By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican head of a U.S. House of Representatives panel said he will seek to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress over what he said was a failure to hand over information on President Joe Biden’s family dealings. “We will now initiate contempt of Congress…
ROME (Reuters) – The right-wing government of Italy’s Lazio region around Rome said on Monday it was withdrawing its backing from the capital’s annual LGBT parade, drawing an angry response from rights activists and opposition politicians. LGBT rights and gender equality in Italy have been a particularly sensitive issue since right-wing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni…
By Tim Reid (Reuters) – A growing number of contenders for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination could clear the way for a Donald Trump victory while throwing up roadblocks for his main rival Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, party members and strategists said. Republicans who fear Trump is too polarizing a figure to beat Democratic President…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House said on Monday that actions by China in the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea reflect a “growing aggressiveness” by Beijing’s military that raises the risk of an error where someone gets hurt. The U.S. Navy on Sunday released a video of what it called an “unsafe interaction” in the…
By Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Monday declared himself a candidate in the 2024 Republican race for the White House, setting up a fight against former President Donald Trump. Pence’s campaign filed a declaration of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission. Pence will launch his campaign with a video…
WARSAW/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission said on Monday it was extending until Sept. 15 an arrangement whereby five of Ukraine’s EU neighbours can restrict imports of Ukrainian grain. The EU on May 2 allowed the five countries – Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia – to ban domestic sales of Ukrainian wheat, maize, rapeseed…
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Members of a U.S. House of Representatives committee will be able to view a classified cable related to the August 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, the committee said on Monday, ending a threat to file contempt charges against Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Republican Representative Michael McCaul, chairman of the…
By Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s lower house on Monday said it would freeze debates on government-backed social reforms, as former high-ranking officials in President Gustavo Petro’s administration were called to give evidence over alleged campaign financing irregularities. The government of leftist Petro, who took office last year, has sent proposed labor, pension and…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. services sector barely grew in May as new orders slowed, pushing a measure of prices paid by businesses for inputs to a three-year low, which could aid the Federal Reserve’s fight against inflation. Meanwhile, factory orders rose for a second straight month in April, but aside from a jump in…
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury said it can now meet the federal government’s payment obligations after a debt ceiling suspension, following earlier warnings that it would run short of funds on Monday if Congress failed to act. “Now that Congress has acted to suspend the debt limit, Treasury has the tools…
