U.S. Charges MIT Professor With Grant Fraud Over Hidden Chinese Ties

Reuters
January 14, 2021 7:46 PM

BOSTON (Reuters) - A professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who specializes in nanotechnology research was arrested on U.S. charges that he failed to disclose his ties to the Chinese government when seeking federal grant money.

U.S. Commission Says China Possibly Committed Genocide Against Xinjiang Muslims

Chinese paramilatary police patrol on a street in Urumqi, capital of China's Xinjiang region

Reuters
January 14, 2021 1:27 PM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China has possibly committed “genocide” in its treatment of Uighurs and other minority Muslims in its western region of Xinjiang, a bipartisan commission of the U.S. Congress said in a report released on Thursday.

Trump Makes History Again With Second Impeachment

U.S. President Donald Trump disembarks from Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland

Reuters
January 13, 2021 4:46 PM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to make Donald Trump the first U.S. president ever to be impeached twice, formally charging him in his waning days in power with inciting an insurrection just a week after a violent mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol.

House Moves to Impeach Trump as McConnell Rejects Immediate Trial

General view of the U.S. Capitol in Washington

Reuters
January 13, 2021 2:10 PM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the House of Representatives moved on Wednesday toward a vote to make Donald Trump the first U.S. president to be impeached twice, the Senate’s top Republican rejected Democratic calls to reconvene the Senate for an immediate trial, all but ensuring Trump will not be ousted before his term ends next week.

Airbnb to Cancel D.C. Bookings During Inauguration Week

FILE PHOTO: The logos of Airbnb are displayed at an Airbnb event in Tokyo

Reuters
January 13, 2021 11:35 AM

(Reuters) - Home-sharing giant Airbnb and HotelTonight, which it bought in 2019, are blocking and cancelling all hotel reservations in the Washington DC Metro area during the week of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, it said on Wednesday.

Citing Biden Transition, U.S. Cancels U.N. Envoy’s Trip to Taiwan

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft

Reuters
January 12, 2021 7:46 PM

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A cancellation of all travel by the U.S. State Department this week includes a planned visit to Taiwan by U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft, a State Department spokeswoman said on Tuesday.

U.S. Pursuing Seditious Conspiracy Cases in ‘Unprecedented’ Probe of Capitol Riot

The U.S. Capitol Building is stormed by a pro-Trump mob on January 6, 2021

Reuters
January 12, 2021 4:50 PM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has opened criminal investigations on more than 170 individuals for their involvement in the riot at the U.S. Capitol by President Donald Trump's supporters, and investigators aim to charge people with assault and seditious conspiracy, the top federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C. said on Tuesday.

Las Vegas Casino Magnate, Republican Donor Sheldon Adelson Dies

Reuters
January 12, 2021 10:35 AM

(Reuters) - American casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, who built lavish gambling palaces that made him one of the world’s richest men and became a potent supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has died at age 87.

Pentagon Presses Ahead With Afghanistan Troop Drawdown Despite Law Barring It

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump makes an unannounced visit to U.S. troops at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan

Reuters
January 11, 2021 5:50 PM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military has not halted a U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Department of Defense told Reuters on Monday, despite a new law prohibiting further reductions without the Pentagon sending Congress an assessment of the risks.

House to Consider Impeachment Article on Wednesday

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump holds a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress in Washington

Reuters
January 11, 2021 2:27 PM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives' Rules Committee said he expected the article of impeachment against President Donald Trump to get to the House floor for a vote on Wednesday and predicted it will pass.