By Jan Wolfe and Jonathan Stempel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump on Thursday sued his rival in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Hillary Clinton, and several other Democrats, alleging that they tried to rig that election by tying his campaign to…
U.S. House panel probing Capitol riot moves toward contempt charge against Navarro, Scavino
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives committee probing the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the Capitol said on Thursday it was moving toward holding Peter Navarro, a director of trade policy in former President Donald Trump’s administration, a…
Analysis-Biden faces worsening North Korea threat with fewer options
By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – After U.S. President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory, his future policy chief for the Indo-Pacific region said the new administration would have to decide quickly its approach to North Korea and its nuclear …
Biden says US would respond if Russia uses chemical weapons
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday that if Russia were to use chemical weapons in its invasion of Ukraine, the United States would respond. “We would respond, we would respond if he uses it. The nature of the response would …
U.N. General Assembly again overwhelmingly isolates Russia over Ukraine
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Almost three-quarters of the U.N. General Assembly demanded aid access and civilian protection in Ukraine on Thursday, and criticized Russia for creating a “dire” humanitarian situation after Moscow invade…
West unites to back Ukraine and seek ‘ruinous cost’ for Putin
By John Chalmers and Pavel Polityuk BRUSSELS/LVIV/MARIUPOL, Ukraine (Reuters) – Western leaders agreed on Wednesday to strengthen their forces on Europe’s eastern flank, increase military aid to Ukraine and tighten sanctions on Russia whose invasion an…
Trump lawyer urges court to block House from getting tax returns
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers brought his years-long battle to keep his tax returns out of the public eye to a U.S. appeals court on Thursday, where a congressional committee argued it had the right to force…
U.S. making plans in case Russia uses chemical, nuclear weapons
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House has set up a team of experts to plan how the United States could respond should Russia use weapons of mass destruction – chemical, biological or nuclear – during its invasion of Ukraine, senior adm…
China examines cockpit voice recorder from crashed airliner
By Martin Quin Pollard WUZHOU, China (Reuters) -Chinese investigators began examining the cockpit voice recorder from a China Eastern Airlines jet that plunged into mountainside with 132 people on board as recovery crews searched muddy fields on Thursd…
Ukraine uses facial recognition to identify dead Russian soldiers, minister says
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) -Ukraine is using facial recognition software to identify the bodies of Russian soldiers killed in combat and to trace their families to inform them of their deaths, Ukraine’s vice prime minister told Reuters. R…