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U.S. House spending bill clears procedural hurdle in party-line vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The first of 12 fiscal 2024 spending bills overcame a procedural hurdle in the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, as lawmakers edged toward a loom...
Jul 26, 2023
Mitch McConnell briefly interrupts his remarks to reporters -Reuters witness
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell briefly interrupted his remarks to reporters on Wednesday and walked away before rejoining the press conference, a Reuters witness r...
Jul 26, 2023
US lawmakers struggle to find deal on self-driving cars
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress still faces serious hurdles to winning approval for long-stalled legislation to speed the adoption of self-driving cars. "China is currently moving ...
Jul 26, 2023
US House Republicans face test on 2024 spending bills
By David Morgan and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans who control the U.S. House of Representatives face an uphill battle this week passing their first two fiscal 2024 spending bill...
Jul 26, 2023
Giuliani concedes statements were defamatory in Georgia election workers’ case
By Jacqueline Thomsen (Reuters) - Rudy Giuliani, onetime attorney for former U.S. President Donald Trump, admitted in a court filing late Tuesday that he made defamatory statements about a pair of Geo...
Jul 26, 2023
EU plans to buy new firefighting planes, as climate crises worsen
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union wants to sign contracts this year for up to 12 firefighting planes, the first it would fully own, to improve its ability to fight blazes fuelled ...
Jul 26, 2023
Publishers, booksellers sue Texas over public school book ban
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - A coalition of booksellers, authors and publishers has sued Texas seeking to block a new state law that bans "sexually explicit" books from public schools. The law, which was ...
Jul 26, 2023
Exclusive-Biden taps ex-Maryland Governor O’Malley to run Social Security agency
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden has picked former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley to lead the massive, financially challenged U.S. agency that distributes Social ...
Jul 26, 2023
IPCC elects Jim Skea as its new chair
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations body responsible for assessing the latest climate change science on Wednesday elected Jim Skea of the United Kingdom as its new chair. The Intergovernmental Panel...
Jul 26, 2023
U.S. new home sales fall in June; trend remains firmer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sales of new U.S. single-family homes fell in June, but the trend remains strong as an acute shortage of previously owned homes underpins demand. New home sales dropped 2.5% to ...
Jul 26, 2023
