• By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) – US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced widespread rebuke from civil rights groups, healthcare advocates and Democrats on Tuesday over his anti-Arab comments that the Council on American-Islamic Relations cast as “a textbook display of unvarnished racism and bigotry.” In his remarks on Monday at a […]
  • By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) – The US State Department’s policy chief, Jeremy Lewin, said on Tuesday he was leaving his role after nearly two years in which he helped lead an overhaul of US foreign assistance and implemented President Donald Trump’s policies toward Venezuela and Cuba. Lewin, a top adviser to Secretary […]
  • By Jana Winter WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) – The FBI raided the home of Eric Swalwell’s billionaire donor on Tuesday as part of the ongoing probe into sexual assault allegations against the former Democratic congressman, a senior law enforcement official told Reuters.  The FBI searched the Beverly Hills mansion of Stephen Coobeck looking for electronic […]
  • WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he planned to visit a tanker in Texas which contains the first oil received from Venezuela following a deal that Washington made after deposing the country’s former leader. Trump announced in August an agreement that grants the United States access to a fifth […]
  • By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, Oct 27 (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase urged a federal judge to dismiss a sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit by former investment banker Chirayu Rana, accusing him of persuading his sister and a longtime friend to perjure themselves to support his case. The largest US bank made its request in a Monday night […]