IRS chief urges 2024 budget hike as Republicans criticize $80 billion spending plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Danny Werfel urged Congress on Wednesday to approve a $1.8 billion annual budget…
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China aiming for ‘global technological supremacy’, British cyber chief says
By James Pearson BELFAST (Reuters) – China is aiming for “global technological supremacy” in cyberspace and is using its cyber…
Climate change thaws world’s northernmost research station
By Gloria Dickie and Lisi Niesner NY-AALESUND, Norway (Reuters) – At the world’s northernmost year-round research station, scientists are racing…
Florida board says it discovers another ’11th hour’ agreement with Disney
By Dawn Chmielewski and Lisa Richwine (Reuters) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ new oversight board has discovered another “11th hour…
Biden’s COVID vaccine rule for federal contractors was valid, US court rules
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – President Joe Biden had the power to require employees of federal contractors to receive COVID-19…
Tennessee lawmakers to visit White House as Biden continues push on guns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Three Democrats in the Tennessee legislature who faced expulsion over their participation in gun control protests will visit…
Canadian federal workers strike over wages, work-from-home guarantees
By Ismail Shakil and Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) -About 155,000 federal workers in Canada walked off the job on Wednesday…
Russia increases shelling, air strikes in Bakhmut – Ukrainian general
KYIV (Reuters) – Russian forces are stepping up their use of heavy artillery and air strikes in the devastated eastern…
US Supreme Court weighs convicted stalker’s free speech claim
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday grappled with a convicted stalker’s claim that thousands…
‘Past catastrophic’: Sudan fighting shutters Khartoum’s hospitals
By Nafisa Eltahir and Khalid Abdelaziz KHARTOUM (Reuters) – The few hospitals still operating in Khartoum after Sudan’s sudden explosion…