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Lawmakers to probe FBI handling of Boston suspect

August 24, 2021 at 8:22 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers will question senior security officials this week about whether the FBI mishandled information on one of the Boston bombing suspects who was flagged by Russia...

Preliminary tests show deadly poison in letter to Senator

August 24, 2021 at 2:48 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Authorities on Tuesday intercepted a letter sent to Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker that preliminary tests showed contained the deadly poison ricin, and the Capitol police, FBI and...

Top general says U.S. to assess Afghan troops level after summer

August 24, 2021 at 2:40 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. commander of international forces in Afghanistan said on Tuesday he will make a recommendation of how many American troops should remain in Afghanistan after he...

In emotional meeting, Newtown families comfort senator

August 24, 2021 at 2:22 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Joe Manchin became so emotional on Wednesday about the Newtown massacre and his push for background checks for gun buyers that parents whose children were killed...

Background checks deal boosts odds for gun control bill

May 23, 2019 at 4:08 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A breakthrough agreement to expand background checks for gun buyers, announced on Wednesday by two senators, boosts the prospects the Senate will approve at least some of...

Lawmakers push to restructure Egypt aid

August 24, 2021 at 1:09 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers have seized upon a domestic spending bill as a chance to tighten controls on how Egypt's Islamist government can use well over $1 billion in military...

Cyber attacks leading threat against U.S.: spy agencies

August 24, 2021 at 12:49 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Intelligence leaders said for the first time on Tuesday that cyber attacks and cyber espionage have supplanted terrorism as the top security threat facing the United States....

Progressive U.S. pro-Israel group claims Hagel fight as a victory

August 24, 2021 at 12:46 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - J Street, a liberal Jewish-American lobbying group barely five years old and once shunned by top Israeli officials, is claiming as a victory the fact that Chuck...

Senator ends filibuster of Brennan CIA nomination

May 23, 2019 at 4:06 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kentucky Republican Rand Paul took the floor of the Senate on Wednesday and spoke for nearly 13 hours in an attempt to block the confirmation of John...

Senate approves Hagel as new secretary of defense

August 23, 2021 at 11:59 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate confirmed Chuck Hagel as President Barack Obama's new secretary of defense on Tuesday, after an unusually acrimonious confirmation fight that threatened to complicate his work...

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