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Reuters US Domestic News Summary | Technology

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September 12, 2022

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Reuters US Domestic News Summary | Technology

Following is a abstract of present US home information briefs.

Bezos’ Blue Origin suffers rocket failure throughout uncrewed mission

A rocket from Jeff Bezos’ house firm Blue Origin failed mid-flight shortly after liftoff on Monday, aborting its cargo capsule to security earlier than crashing into the Texas desert, in keeping with the corporate and a reside video stream of the mission.

With none people on board, the rocket lifted off from Blue Origin’s West Texas launch web site Monday morning as the corporate’s twenty third New Shepard mission, aiming to ship NASA-funded experiments and different payloads to the sting of house to drift for a couple of minutes in microgravity.

U.S. Justice Dept points dozens of subpoenas in Jan 6 probe, New York Instances experiences

The U.S. Justice Division has issued about 40 subpoenas over the previous week looking for details about efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election, the New York Instances reported on Monday. Boris Epshteyn, a longtime Trump adviser, and Mike Roman, a marketing campaign strategist for Trump, had their telephones seized final week as proof, the Instances mentioned, citing individuals acquainted with the scenario.

No delay for Trump Group legal tax fraud trial

The New York decide overseeing a tax fraud case towards the Trump Group on Monday rejected any effort to delay subsequent month’s trial, acknowledging concern that former President Donald Trump’s firm could be attempting to “stall” the legal case. At a pre-trial listening to in a New York state court docket in Manhattan, Justice Juan Merchan warned towards delaying ways, whilst a Trump Group lawyer mentioned the choice by longtime chief monetary officer Allen Weisselberg to plead responsible modified how the protection will current its case.

Trump legal professionals oppose Justice Division request on labeled paperwork

Former President Donald Trump’s attorneys on Monday opposed a U.S. Justice Division request to instantly resume inspecting the contents of labeled paperwork seized by the FBI from his Florida property final month in an ongoing legal investigation. His legal professionals in a submitting additionally requested U.S. District Decide Aileen Cannon to make these roughly 100 paperwork – among the many greater than 11,000 data discovered within the court-approved Aug. 8 search – a part of a evaluate that an impartial arbiter, referred to as a particular grasp, will conduct to vet all of the supplies.

Legendary road photographer William Klein dies in Paris

Legendary road and style photographer William Klein has died in Paris, aged 96, his son mentioned in an announcement to French information company AFP on Monday. Klein, a New York-born American who made his status taking pictures scenes of city life on this planet’s greatest cities, studied portray with Fernand Leger however discovered fame as a photographer.

Biden touts ‘Most cancers Moonshot’ on JFK speech anniversary in Boston

President Joe Biden signed orders on Monday to push extra authorities {dollars} to the U.S. biotechnology {industry}, as he promoted his initiative to create new therapies and lower the demise price from most cancers. Most cancers “doesn’t care for those who’re Republican or Democrat,” Biden mentioned on the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, on the sixtieth anniversary of JFK’s ‘Moonshot’ speech that urged People to guide within the exploration of house.

Biden drew a parallel between the previous president’s purpose of reaching the moon and his personal purpose of reducing most cancers demise charges in half within the subsequent 25 years.

Biden administration presses unions, railroads to keep away from shutdown

The Biden administration urged railroads and unions to succeed in a deal to keep away from a railroad work stoppage, saying on Monday it might pose “an unacceptable consequence” to the U.S. financial system that might value $2 billion a day. Railroads, together with Union Pacific, Berkshire Hathaway’s BNSF, CSX, and Norfolk Southern, have till a minute after midnight on Friday to succeed in tentative offers with maintain out unions representing about 60,000 employees. Failing to take action opens the door to union strikes, employer lockouts and congressional intervention.

Pentagon wants an additional $42 billion as a consequence of hovering inflation -industry group

The U.S. Division of Protection will want an additional $42 billion within the subsequent fiscal 12 months to make up for a shortfall in how a lot it could possibly purchase as rising costs eat in to its procurement finances, a protection {industry} group mentioned in a report popping out this week. “Important inflation is a significant problem” for the Pentagon and its hundreds of contractors, compounding the problem from COVID-19 and coping with the supply-chain disaster, mentioned the Nationwide Protection Industrial Affiliation report, which was reviewed by Reuters forward of publication.

U.S. Justice Division says it might assist Trump-backed candidate as particular grasp

The U.S. Justice Division on Monday mentioned it might assist Raymond Dearie, a candidate backed by former President Donald Trump, for the function of impartial arbiter, often called a particular grasp, to look at the contents of labeled paperwork seized by the FBI from Trump’s Florida property final month. It backed both of its personal two candidates or Dearie, it mentioned in a court docket submitting, however rejected a second Trump choose, Paul Huck.

Biden touts U.S. crackdown on airways over passenger therapy

President Joe Biden mentioned on Monday his administration had cracked down on U.S. airways to enhance therapy of passengers, a declare rejected by the carriers. Biden mentioned previous to adjustments made in customer support plans by main airways “in case your flight was canceled or delayed, no high airline assured masking your value of resorts and meals.”

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US East Coast Port Strike Set to Start Tuesday, Says Union

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September 29, 2024

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US East Coast Port Strike Set to Start Tuesday, Says Union

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A port strike on the U.S. East Coast and Gulf of Mexico will go ahead starting on Tuesday, the International Longshoremen’s Association union said on Sunday, signaling action which could cause delays and snarl supply chains. “United States Maritime Alliance … refuses to …

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Lithuanian FM warns Russia can do 'so much damage to its neighbors'

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September 29, 2024

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Lithuanian FM warns Russia can do 'so much damage to its neighbors'

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UNITED NATIONS, New York – Lithuanian Foreign Affairs Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis shared with Fox News Digital his perspective as someone on the border of the Ukraine invasion, including concerns Russia can do “so much damage” even as its power wanes.

“In 2014, before the first war in Ukraine, people in the U.S. and … Western leaders would say ‘Russia is going down, it’s on its way down, its regional power – it’s not a global power anymore, its influence is waning,’” Landsbergis said. “But on its way down, it can do so much damage to its neighbors.”

“It’s not the right assessment,” he added, saying that even if Russia were declining as much as Western leaders think, the death “convulsions” of such a great power could “last for decades.”

“Who knows when or how it would stop … it’s a very difficult thing to imagine, to predict,” he said.

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Lithuania has remained one of the most vocal nations in Eastern Europe throughout Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, even before the 2014 invasion of Crimea. Part of that has been to proudly embrace NATO’s role on the continent.

Lithuanian Foreign Affairs Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis attends NATO’s 75th anniversary summit in Washington, D.C., on July 11, 2024. (Reuters/Yves Herman)

While Lithuania fell far below the 2% required expenditure on defense in 2014, by 2021 – a full year before the invasion of Ukraine started – Lithuania had met the requirement and only continued increasing its defense expenditure.

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Lithuania in 2023 hit 3.2% expenditure, making it one of the highest-spending (by percent of GDP) members of NATO after only Poland, the U.S., Greece and Estonia.

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielus Landsbergis, right, and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hold a joint news conference in Vilnius, Lithuania, on March 7, 2022. (Olivier Douliery/Pool via Reuters)

Landsbergis used this – and the general increase in defense spending among NATO members over the past two years – to argue that European countries have proven their ability to “muster strength” and stand up to a power of Russia’s size.

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“Even the biggest critics should have to admit that more than $100 billion, now … I mean, it’s huge. Nobody really could have predicted that Europe would be able to do that,” Landsbergis said.

Lithuanian FM at UN Security Council in New York.

Gabrielius Landsbergis (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images/File)

“The question is: Is that enough? And does that forbid such action against your neighbor like Ukraine to be repeated in the future?” he said. “This is where we see a problem that Europe needs to grow because every industry in Europe needs to step up with its spending towards defense.”

When pressed on whether Europe lacks clear leadership or has stagnated in recent years, Landsbergis disagreed but acknowledged that the union has room to improve.

“The union is structured with 27 members and each with a veto, right?” Landsbergis noted. “It’s difficult to have a smooth process that doesn’t require a lot of debate or consensus building.”

“This is the way that we are currently at this juncture. There’s talk about the need for reform,” he added. “I think that it … will be happening. Europe has to adapt to the new requirements of this age and time, and maybe the principles change as well.”

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Former Netanyahu rival Gideon Saar joins Israeli cabinet

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September 29, 2024

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Former Netanyahu rival Gideon Saar joins Israeli cabinet

The move will boost the prime minister’s governing coalition domestically as Israel attacks countries across the region.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that his former rival Gideon Saar is joining the Israeli cabinet, a move that will boost the government coalition and bolster its support in the country’s parliament.

The hawkish Saar will serve as a minister without a portfolio, the prime minister said on Sunday.

Saar’s inclusion in the government coalition takes its support in the 120-seat Israeli parliament from 64 to 68, weakening the de facto veto power that far-right parties have over the cabinet.

The move comes as Israel intensifies its attacks on Lebanon, Gaza and across the Middle East in what is increasingly looking like a wider regional war.

Saar had been one of Netanyahu’s most vocal critics in recent years, but the Israeli prime minister suggested that the two politicians have been on the same page since the start of the war on Gaza.

“Gideon accepted my request and agreed to return to the government,” Netanyahu said in a joint statement, as reported by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.

“During security cabinet discussions, I was deeply impressed by Saar’s broad vision and his ability to offer creative solutions to complex problems. On more than one occasion, we have seen eye to eye on the necessary actions. It’s no secret that we’ve had our differences in the past, but since October 7, we have both put all past grievances behind us.”

For his part, Saar said described the decision to join the government as “the patriotic and right thing to do now”.

“At this time, it is crucial to strengthen Israel, its government, and the unity and cohesion within it,” he said.

Earlier this month, Israeli media reported that Netanyahu was considering replacing Defence Minister Yoav Gallant with Saar. Haaretz and Ynet also reported that Saar and Netanyahu were jointly going to pick the new Israeli army chief to replace Herzi Halevi.

A former lawyer and journalist, Saar was first brought into politics 20 years ago by Netanyahu, who made him his cabinet secretary during his first term in office.

He was considered a rising star in Netanyahu’s Likud Party and one of the few independent voices in a party that has largely been synonymous with the prime minister and his policies.

Saar defected from Likud after unsuccessfully challenging Netanyahu for the party’s leadership. Late in 2020, Saar formed his own political movement – dubbed New Hope.

Expanding the government will likely strengthen Netanyahu by making him less reliant on other members of his coalition.