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U.S. lawmakers criticize Egypt aid cuts, consider changing law

August 24, 2021 at 4:54 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some U.S. lawmakers said on Tuesday they were unhappy about cuts in Washington's aid to Egypt announced earlier this month after authorities in Cairo used violence to...

Rep. Bill Young, longest serving Republican in U.S. Congress, dead at 82

August 24, 2021 at 4:34 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Bill Young of Florida, the longest-serving Republican member of Congress, died on Friday more than a week after announcing his plans to retire, his family...

Rep. Bill Young, longest serving Republican in U.S. Congress, dead at 82

May 23, 2019 at 4:21 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Bill Young of Florida, the longest-serving Republican member of Congress, died on Friday more than a week after announcing his plans to retire, his family...

Any U.S. sanctions relief on Iran likely to start slowly

August 24, 2021 at 4:27 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Any easing by Washington of sanctions on Iran in exchange for Tehran taking steps to scale back its nuclear program is likely to be fleeting and symbolic,...

Iranian women walk past an anti-American mural on the wall of the former U.S. embassy in Tehran.

U.S. Congress calls for hard line on Iran sanctions

November 3, 2021 at 7:25 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers urged President Barack Obama to keep to a hard line on sanctions imposed on Iran on Monday, a day before the resumption of talks on...

U.S. Congress calls for hard line on Iran sanctions

December 24, 2018 at 5:02 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers urged President Barack Obama to keep to a hard line on sanctions imposed on Iran on Monday, a day before the resumption of talks on...

U.S. withholds some military, economic aid for Egypt

December 24, 2018 at 4:57 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday it would withhold deliveries of tanks, fighter aircraft, helicopters and missiles as well as $260 million in cash aid from Egypt's...

Protesters burn a replica of the American flag during a protest against the capture of Nazih al-Ragye.

Obama says U.S. to keep ‘going after’ al Qaeda-linked groups in Africa

November 3, 2021 at 7:23 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday staunchly defended his decision to order commando raids in Libya and Somalia last weekend, saying the United States would keep targeting al...

Obama says U.S. to keep ‘going after’ al Qaeda-linked groups in Africa

December 24, 2018 at 4:55 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday staunchly defended his decision to order commando raids in Libya and Somalia last weekend, saying the United States would keep targeting al...

Despite shutdown, U.S. Congress saves Iraqi interpreter visa program

August 24, 2021 at 3:57 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers took a break from bitter debate over government spending to save a program granting special visas to civilian interpreters who risked their lives to work...

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