Patricia Zengerle

Bill ending NSA data collection continues swift path through Congress

May 23, 2019 at 9:36 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill to end the government's bulk collection of telephone records got a unanimous go-ahead on Thursday from a second U.S. congressional committee, advancing the first legislative...

Bill ending NSA bulk data collection moving quickly in U.S. House

May 23, 2019 at 9:37 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill to end the government's bulk collection of telephone records got a unanimous go-ahead on Thursday from a second U.S. congressional committee, but the measure, according...

U.S. officials working on new sanctions on Russia over Ukraine

August 25, 2021 at 4:30 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is working on new sanctions that would be imposed on Russia if it dramatically ramped up aggression against Ukraine, such as preventing elections from...

U.S. officials working on new sanctions on Russia over Ukraine

May 23, 2019 at 9:36 p.m.

Benghazi: The issue that lives on, and on, and on

May 23, 2019 at 9:36 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Benghazi is back. The controversy over the deadly 2012 attack in the Libyan city has resurfaced with Republicans accusing the White House of creating a political smokescreen...

South Carolina congressman tapped to lead House panel on Benghazi

August 25, 2021 at 4:37 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former prosecutor and critic of the Obama administration's handling of the 2012 Benghazi attacks was picked on Monday to head a Republican-led congressional investigation of the...

South Carolina congressman tapped to lead House panel on Benghazi

May 23, 2019 at 9:36 p.m.

U.S. military sexual assault reports jumped 50 percent last year

May 23, 2019 at 9:36 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Reported sexual assaults in the U.S. military jumped 50 percent last year, the Pentagon said on Thursday, and officials welcomed the spike as a sign that a...

Senior U.S. lawmaker blocks aid for Egyptian military

August 25, 2021 at 4:26 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Senate subcommittee that oversees foreign aid, said on Tuesday he would not approve sending funds to the Egyptian military, denouncing...

U.S. expectations low for talks with Russia on Ukraine: diplomat

August 25, 2021 at 3:50 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. expectations for talks with Russia on the Ukraine crisis next week are not high, the top U.S. diplomat for Europe said on Wednesday, but it is...

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