By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday unveiled a series of new tax breaks aimed at businesses and families while proposing to reverse some of President Joe Biden’s legislative victories, including credits to spur the sale of clean-burning electric vehicles. Three related bills were introduced on Friday with…
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday unveiled a series of new tax breaks aimed at businesses and families while proposing to reverse some of President Joe Biden’s legislative victories, including credits to spur the sale of clean-burning electric vehicles. Three related bills were introduced on Friday with…
By Dan Peleschuk KYIV (Reuters) -Moscow and Kyiv both reported heavy fighting in Ukraine on Friday, with bloggers describing the first sightings of German and U.S. armour, signalling that Ukraine’s long-anticipated counterattack was under way. With virtually no independent reporting from the front lines and Kyiv saying little, it was impossible to assess whether Ukraine…
By Daphne Psaledakis and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States urged Nigerian authorities on Friday to investigate an air strike that Reuters reported killed dozens of cattle herders earlier this year and highlighted a pattern of deadly aerial assaults. Dozens of ethnic Fulani herders died in a Jan. 24 aerial bombing in the…
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House of Representatives Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries on Friday urged supporters and critics of former President Donald Trump to let his case “proceed peacefully in court” after he was indicted. U.S. prosecutors unsealed a 37-count indictment against Trump on Friday, accusing him…
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Friday dismissed the bankruptcy of 3M subsidiary Aearo Technologies, rejecting an effort to resolve nearly 260,000 lawsuits alleging that 3M military earplugs caused hearing loss for veterans and U.S. service members. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Jeffrey Graham in Indianapolis ruled that Aearo, as a well-supported subsidiary…
By Karen Freifeld (Reuters) -The U.S. on Friday banned imports from China-based printer maker Ninestar Corp and a Chinese chemical company over alleged human rights abuses. Ninestar, whose website says it is the world’s fourth-largest laser printer manufacturer, and Xingjang Zhongtai Chemical, are being kept out of the U.S. supply chain for participating in business…
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) -Donald Trump’s main rivals for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination condemned the Justice Department for its move to charge him over his handling of classified documents, underscoring their fear of upsetting his core supporters. The indictment of a former president on federal charges is unprecedented in U.S. history, a case made…
By David Shepardson and Lisa Baertlein (Reuters) -The largest U.S. business group on Friday urged President Joe Biden him to intervene immediately and appoint an independent mediator to address a protracted West Coast ports labor dispute. West Coast ports stretching from California to Washington state are critical to U.S. supply chains and the nation’s economy….
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has charged two Russian nationals in the hack of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox, one of the world’s earliest, biggest and most widely publicized alleged bitcoin heists. The department in a statement said Alexey Bilyuchenko, 43, and Aleksandr Verner, 29, were charged with conspiring to launder approximately…
