Reuters US Domestic News Summary

Following is a summary of current US domestic news briefs.
owlapps.net FTX's Bankman-Fried, charged with 'epic' fraud, released on $250 million bond
Sam Bankman-Fried was released on a $250 million bond package on Thursday while he awaits trial over the collapse of the FTX crypto exchange, which a U.S.
prosecutor called a "fraud of epic proportions." Federal prosecutors in Manhattan have accused the FTX founder of stealing billions of dollars in customer funds to plug losses at his hedge fund, Alameda Research.
Government funding bill to bolster U.S.

antitrust regulators
A $1.7 trillion government funding bill approved by the U.S. Senate Thursday will bolster U.S. regulators and make it easier for states to bring antitrust lawsuits. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which has a number of major technology investigations underway, will get $430 million in funding, $53.5 million over last year's levels "to bolster antitrust, privacy, and consumer protection work," according to a summary from the House Appropriations Committee.
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population growth inches higher in 2022, driven by immigration
The population of the United States accelerated in 2022 from its slowest rate on record, driven by net international immigration, as growth began to recover from a slowdown triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S.

Census Bureau said on Thursday. The country's population expanded 0.4% this year to 333. For those who have any issues regarding where by as well as the way to utilize immigration law practice for sale (check out this site), you'll be able to e-mail us in our own web page. 3 million after nearly stagnating at 0.1% in 2021 when the coronavirus exacerbated a trend of more subdued growth in prior years.
U.S. House to vote on $1.66 trillion spending bill on Friday
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House of Representatives on Friday will vote on a $1.66 trillion government funding bill that provides more money for Ukraine's defense, restricts the Chinese-owned TikTok app and reforms presidential election certification, a top Democrat said. About two hours after the Senate passed the measure funding the government through Sept.

30, No. 2 House Democrat Steny Hoyer said the lower chamber would not take up the legislation until Friday morning as it performed some final legislative actions to pass it.
Following Trump tax revelations, U.S. House passes bill to boost oversight
The Democratic-led House of Representatives voted on Thursday to require the U.S.

Internal Revenue Service to audit presidents' tax filings, after lawmakers concluded the agency did not properly examine Donald Trump's returns while he was in the White House. The legislation, which passed on a largely party-line vote of 222 to 201, faces long odds of passing the Senate and becoming law in the final days that Democrats control both chambers of Congress.
Trump's fellow Republicans are due to take control of the House in January.
Airlines scrap 3,800 U.S. flights as winter storm disrupts holiday travel
Airlines canceled more than 3,800 U.S.

flights Thursday and Friday and U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak canceled some train service, disrupting holiday travel for thousands, as a powerful winter storm hit the United States. The extreme weather coincided with the start of a holiday travel season that could be one of the busiest ever.
Lawyer urged White House aide to 'downplay' Jan. 6 knowledge -testimony
A former lawyer for ex-White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson told her to "downplay" her knowledge of events leading to the U.S.

Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, telling her "the less you remember, the better," according to a transcript of her testimony released on Thursday. Attorney Stefan Passantino advised Hutchinson in preparing for a February deposition before the U.S. House of Representatives committee probing the Capitol attack to say that she could not recall certain events, she told the committee in September.
Arctic 'bomb cyclone' threatens holiday travel for millions of Americans
A dangerously frigid arctic air mass gripped a vast expanse of the United States on Thursday ahead of what could be one of the coldest Christmas Days on record, as a looming winter storm threatened to upend travel plans for millions of Americans.

Leading into the holiday weekend, the impending storm was expected to bring blizzard conditions to the Great Lakes region, up to 2 inches (5 cm) of rain followed by a flash freeze on the East Coast, wind gusts of 60 miles per hour (100 kph) and bitter cold as far south as the Mexican border.
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Congress advances bills targeting war criminals, Russian oligarchs
A pair of bills granting the U.S. Justice Department additional tools to go after Russian oligarchs and alleged war criminals appeared poised to become law, after a last-minute push by a bipartisan group of lawmakers this week.

One bill, which broadens the Justice Department's jurisdiction to prosecute war crimes, passed in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday after winning Senate approval on Wednesday. It now heads to President Joe Biden, who is expected to sign it into law.
Arizona to remove makeshift border wall after federal lawsuit
Arizona will remove a line of shipping containers placed along the U.S.-Mexico border a week after the U.S.

government filed a lawsuit alleging that the makeshift wall designed to deter migrants was illegally erected on federal lands. Arizona will remove the containers and the equipment, materials and vehicles used to install them by early January, according to an agreement between state and federal authorities reached late on Wednesday and filed in the U.S.
District Court for the District Of Arizona.

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