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WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will face questioning from lawmakers Wednesday for the first time since the Trump administration launched the war against Iran, which Democrats have contested as a costly conflict of choice waged without congressional approval. The hearing before the House Armed Services Committee is being held to discuss the administration’s …
HONG KONG (AP) — Stocks mostly advanced in Asia on Wednesday despite losses on Wall Street, while oil prices fell after the United Arab Emirates said it would leave OPEC in a blow to the powerful oil cartel. U.S. futures edged higher. Markets in Japan were closed for a holiday. Elsewhere in Asia, South Korea’s …
MELBOURNE, April 29 (Reuters) – The White House has hit back at critics of Donald Trump being awarded the FIFA Peace Prize, saying there is none more deserving than the U.S. president. Global soccer governing body FIFA gave Trump the inaugural award at the World Cup draw in December for “promoting peace and unity around …
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state on Tuesday asked a federal judge to force private prison operator The Geo Group to allow health inspectors into its for-profit immigration detention center in Tacoma, which has been the subject of thousands of complaints from detainees in recent years. Inspectors with the Washington Department of Health have repeatedly …
WASHINGTON, April 28 (Reuters) – The chairman of the Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on Tuesday asked the Southern Poverty Law Center’s boss to testify before the panel in May after the civil rights group was indicted last week. • President Donald Trump’s administration obtained a criminal indictment last week charging SPLC with …
April 28 (Reuters) – The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) on Tuesday adopted new regulations for autonomous vehicles, allowing manufacturers to test and deploy heavy-duty driverless vehicle technology on the state’s roads. The new regulations also expand safety and oversight requirements for all classes of autonomous vehicles, the California DMV said in a statement. …
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — It’s not every day — or even every decade — that voters are presented a decision like this: Should the state’s individual income tax be eliminated? When that question appears on a Missouri ballot later this year, it will mark the first time since the modern income tax began over …
MINERAL WELLS, Texas (AP) — Thunderstorms tore through parts of Texas on Tuesday, sending at least two people to the hospital as powerful winds ripped roofs off homes, flattened buildings and tossed debris through the air. Multiple homes and businesses were damaged and families were displaced in Mineral Wells, a small city about 45 miles …
By Sophie Yu, Casey Hall and Julie Zhu BEIJING/HONG KONG, April 29 (Reuters) – Travel demand in China is expected to remain strong during the five‑day Labour Day holiday from May 1, with travellers opting for domestic road trips and independent tours as higher fuel costs curb demand for overseas holidays. Travel agencies and industry experts …
NEW YORK (AP) — It is rare, the Ms. Foundation’s next leader acknowledged, for a Black woman to take the helm of a major nonprofit from another Black woman. It is even rarer, she noted, for that organization to be financially healthy. And yet that is the position Tracy Sturdivant will enter when she succeeds …