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WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The White House on Tuesday directed NASA to establish a unified standard of time for the moon and other celestial bodies, as the United States aims to set international norms in space amid a growing lunar race among nations and private companies. The head of the White House O…

WASHINGTON/TOKYO (Reuters) — The head of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday urged the White House to scrutinize the relationship between Nippon Steel and the Chinese steel industry, citing national security concerns amid bipartisan opposition in Congress to the Japanese company’s $1…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. President Joe Biden sought to manage tensions over the South China Sea and Taiwan’s May presidential inauguration in a call with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday, their first direct talks since meeting in November. Biden used the call to emphasize “the…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Reported discrimination and attacks against Muslims and Palestinians reached a record high in the U.S. in 2023, driven by rising Islamophobia and bias as the Israel-Gaza war raged late in the year, data from an advocacy group showed on Tuesday. Complaints totaled 8,061 in 202…

(Reuters) — The U.S. told Iran that it “had no involvement” or advanced knowledge of an Israeli strike on a diplomatic compound in Syria, Axios reported on Monday citing a U.S. official. Members of the civil defense stand near a damaged site after what Syrian and Iranian media described…

(Reuters) — Florida’s top court on Monday cleared the way for a Republican-backed law banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy to take effect, but also approved an initiative to let voters decide whether to amend the state’s constitution to establish a right to an abortion. In a pa…

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — U.S. Navy veteran Louis Conter, the last surviving crew member from the battleship USS Arizona, which was destroyed by Japanese warplanes in the attack on Pearl Harbor more than eight decades ago, has died at age 102. Conter, who flew bombing missions as a Navy pilot after P…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — The stacks of campaign lawn signs at political party headquarters in this western Wisconsin city are being readied to go: Donald Trump for the Republicans and Joe Biden for the Democrats. Already considered a presidential swing state in recent elections — one that Trump and B…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — With new leadership in Philadelphia and the surrounding counties, there’s a new spirit of collaboration. And they’re using it to pressure the state to raise the minimum wage. Twelve Democratic leaders and two Republicans from Southeastern Pennsylvania, home to almost half of …

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — Former President Donald Trump is making his second visit to Georgia this year with an April 10 fundraiser hosted by some of his top allies. The former president’s Atlanta luncheon event comes weeks after his March 9 rally in Rome, which took place at the same time as Presiden…