USA news live updates: Haiti gang leader threatens to kill kidnapped ‘American’ missionaries – Times of India

The United States successfully tested hypersonic missile technology, a new weapons system which is already being deployed by China and Russia, the US Navy said

Online threats draw longest term yet in Capitol riot probe

A man who pleaded guilty to writing threatening social media posts in connection with the riot at the US Capitol has been sentenced to 14 months in prison.

Alabama man faces 2nd execution date this year for killing

An Alabama man is facing his second execution date this year for the killing of a woman taken at gunpoint from an ATM location and shooting her in a cemetery

Biden returning to Virginia next week to campaign with McAuliffe

President Joe Biden is set to return to Virginia for his second campaign stop with fellow Democrat Terry McAuliffe as the state’s race for governor enters its final stretch.

Woman charged in submarine spy case to remain locked up

A Maryland woman charged along with her husband in a plot to sell submarine secrets to a foreign country must remain behind bars after a judge determined she was a flight risk and a danger to national security.

Judge won’t bar public from Ghislaine Maxwell jury selection

A judge has rejected British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell’s bid to block the public and news media from jury selection in her New York City trial on charges she recruited teenage girls for financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse.

Haiti gang leader threatens to kill kidnapped missionaries

The leader of the 400 Mawozo gang that Haitian police say kidnapped 17 members of a missionary group is seen in a new video saying he will kill them if he doesn’t get what he is demanding.

House votes to hold Trump ally Steve Bannon in contempt

The House voted Thursday to hold Steve Bannon, a longtime ally and aide to former president Donald Trump, in contempt of Congress after he defied a subpoena from the committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. Read more

Manchin does not see Democratic agreement on Biden’s social bill ‘anytime soon’

White House: Senator Sinema is negotiating President Joe Biden’s social spending and infrastructure bills in good faith

The White House said on Thursday that US Senator Kyrsten Sinema is negotiating in good faith about President Joe Biden’s social spending and infrastructure bills.

Biden urges patience amid stalemate on voting rights, police reform

US Senator Manchin acknowledges having weighed leaving Democratic Party

US Senator Joe Manchin, a centrist and a stumbling block to Democratic President Joe Biden’s ambitious social agenda, acknowledged on Thursday having discussed leaving the party if his Democratic colleagues considered his stance “an embarrassment”.

The Democrats’ social spending and climate change bill would put the United States back on a path to reducing its persistent pool of uninsured people, with estimates ranging from 4 million to 7 million Americans gaining health coverage: AP

President Joe Biden is tying his legislative priorities on voting rights, police reform and climate change to Martin Luther King Jr.’s push for racial justice

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday threatened to expel the US, German and eight other Western ambassadors after they issued a rare joint statement in support of a jailed civil society leader.

Continued expulsion of illegal migrants under Title 42 is necessary due to to risk of Covid transmission: White House

Fed imposes sweeping new limits on policymakers’ investments

The Federal Reserve is imposing a sweeping new set of restrictions on the investments its officials can own, a response to questionable recent trades that forced two top Fed officials to resign.

W House says need every WTO member to step up & support a vaccine intellectual property waiver

Year of unprecedented growth: W House

Created 5 M jobs in 8 months, employment rate down below 5%: W House