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Family could sell huge Texas oil tracts – sources
By Shariq Khan and David French (Reuters) - A Texas family which owns 70,000 acres in the Permian basin is exploring options including a sale, putting up for grabs one of the largest family-owned trac...
Sep 01, 2022
Push to shorten U.S. mine permit review process gains steam
By Ernest Scheyder and Valerie Volcovici (Reuters) - U.S. mining companies, automakers and a bipartisan group of congressional members are recommending that the federal government cut the time needed ...
Sep 01, 2022
IMF says key deficiencies remain in Lebanon banking secrecy law – assessment seen by Reuters
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The IMF told the Lebanese state on Thursday that its banking secrecy law was still lacking, urging officials to make a new round of changes to their first attempt at financial refor...
Sep 01, 2022
White House blames Trump handling of pandemic for student learning loss
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday blamed former President Donald Trump's handling of the pandemic after a report showed that some students had fallen behind in key studies. The report...
Sep 01, 2022
Deadline looming, White House sees spike in demand for at-home virus tests
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday said Americans have increased requests for at-home COVID-19 tests as the federal government prepares to stop providing free tests on Friday. White Ho...
Sep 01, 2022
‘Ultra MAGA’ Republicans ‘trying to hide’ after Biden hit a nerve – White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday rejected criticism from Republicans that President Joe Biden is dividing Americans by attacking ardent followers of former President Donald Trump, sa...
Sep 01, 2022
U.S. military laments ‘tragic’ rise in sexual assault
By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military experienced its highest recorded level of sexual assault among women last year, in findings the Pentagon on Thursday described a...
Sep 01, 2022
Explainer-How Alaska’s new voting system helped deliver historic win for U.S. Democrats
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For the first time since 1972, Alaska is sending a Democrat to occupy its only seat in the U.S. House of Representatives through a new ranked voting ballot, t...
Sep 01, 2022
Man accused of pepper spraying U.S. Capitol police pleads guilty to assault
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A New Jersey man accused of pepper spraying police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, including one who died the next day, pleaded guilty on Thursday ...
Sep 01, 2022
Brazil posts trade surplus of $4.165 billion in August, above expected
(Reuters) - Brazil posted an above-expected trade surplus of $4.165 billion in August, government data showed on Thursday, recording growth in exports, but with imports again advancing at a higher pac...
Sep 01, 2022
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