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U.S. military says no ‘hard data’ showing vaccine mandate hurts recruiting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. military has no data to back up claims by top Republicans in Congress that the Pentagon's COVID-19 vaccine mandate is hurting recruiting, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ...
Dec 06, 2022
Bezos’ space company teams with Lockheed, Boeing for NASA moon lander pitch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jeff Bezos' space company is partnering with Boeing Co and Lockheed Martin Corp to pitch a lunar lander to NASA, the companies announced on Tuesday, making a renewed bid to land...
Dec 06, 2022
Holiday displays – including the Satanic Temple’s – return to Illinois Capitol
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) – The Satanic Temple of Illinois debuted a new display in the Illinois Capitol rotunda Tuesday, taking its place next to the annual Christmas and Hanukk...
Dec 06, 2022
U.S. watchdog levies $7.7 million in fines against KPMG entities
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) on Tuesday said it imposed $7.7 million in fines and sanctioned three firms across KPMG's global network for violations of p...
Dec 06, 2022
U.S. approves potential sale $3.75 billion of M1A1 Abrams tanks to Poland
By Mike Stone and Paul Grant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has approved a potential sale of 116 General Dynamics made M1A1 Abrams tanks, other vehicles and munitions to Poland in a ...
Dec 06, 2022
Big firms like Ticketmaster can become ‘too big to care,’ FTC chair says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chair of the Federal Trade Commission, Lina Khan, on Tuesday said giant companies like Ticketmaster, which faces a tsunami of criticism for problems in selling tickets to a ...
Dec 06, 2022
U.S. State Department approves potential sale of Chinook helicopters to South Korea – Pentagon
(Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of Chinook helicopters and related equipment to South Korea in a deal valued at an estimated $1.5 billion, the Pentagon said on Tu...
Dec 06, 2022
Family of deceased Capitol police offer spurns Republican leaders at ceremony
By Gram Slattery and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The mother and brother of police officer Brian Sicknick, who died in the days following the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, declined ...
Dec 06, 2022
‘Avatar’ sequel finally premieres 13 years after original
By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) - Thirteen years after James Cameron released the highest-grossing film of all time, "Avatar", the filmmaker finally premiered its long-awaited sequel in London on Tu...
Dec 06, 2022
Analysis-G7 Russian oil price cap evolves from revenue squeeze to market anchor
By David Lawder and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When U.S. officials first floated the idea of capping Russian oil export prices in response to a planned European embargo in March, they pled...
Dec 06, 2022
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