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No bail for Ghislaine Maxwell as trial nears -U.S. judge
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday rejected Ghislaine Maxwell's request for bail ahead of her Nov. 29 criminal trial on charges she helped enable Jeffrey Epstein to sexua...
Nov 09, 2021
Max Cleland, veteran who lost limbs during Vietnam War, dies at 79
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - Max Cleland, a veteran who lost an arm and both legs during the Vietnam War and went on to become a U.S. senator from Georgia, died on Tuesday at the age of 79. His death...
Nov 09, 2021
U.S. House plans to pass ‘Build Back Better’ bill Nov 15 week -Pelosi
(Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives intends to pass President Joe Biden's "Build Back Better" legislation the week of Nov. 15, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters in Glascow. "That is ...
Nov 09, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court weighs Puerto Rico’s exclusion from benefits program
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday is set to weigh the legality of a decades-old congressional decision to exclude Puerto Rico from a federal program that prov...
Nov 09, 2021
U.S. borders reopen, but not for asylum seekers stuck in Mexico
By Kristina Cooke, Mica Rosenberg and Caitlin O'Hara NOGALES, Mexico (Reuters) - Leo fled his hometown in southern Mexico after his uncle was murdered by gang members and he received death threats. Ea...
Nov 09, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court hears a condemned murderer’s religious request
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday were set to hear a bid by a man sentenced to death in Texas for a fatal 2004 stabbing outside a convenience store to have his pastor ...
Nov 09, 2021
Ex-U.S. Marine held in Russia starts hunger strike over treatment, family says
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Former U.S. Marine Trevor Reed, who is serving a nine-year jail sentence in Russia, has started a hunger strike to protest against his incarceration and violations of his rights, hi...
Nov 09, 2021
Twitter flags U.S. lawmaker’s video on Biden, Ocasio-Cortez for violating policy
By Shivam Patel (Reuters) - Twitter Inc added a warning label on Tuesday to an anime video shared by U.S. Republican lawmaker Paul Gosar, depicting him swinging swords at President Joe Biden and killi...
Nov 09, 2021
U.S. Republicans renew push to sanction Nord Stream 2 pipeline
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of U.S. Senate Republicans said on Monday they had introduced legislation that would impose mandatory sanctions on Nord Stream 2, a Russian-backed natural gas pipeline t...
Nov 08, 2021
New marijuana decriminalization effort weighed in U.S. House -report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Legislation that would decriminalize marijuana and establish a tax on cannabis sales was being developed by Republican Representative Nancy Mace with the goal of introducing it ...
Nov 08, 2021
