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WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The United States was concerned by an Israeli attack on a U.N. training center sheltering displaced people in Gaza’s Khan Younis on Wednesday, Deputy State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel said, repeating Washington’s calls for protection of civilians, humanit…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A senior attorney with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has pleaded guilty to one charge of sexually exploiting children, the U.S. Justice Department announced late Tuesday. Mark Black, 50, was a member of two online groups dedicated to finding prepubescent girls and…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The Biden administration is delaying a decision on a Louisiana liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project that would be the United States’ largest, but which has raised the ire of environmentalists, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. With an export capacity of ar…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The United Auto Workers union endorsed U.S. President Joe Biden’s reelection bid on Wednesday, with the union president delivering a fiery speech in Washington that was also harshly critical of Republican former President Donald Trump. In a full-throated endorsement of …

(Reuters) — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday said a funding lifeline created for banks last year after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank threatened to spark a wider financial crisis would close as scheduled in March. The Fed also will immediately raise the interest rate on new loans from the Bank…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — An overwhelming majority of President Joe Biden’s fellow Democrats in the Senate on Wednesday backed a statement reiterating U.S. support of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Forty-nine of the 51 members of the Senate Democratic caucus backed an …

(Reuters) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to halt Alabama from proceeding with the nation’s first execution using nitrogen gas to carry out the death penalty on convicted murderer Kenneth Smith, who survived a botched lethal injection in 2022 that helped prompt a review of the …

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) — Donald Trump and Joe Biden attacked each other on Wednesday as they prepared for a likely election rematch in November after Trump’s win in New Hampshire’s Republican presidential primary made his White House nomination increasingly likely, although…

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) — Donald Trump cruised to victory in New Hampshire’s Republican presidential contest on Tuesday, marching closer to a November rematch with Democratic President Joe Biden even as his only remaining rival, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, vowed to soldier…

MANASSAS, Virginia (Reuters) — U.S. President Joe Biden took aim at Republicans over their efforts to curb abortion rights in a Virginia speech on Tuesday, but his remarks were interrupted repeatedly by hecklers protesting his policies toward Israel. On the same day that people were voting for a Re…