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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Japan’s Defense Minister Taro Kono on Tuesday defended Tokyo’s decision to send forces to the Middle East to help ensure the safety of merchant ships, saying it … Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The impeachment trial of President Donald Trump is likely to begin next Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said. The Republican leader said there could be some … Read More

By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday charged six jail guards with taking bribes to smuggle drugs and cellphones into New York City’s infamous Rikers Island, a prison … Read More

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled sympathy on Tuesday toward two associates of former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie who are seeking to have their … Read More

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out a lower court ruling that allowed a lawsuit to proceed against managers of a retirement fund … Read More

(Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration’s ongoing separations of families at the U.S.-Mexico border based on parents’ criminal history or health exclusions are being … Read More

By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices rose and a gauge of global equity markets hit a new high on Tuesday as investors awaited a China-U.S. trade deal … Read More

By Noel Randewich (Reuters) – U.S. stocks dipped on Tuesday, reversing earlier intraday record highs, following a report that the United States would likely maintain tariffs on Chinese goods until … Read More

By Amanda Becker WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrat Elizabeth Warren outlined on Tuesday how, if elected to the White House, she would on the first day of her presidency cancel federal … Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – On the eve of the expected signing of the first phase of a trade deal between the United states and China, a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers … Read More