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WASHINGTON (Reuters) — China divulged little in arms control talks with the United States this week, and no follow-up meeting is scheduled, but a senior U.S. official on Tuesday called the discussions constructive because they were the first of their kind in years. Monday’s session in Washing…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. Army needs Congress to approve $3.1 billion to buy 155 millimeter artillery rounds and expand production to quickly replace stocks depleted by shipments to Ukraine and now Israel, an Army official said on Tuesday. The U.S. and allies have sent more than 2 million rou…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville said on Tuesday he would continue his blockade of hundreds of military promotions over the Defense Department’s abortion policy, but was nearing some compromises including allowing promotions of essential nominees. Tuberville, a …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared inclined to uphold the legality of a federal law that makes it a crime for people under domestic violence restraining orders to have guns in the latest major case to test the willingness of its conservative majority to further e…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The Biden administration has suspended talks on some key digital trade aspects of its Indo-Pacific Economic Framework initiative, Democratic lawmakers said on Tuesday as negotiators from 14 countries race to finish some agreements ahead of a major Pacific Rim summit next week…

(Reuters) — Democrats and abortion rights advocates notched a string of electoral victories on Tuesday, including in conservative Ohio and Kentucky, an early signal that reproductive rights remain a potent issue for Democrats ahead of the 2024 presidential race. In Ohio, a state that voted for Repu…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — The number who died in a Halloween car crash that killed an “Avengers: Infinity War” stunt actor and two of his children has risen to four. A third child, 10-year-old Kisasi Ramsess, “succumbed to his injuries” Saturday, the DeKalb County Police Department told The Times on M…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — The U.S. Department of Justice is getting involved in Georgia’s redistricting case to defend the constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act as the state plans an appeal. The Justice Department intervened in the legal battle Friday to counter the state’s arguments against the …

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — The Biden administration on Monday warned those involved in a new migration scheme to help Cubans, Haitians and other asylum seekers reach the United States by flying expensive charter planes to Central America that they risk the wrath of U.S. law. Brian Nichols, assistant se…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — The Supreme Court hears oral arguments Tuesday in a case that could limit the legislative and political power of Congress and local lawmakers to regulate gun possession nationwide. The case, U.S. v. Rahimi, is the first of dozens of challenges to federal and state gun control…