Tag: United States government
Appeals court: Ex-US Rep Brown should get new trial
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A federal appeals court ordered a new trial on Thursday for former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, once a powerful Florida Democrat.
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Arizona Senate assures feds election recount is secure
PHOENIX — The Republican president of the Arizona Senate said in a letter Friday to the U.S. Justice Department that ballots being recounted from...
China discounts possibility of harm from falling rocket
<p>BEIJING — China says the upper stage of its Long March 5B rocket that launched the core module of its space station will mostly...
In booting Cheney, ‘My Kevin’ leads GOP back to Trump
WASHINGTON — Republican Kevin McCarthy is leading his party to an inflection point, preparing to dump Rep. Liz Cheney from the No. 3...
Interior drops Trump proposal for Arctic offshore drilling
JUNEAU, Alaska — The U.S. Interior Department said Friday it would not pursue a Trump administration proposal that critics said would have weakened rules...
Ahead of Harris meeting, Mexico president accuses US
<p>MEXICO CITY — President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Friday that Mexico has complained to U.S. officials about their alleged financing for an anticorruption...
With ambassador picks, Biden faces donor vs. diversity test
President Joe Biden is facing a fresh challenge to his oft-repeated commitment to diversity in his administration: assembling a diplomatic corps that gives...
Washington Post says US secretly obtained reporters’ records
WASHINGTON — The Trump Justice Department secretly seized the phone records of three Washington Post reporters who covered the federal investigation into ties between...
Yellen picks top Fed banking regulator as acting comptroller
<p>WASHINGTON — Michael J. Hsu, a top banking regulator at the Federal Reserve, was appointed by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday as acting...
Police: 29 people recovered from semitruck in Texas
SAN ANTONIO — More than two dozen people were recovered from a big rig that was stopped near San Antonio, including one person who...