a seat on its board of directors, a position he plans to use to bring about significant improvements at the social media si…
Jury weighs charges against men accused in Michigan kidnap plot
(Reuters) – A federal jury resumed deliberations on Tuesday in the trial of four men charged with a plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, weighing whether they are guilty of domestic terrorism or victims of entrapment and prosecutorial ove…
‘Now or never’: Only severe emissions cuts will avoid climate extremes -U.N. report
By Gloria Dickie (Reuters) -Drastic cuts to fossil fuel use. Growing forests and eating less meat. These are just some of the actions needed in this decade to contain global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial temperatures, a major repor…
Alaska oil field gas leak estimated at 7.2 million cubic feet
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – More than 7.2 million cubic feet of natural gas escaped in a leak at a key Alaska oil field, forcing workers to evacuate and cutting production last month, operator ConocoPhillips and a state regulatory age…
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Jackson clears procedural hurdle in Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson moved a step closer to being confirmed as a justice on Monday when the Senate voted to break a Judiciary Committee deadlock over her nomination and send it to the full Senate for c…
Biden urges Putin war crimes trial after Bucha killings
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of war crimes and called for a trial, adding to the global outcry over civilian killings in the Ukrainian town of Bucha as more graphic im…
U.S. FDA advisers to discuss additional COVID vaccine shots, booster design
By Manas Mishra (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s expert advisers will discuss the timing of additional COVID-19 vaccine boosters and the people eligible for the extra shots in a meeting later this week, the health agency said on Monda…
Prosecutor urges jury to convict ex-Goldman banker in ‘brazen’ 1MDB scheme
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A former Goldman Sachs banker should be convicted of helping loot billions of dollars from Malaysia’s 1MDB sovereign wealth fund and causing “immeasurable” harm, a U.S. prosecutor told jurors in her closing argument on …