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California planning to significantly boost 2030 EV requirements
(Reuters) - The California Air Resources Board said on Tuesday it plans to significantly increase electric vehicle requirements by 2030 as the state moves to phase out the sale of gasoline-powered lig...
Mar 08, 2022
Dual national charged with acting as illegal Russian agent in U.S. -prosecutors
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A dual national of the United States and Russia, Elena Branson, has been charged with acting illegally as an agent of the Russian government, federal prosecutors in Manhattan said...
Mar 08, 2022
Analysis-U.S. can expect ‘a flood of plea deals’ in Capitol attack cases after guilty verdict
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prosecutors can expect a wave of guilty pleas from some of the hundreds of people charged with joining the assault on the U.S. Capitol, after the first criminal tri...
Mar 08, 2022
U.S. surprised at Poland’s decision to give it fighter jets for Ukraine
By Patricia Zengerle and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Poland's decision to put all its MiG-29 fighter jets at the disposal of the United States was "a surprise move" by Warsaw, the U.S. State ...
Mar 08, 2022
U.S. charges two siblings in $124 million cryptocurrency fraud
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. authorities on Tuesday filed criminal charges against a cryptocurrency executive and civil charges against him and his sister, accusing them of defrauding...
Mar 08, 2022
D.C., 22 states back stringent U.S. EPA vehicle emissions rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of 22 states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday backed the Biden administration's new vehicle emissions rules after court challenges from some other states, ethanol...
Mar 08, 2022
More than half of U.S. Treasury rent relief funds deployed through January -Adeyemo
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than $25 billion from the U.S. Treasury Department's Emergency Rental Assistance program has been spent or obligated over the past year through January 2022...
Mar 08, 2022
Senate Majority leader Schumer: expect to pass U.S. spending bill by week’s end
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday he aimed to pass an omnibus government spending bill by the end of the week that will include more than $12 billion in ...
Mar 08, 2022
Watchdog: Homeland Security office failed to warn about Capitol threats
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's intelligence office was aware in advance about threats connected to the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, but fail...
Mar 08, 2022
Striking Minneapolis teachers picket outside of closed schools
By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - Minneapolis teachers and teacher aides picketed outside schools across the city on Tuesday in the first day of a strike after their unions failed to reach an agreement w...
Mar 08, 2022
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